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Does anyone here read Japanese Manga?
Greekcarrot:
--- Quote from: Yoc on February 29, 2012, 07:52:04 PM ---Barefoot Gen is one I read that truly shocked and moved me. A real life child survivor of Hiroshima shows us his experiences. I highly recommend it.
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Barefoot Gen is really awesome! Another similar great manga which unfortunately has not been released outside Japan is RAINBOW- Nisha Rokubo no Shichinin. It deals with the post war Japan and the way kids were treated at the reform schools at the time. Luckily there is an anime series based on the manga and it's pretty accurate as far as I've seen it.
Yoc:
There was an anime movie sorta based on Barefoot Gen (but not called that IIRC) that had a super depressing ending. Firefly was in the title, I think. Again, powerful subject matter and film.
Drahken:
You mean grave of the fireflies?
Most people say it was a real tear-jerker, but I just found it dull & tedious. I guess the difference comes down to whether or not you can sympathize with the characters.
Yoc:
Yes, that was the film! I thought it very well done but you are right. If you don't connect with the characters I could see it being called dull.
vaillant:
--- Quote from: bminor on February 28, 2012, 05:31:42 PM ---Not if I can help it!
I am more of a classic American comic book buy.
There is way to much already here on DCM for me to read!
Plus, no jingle to put to yet ANOTHER comic to buy.
Though, way back when I was young I do have a vague memory about Astro Boy, sometime in the mid sixities. I was about seven or eight year old.
B.
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@bminor: I am firmly convinced there is no substantial differences when we are speaking of comics which have made history, of classics or generally acknowledged productions which breathe universal values.
If I was reasoning like you, I would snob golden age and read only italian wartime or other periods' comics. Which would be an enormous disregard for the greatness of any national or cultural native production.
Luckily I have been able to read almost all Marvel's silver age, but you americans have been lucky enough to have Atom in his very first animated series aired in 1963 (in fact, Tezuka produced it with high care for the american audience). Only a little more than a hundred of episode have been aired, however, since the original B/W series is of 193 episodes.
@Yoc: Definitely, Barefoot Gen is a must read. I still have to locate a copy of the italian edition but sooner or later I will do.
I am not a big fan of Miyazaki, although I appreciated quite a lot My neighbor Totoro.
Right now, I’m totally into those darn "classic american comic books", an unknown territory as much as mangas of the same time for us italians. ;)
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