There’s likely very few students who haven’t at least paged through one of the manga versions of the classics, like Essays in Idleness or the great Genji Monogatari, to prepare for their university exams. Indeed, probably number of Japanese people have never even seen classic Japanese literature in any form except for a comic book. And when these tales are typically composed of volumes and volumes of nearly incoherently archaic Japanese script–something akin to Beowulf in English–who could really blame them?
For a generation of manga readers who are accustomed to getting the meat and potatoes of a story from easy-to-understand illustrated dialog, there is apparently also News Manga. While the number of headlines available on a daily basis is as abbreviated as the stories themselves, the slightly satirical roundups do give an amusing rehash of recent events. Check out:
The PR manager of a well-known celeb management office was arrested and a warrant put out for the company representative on July 26 on charges of attempted fraud in connection(…)
A member of the Inagawa-kai was arrested for possession of stimulants and cannabis after being discovered carrying 19.5 grams of stimulants and 29 grams of marijuana on his person July(…)
It was announced that a kindergarten teacher has been arrested in Higashi-Murayama city for indecent assault and creating child pornography. The 28-year-old male teacher reportedly molested a fourth-year student in(…)
Voice actor for the popular anime One Piece, Norio Imamura, was arrested July 12 for displaying photos of the lower half of his body on his blog. According to police,(…)
A traditional tattoo artist, or horishi, was arrested July 10 for accepting money for tattoos without the proper medical license under violation of the medical practitioner’s law. The 36-year-old Hyogo-based(…)
From historic tales to the morning news: Manga for everyone
There’s likely very few students who haven’t at least paged through one of the manga versions of the classics, like Essays in Idleness or the great Genji Monogatari, to prepare for their university exams. Indeed, probably number of Japanese people have never even seen classic Japanese literature in any form except for a comic book. And when these tales are typically composed of volumes and volumes of nearly incoherently archaic Japanese script–something akin to Beowulf in English–who could really blame them?
For a generation of manga readers who are accustomed to getting the meat and potatoes of a story from easy-to-understand illustrated dialog, there is apparently also News Manga. While the number of headlines available on a daily basis is as abbreviated as the stories themselves, the slightly satirical roundups do give an amusing rehash of recent events. Check out:
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