Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics - Contents

Contents

  1. Foreword by Osamu Tezuka
  2. A Thousand Million Manga
    1. Themes and Readers
    2. Reading, and the Structure of Narrative Comics
    3. Why Japan?
  3. A Thousand Years of Manga
    1. The Comic Art Tradition
    2. Western Styles
    3. Safe and Unsafe Art
    4. Comics and the War Machine
    5. The Phoenix Becomes a Godzilla
  4. The Spirit of Japan
    1. Paladins of the Past
    2. Modern-Day Warriors
    3. Samurai Sports
  5. Flowers and Dreams
    1. Picture Poems
    2. Women Artists Take Over
    3. Sophisticated Ladies
  6. The Economic Animal at Work and at Play
    1. Pride and Craftsmanship
    2. Mr. Lifetime Salary-Man
    3. Mah Jongg Wizards
  7. Regulation versus Fantasy
    1. Is There Nothing Sacred?
    2. Social and Legal Restraints
    3. Erotic Comics
  8. The Comics Industry
    1. Artists
    2. Publishers
    3. Profits
  9. The Future
    1. The New Visual Generation
    2. Challenges for the Industry
    3. First Japan, Then the World?

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