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Furthermore, in the period of 1961, the success of Japanese manga in the modern era was one of the
roles of a doctor who was also talented as a comic artist, animator, and animation producer from
Japan, named Tezuka Osamu. He has changed the world of manga by using a more interesting
storyline and quality drawing techniques. At first, he imitated Disney’s animation style which in
turn gave birth to works that far surpassed Disney in his time. He was also the first to implement a
production system in the manga world, by diving tasks among his assistants. In addition, he also
innovated by updating the division of the box in manga writing and developing techniques for
drawing through effect lines in manga. Tezuka also pioneered a visual revolution in the world of
manga by making a 30 minutes animated TV show for the first time in Japan. One of the anime
shows that he pioneered was astro boy and became the first anime to be broadcast outside of japan.
Definition Anime and Manga
Manga is an illustration of pictures and conversations that are packaged into a comic story
that is interesting to read.
anime is a visual presentation in the form of a video which is usually adapted from a story
in a manga series.
Facts about MANGA & ANIME
Manga is generally black and white in color and has various types of genres ranging from themes around
everyday life, youth romance, sports activities, mystery cases, to futuristic science fiction genres. In
Modern times like today, some manga also publish special editions for clolor comic series. Most manga
that target young readers have a simple animation style and cute and adorable character depicted as
having big eyes. It is intended that Manga artists can more easily convey the emotions of the characters in
the Manga.
According to the target audience, Japanese comics are divided into four categories, namely boys
( Shounen ), girls ( Shoujo ), teenagers ( Josei ), and adults ( seinen ). These manga genres are sold freely
and can be easily found in bookstore or convenience stores all over Japan. Futhermore, manga works that
are popular and get high ratings will be adapted into animation, works by an anime production studio in
Japan.
One of things that is also important in the world of anime is the voice actor ( seiyuu ). It is common when
we hear one anime’s voice sounding similar but with a different sound intonation according to the type of
anime character. That is the greatness of a seiyuu / voice actor who with totality makes different voice
intonations, but still makes the audience absorb the storyline in an anime film. Besides that, the theme
song or soundtrack for the opening and ending of an anime show is equally important. Music artists in
Japan are also competing to be honored by perfoming songs from major anime series. This is guarantee
that promises to increase the popularity of J-pop and J-rock artist who fill anime soundtrack in Japan.
Colorful hair is one of the hallmarks of anime made in Japan. This is not a coincidence or
a fad. In Japan, color is a symbol that represents the character or nature of something,
including hair color in anime. For example, a character with bright green hair represents
someone who is trustworthy and has high tolerance but is prone to jealousy. Meanwhile,
red hair symbolizes a personality that tends to be passionate, ambitious, and adventuros.
More than a third of all books printed in Japan are manga. So popular is the Japanese
anime industry that up to now, there have been around 130 voice acting schools in Japan.
Many professional mangaka started their writing career through Doujinshi.
Doujinshi is a fan made manga that has difference plot and ending from the original
manga. Japan controls nearly 60 % of animation and comic production that circulate all
over the world.
How much does a mangaka earn? This must be questioned by many lovers of reading this one. Here
are some information that I get about the income of a mangaka in general.
Broadly speaking, the income of a mangaka can be divided into 3 :
Genkouryou, Genkouryou is the basic income of a mangaka that they receive from the company
that publishes their work. And usually, this fee is calculated per page. And usually again, the
comic publishing company will set a limit on how many comic pages they can publish, depending
on the reputation and level of popularity of the manga. By default, the pay per one page is seven
thousand yen, or roughly the equivalent of seven hundred thousand rupiah, however, if the
reputation continues to increase up to twenty thousand yen or around two million rupiah per page.
Inzei, if a mangaka cannot rely on the income from genkouryou, a mangaka also gets “inzei” or
royalities from chapters that have been successfully booked, normally they will get 10% of the
sales of comic books they make, please also note that the average price of one comic books in
Japan range from Rp. 40.000,00.
Another earn of mangaka is from, game, anime, and merchandise Royalities, if their manga is very
popular and made into anime, they will also get the royality, especially until they make games and
various merchandise.
This is an example of a mangaka who gets money or
income that excedds the salary of employee
Manga and anime are becoming increasingly popular and recognized by people around the world. It is not surprising that
many people outside Japan know information about Japanese language and culture through Manga and Anime media. In
Japan itself, manga is intended for all ages and circles, according to their respective genres.
This is very natural to find because manga is an important part of the Japanese Indusry. Manga is generally black and
white in color and has various types of genres ranging from themes around everyday life, youth romance, sports
activities, mystery cases, to futuristic science fiction genres. In Modern times like today, some manga also publish
special editions for clolor comic series. Most manga that target young readers have a simple animation style and cute and
adorable character depicted as having big eyes.
It is intended that Manga artists can more easily convey the emotions of the characters in the Manga. These manga
genres are sold freely and can be easily found in bookstore or convenience stores all over Japan. Futhermore, manga
works that are popular and get high ratings will be adapted into animation, works by an anime production studio in
Japan. Japan is very serious in terms of working on the manga and anime industry which now cannot be underestimated.
Anime and manga culture is very suitable for example in
Indonesia because :
Manga and anime can make us diligent in reading, because Indonesian people’s interest in
reading still small.
Manga and anime can be almost similar with our culture, namely wayang. Why manga and
anime can develop rapidly in Japan and the world? That’s because Japanese people have
started modifying manga from just a simple manga until modern amnga, can be very
usefull and can be accepted by al groups of citizen. This can be an example for us so that
our wayang culture does not become extinct, by including modern elements but not leaving
the constituent elements.
Can make us respect the opinions of others. In any anime and manga fans will exchange
ideas/opinions about the parts of anime / manga that have come out or that will come out.
Where it is very suitable for us to imitate.
Can create or prove the creativity that is within us.