The Sakura company was founded in 1921 in Osaka, Japan and it was initially started as a crayons manufacturer. Although the firm commercializes a wide range of products, Sakura is more known by its marker pens, such as the Micron liners. In 1982 the firm launched its famous "Pigma" marker pen lines which have been widely used by many comic book artists to ink their pages.
The Sakura company was founded in 1921 in Osaka, Japan and it was initially started as a crayons manufacturer. Although the firm commercializes a wide range of products, Sakura is more known by its marker pens, such as the Micron liners. In 1924, Sakura invented the first-ever oil pastel that combined oil and pigment, which was patented globally as the "Cray-pas" trademark. In 1982 the firm launched its famous "Pigma" marker pen lines which have been widely used by many comic book artists to ink their pages.