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Emonogatari
is the Japanese term for a narrative story that contains a very high proportion of illustrations. Alternatively, it could be said to be a picture book with a larger amount of text or a manga where the pictures and text have been separated. The boundaries between these genres are extremely vague, and it is not uncommon for the same work to change from an ''emonogatari'' to a manga, or vice versa, during its serialization. The term can be seen in works such as Ippei Okamoto's ''Chinsuke Emonogatari'' (Ryoyu, 1917) and ''Manga Emonogatari'' (Collection of Elementary School Students, Bungeishunju, 1929). However, during the war, there were also examples of the use of instead of ''manga'' to improve the impression made by censors. It was especially popular around and after the time of World War II. In most cases, the illustrations and text are both written by the same artist, and some works even have speech bubbles in the illustrations, so the work is sometimes considered a type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuna's Journey
is a one-volume watercolor-illustrated '' emonogatari'' (graphic novel) written and illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki and published as a single (softcover booklet), on 15 June 1983, by Tokuma Shoten under its Animage Ju Ju Bunko imprint. The story was adapted into a 60-minute radio drama which was broadcast in Japan, on NHK FM, on 2 May 1987. In February 2022, First Second Books announced that it licensed the title, and an English-language edition, translated by Alex Dudok de Wit, was released in the United States on November 1, 2022. Story The story opens with Shuna, the prince of a small mountain valley undergoing famine. One day, an old dying traveler arrives carrying a bag of dead golden seeds. Before passing away, he tells Shuna how he was once a young prince in a similar position to him and how he began his quest for the living grain after encountering the previous owner of the seeds. The magnificent golden grain is said to have originated from a land in the west where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuo Yoshida
was a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, as well as anime pioneer who founded the animation studio Tatsunoko Production as a businessman and the original author of many anime works. As the first president of Tatsunoko Production, Yoshida supported the dawn of Japanese animation by producing numerous hits such as ''Speed Racer'', ''Hakushon Daimaō'', '' The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee'', and '' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman''. He took on challenges that other animation studios did not, such as insisting on producing his own original animation that was not based on manga or novels, or creating American-style animation. Character designs were also drawn in Yoshida's style, with a solid skeleton and intricate lines that were drawn with precision, influenced by American comic books, rather than the simplified, less-linear style that was mainstream in Japanese animation at the time, and this became the origin of Tatsunoko's designs. Biography Born in Kyoto in 1932 as the eldest ... [...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] |
Bōken Dankichi
is a manga work by Keizō Shimada serialized in Kodansha's boys' magazine Shōnen Club from 1933 to 1939. Strictly speaking, it is in the form of a picture story (''emonogatari)'' with narrative captions attached to the illustrations. Overview Dankichi, an adventurous Japanese boy, and his mouse companion Karikō, wash ashore in a South Pacific island after falling asleep in a fishing expedition in the ocean. They find the island is inhabited by natives; Dankichi becomes their king after defeating their leader, bringing "civilized" infrastructures (schools, hospitals, etc.) and customs to the island and defending it from Western invaders. The series quickly become a popular manga, dividing its popularity with Suihō Tagawa's Norakuro, published in the same magazine. The comic was made in the context of the Japanese Empire expansionist campaign to the South Pacific islands (Micronesia, Palau, Northern Mariana Islands and Marshall Islands). In the post-World War II period, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Illustration
The illustration of manuscript books was well established in ancient times, and the tradition of the illuminated manuscript thrived in the West until the invention of printing. Other parts of the world had comparable traditions, such as the Persian miniature. Modern book illustration comes from the 15th-century woodcut illustrations that were fairly rapidly included in incunabula, early printed books, and later block books. Other techniques such as engraving, etching, lithography and various kinds of colour printing were to expand the possibilities and were exploited by such masters as Daumier, Doré or Gavarni. History Book illustration as we now know it evolved from early European woodblock printing. In the early 15th century, playing cards were created using block printing, which was the first use of prints in a sequenced and logical order. "The first known European block printings with a communications function were devotional prints of saints." As printing took off and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gekiga
is a style of Japanese comics aimed at adult audiences and marked by a more cinematic art style and more mature themes. ''Gekiga'' was the predominant style of adult comics in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s. It is aesthetically defined by sharp angles, hatching, and gritty lines, and thematically by realism, social engagement, maturity, and masculinity. History In the 1950s, mainstream Japanese comics ( manga) came from Tokyo and were aimed at children, led by the work of Osamu Tezuka. Before Tezuka moved to Tokyo, he lived in Osaka and mentored artists such as Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Masahiko Matsumoto who admired him. Although influenced by Tezuka's adaptation of cinema techniques, they were not interested in making humoristic comics for children in Tezuka's Disney-esque style. They wanted to write consistently dramatic stories with aesthetics influenced by film noir and crime novels. ''Gekiga'' were more graphic and showed more violence than the children's manga that came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikki Kajiwara
, known by the pen names and , was a Japanese author, manga writer, and film producer. He is known for the work about sports and martial arts, with images of heroic young men with the occasional fine details as he moves from one topic to another. He considered '' Tiger Mask'' and ''Star of the Giants'' to be his life's work. Biography The son of an illustrator and editor, Takamori was a notorious juvenile delinquent with an interest in fighting. After World War II, his family moved to Tokyo, where he jumped schools until landing a job as a novelist at 17. He adopted the pen names Ikki Kajiwara and Asao Takamori, since he was writing for rival magazines at the time.Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy Helen. (2006). ''The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition''. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. . He was married to Atsuko Takamori two times and had three sons and two daughters with her. In 1978, while they were divorced the first time, he married Taiwanese singer Pai Bing-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itō Hikozō
was a Japanese painter and illustrator. Early life Itō Hikozō was born in 1904 in the city of Ōita. He is alleged to be a descendant of the famous medieval swordsman Itō Ittōsai. In his youth, while working for ''The Asahi Shimbun'', Hikozō learned the art of creative illustration from Migita Toshihide. After contracting tuberculosis, Hikozō returned home to convalesce. He later also studied painting under the guidance of Hashimoto Kansetsu. 1932 blood-portrait of Emperor Jinmu In 1932, using an incision on his wrist as a palette and his own blood as pigment, Itō Hikozō painted a dramatic portrait of Emperor Jinmu. It was titled . It was dedicated with the following statement: . The portrait was presented to Araki Sadao, acting Minister of the Army . After the war Because he had produced artwork extolling legendary Imperial history and the samurai spirit, as well as hosting an , Itō was arrested by the American occupation authorities after the surrend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Bat
, known as Phantaman or Fantomas in various countries outside Japan, is a Japanese superhero created by Suzuki Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu in autumn of 1930 who originally debuted in a ''kamishibai'' (paper theater). Ōgon Bat is considered by some to be the world's first superhero, and is a precursor to later superhero characters such as the Japanese ''kamishibai'' character ''Prince of Gamma'' (debut early 1930s), and the American comic book characters ''Superman'' (debut 1938) and ''Batman'' (debut 1939). Ōgon Bat later appeared in numerous Japanese pop culture media, including manga, anime, and Japanese films, as well as toys and postage stamps dating back to 1932. It was adapted into a popular anime television series in 1967, which was released in various European and Latin American countries. The character is depicted as an ancient Atlantis, Atlantean who Time travel in fiction, time-traveled 10,000 years to his own future and was time displaced to the 20th century. He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
