Post by merh on Mar 4, 2019 0:08:03 GMT
Mar 1, 2019 15:20:06 GMT merh said:
One of my bones to pick with superhero comics is gals are often scantily clad or in inappropriate dress. You get Cap head to toe in leather & chainmail, Thor in leather & armor, but gals in spandex?Come on.
You have to admit in many ways comics through the 80s have been made as male fantasies. Guys they want to be & gals they want to bed, right. They might have improved after I stopped buying comics, but overall they were designed to tantalize to sell copy.
As the mom of a teen girl, I noticed how manga was designed about 1/3 of the titles to appeal to girls while western comics remained focused on the male audience. I sat in a Comicon International panel where the company stated this, that conventional wisdom was teen girls bought clothes & makeup while boys were the ones who bought DC & Marvel comics so after years of cannibalizing the audience from one another, the early 00s saw manga enter the market & actually sell to females.
And the males in the audience did not believe it. Because girls don't buy comics.
As for manga, some of the most sexually suggestive clothing and exaggerated anatomy I've ever seen on a comic was from manga.
Japanese magazines specifically for girls, known as shōjo magazines, first appeared in 1903 with the founding of Shōjo kai (少女界, Girls' World) and continued with others such as Shōjo Sekai (少女世界, Girls' World) (1906) and the long-running Shōjo no tomo (少女の友, Girls' Friend) (1908).[4][5]
The roots of the wide-eyed look commonly associated with shōjo manga dates back to shōjo magazine illustrations during the early 20th century. The most important illustrators associated with this style at the time were Yumeji Takehisa and particularly Jun'ichi Nakahara, who, influenced by his work as a doll creator, frequently drew female characters with big eyes in the early 20th century. This had a significant influence on early shōjo manga, evident in the work of influential manga artists such as Macoto Takahashi [ja] and Riyoko Ikeda.[6]
The roots of the wide-eyed look commonly associated with shōjo manga dates back to shōjo magazine illustrations during the early 20th century. The most important illustrators associated with this style at the time were Yumeji Takehisa and particularly Jun'ichi Nakahara, who, influenced by his work as a doll creator, frequently drew female characters with big eyes in the early 20th century. This had a significant influence on early shōjo manga, evident in the work of influential manga artists such as Macoto Takahashi [ja] and Riyoko Ikeda.[6]
There is also Josei
Josei manga (女性漫画, lit. women's comics, pronounced [dʑoseː]) are Japanese comics aimed at older teenage girls and adult women who are able to read kanji without the aid of furigana. Josei manga should not be confused with "shōjo manga" (少女漫画) for younger teenage girls or "ladies comics" (レディースコミックス redīsu komikkusu) or "LadyComi" (レディコミ redikomi), which tend to contain erotic content.[1] Readers can range in age from 18 to 45.[2] "Josei" is the Japanese word for "woman".[3][4]
Josei manga often portray realistic romance, as opposed to the mostly idealized romance of shōjo manga, but this is not always the case. They tend to be both more sexually explicit and contain more mature storytelling than shojo manga, although this is not always the case either. It is also not unusual for themes such as infidelity and rape to be present in josei manga. Examples of well-known josei manga include Yun Kouga's Loveless, Ai Yazawa's Paradise Kiss, and the award-winning works of Erica Sakurazawa.
Josei manga often portray realistic romance, as opposed to the mostly idealized romance of shōjo manga, but this is not always the case. They tend to be both more sexually explicit and contain more mature storytelling than shojo manga, although this is not always the case either. It is also not unusual for themes such as infidelity and rape to be present in josei manga. Examples of well-known josei manga include Yun Kouga's Loveless, Ai Yazawa's Paradise Kiss, and the award-winning works of Erica Sakurazawa.
The shojo and josei manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum features plenty of popular josei series. These include Makai Ōji: Devils and Realist, 07-Ghost, Loveless, Karneval, Are You Alice?, and +C: Sword and Cornett, all of which are leading examples of josei's unique characteristics.
Seinen manga (青年漫画) are manga marketed toward young adult men.[1] In Japanese, the word "seinen" literally means "youth," but the term "seinen manga" is also used to describe the target audience of comics like Weekly Manga Times and Weekly Manga Goraku which are aimed at men from their 20s to their 50s. Seinen manga are distinguished from shōnen manga which are for younger boys, although some seinen manga like xxxHolic share some similarities with "shōnen" manga. Seinen manga can focus on action, politics, science fiction, fantasy, relationships, sports, or comedy. The female equivalent to seinen manga is josei manga.
Seinen manga have a wide variety of art styles and variation in subject matter. Examples of seinen series include: 20th Century Boys, Berserk, Excel Saga, Mushishi, Ghost in the Shell, Oh My Goddess!, Initial D, and the formerly shōnen manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Seinen manga have a wide variety of art styles and variation in subject matter. Examples of seinen series include: 20th Century Boys, Berserk, Excel Saga, Mushishi, Ghost in the Shell, Oh My Goddess!, Initial D, and the formerly shōnen manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
In other words, there are dozens of magazines in Japan running hundreds of manga titles aimed at specific slices of audience meaning they can indulge in a huge variety of stories, far more than here in the US