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	Japan Culture : Japanese Cartoons : Japanese Manga
		Gekiga on the other hand did not have any deadline so the artist could use much more detailed drawing and more realistic portraial of character with much complex and mature story line.
		However, gekiga's rental business model eventually died out in 70s, while comic artists in manga format significantly improved their graphic quality and story.
		Eventually, gekiga was absorbed into manga and now are used to describe manga style which does not use cartoonish drawing.
	japan.twinisles.com /culture/c005.php (1685 words)

	Gekiga at AllExperts
		Gekiga (åç"») is Japanese for "dramatic pictures." The term was coined by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and adopted by other more serious Japanese cartoonists who did not want their trade to be known as manga or "irresponsible pictures".
		In addition this particular generation came to be known as the manga generation and read manga as a form of rebellion (which was similar to the role rock and roll played for hippies in the United States).
		As a result of Tezuka adopting gekiga styles and storytelling, there was an acceptance of a wide diversity of experimental stories into the mainstream comic market commonly referred to critics as being the Golden Age of Manga.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/ge/gekiga.htm (630 words)

	Gekiga
		Gekiga (劇画) is Japanese for "dramatic pictures." The term was coined by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and adopted by other more serious Japanese cartoonists who did not want their trade to be known as Manga or "irresponsible pictures".
		Gekiga was vastly different from most manga at the time which were aimed at children.
		As a result of Tezuka adopting gekiga styles and storytelling, there was an acceptance of a wide diversity of experimental stories into the mainstream comic market commonly referred to critics as being the Golden Age of Manga.
	xdope.com /Gekiga.html (474 words)

	Gekiga - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gekiga was vastly different than most manga at the time which were aimed at children.
		In addition this particular generation came to be known as the manga generation and read manga as a form of rebellion (which was similar to the role rock and roll played for hippies in the United States).
		As a result of Tezuka adopting gekiga styles and storytelling, there was an acceptance of a wide diversity of experimental stories into the mainstream comic market commonly referred to critics as being the Golden Age of Manga.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Gekiga (550 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> gekiga (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gekiga (åç”») is Japanese for "dramatic pictures." The term was coined by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and adopted by other more serious Japanese cartoonists who did not want their trade to be known as manga or "irresponsible pictures".
		Gekiga was vastly different from most manga at the time which were aimed at children.
		Because of the growing popularity of these originally underground comics, even Osamu Tezuka began to display the influence of gekiga cartoonists in works such as Hi no Tori (Phoenix), produced in the early 1970s, and especially in Adolf, produced in the early 1980s.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/gekiga (538 words)

	Manga - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The other, gekiga, was based on a rental format, much in the same line as the modern movie rental systems.
		However, gekiga's rental business model eventually died out in the 1970s, while comic artists in manga format significantly improved their graphic quality and story.
		Eventually, gekiga was absorbed into manga and now is used to describe manga style which does not use cartoonish drawing.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Manga (2780 words)

	Manga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The other, gekiga, was based on a rental format of an individual manga "book" of single title.
		Eventually, gekiga was absorbed into manga and now is used to describe a manga style which does not use cartoon-like drawing.
		However, gekiga did not only influence the art style of manga: after the 70s, more mature-themed pictures and plot lines were used in manga.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manga (3753 words)

	Best Downloaded Cartoons - Cartoon Network
		Gekiga (劇画) is Japanese for "dramatic pictures." The term was coined by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and adopted by other more serious Japanese cartoonists who did not want their trade to be known as manga or "irresponsible pictures".
		Gekiga was vastly different from most manga at the time which were aimed at children.
		More recently the most mainstream shōnen publications have lost a lot of gekiga influence and these kinds of works are now found in slightly more underground publications (usually seinen magazines).
	www.cartoons.bestdownload.biz /modules.php?name=Cartoon_Network-MM&page=Gekiga.html (564 words)

	Alternative manga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As gekiga gained popularity, the lending libraries gradually fell apart due to the better economic conditions that existed in Japan during the 1960s.
		Garo started out as being a gekiga magazine but would eventually grow to a new style with the work of Yoshiharu Tsuge.
		With Gekiga being integrated into mainstream manga, and manga being accepted as an artform by the masses around this time period, some people go as far as to call it the Golden Age of Manga.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alternative_manga (543 words)

	Manga - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The other, gekiga, was based on a rental format of an individual manga "book" of single title.
		Eventually, gekiga was absorbed into manga and now is used to describe a manga style which does not use cartoon-like drawing.
		However, gekiga did not only influence the art style of manga: after the 70s, more mature-themed pictures and plot lines were used in manga.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Manga (4150 words)

