Today’s Wall Street Journal has a front page article about Japanese anime tourists visiting the Washinomiya Shrine in Washimiya, Saitama Prefecture, because of its association with Lucky Star (らき★すた) by Yoshimizu Kagami (美水 かがみ). This caught my attention because Saitama is Ohio’s sister state in Japan!
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121737740486095275.html?mod=weekend_leisure_arts_hs_coll_left
According to the English Wikipedia entry, the Washimiya fan tourism phenomenon was reported already a year ago in the English newspaper, Asahi Shimbun/ International Herald Tribune (18 August 2007), although that article is no longer on the web site.
The manga started coming out in 2005 and volume 6 will be out in September — if the Japanese Wikipedia is correct — the information there is more up-to-date than books.or.jp, which is my usual source. The Kadokawa web site does not yet list it.
I’m planning to order this for the manga collection soon.
July 30th, 2008
BT No. 876 is a special issue on “Is Manga Art?” The contents are listed on the publisher’s web site –
http://www.fujisan.co.jp/Product/2196/b/89964/
A feature of this special issue is a section of brief introductions to thirty people who changed manga history. I thought it would be interesting to see how well represented these mangaka are in Ohio State’s manga collection. Here’s a list with the results of my search (showing what we have in Japanese as well as Chinese and English translations), with links to OSU’s catalog. There’s still a lot of work to do with regard to these folks!
Manga Super-technique マンガ・スーパーテクニック :
Inoue Takehiko 井上雄彦 Ohio State has a few: Vagabond (J - 21v + E), Buzzer Beater (J-4v), Chameleon Jail (J-2v + C-2v), Slam Dunk (J- 31v + C- 31v + E)– BTW: There’s a very popular exhibit of Inoue’s work in Tokyo this summer!
Obata Takeshi 小畑健: Death Note (E+J); Hikaru no Go (E+J)
Araki Hirohiko 荒木飛呂彦: Jojo no kimyō na bōken (J - 63 v.); Baoh the Visitor (C - 2v); some others; http://books.or.jp lists 139 books!!
Science Fiction / Fantasy Worldview SF・ファンタジーの世界観
Nagano Mamoru 永野護: Five Star Stories;http://books.or.jp lists 23 books
Shiro Masamune or Shirow Masamune 士郎正宗 :
17 titles in Ohio State’s library catalog: mostly English translations of Appleseed, Dominion, Ghost in the Shell, Orion, etc
Miura Kentaro 三浦建太郎 : Japan (E); Beruseruku
Stylish Aesthetics スタイリッシュの美学
Kusumoto Maki 楠本まき: Kiss xxxx, etc
Katsura Masakazu 桂正和: Shadow lady (E)
Kamijo Atsushi 上條淳士: Sex; Toy; Zingy
Tada Yumi 多田由美: Lucky charms & apple jacks
The Lineage of Autobiographical Manga (I-Manga) 私漫画の系譜
Oda Hideji 小田ひで次: Patch of Dreams (E); http://books.or.jp lists 2 books
Kondo Akino近藤聡乃 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/近藤聡乃 – may be hard to collect, some self-published materials!
Kuroda Io 黒田硫黄: Sexy Voice and Robo (E); Sekushi boisu ando robo(J); Daio (J); Kurofune (J)
Shiriagari Kotobuki しりあがり寿: many!!
Those With Ability for Creating Atmosphere (Masters of the Ambient
アンビエントな実力派)
Maruo Suehiro 丸尾末広: a few titles….
Okano Reiko 岡野玲子: Onmyoji; etc; etc
Yamada Akihiro 山田章博:
Matsumoto Taiyo 松本大洋: Ping Pong; Hana otoko; etc
Reformers of Girls’ Manga 少女マンガの革新者
Minekura Kazuya 峰倉かずや: Saiyuki; etc
Anno Moyoko 安野モヨコ: not much yet….
Yazawa Ai 矢沢あい: Nana; Paradise Kiss; etc, etc, etc
CLAMP: many!
Innovative Craftsmen “ 萌え”の巨匠たち
Akamatsu Ken 赤松健: Love Hina
Kogedonbo コゲどんぼ: nothing yet!! Works include: Pitaten
Fujishima Kosuke 藤島康介: Oh my goddess!; etc
Azuma Kiyohiko あずまきよひこ : Azumanga Daioh
Tenhiro Naoto 天広直人: nothing yet!! Wikipedia lists several things
Evolving Forms in the 21st Century 21世紀的進化形
Yoshizaki Mine 吉崎観音: nothing yet!! see Wikipedia
Nishioka Kyodai 西岡兄妹: nothing yet!! see Wikipedia
Oh! Great 大暮維人 aka: Ogure Ito : Air Gear
Mizuno Junko 水野純子: Hell babies; Hansel and Gretel
July 29th, 2008
