{"id":1235,"date":"2011-04-29T01:40:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T01:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2014-07-30T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T13:02:14","slug":"legendary-manga-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/legendary-manga-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Manga Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Japan, some mangaka (\u6f2b\u753b\u5bb6<\/strong>) or manga creators are millionaires with fame and prestige. Manga creators are often called \u2018sensei\u2019 (\u5148\u751f<\/strong>), which is a title usually reserved for teachers and white collar professionals like doctors.<\/p>\n

One such famous manga creator is Leiji Matsumoto (\u677e\u672c\u96f6\u58eb<\/strong>); who is best known for his Captain Harlock (\u30ad\u30e3\u30d7\u30c6\u30f3\u30cf\u30fc\u30ed\u30c3\u30af<\/strong>) series. Leiji Matsumoto\u2019s works often take place in the future, with spacecrafts, space battleships, aliens etc. Matsumoto\u2019s mangas were released in the 1970s and 1980s, when Japan was transitioning into an ultra hi tech society. Readers identified with Matsumoto\u2019s works and the fears of living in such a rapidly modernized world.<\/p>\n

Although Hayao Miyazaki (\u5bae\u5d0e\u99ff<\/strong>) is renown as an anime film director, he was originally a manga illustrator. He has illustrated several mangas, one of which is titled \u201cKaze no Tani no Naushika\u201d (\u98a8\u306e\u8c37\u306e\u30ca\u30a6\u30b7\u30ab<\/strong>) or \u201cNausicaa of the Valley of the Wind\u201d. Miyazaki\u2019s works often deal with warfare, the innocence of children, and man\u2019s relationship with the environment. His works especially resonated with the children of postwar Japan.<\/p>\n

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Shotaro Ishinomori (\u77f3\u30ce\u68ee<\/strong>\u7ae0\u592a\u90ce<\/strong>) is probably best known for his Kamen Rider Series (\u4eee\u9762\u30e9\u30a4\u30c0\u30fc\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba<\/strong>). His works generally deal with the genre of science fiction. Unlike Miyazaki\u2019s morally ambiguous characters, Ishinomori\u2019s characters are either strictly good or bad. The reason why fans love his works is because his heroes kick butt and are always able to defeat the evil characters in a cool cyborg or android outfit.<\/p>\n

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Go Nagai (\u6c38\u4e95\u8c6a<\/strong>) is best known for creating works like Cutie Honey (\u30ad\u30e5\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30fc\u30cf\u30cb\u30fc<\/strong>), Devilman (\u30c7\u30d3\u30eb\u30de\u30f3<\/strong>), and Mazinger Z (\u30de\u30b8\u30f3\u30ac\u30fc\uff3a<\/strong>). Before Nagai, mangas were pretty much kid friendly stories with limited violence. However, Nagai changed the perception that manga was just for kids. His manga Harenchi Gakuen (\u30cf\u30ec\u30f3\u30c1\u5b66\u5712<\/strong>) was one of the first mangas to introduce eroticism. He is now considered one of the main creators of modern erotic manga.<\/p>\n

Osamu Tezuka (\u624b\u585a\u6cbb\u866b<\/strong>) is sometimes called the \u201cmanga no kamisama\u201d (\u6f2b\u753b\u306e\u795e\u69d8<\/strong>) or the \u201cgod of manga\u201d. He is famous for works like \u201cAstro Boy\u201d (\u9244\u8155\u30a2\u30c8\u30e0<\/strong>) and \u201cBlack Jack\u201d (\u30d6\u30e9\u30c3\u30af\u30b8\u30e3\u30c3\u30af<\/strong>). Tezuka was the original creator of the \u201clarge eyes\u201d effect that can still be seen in today\u2019s manga. The \u201clarge eyes\u201d effect refers to anime characters that have disproportionately large eyes and have the effect of making the character look adorable or cute.<\/p>\n

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In Japan, some mangaka (\u6f2b\u753b\u5bb6) or manga creators are millionaires with fame and prestige. Manga creators are often called \u2018sensei\u2019 (\u5148\u751f), which is a title usually reserved for teachers and white collar professionals like doctors. One such famous manga creator is Leiji Matsumoto (\u677e\u672c\u96f6\u58eb); who is best known for his Captain Harlock (\u30ad\u30e3\u30d7\u30c6\u30f3\u30cf\u30fc\u30ed\u30c3\u30af) series. Leiji…<\/p>\n

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