	Paul Gravett: Article - Gekiga: The Flipside Of Manga
		Eager to distinguish what he and his colleagues were producing from the sweeter, more kid-orientated manga, Tatsumi coined the term gekiga [dramatic pictures] in 1957.
		In 2004, Tatsumi was discovered all over again, with a sample in the anthology Drawn and Quarterly Vol 5 and in 2005 his complete works began to be reprinted in a series of graphic novels edited by Japanese-American cartoonist Adrian Tomine.
		An intensely shy teenager, for him creating comics alone at home was a way to earn some cash and avoid dealing with others.
	www.paulgravett.com /articles/058_gekiga/058_gekiga.htm (964 words)

	drawn and quarterly
		The father of "gekiga," the genre of Japanese comics that deals with mature themes, Tatsumi's short stories of sewer workers, window washers and cross-dressing salarymen reflect the frustration of an underclass set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Japan.
		PWCW sat down with Tatsumi and his translator at this year's San Diego Comic-Con to talk about the birth of manga, the birth of a new genre and the birth of an industry that often required 50 pages a night from its creators.
		We felt that "gekiga" was the most useful term to market ourselves.
	www.drawnandquarterly.com /newsList.php?item=a44db46b57acc8 (2522 words)

	Anime Manga Türkiye : Geçmişten Günümüze Manga Tarihi 2
		1964 yılında Nagai Katsuichi tarafından, gekiga sanatçısı Shirato Sanpei'nin tarihsel bakış açısını öğrencilere gösterebilmek için GARO adında bir dergi yayınlanmaya başladı.
		Shirato'nun gekiga stili manga'nın okuyucu kitlesinin çocuklardan eğitimli yetişkinlere kaymasını sağlamıştı.
		Gekiga artık rüyalar alemini, hatıraları ve sosyal psikolojiyi inceleme altına almıştı.
	www.anime.gen.tr /yazi.php?id=63 (2356 words)

	The Comics Journal - Yoshihiro Tatsumi (excerpt)
		And although he hadn't read it, he asked his assistant apprentice, if he had read this gekiga work, and whether or not it was any good, and his assistant said yes, it's wonderful.
		TATSUMI: So now, my works were in the gekiga style, but the majority of the works I published were by other authors, and so they encompassed works for kids that would be published in these weekly magazines for boys; there were also girls' comics.
		TATSUMI: Because I felt that gekiga, and the rental comic-book industry, was being inextricably tied, so that I felt that meant that was the demise of gekiga as well.
	www.tcj.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=558&Itemid=48 (1826 words)

	TEZUKA OSAMU @ WORLD : TOMM
		In those days, "Gekiga" (comics with realistic pictures and narratives) was emerging from the world of rental books to be published in general Manga magazines.
		The "Garo" magazine, which was founded by Nagai Katsuichi at Seirindo in 1964 to publish "Gekiga" was drawing the attention of students and intellectuals.
		This was the period in which, with the foundation of a series of "Gekiga" magazines for youths, "Gekiga" was achieving transformation into Manga for youths and also the period in which a new generation of cartoonists for girls' Manga made their debut and took up the challenge of addressing a host of new themes.
	en.tezuka.co.jp /tomm/contents/project_ex/no09/cat01.html (422 words)

	Gekiga - Aniki
		Da sich Gekiga an erwachsene Leser richten, werden sie oft als Seinen oder alternativ bezeichnet.
		Er nannte seine Manga gekiga und feierte damit große Erfolge, die in den 1960ern ähnliche Veröffentlichungen nach sich zogen und beispielsweise Osamu Tezuka in eine Schaffenskrise stürzten.
		Seit den 1990ern verschwinden trotz Erfolgen von Masanori Morita die Gekiga immer mehr vom Mainstream-Markt und werden oft lediglich in alternativen Manga-Magazinen veröffentlicht.
	www.aniki.info /Gekiga (167 words)

	Manga info here at en.26-of-100.info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, gekiga's rental livelihood paradigmatic in future died démodé in the 1970s, while manga singers significantly improved their vivid quality.
		Eventually, gekiga was absorbed into manga und momentarily is used to state a manga druthers which doesn't thing cartoon-like drawing.
		However, gekiga only idolize the mastery druthers of manga: after the 70s, more mature-themed twins und plot dashs were used in manga.
	en.26-of-100.info /Manga (3765 words)

