Manga documentary 1982

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@krunkle5136 2 ай бұрын

This is what more people need. Offline community and indie markets, instead of conventions that worship the same corporate properties.

@heebusjeebus64xxjivo70 2 ай бұрын

I've always been fascinated by anime fandom from the 80's. Pre-internet, pre-social media so people had to actually dig through the shelves & check something out based on word of mouth.

@BGcam 2 ай бұрын

We still have to dig through shelves today if we want to check something out that isn’t favored by the algorithm.

@pablocasas5906 2 ай бұрын

That's why I find Gainax classic OVA, Otaku no Video, so fascinating, it's very difficult to find a lot of information, especially translated, about the early days of otaku culture, it is always mentioned that Space Battleship Yamato, Mobile Suit Gundam and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind are cited among the series that gave rise to the popularity of anime, but I know that there are more things we don't know

@laserbender2773 2 ай бұрын

Really great video! I love all of the vintage footage of 80's Japan . It seems Tezuka sensei was right about anime's role in world connectivity. Thanks for posting this!!

@RJPalmer 2 ай бұрын

This is so cool to see! I wonder if any of those kids drawing in this went on to become famous manga artists.

@noneofyourbusiness4616 2 ай бұрын

Theoretically possible, though few probably stuck with it into adulthood, and of those who did, the chances of reaching fame even with above average skill are vanishingly small. Most people who do creative work do not become famous, so maybe we shouldn't put emphasis on that over simply enjoying the process of creation.

@jesseowenvillamor6348 2 ай бұрын

@@noneofyourbusiness4616RJ is just wondering

@MrTheil 2 ай бұрын

Didn’t think I’d see you here. Nice

@billybolex8609 2 ай бұрын

For the record, the full title of the film is "Manga: The Cartoon in Contemporary Japanese Life." The narrator mentions the word "manga" once and refers to manga throughout as, alternately, "comics" or "cartoons." The only manga artist who speaks on camera is the great Osamu Tezuka. Some very well-known manga are highlighted, including "Golgo 13," "Rose of Versailles," and "Star of the Giants." Images of violence, nudity and parental abuse from various manga are displayed, interestingly, with no comment by the narrator other than one line about some titles being aimed at mature audiences. Fascinating period piece.

@RarebitFiends 2 ай бұрын

Very informative comment, thanks! To give some context for why they used "comics" and "cartoons" interchangibly as someone who was a young American comicbook nerd at the time, in the early 1980s comics were still viewed mostly as entertainment for dumb kids. Although underground comix had started to change that perception, it really was over the course of the decade of the 1980s that in the US comics started to gain a measure of respect as an art form (before quickly squandering that good will on speculator nonsense that crushed the industry by the late 90s). Manga didn't really make it to the US until the mid/late 80s when a few indie publishers began localizing them. At the time we were getting a lot of Manhua from China as well. I miss that stuff, Manhua has been virtually non-existent on US comic shelves since the early-mid 90s.

@maxschreck4095 Ай бұрын

I like how respectful this is. I still had a schoolbook in the early 2000s which talked unfavourably about Manga. I told my teacher there are good and bad manga like with everything else and I think he agreed.

@DippedInInk 2 ай бұрын

Thank u for uploading this. This came out when I was born but Its great to see what was going on back then when it comes to art.

@mdo7 2 ай бұрын

Nice, thank you for uploading this. Manga came a long way from niche to western audiences (hence this video needing to explain manga), to now becoming a medium that even out-sell US comic/graphic novels even in the US.

@Oakette 2 ай бұрын

As someone who read through two of Frederik L. Schodt's books; Manga Manga: The World of Japanese Comics, and its sequel, Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga, from cover to cover, multiple times, as a middle school aged fanatical manga Otaku, this documentary is like a dream come true for me. I feel so fortunate to have acquired knowledge of that era of Japanese comics, and its devoted fan culture making this medium massively influential, while I was going through a crucial stage of my development towards adulthood. It makes the nostalgia real for me. And thank you to all the pioneers who made publishing faithful English translations of those early books their mission. And for the author who wrote the earliest comprehensive guides available to an English reading audience.

@hillsy11 2 ай бұрын

Yep, “Manga Manga” and Robotech Art 1 (for the non Robotech back section) were key for me. I’d read them over and over again. Then not long after, Animag came out.

@GPBX01B 2 ай бұрын

For sure. This is basically the film version of Manga Manga, which I think I read 30 times as a kid.

@pascallefevre1148 2 ай бұрын

I remember finding Manga Manga in my favorite bookstore, truly a life changing moment.

@masterpainter72 Ай бұрын

I have those books by Frederik L. Schodt...!

