“("Collection of Discourses on Modern Manga" published by Seirindo - all text, no illustrations) individually analyzing works of the mid-Showa mangaka (Shirato Sanpei, Mizuki Shigeru, Ishimori Shotaro, Tsuge Yoshiharu, et al) is a must to have. Chock full of anecdotes, written by four different authors. “
Authors:
[Ishiko Junzou / 石子順造 ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%AD%90%E9%A0%86%E9%80%A0)
[Kaiji Jun / 梶井純 ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%B6%E4%BA%95%E7%B4%94)
[Kikuchi Asajirou / 菊地浅次郎 (山根貞男)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%A0%B9%E8%B2%9E%E7%94%B7)
[Gondou Susumu / 権藤晋 ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%A9%E8%97%A4%E6%99%8B)
Artists discussed:
[Tezuka Osamu / 手塚治虫 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1356)
[Shirato Sanpei / 白土三平 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=3370)
[Ishinomori Shotaro (Ishimori Shotaro) / 石ノ森章太郎 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2835)
[Mizuki Shigeru / 水木 しげる ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2953)
[Tsuge Yoshiharu / つげ義春 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2289)
[Saito Takao / さいとうたかを ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=5174)
[Nagashima Shinji / 永島慎二 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=13239)
[HIRATA Hiroshi / 平田弘史 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4184)
[TAKITA Yuu / 滝田ゆう](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=27149)
[Tanaka Teruo 棚下照生 (たなか てるお)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%9A%E4%B8%8B%E7%85%A7%E7%94%9F)
[HAYASHI Seiichi / 林静一 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4330)
[Tsuge Tadao / つげ忠男 ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=28089)
[Sasaki Maki / 佐々木マキ ](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=14366)
and then some essays:
Discussion on the state of affairs, Kid's Manga The Collapse and Transformation of Idealism
Gekiga The Hell of Post War Democracy
Nonsense Manga, Why did Manga move towards nonsense
Ero-guro manga, the desires that lurk in savagery
Extra: history of post war manga by year
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