Underappreciated Manga
Anime Central 2018
Sunday 10:00AM in Panel Room 6
Panel Description
Members of AnimeChicago's Manga Jam book club start a conversation on what manga we love to read. Going beyond the standard shounen action series or the shoujo romance we are going to recommend works that show the sheer diversity of Japans take on the comics medium.
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Works Discussed
Eifuku & Matsumoto - Takemitsu Zamurai
Fumiyo Kouno - In this Corner of the World
Shigeru Mizuki - Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
Fumiyo Kouno - Town of Evening Calm...
Jiro Taniguchi - A Distant Neighborhood
Hiroki Endo - All Rounder Meguru
Junji Ito - Tomie
Keiichi Koike - Ultra Heaven
Seiichi Hayashi - Red Colored Elegy
Osamu Tezuka - Phoenix: Strange Beings / Life
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Song inspired by Red Colored Elegy
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