July 2005
July 29, 2005
Brief note about the history of Comic Market and the trend
Needless to say, it is the pioneer first held in 1975 and the biggest doujinshi event that constantly attracts more than 150,000 people per day.
In the early years of its history, every doujinshi was the anthology made by a manga club at university. The word “doujin” means “fan group” or “club” in the first place and “shi” is for “magazine” or “book.”
In the early 1980s, female artists began to self-publish male/male manga doujinshi whose characters are borrowed from the manga or anime they love. Just around the same time, it got an underground trend for male artists who love manga and anime to draw cute young girls in their doujinshi.
Nowadays, existing manga/anime based doujinshi seem to surpass the original doujinshi.
No one would deny that Shonen-Jump-based doujinsh is the most attractive category in the Comic Market. It is the barometer of the manga trend among fanatic fans. The area for Shonen Jump category itself is divided by manga tiles.
Nuru Wota ga Kiru blog focused on how many fan circles (actually they are not a circle but an individual artist) will attend for each manga title in Shonen Jump.
The Prince of Tennis: 1,572
Naruto: 576
One Piece: 414
Gintama: 356
D.Gray-man: 294
Bleach: 253
Death Note: 222
Katei Kyoushi Reborn: 202
Eye Shield 21 : 164
Mr. Full Swing: 74
Hunter x Hunter: 40
Muhyo to Roji no Mahouritsu Tantei Jimusho : 6
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro: 1
＊Followings are the manga titles that have already come to an end in Shonen Jump
Yu-Gi-Oh!: 242
Hikaru no Go: 170
SLAM DUNK: 122
Whistle!: 116
Captain Tsubasa: 82
Houshin Engi: 61
Yu Yu Hakusho: 55
Shaman King: 42
Busou Renkin: 27
Waq Waq: 7
July 27, 2005
Lamented Manga Artists
As her manga works are not only intelligent but also full of human nature, I really loved them.
I often run into this kind of sad news recently. I list the mangaka whose death was reported this year.
杉浦日向子 Sugiura, Hinako/ Date: July 22 / Age: 46
永島慎二 Nagashima, Shinji/ Date: June 10 / Age: 67
岡田史子 Okada, Fumiko/ Date: April 3 / Age: 55
中尊寺ゆつこ Chuusonji, Yutsuko/ Date: January 31 / Age:42
All of them have a commonality that they were very intelligent and some of their works are told to be comparable to literature.
Especially, Okada had a deep insight in philosophy and religion. I first knew the word "ataraxia" from her manga tankoubon. But her manga was so profound even for manga fans in the 70th that it couldn’t become popular. In spite of Tezuka’s help with a job as an animator in Mushi Production and friendship with Hagio Moto, she decided to quit writing.
After leaving Tokyo, she devoted herself to Christianity in the early 70th.
If you are interested in the other aspect of manga, why don't you try them.
Weekly Manga Tankoubon Top 10 (July 18 - July 24)
1. |
鋼の錬金術師 (11) Pub date: July 22 |
2. |
名探偵コナン (50) Pub date: July 15 |
3. |
Pub date: July 19 |
4. |
Pub date: July 19 |
5. |
金色のガッシュ!! (21) Pub date: July 15 |
6. |
V・B・ローズ (4) Pub date: July 198 |
7. |
はじめの一歩 (73) Pub date: July 15 |
8. |
Pub date: July 15 |
9. |
Pub date: July 15 |
10. |
おおきく振りかぶって (4) Pub date: July 22 |
July 26, 2005
Detective Conan Exhibition
Many kinds of Conan-related stuff such as drawings by the author himself, anime cels, or the drawings and compositions by Aoyama Goushou when he was in elementary school are on display till August 21st.
Daiei-chou is Aoyama’s hometown and he went to elementary school there. In his composition for the graduation writings, he wrote, “ Though I wanted to become a mangaka last time, now I want to become a detective. But I don't think I can because I'm not quick in my movements. So I combined my dream with the previous one; I want to become the mangaka specialized in detective manga.”
I was very impressed to read it. He fulfilled his dream!
Daiei-chou Chamber of Commers refers to itself as The Town You Can Meet Conan. In its web site, you can see the sight of the town which has the statues of Conan and Kudou Shinichi.
July 25, 2005
!! Monthly Manga Tankoubon Top 10 for June !!
1. |
Pub date: June 3 |
2. |
Pub date: June 3 |
3. |
頭文字(イニシャル)D (31) Pub date: June 6 |
4. |
エンジェル・ハート (15) Pub date: June 9 |
5. |
Pub date: June 17 |
6. |
Pub date: June 16 |
7. |
ピューと吹くジャガー (9) Pub date: June 3 |
8. |
ヤマトナデシコ七変化 (13) Pub date: June 13 |
9. |
Pub date: June 17 |
10. |
あひるの空 (7) Pub date: June 17 |
New design
After painting the new character with orange hair above, I found Saint Seiya and Yu-Gi-Oh! had a great influence on my art style.
In fact the only doujinshi I published were about Saint Seiya and Yu-Gi-Oh!
I hope you like the new design.
July 24, 2005
Anime Blog Directory
The blogs are sorted on the left by anime title and we have only to click on the title we have an interest in. Thanks to RSS it always indicates the latest blogs about the anime you chose.
July 22, 2005
Yaoi girls, never miss Otome Road!
When the manga information magazine, Puff, introduced the area, it was called Otome Road and afterward came to go by so in the manga fandom.
Otome is Japanese for "maiden."
If you are lucky, you might come across a BL manga artist’s autograph session in one of the shops.
Access: 10-minute walk from the East exit of JR Ikebukuro Station. Otome Road faces the famous shopping building, Sunshine City.
Is that a lawsuit or an advertisement?
He and the distributor, Media Suits, have come to the conclusion that the movie will be released on the condition that it primarily shows the disclaimer “This movie has nothing to do with any existing person or party.”
Sansupo.com continues it doesn’t mean Cromartie allowed the manga and he is planning the other lawsuit against the distributor and the publisher.
But some of the manga fans suspect that it's a kind of setup advertisement for the movie because Cromartie is known for his good sense of humor and this case seems totally out of his character, though I have no idea what the truth is. I only can say if I were him, I'd ask the manga artist to draw me as the principal in his manga.
You can read the detail of the case in my previous article.
July 19, 2005
Weekly Manga Tankoubon Top 10 (July 12 - July 18)
| 1. |
名探偵コナン (50) Pub date: July 15 |
| 2. |
金色のガッシュ!! (21) Pub date: July 15 |
| 3. |
はじめの一歩 (73) Pub date: July 15 |
| 4. |
Pub date: July 15 |
| 5. |
Pub date: July 15 |
6. |
ライフ (10) Pub date: July 13 |
7. |
Pub date: July 4 |
8. |
涼風 (7) Pub date: July 15 |
9. |
からくりサーカス (38) Pub date: July 15 |
10. |
Pub date: July 15 |
Read First
