Schodt, Frederick L. Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics.
Foreword by Osamu Tezuka. Tokyo, New York, and San Francisco: Kodansha
International, 1983. ISBN 0-87011-549-9 (cloth).
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FOREWORD by Osamu Tezuka . . . 10
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A Thousand Million Manga . . . 12
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Themes and Readers . . . 15
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Reading, and the Structure of Narrative Comics . . . 18
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Why Japan? . . . 25
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A Thousand Years of Manga . . . 28
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The Comic Art Tradition . . . 28
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Western Style . . . 38
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Safe and Unsafe Art . . . 49
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Comics and the War Machine . . . 55
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The Phoenix Becomes a Godzilla . . . 60
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The Spirit of Japan . . . 68
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Paladins of the Past . . . 68
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Modern-Day Warriors . . . 73
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Samurai Sports . . . 79
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Flowers and Dreams . . . 88
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Picture Poems . . . 88
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Women Artists Take Over . . . 94
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Sophisticated Ladies . . . 98
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The Economic Animal at Work and Play . . . 106
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Pride and Craftsmanship . . . 106
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Mr. Lifetime Salary-Man . . . 111
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Mah Jongg Wizards . . . 114
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Regulation versus Fantasy . . . 120
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Is There Nothing Sacred? . . . 120
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Social and Legal Restraints . . . 126
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Erotic Comics . . . 132
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The Comic Industry . . . 138
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Artists . . . 138
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Publishers . . . 143
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Profits . . . 145
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The Future . . . 148
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The New Visual Generation . . . 148
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Challenges for the Industry . . . 150
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First Japan, Then the World? . . . 153
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Selecions from Japanese Comics . . . 159
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from PHOENIX (Hi no Tori), Osamu Tezuka . . . 160
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from GHOST WARRIOR (Borei Senshi from the series Senjo),
Reiji Matsumoto . . . 188
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from THR ROSE OF VERSAILLES (Berusaiyu no Bara), Riyoko Ikeda .
. . 215
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from BAREFOOT GEN (Hadashi no Gen), Keiji Nakazawa . . . 238
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INDEX . . . 257
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MORE ON JAPANESE COMICS . . . 259
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LAST WORDS . . . 260
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