Manga

They’re young, talented and self-assured. Women manga artists from Germany are succeeding: Their publishers note rising circulations, the fan community is growing. A stroll through the German manga scene reveals how diverse this genre is.Les mer ...

In December 2009 in Kyoto, the first international conference of the International Manga Research Center of Seika University took place. A key demand: to finally apply the interculturality of comics to comic studies as well.Les mer ...

15 years ago, no one would have seriously thought that Japanese comics would one day spread all over the globe. Today, they are part of young people’s daily lives to such an extent that their visual language is even used in German sex education: a manga story entitled “First Love, Safety First!” promotes the use of condoms, and the Ministry of the Interior of the Bundesland North Rhine-Westphalia makes use of the manga style to educate about right-wing extremism.Les mer ...

Der Manga-Boom begann in den 1990er-Jahren mit dem Erfolg einiger Shojo- und Shonen-Mangaserien. Mittlerweile ist daraus ein großer Markt geworden, rund 80 Prozent des Umsatzes in der Comicbranche werden mit Manga erwirtschaftet. Sehr schnell haben die deutschen Fans begonnen, selbst Manga zu zeichnen, wodurch eine ganz neue Szene mit eigenen Strukturen entstand, die mit der traditionellen Comicszene keinerlei Berührungspunkte hatte.Les mer ...

I 2006 tilbrakte Dirk Schwieger et år i Tokyo og fortalte om opplevelsene sine i den interaktive tegneseriebloggen "Moresukine". Nå har nedtegningene kommet ut i bokform, og det var tid for en samtale blant kolleger om bakgrunnen for dette prosjektet – Titus Ackermann, selv tegner og skaper av tegneseriemagasinet "Moga Mobo", stilte spørsmålene.Les mer ...