@machinaeZER0 2 ай бұрын

This is so cool! What a time capsule

@FacundoNehuenLopez Ай бұрын

This is an excellent documentary. In just 28 minutes, it provides a comprehensive overview of the manga industry. If this is your first introduction to this world, it could serve as a perfect guide for further exploration.

@Harukurochan 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for uploading this! I’m glad that there was a section discussing shojo manga here, and a fairly well detailed one at that, I was honestly worried they would end up being ignored. It is also interesting that the narrator kept going back making each manga have a “message” to them, not sure if that’s a sign of culture shock on the American side, or a way to make a “kiddie” pastime more “legitimate” for adults.

@Mrshoujo 2 ай бұрын

*shoujo

@Harukurochan 2 ай бұрын

@@MrshoujoBoth spellings are correct. 😉

@ChristopherSobieniak 2 ай бұрын

@@HarukurochanWe live with it.

@sprouting_lady Ай бұрын

I think it was very much a way of highlighting how much more broadly appealing anime/manga was compared to American animation and comics at the time. Certainly R Crumb and Ralph Bakshi were around, but they were much more seedy and underground. In 1982 we were about half a decade away from the likes of Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Matt Groening beginning to make more adult-oriented cartoons/comics more mainstream.

@TsukiCondor 2 ай бұрын

Such an amazing time capsule of the era

@Coolestmovies 2 ай бұрын

The Japan Foundation! One of my favourite places to visit here in my city. They do great work sharing the culture. 👍

@RarebitFiends 2 ай бұрын

What an awesome time-capsule, thank you for posting! There is more here than just comics too... the bit about the school feeling a cartooning club made sense because of the sociological impact of industrializaton and a somewhat westernized modality of living was fascinating. I think we see the effects they worried about and were attempting to mitigate in Japan's current demographic collapse.

@beansdotcom 2 ай бұрын

fantastic :) thank you for sharing chris!

@midnightbird3580 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for uploading this! This is so incredibly fascinating. Pre-internet fandom is always so cool to learn about.

@Learn4Live 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful documentary with us! Its extremely nice and enriching to learn more about the relevance of manga to japanese people during the 1980s.

@joshhamester 2 ай бұрын

That baseline in the beginning means we're all in for something great

@osohista 2 ай бұрын

heck yeah thanks for this

@nicolaerrico4031 2 ай бұрын

Ryoko Yamagishi is a genius.

@MichiMilchmelker 2 ай бұрын

Miss this "No Internet" Times, Not many ppl are into youre Hobbies but when you find some ppl it was very polite today Internet ppl get very fast rude and angry

@boukermanazim104 2 ай бұрын

sir if you ver find more,could you also post them? i would love to see if there was one on the 90's and 2000 era of manga ,its my favorite

@pascallefevre1148 2 ай бұрын

Thank you !!!!

@volfi123 2 ай бұрын

those squishy plastic frames for photos.. i remember those !

@ChristopherSobieniak 2 ай бұрын

Certainly a trip down memory lane.

@rhinuu045 2 ай бұрын

omg dr slump merch

@jimpykeiss 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@wtfsamusidk7574 2 ай бұрын

Pre dragon ball world

@DANIXBD 2 ай бұрын

thank you insert credit

@TheTMKF 2 ай бұрын

I came here from the Insert Credit podcast.

@SebastianTinajero 2 ай бұрын

The KZbin Algorithm has blessed me once again 🙌

@MoKuZai 17 күн бұрын

yeah

@ObjectHistory Ай бұрын

That was really cool to see.

@SlapstickGenius23 2 ай бұрын

It’s Marude Dameo!

@TheSeensca 2 ай бұрын

❤马来西亚华人漫画家

@GreyishHouse 2 ай бұрын

A Japanese person would absolutely not care if you call an anime a "cartoon", but a weeb will, why is that?

@RarebitFiends 2 ай бұрын

Inferiority complex. It's the same reason some people insist on calling all American comics "graphic novels".

@boombapdoom493 2 ай бұрын

Very true… on top of that they act like they discovered it 😂

@ciabox284k 2 ай бұрын

well its depends on the context. when talking about other animation vs a Japanese one I'll just call it anime not cartoon. so yeah that isn't an issue

@GreyishHouse 2 ай бұрын

@ciabox284k anime is literally just a fancy term for animation, and animation's other name is cartoon, how do you not know that?!

@ciabox284k 2 ай бұрын

@@GreyishHouse still depends on the context words can have more thn one meaning now. when i refer to anime when talking to someone they know im not talking about a cartoon from anywhere else idrc what you think that not meant to be offensive but thats just how it is