Line #22 Main/Gekiga


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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]]
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48	!!List of Gekiga works:
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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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