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COM (manga Magazine)
was a monthly manga magazine started in December 1966 by Osamu Tezuka and published by his company Mushi Production. It was started in response to the success of '' Garo'', and as a way for Tezuka and other artists to showcase more avant-garde and experimental works in manga. Seven arcs of Tezuka's famous series '' Phoenix'' were published in the magazine. ''COM'' was particularly influential in amateur manga circles and was a platform for many aspiring manga artists to publish their first professional work. The magazine eventually went bankrupt and its last issue was published in December 1971. History The first issue was the January 1967 issue, published in December 1966. Osamu Tezuka and his publishing company Mushi Production created ''COM'' in reaction to the alternative manga magazine ''Garo'''s popularity, which at that time was around its highest circulation. Tezuka himself was a crossroads with his work, shifting to darker themes influenced by gekiga, targeting the rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix (manga)
is an unfinished creative work, unfinished manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered ''Phoenix'' his "magnum opus, life's work"; it consists of 12 parts, each of which tells a separate, self-contained story and takes place in a different era. The plots go back and forth from the remote future to prehistoric times. The story was never completed, having been cut short by Tezuka's death in 1989. Several of the stories have been adapted into anime and a live-action film, along with a musical production by the Takarazuka Revue. As of 2008, the entire manga series is available in English-language translations. Overview ''Phoenix'' is about reincarnation. Each story generally involves a search for immortality, embodied by the blood of the eponymous Phoenix (mythology), bird of fire, which, as drawn by Tezuka, resembles the ''Fenghuang''. The blood is believed to grant eternal life, but immortality in ''Phoenix'' is either unobtainable or a terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jirō Tsunoda
Jirō Tsunoda ( Japanese: つのだじろう ''Tsunoda Jirō'', born 3 July 1936) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known in Japan for his horror manga series such as '' Kyōfu Shinbun'' and '' Ushiro no Hyakutarō'' as well as illustrator of the karate series '' Karate Master''. Life Tsunoda was born in Tokyo. He is the second of eight brothers. One of his younger brothers, , is a pop musician. He published his first work as a professional manga artist in 1955 with ''Shin Momotarō'' in '' Manga Shōnen''. Shortly after, he became a frequent guest at the Tokiwa-sō apartment building, which brought together Osamu Tezuka with upcoming manga artists. There, he became close friends with Fujiko Fujio A. He had a first hit in 1958 with the series ''Rumi-chan Kyōshitsu'' in ''Ribon'' and for another shōjo manga series, ''Bara-iro no Umi'', he won the Kodansha Children's Manga Award in 1961. After that, he focused on shōnen manga magazines and published gag manga like ''Black-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideo Azuma
was a Japanese manga artist. Azuma made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine '' Manga Ō''. He was most well known for his science fiction ''lolicon''-themed works appearing in magazines such as ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'', as well as children's comedy series such as '' Nanako SOS'' and '' Little Pollon'' (which both became anime television series in the early 1980s). He has been called the "father of ''lolicon''". In 2005 he published an autobiographical manga titled '' Disappearance Diary'' that has won several awards including the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. His name is also sometimes romanized Hideo Aduma. Career Early years While attending Hokkaidō Urahoro High School, Azuma participated in the Hokkaidō branch office of '' COM'', along with other artists such as Monkey Punch and . In 1968, after graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo and found employment with Toppan Printing. He left this job after three months to work as an ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhiro Otomo
is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He first rose to prominence as a pioneer founder of the New Wave (manga), New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of ''Akira (franchise), Akira'', both the Akira (manga), original 1982 manga series and the Akira (1988 film), 1988 animated film adaptation. In 2005, Otomo was decorated a ''Chevalier'' of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, promoted to ''Officier'' of the order in 2014, and became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American List of Eisner Award winners#The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012. Celebrated in Japan, he was also awarded the Medals of Honor (Japan), Purple Medal of Honor from the national government in 2013. In addition, Otomo later received the Winsor McCay Award at the 41st Annie Awards in 2014 and the 2015 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the first manga artist to receive the award. Early life Katsuhiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minori Kimura
is a Japanese manga artist. Critics and scholars often count her among the Year 24 Group, a nebulous group of female artists considered to have revolutionized manga (Japanese comics for girls) in the 1970s. She made her professional debut in 1964 at the age of 14 with her short story , published by Shueisha in the Spring Break Special issue of ''Ribon''. During her school breaks, Kimura continued writing short stories published in magazines such as '' COM'' and '' Ribon Comic''. Her stories' settings throughout the 1960s and early 1970s were varied, including places like Auschwitz, Vietnam, and the slums of Rio de Janeiro. She covered topics interesting to young girls, elaborately drawing out the feelings and motivations of her characters. After graduating from college, Kimura took a short break from creating manga before returning with , published by Shogakukan in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' in 1974. The short story discussed the struggles of elementary school life. She later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masako Yashiro
