[News] Japan's New Export

   http://www.ikjeld.com/weekly/manga/

Manga, Japanese comics, have long been extremely popular
in Japan.  The country has thousands of manga artists
and millions of fans.  Some of them visit specialist
manga cafes daily.

To call manga 'Japanese comics' is like calling a painting
by Michelangelo a picture.  Both are true statements and both
are utterly insufficient and degrading.  Unlike Western comics,
Japanese manga have a history that stretch back many hundreds
of years.  In ancient scrolls you can discover ink drawings that
look disturbingly modern.  This has greatly helped to make manga
generally accepted as an art form in Japan, whereas in the West
comics are even today often seen as books for kids.

Japanese manga cover an amazing range.  There are manga for all
age levels and interests.  The Japanese manga world is actually
highly structured with clearly defined markets that range from
love-starved women to sex-starved perverts.

As a result of the great demand from a varied public there is high
competition among manga artists who are pressured to churn out high
quality generally realistic stories featuring believable characters
who develop intelligently, and plots that grab you by the neck.

They are really like visual novels.  Some are like a movie on paper.
No wonder there is a silent manga boom taking place in the West.

RELATED LINKS :
    ...... [ A History of Manga ]
    ...... [ Anime Research ]
    ...... [ The Ultimate Manga Guide ]
    ...... [ Rei's Anime and Manga Page ]
    ...... [ Anime Mania ]

PHOTOS:  http://www.ikjeld.com/weekly/manga/photos/1.htm


Laters. =)

                Stan
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