false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175661841m/544325.jpg 544325 3 <p>Japan's output of manga is massive, accounting for a staggering forty percent of everything published each year in the country.Outside Japan, there has been a global boom in sales, with the manga aesthetic spreading from comics into all areas of Western youth culture through film, computer games, advertising, and design.</p> <p><i>Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics</i> presents an accessible, entertaining, and highly-illustrated introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present. Featuring striking graphics and extracts from a wide range of manga, the book covers such themes as the specific attributes of manga in contrast to American and European comics; the life and career of Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy and originator of story manga; boys' comics from the 1960s to the present; the genres and genders of girls' and women's comics; the darker, more realistic themes of gekiga -- violent samurai, disturbing horror and apocalyptic science fiction; issues of censorship and protest; and manga's role as a major Japanese export and global influence.</p> 531613 1 8 2004 Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics total:32|5:9|4:16|3:6|2:1|1:0| 32 129 52 8 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 14:57:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 16:08:44 -0700 2009 A Warning To Parents: This book is a serious introduction to Manga and includes a few references to and examples of graphic sexual and violent works. It is almost certainly not suitable for children under the age of 15)

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But the worst was chapter about shojo manga - and this is it what I wanted to know!
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