is a Japanese manga artist. An artist of both ''shōjo'' manga (manga for girls) and ''shōnen'' manga (manga for boys), her 1970 manga series has been described as the first manga in the ''yuri'' (female-female romance) genre. Biography Masako Yashiro was born Masako Yamamoto in 1947 in Iyomishima, Ehime. As a child, she read the manga by Osamu Tezuka, Hideko Mizuno, Tetsuya Chiba and Sachiko Shinjō and wanted to become a manga artist herself. She began her career as a with the short story "Chiisana himitsu" ("Small Secret") in the rental ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Sumire'' in 1962. She moved to Osaka, then the center of the rental book market, and kept producing works for the rental book publisher Wakagi Shobō. She married Masaharu Yamamoto in 1964, himself a manga artist and the younger brother of Sachiko Shinjō. Her most popular series, , published a total of 28 volumes from 1964 to 1966, and had a strong impact on Japanese youth culture of the era. Yashiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Shōnen
was a pioneering Japanese manga magazine founded in 1947 by Ken’ichi Katō and published monthly until 1955. Emerging in the immediate aftermath of World War II during a time of cultural reconstruction and political upheaval, the magazine played a crucial role in shaping postwar manga culture by blending prewar literary traditions with innovative storytelling techniques. It distinguished itself by elevating manga as a central art form and fostering a participatory culture through monthly reader-submission contests, which helped launch and solidify the careers of many influential manga artists, including Osamu Tezuka, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Fujiko Fujio. Beyond its editorial achievements, ''Manga Shōnen'' contributed to the formation of amateur manga clubs and influenced a broad spectrum of Japanese visual culture. Publication history ''Manga Shōnen'' was founded in the immediate aftermath of World War II, during a time of political turmoil and cultural redefinition in Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinji Nagashima
, better known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo, Japan. His pseudonym came about due to a publisher's error when printing his name, and he continued using the pseudonym after that. His oldest son is classical guitarist Shiki Nagashima. History From the time he was in junior high school, Nagashima aspired to become a manga artist. After dropping out of school during junior high, he worked as a paperboy and a tofu salesman. He made his professional debut as a manga artist in 1952 with his story . After becoming acquainted with Osamu Tezuka due to occasionally living at Tokiwa-sō, he became Tezuka's assistant. While there, he formed the group Musashi Production with artists including Atsushi Sugimura (who was working under the pseudonym Kontarō), Kyūta Ishikawa and Kuni Fukai (who was working under the pseudonym Hirō Fukai). He soon became friends with several members of the Gekiga Kōbō, including Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Takao Saito, while liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisashi Sakaguchi
Hisashi Sakaguchi (, ''Sakaguchi Hisashi''; – December 22, 1995) was a Japanese manga artist and animator. After working under Osamu Tezuka, he began focusing on creating his own manga, including the Ikkyū biography series ''Ikkyū'', before dying at the age of 49. Life and work At age seventeen, Sakaguchi dropped out of school to work for Osamu Tezuka's animation studio, Mushi Production. Serving as an assistant animator, he worked on the productions for '' Ambassador Atom'', ''Kimba the White Lion'', and ''Princess Knight''. Sakaguchi also collaborated with Tezuka on the original manga ''Cleopatra'', which was later adapted into the 1970 anime film of the same name. In 1969, he departed Tezuka's studio and began working independently, creating his own manga, including ''Version'', the 1400-page ''Fleur de Pierre'', and ''Ikkyū''. He also illustrated the manga '' Wolf Guy'' for sci-fi writer Kazumasa Hirai. ''Ikkyū'' (あっかんべェ一休; also known as ''Akanbe Ikk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiji Matsumoto
was a Japanese manga artist, and creator of several anime and manga series. His widow Miyako Maki is also a manga artist. Matsumoto was famous for his works such as ''Space Battleship Yamato'' and ''Galaxy Express 999''. His style was characterized by mythological and often tragic storylines with strong moral themes, noble heroes, feminine heroines, and a love of strange worlds and melancholic atmosphere. Early life Leiji Matsumoto was born on January 25, 1938, in Kurume, Fukuoka. He was the middle child of a family of seven brothers, and, in his early childhood, Matsumoto was given a 35mm film projector by his father, and watched American cartoons during the Pacific War. During this time, he gained an interest in science fiction novels by authors Unno Juza and H. G. Wells. Matsumoto started drawing at the age of six, and began drawing manga three years later after seeing the works of Osamu Tezuka. At 18, he moved to Tokyo to become a manga artist. Career In 1954, Matsum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shodensha
is a Japanese publisher of mostly non-fiction magazines and books, though it has recently begun publishing light novels and manga, including magazines which contain both. Shodensha publishes magazines such as '' Feel Young'' (a josei all-manga magazine), ''Zipper'' (a fashion magazine aimed at high school and college girls and women, known for including manga), and '' Nina's'' (a fashion and lifestyle magazine aimed at younger housewives). Shodensha is a member of the keiretsu Hitotsubashi Group of publishing companies. History Shodensha was founded on November 5, 1970, by five people: Shōzō Sasabe (from Shogakukan), Isamu Kurosaki (from Kobunsha), Kōzaburō Iga, Hidenori Sakurai, and Toshio Fujioka. The company was able to release a number of best selling titles which helped the company get off to a running start. They began their "Non-Novel" imprint in 1973, and their "Non-Pochette" imprint in 1975. In 2000, Shodensha created their Shodensha Gold imprint, and their most r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
