Study of the past
Feb 6th, 2023, 10:56 am
A Brief History of Manga by Helen McCarthy
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Overview: When it comes to writing about anime and Japanese popular culture, Helen McCarthy was a pioneer. She's been writing and talking about it for around three decades- long before most British people even knew Japan had an animation industry. Back in the 90s she edited the ground-breaking magazine Anime UK and wrote the very first book in the English language entirely dedicated to anime. Anyone who writes seriously about Japanese animation owes her a debt. 2009's wonderful The Art Of Osamu Tezuka: God Of Manga broke new ground for the author in that it was her first book that was as much concerned with Japan's comics industry as with it's animated output. To truly understand anime, arguably you must come to understand manga, so it made perfect sense that her next book would shine the spotlight entirely on the printed page.

A Brief History of Manga is, as the title suggests, a whistle-stop tour through the history of comics in Japan. It's a light and breezy read for sure, but that's not to suggest that it's not absolutely full of manga-y goodness. Despite its relatively short page-count, it packs every page with nuggets of information and insight, many of which will be new to even those who consider themselves manga experts. Each double-spread tackles a pertinent year in the medium's history. What really makes this book stand out though is the time spent on the very early history of cartooning and comics in Japan. Starting with "The prehistory of Manga" in the year 700, it traces the art-form's earliest roots. Most sources act like Manga began with Tezuka, with everything preceding that a footnote at most. Not so here, as the man himself doesn't even show up until page 24. Running throughout the book is a timeline featuring dates of publications, historical events and the births and deaths of key figures in the industry.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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