DE-MYSTIFYING MANGA: AN INTRODUCTION FOR PATRONS OF ALL AGES Pamela Jayne & Krista King-Oaks.
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DE-MYSTIFYING MANGA: AN INTRODUCTION FOR PATRONS OF ALL
AGESPamela Jayne & Krista King-Oaks
MANGA VS. ANIME
Manga = Text/Book Anime = TV/Film
MANGA
• Whimsical comic
• Illustrations in black & white
• Read right to left
• Serialized
• Multiple Genres
• Multiple ages/audiences
ANIME
• Derived from English word “animation”
• “Japanimation”
• Feature films to manga adaptations
READING WESTERN COMICS VS. MANGA
Western
Reads: L R
Usually in full color
More square panels
More varied art styles
Third-person narrative
More text heavy; narration
Eastern
Reads: RL (“backwards”)
Usually in black and white
More fluid layout
Defined by specific art style
First-person narrative
Dialog and visuals move story
HOW TO READ MANGA VISUAL AID
Image credit: http://www.mangaforkids.com/images/howto-spread.jpg
MAJOR PUBLISHERS
Marvel Comics
DC Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Image Comics
IDW Publishing
Gemstone Publishing
Fantagraphics
Kodansha
Viz
Yen Press
BLOGS TO FOLLOW
• Good Comics for Kids (School Library Journal)
• No Flying No Tights
• Graphic Novel Reporter
• About.com Manga
• Anime News Network
WEBSITES/APPS
Viz Media
Yen Press
Image Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Kaboom! Studios
Marvel
DC
MANGA/ANIME RATINGS *Not necessarily comparable to Western age
rating systems
AGE RATINGS
• Age Ratings Snapshot on Good Comics for Kids • http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/10/25/question-tuesday-age-ratings-snap
shot/
MANGA CATEGORIES
Kodomo Published for children
Beginning readers through elementary school
Limited appeal in American markets
Titles not originally released as Kodomo can be released in US as all ages title
CHILDREN’S MANGA
Pokemon
Hikaru No Go
Dragon Ball Z
Beyblade
Fairy Idol Kanon
Yotsuba
BROAD MANGA CATEGORIES
Shonen Boys, 10-18 years old
Focus on friendship
Adventures; coming of age
Comedy
Sports
Sci-fi
Shonen Jump
Shojo Girls, 10-18
Focus on friendship, love
Comedy
Romance
Paranormal
Shojo Beat
POPULAR SHONEN MANGA
•Bleach•Death Note•Fullmetal Alchemist
•InuYasha•Naruto•One Piece
POPULAR SHOJO MANGA
•Dengeki Daisy
•Fruits Basket
•Fushigi Yugi
•Sailor Moon
•Tokyo Mew Mew
•“Alice” series
MANGA CATEGORIES
Seinen “Men’s comics”
Geared towards older teens and adult men
Realistic take on life
More explicit violence, nudity and sex
Fan service is common and more explicit
Often gritty and realistic feel
SEINEN MANGA TITLES
Black Lagoon
Trigun
Akira
Berserk
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Oh My Goddess
MANGA CATEGORIES
Josei “Women’s comics”
Geared towards older teens and adult women
Realistic take on life – relationships and single women
More explicit violence, nudity and sex
Fan service is less common
JOSEI MANGA TITLES
Butterflies, Flowers
Ristorante Paradiso
Honey and Clover
Little Butterfly
Don’t Blame Me
Camera, Camera, Camera
YAOI AND YURI
YAOI
Sometimes called Shonen-Ai or Boy’s Love
Depicts romances between two male characters
Can be mild or explicit
Tend to be written by women for women
Do not typically reflect realistic relationships
YURI
Depicts romances between two female characters
Tend to be written for men.
Do not typically reflect realistic relationships
MANHWA
Korean comics
Read left to right
Bride of the Water God
The Color of Earth
Forest of Gray City
Moon Boy
13th Boy
MANHUA
Chinese comics
Reads right to left
Appear both in full color and
in black and white
The History of the West Wing
Wild Animals
IF YOU LIKE…
Action/Historical Fiction/Suspense:•Afterschool Charisma•Black Butler•D Gray-Man
Comedy:•The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzymiya•Ouran High School Host Club•Ranma One Half
IF YOU LIKE…
Paranormal Romance:-Black Bird-The Earl and the Fairy-Rosario+Vampire
Realistic Romance:-Ai Ore!-La Corda d’Oro-Toradora!
POPULAR SERIES ADAPTATIONS
PSSST…WE HAVE A SECRET…
You don’t have to be an expert, or even like manga or anime, to collect, advocate, and program with it in
your library!
QUESTIONS?
Krista King-Oaks
Children’s Programming Librarian
KCPL, Covington Branch
Pamela Jayne
Teen Librarian
BCPL, Main Library
FURTHER RESOURCES
• Library Collections for Teens: Manga and Graphic Novels by Kristin Fletcher-Spear & Merideth Jenson-Benjamin, VOYA Press, 2011 – ISBN: 9781555707453
• Mostly Manga: A Genre Guide to Popular Manga, Manhwa, Manhua, and Anime by Elizabeth F. S. Kalen, Genreflecting Advisory Series by Libraries Unlimited, 2012 – ISBN: 9781598849387
