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Saturday, 21 September 2013
Manga in the 80's Pt. 5

[reprinted in volumes (1 to 4) and
owned by Viz Communications in 1992]

Now the deemed the 'ultimate project'
and labelled 'Xenon', Asuka has become two fully integrated
creatures, one mechanical, and one Human, and after his escapee from
the Bloody Sea's laboratory, he is hunted by those employed with a
psyche found in nature of violence, bloody violence (volunteers to be
man-machines), all is not lost as his High School friends try and
help him regain his identity and memories, and as luck would have it
the girl with the schoolgirl crush on him has a Grandfather who is a
scientist (a little off his rocker...you could say) with a fully
equipped mansion laboratory.
The action of blood and oil, wires and
sinew took place over comic-book panels where the art replaced the
dialogue in telling the story (the Manga style).
[You will find this a reoccurring theme
of “man and machine” is part of the Japanese national Psyche. In
understanding industrialisation, and a hope for a better tomorrow.]
[ In issue 3 a two page article written
by the author of 'Manga, manga: the World of Japanese comics'
Frederik L. Schodt was entitled 'Japan – A land in love with
Robots'. From a child android and remote controlled brutish robot,
to the piloted warrior robots, and Cyborgs, to the machine known as a
Mobile Suits, Japan was indeed in love with Robots, and so it was in
the West in the 1980's too!]
[Later in 5 Issue had another two page
article appeared, this time written by Abra L. Numata from the Viz
Communication Inc.'s editorial team. It was all about the Manga
industry and the Japanese art style that has a storyboard\cinematic
look and feel to it, and the up and coming emergence in1983\1984 of
leaders progressing the Japanese Manga comic-book to new levels,
(Translated examples of this 'new wave' of comics are given as AKIRA
& GREY), and the article explained how they were editorially put
together for a English readership (very interesting).]
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