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  • Born in Osaka, Japan in 1935, Yoshihiro Tatsumi is an incredibly influential Japanese comics artist widely credited with starting the "Gekiga" style of comics in Japan in the late 1950s, expanding the audience for comics (manga) to include more than just children.

    The Beguiling Books & Art 2009

  • '' Gekiga '' literally means "drama pictures" and refers to a form of aesthetic realism in manga.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • Gekiga seems to be doing well for D&Q, as they're releasing this collection of short stories about ife in the premodern Japanese countryside.

    Thin wallets, fat bookshelves: D&Q, Hill & Wang’s fall plans | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

  • This book Greg's reviewing seems to fall more into Gekiga manga category.

    Greg reads manga! (And probably still doesn’t “get it.”) | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

  • It's in this story that, Hiroshi Katsumi, goes from doing non-related 4 panel gag mangas to his own version of Gekiga or the predecessor of the current mangas with a story themed for adults.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • It can be considered a revolution by itself as the whole point of view at that time is to be changed, displacing gradually with Gekiga, then the War between publishers as the short story bloom dies down.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • It's in this story that, Hiroshi Katsumi, goes from doing non-related 4 panel gag mangas to his own version of Gekiga or the predecessor of the current mangas with a story themed for adults.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • His professional career, where he begins drawing manga as an career, his rise, then him moving away from shadow and his first home publisher, and the establishment of the Gekiga, after he finished high-school.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • It can be considered a revolution by itself as the whole point of view at that time is to be changed, displacing gradually with Gekiga, then the War between publishers as the short story bloom dies down.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • His professional career, where he begins drawing manga as an career, his rise, then him moving away from shadow and his first home publisher, and the establishment of the Gekiga, after he finished high-school.

    Anime Nano! 2010

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