	Anime Manga Türkiye : Geçmişten Günümüze Manga Tarihi
		Shirato Sanpei'nin 1959-62 yılları arasında yayınlanan 8 ciltlik kiralık gekiga hikayesi olan Ninja'nın Uzakdoğu Dövüş Sanatları (Ninja Bungeicho) adlı eseri kiralık gekiga döneminin zirve noktası olmuştu.
		Gekiga sayesinde yetişkinlerden oluşan bir okuyucu grubunun oluşmasıyla beraber, birçok sanatçı sadece eğlendirmek amacının dışına çıkarak geniş bir tür ve teknik yelpazesi oluşturup sanatsal ve edebi ürünler vermeye başladılar.
		Gerçekçi gekiga stiline karşılık, kaliteli çocuk magazinlerindeki manga hikayeleri şirin bir grafik stiliyle hazırlanmaktaydı.
	www.anime.gen.tr /yazi.php?id=64 (2460 words)

	Madoka Mako - Christian Comics Pioneer
		However by the time she started working as an assistant of an established secular gekiga artist, gekiga had established a bad reputation, known for its emphasis on themes such as sex, violence and gambling.
		She felt that one of the good points about gekiga was that it influenced Japanese girl's (sho-jyo) comics, and manga, and expanded the possibilities of developing comic book styles.
		After a while there was no border between gekiga and manga, and Madoka-San was able to do the kind of comics she had always dreamed of doing.
	www.christiancomicsinternational.org /madoka_pioneer.html (1391 words)

	gekiga
		Altra caratteristica di distinzione fu la diffusione del prodotto, utilizzato in formato "bunko", ossia una divulgazione anche attraverso un circuito di negozi di libri a prestito, e non più solo sui quotidiani.
		Il genere gekiga si presentò molto dinamico, con tinte cupe e con frequenti cambi di inquadratura, influenzato dal lavoro di Tezuka, nonchè da forme di spettacoli come il Kamishibai (dramma di carta).
		Sicuramente affine al gekiga per atmosfere e stili narrativi è anche "Chinmoku no Kantai" (La flotta silenziosa) di Kaiji Kawaguchi, edito in Giappone a partire dal 1989.
	www.webalice.it /capitanb/gekiga.htm (531 words)

	Manga - Nmwiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gekiga is a form of manga that focuses more on realistic features while classic manga which focuses more on a message or emotion.
		Gekiga is also based on a rental system, the same way as the US movie rental system.
		All manga other than gekiga follows a monthly or weekly magazine in which a small piece, or episode of manga is published every week or month.
	cordova.asap.um.maine.edu /wiki/index.php/Manga (595 words)

	Manga - Lolipedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One, the manga format, was based on the sales of magazines.
		Manga was based on weekly or biweekly magazine publications so the demand for prompt production and deadline was paramount.
		Gekiga on the other hand did not have any deadline, and can be seen as analogous to graphic novels in the USA.
	www.lolipedia.org /lolipedia/Manga (1542 words)

	TEZUKA OSAMU @ WORLD : TOMM
		In those days, "Gekiga" (comics with realistic pictures and narratives) was emerging from the world of rental books to be published in Manga magazines.
		The "Garo" magazine, which was founded by Nagai Katsuichi at Seirindo in 1964 to publish "Gekiga," was drawing the attention of intellectuals.
		This was the period during which, with the foundation of a series of "Gekiga" magazines for youths, "Gekiga" were being transformed Manga for youths, and also the period in which a new generation of cartoonists for girls' Manga made their debut and took on the challenge of addressing a host of new themes.
	en.tezuka.co.jp /tomm/contents/project_ex/no09/index.html (462 words)

	gekiga - AnimeNation Anime Forums
		Gekiga is manga that specifically focuses on the aggressive and dark side of human personality, and the decline of civilization.
		Two of the most famous and most often cited examples of gekiga manga are Golgo 13 and Akira.
		Ghost in the Shell can also probably be considered gekiga because it deals with the erosion of humanity.
	www.animenation.net /forums/showthread.php?p=4115259 (221 words)

	FUNKY FUTURE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gekiga is a relatively new Manga category and it has been developed to obtain older readership such as businessmen since the 1970´s.
		Gekiga literally means "cartoon of drama" whereas Manga means "cartoon of fun".
		Gekiga is more serious, realistic and descriptive for the mature readers.
	www.funkybusiness.com /sida.asp?rubrik=30 (175 words)

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