Questions

1. What makes the difference between manga and graphic novels? Not just manga is from Japan, I want to know the differences between them within contents and backgrounds and storytelling?

2. How manga and anime evolve and how did the cultural background effect?

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Week 4: Alternative Manga and "I saw it!"

Manga has the power to send the message with drawings and story. Most of the Japanese manga I read had a long storyline, but with the chance of reading "alternative manga", I got more interest in short mangas and the characteristics of short mangas. I want to keep more focus on the manga we had in class "I saw it" which is a short manga by Keiji Nakazawa. The basic plot is an autological story that the story of himself about suffering atomic bomb in Japan. I am from South Korea which went through Japanese colonial occupation in WW2. I learned the history of WW2 from the perspective of Korea which was a colony of Japan. This comic book was my first step to see the history with the perspective of Japan, especially the 20th century. I was shocked by the realistic description of the actual situation and harm of the atomic bomb. I first thought just that this is horrible but now I realize that is the power of documentary manga. Showing the reality to the audience ...
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Week 6 : Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and talk with George Cwirko-Godycki

Gibhli is one of my favorite Japanese animation company. I love the world and message that Hayao gives to the audience. Nausicca was one of the favorite anime films from Miyazaki. Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind is originally from a comic book by Miyazaki Hayao. The work contains the message of saving nature and the horrible result of human's greed. The polluted world is depicted very realistically even the genre is a fantasy. The main story is about the process of a girl who tries to save the world and nature. That the main character is a girl is an interesting thing for me since most of Japanese anime girl characters are depicted in sexualized or they exist for the assistance of the male characters. Japan suffered the atomic bomb problem resulted from a war in the 20th century and I think that affects the perspective of Japanese people. Miyazaki shows his negative perspective of war and polluted nature. They all know that the change of the world always affect...
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