Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics
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Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics
Collins Design, 2004
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Sixty years of Japanese comics
60 years of Japanese comics
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Summary: An accessible introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index
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Japan's output of manga is massive, accounting for a staggering forty percent of everything published each year in the country. Outside Japan, there has been a global boom in sales, with the manga aesthetic spreading from comics into all areas of Western youth culture through film, computer games, advertising, and design. Featuring striking graphics and extracts from a wide range of manga, the book covers such themes as the specific attributes of manga in contrast to American and European comics; the life and career of Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy and originator of story manga; boys' comics from the 1960s to the present; the genres and genders of girls' and women's comics; the darker, more realistic themes of gekiga - violent samurai, disturbing horror and apocalyptic science fiction; issues of censorship and protest; and manga's role as a major Japanese export and global influence.
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