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Manga Criticism Translation: “At First, I Wanted to be a Manga-ka”: Analyzing the Nausicaa Manga by Kumi Kaoru, pt 1
2chan.us - 16 days ago
Manga Criticism Translation: “At First, I Wanted to be a Manga-ka”: Analyzing the Nausicaa Manga by Kumi Kaoru, pt 1
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Translator’s/bloggers introduction: Some time ago, I received an email from Kaoru Kumi, a freelance writer in Japan who had read the coverage of my blog post translations of Kentaro Takekuma’s lectures ( 1, 2 ), offering the opportunity to translate portions of the anime ...
Zipang Ends as Kaiji Kawaguchi Plans Next Manga in 2010
animenewsnetwork.com - 16 days ago
Zipang Ends as Kaiji Kawaguchi Plans Next Manga in 2010
— animenewsnetwork.com — Creator began naval alternate-history story in 2000; newest work slated for spring (more) Zipang Ends as Kaiji Kawaguchi Plans Next Manga in 2010

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Required Reading: Lots of Homework!
AnimeVice Site Mashup — ... In my seemingly endless quest to catch back up, I've come upon several items I think you guys would be interested in. The first is blogger welcome datacomp's translation of Kaori Kumi's essay on Hayao Miyazaki , and in particular his Nausicaa manga. Kumi-san, who requested that WD translate the essay (though he only did one part; the second will be translated by and posted at Ogiue Maniax ), looks at several of Miyazaki's earliest manga works, from when he still wanted to, and notes just how much they draw on cinematic ...

Deep Thoughts Thursday
MangaBlog — ... Moebuis sound like some sort of noir superhero—like Rorschach, only maybe he forms a one-sided strip or something? But he’s really a French comics creator.) Kuriousity has the full list of November manga releases. Patrick Macias treats us to a gekiga version of Jaws at his blog. Craig Fischer reads God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and draws some analogies with film at Thought Balloonists. Welcome Datacomp translates a Japanese essay on Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa. David Welsh is up to the letter ...

Nausicaa Manga Examined
AnimeNation Anime News Blog — nausicaa_manga_editing The datacomp fan blog has published a lengthy English translated exerpt from manga/anime scholar Kaoru Kumi’s 2008 book The Age of Hayao Miyazaki . The exerpt proposes a very specific and detailed examination of precisely why Miyazaki’s manga series Nausicaa is considered “cinematic.” Although written in a rather informal tone, this is heavy and highly academic manga criticism very rarely seen in English language. This entry was posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 3:37 pm and is filed under ...

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