Emmanuel Macron, a known fan of Japanese manga, struck a "Kamehameha" pose from Dragon Ball as he ended a news conference with Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, 1 April.
France is the world’s biggest importer of the medium. The French president emphasised its cultural significance earlier in the conference, saying: "We wish to do more for books and manga, which are very popular.
"You are unbeatable as the biggest country, but we love manga almost as much as you, our youth love these books, their heroes and their lores, and we wish to continue to develop them, to sell them, to fight piracy, which our publishers wish for."
It came as the two leaders met for talks on security and industrial cooperation as the US-Israeli war with Iran entered its fifth week.
