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 7: The Garden of Words with Dr. Shige Suzuki

This week, we got a chance to watch feature Japanese animation film named The garden of words and talk with Dr. Shige Suzuki. The movie is directed by Makoto Shinkai who also directed the movie "Your name". I thought that Makoto Shinkai has different taste from me since "Your name" was not that impressive to me. However, the garden of words came to me in a different way. Every background drawing was stunning like any other movie directed by him. The whole drawing style and color were amazing. Gihlbli has more desaturated color compared to Makoto's work. He has a talent for mixing color with saturated and natural colors. This film has a "boy meets girl" story but the story does not unfold in a cliche way. I think he tried to show the subtle change of emotion of the relationship of two different people and how they affect each other. This is pretty similar to his latest movie "your name", but this film has a slower tempo and it is more aimed...
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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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