Forum - View topicHow would you periodize anime/manga?
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dannavy85
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Here's a question...if you wanted to periodize the history of Manga/Anime from the end off WWII to now...how would you do it?
My concept.... The Tokuwazo Era. 1945 - 1955 Tokuwazo is the name of the Apartment complex in Tokyo in which the most well known and oldest of modern Manga/anime's artist resided together at the beginning of the post war construction period in Japan from 1949 to 1955. This era encompasses the important milestones as the end of Imperial censorship of the press, Osamu Tezuka's first popullar manga and the early creation of Shonan Boys Weekly, the first major manga magazine released. The Tezuka Era. 1953 - 1970 The Tezuka era encompasses the influence of the God of Manga on the growing comic industry. Osamu Tezuka's first delvings into television animation, experamental shorts, Tetsuwan Atom, JungleTaitei and the first anime invasion of the United States in 1963 by Mister Fred Ladd's assistance to Tezuka. It also covers those anime picked up by Julius and Arthur Ranken which became Holiday classics in the United States. The Early Era of Mecha 1970-1980 This era encompasses the work of Tatsunoko Productions which brought the first mecha/team based anime to the screen and later to American television. It also covers the start of the second anime invasion to America with Battle of the Planets, Star Blazers, Danguard Ace and The Last Unicorn as the first successful full feature anime in American theaters and on early cable television. The Robotech/Katsuhiro Otomo era 1980-1990 This era began with Lensman and ended with Akira being a cultural phenominon. The 1980's saw the explosive rise of anime groups in major universities, fan-subbing, fan-dubbing, early anime imports, and large numbers of anime and products being shipped for U.S. Servicemen in Japan who made their own profitable business buying Macross items hard to find in the U.S. Also during this period, Dungon and Dragons style role playing took off with much of it inflenced by imported Anime themes. Osamu Tezuka dies in 1989. The digi era 1990-200- Anime becomes a dynamic artistic force. Pokemon becomes the first anime to grace a TIME magazine cover as it sweeps the states and Europe along with Digimon. Anime explodes across the internet. Card games, cafes and speciality shops promote animaic style rpg. Hayao Miyazaki becomes the first anime artist to be award an Oscar for best Animated movie. The DVD by 2003 becomes the standard format for Anime, becoming the first media to kill VHS. Feel free to add, subtract or slaughter if need be. |
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JELEINEN
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Looks pretty good, but it seems kind of odd to jump from strictly Japanese eras to basically an American perspective of eras. Maybe parallel timelines would be better?
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dannavy85
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always open for suggestions but America did have a profound influence on Anime.
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