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5 | [[quoteright:300:[[Manga/{{Garo}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garo_gekiga.png]]]] |
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7 | Gekiga is a style of alternative {{Manga}} started in the [[TheFifties early 1950s]]. The style was largely pioneered by Creator/YoshihiroTatsumi, who eventually coined the term to further differentiate it from the other comics of the day. |
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9 | "Manga" means "humorous pictures"; "gekiga" was designed as a parallel word meaning "dramatic pictures", reflecting the fact that gekiga was intended for older readers (manga at the time was aimed almost exclusively at pre-teens) and was much more serious than the other Japanese comics of the day. The drawing style and the stories had a stark realism to them and often depicted the struggles of the everyday man in Japan. |
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11 | Eventually the style and its growing influence among {{Mangaka}} lead to Creator/OsamuTezuka writing in the style as well. Many of Tezuka's works near the end of his career are Gekiga or influenced by it such as ''Manga/{{Phoenix}}'' and ''Manga/{{Adolf}}''. Tezuka embracing the style led to an even stronger boom in the realm of experimental comics, and eventually the boom in adult-oriented anime in the 1980s. |
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13 | Eventually the influence of gekiga began to fade as Japanese comics became more and more commercialized; mainstream comics for adult readers eventually developed into {{Seinen}}. Currently the term refers to modern alternative manga, as well as the 60's and 70's originals. |
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15 | [[folder:Artists who draw Gekiga]] |
16 | * Creator/KazuichiHanawa |
17 | * Creator/HoseiHasegawa |
18 | * Creator/SeiichiHayashi |
19 | * Creator/HiroshiHirata |
20 | * Creator/KeiIchinoseki |
21 | * Creator/RyoichiIkegami |
22 | * Creator/SeisakuKano |
23 | * Creator/IkkiKajiwara |
24 | * Creator/KaijiKawaguchi |
25 | * Creator/NoboruKawasaki |
26 | * Creator/KazuoKoike |
27 | * Creator/GosekiKojima |
28 | * Creator/MasahikoMatsumoto |
29 | * Creator/TakumiNagayasu |
30 | * Creator/KenjiNanba |
31 | * Creator/TakaoSaito |
32 | * Creator/ShiratoSampei |
33 | * Creator/MasaakiSato |
34 | * Creator/{{Kyuugou}} |
35 | * Creator/KatsumiShimomoto |
36 | * Creator/MitsuyoshiSonoda |
37 | * Creator/JiroTaniguchi |
38 | * Creator/YoshihiroTatsumi |
39 | * Creator/BuichiTerasawa |
40 | * Creator/OsamuTezuka |
41 | * Creator/ShigeruTochibori |
42 | * Creator/TadaoTsuge |
43 | * Creator/YoshiharuTsuge |
44 | * Creator/NaokiUrasawa |
45 | * Creator/BaronYoshimoto |
46 | [[/folder]] |
47 | ---- |
48 | !!List of Gekiga works: |
49 | |
50 | * ''Manga/AcidTown'' |
51 | * ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' |
52 | * ''Manga/GokuMidnightEye'' |
53 | * ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' |
54 | * ''Manga/KamuiDen'' |
55 | * ''Manga/TheLegendOfMotherSarah'' |
56 | * ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' |
57 | * ''Manga/SamuraiExecutioner'' |
58 | * ''Manga/{{Sanctuary}}'' |
59 | * ''Manga/TheSilentService'' |
60 | * ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' |
61 | * ''Manga/{{Zipang}}'' |
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