{"id":4769,"date":"2013-10-17T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:56:46","slug":"manga-and-anime-crash-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/17\/manga-and-anime-crash-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Manga and Anime Crash Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? 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She is also a keen reader of Manga and gives us her tips on the best Manga currently on the market in Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Manga, the Japanese version of comic books,\u00a0 might be one of the things that you associate with Japan.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Japanese manga is loved all over the world because it has a wide variety of themes, is entertaining, and at the same time literary.\u00a0 Here is a list of the 5 latest and most popular manga in Japan. Some of them have already been translated into English.\u00a0\u00a0 You should definitely check them out!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/titans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/titans.jpg\" alt=\"Titans\" width=\"200\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. \u9032\u6483\u306e\u5de8\u4eba\u3000Shingeki-no-kyojin\u00a0 Attack on Titan, by Hajime Isayama<\/strong><br \/>\nThis manga has become a social phenomenon in Japan recently. (I cannot recommend it to children because there are some\u00a0 gruesome scenes.)<br \/>\nThe world in Attack on Titan\u00a0 is dominated by giants&#8211;that eat human beings.\u00a0\u00a0 The people that survived the predacious titans built three 165-foot (50m) walls around their settlement.\u00a0 However, the peace that humans kept for 100 years is suddenly destroyed.\u00a0\u00a0 The titans start attacking humanity again.\u00a0\u00a0 The main character, Eren, dreaming of the world outside the walls, becomes a soldier and challenges the titans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51%2BVWbG9MPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" alt=\"\u5927\u8766\u5937\u8fb2\u696d\u9ad8\u6821\u9280\u5319\u8cfc\u8cb7\u90e8 A3\u30af\u30ea\u30a2\u30dd\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc A\" width=\"296\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2. \u9280\u306e\u5319\u3000Gin-no- Saji\u00a0 Silver Spoon, by Hiromu Arakawa (also author of Fullmetal Alchemist)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe phrase \u201cborn with a silver spoon in one\u2019s mouth\u201d brings to mind an\u00a0 image of wealth.\u00a0 The author indicates that wealth does not necessarily mean money, but having the ability to produce what you need for your life by yourself.\u00a0 The story is about life in an agricultural high school in Hokkaido, which is in northern Japan.\u00a0 The main character is tired of \u53d7\u9a13\u6226\u4e89(jyuken-sensou, literally \u201cexam war,\u201d referring to grueling high school entrance exams) and decides to enter an agricultural high school to experience a completely new and different\u00a0 world.\u00a0\u00a0 He starts learning how the\u00a0 food we eat everyday is produced\u00a0 and about the\u00a0 life and daily reality of\u00a0 farmers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/\u8056\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093_A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-9433 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/\u8056\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093_A-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\u8056\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093_A\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/\u8056\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093_A-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/\u8056\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093_A-390x291.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/\u8056\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093_A.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3. \u8056\u2606\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093\u3000Saint-Onisan Saint Young Men, by Hikaru Nakamura<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat would happen if Buddha and Jesus were still alive&#8211;and they were friends?\u00a0 And what if they decided to live in Tokyo to take a vacation from their hard work?\u00a0\u00a0 This manga succeeds in depicting this interesting idea really comically.\u00a0\u00a0 The reason this manga is possible might be because Japan is fairly polytheistic.\u00a0 The British museum exhibited \u8056\u2606\u304a\u306b\u3044\u3055\u3093 as a sample of Japanese culture in 2011!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"prodImage\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51tN-MtFNtL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" alt=\"\u6d77\u8857diary(\u3046\u307f\u307e\u3061\u30c0\u30a4\u30a2\u30ea\u30fc)5 \u7fa4\u9752 (flowers \u30b3\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u30b9)\" width=\"296\" height=\"296\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. \u6d77\u8857diary\u3000Umi-machi diary by Akimi Yoshida<\/strong><br \/>\nThe story of Umi-machi diary (umi means ocean and machi means town in Japanese) unfolds in the small, beautiful beachfront town of Kamakura, which is my lovely hometown!\u00a0 This work is about the life of four sisters.\u00a0\u00a0 The author depicts the townscape in beautiful detail as it changes over the four seasons.\u00a0 That adds to the depth and literary feel of this manga.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-9432 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"akira2_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/akira2_0-510x383.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>5. Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo<\/strong><br \/>\nThis work is not a new manga but is already considered a classic masterpiece&#8211;Akira has been famous and popular for over 30 years not only in Japan but all over the world.\u00a0\u00a0 However a lot of people will probably re-read this exciting story soon&#8211;because we just found out that Akira predicted current events in Japan.\u00a0 And it is awesomely accurate; the main character, Akira, lives in \u201cNeo Tokyo\u201d in 2019.\u00a0 After being destroyed by a terrible disaster, Neo Tokyo begins to rebuild because it is going to host the 2020 Olympics! Now is the definitely the time to re-read this masterpiece!<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately Saint Onisan and Umi-machi Diary are not available in English yet.\u00a0 However, you can buy the English translation of Attack on Titan on amazon.com and you can watch the animated versions of Attack on Titan and Silver Spoon on <a title=\"Crunchy Roll\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.crunchyroll.com<\/a> with English subtitles. Needless to say, the manga and movie version of Akira are both available in English!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks Nanao san. Can&#8217;t wait until <a title=\"Doki Doki festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dokidokifestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doki Doki in Manchester<\/a> so that I can wow people with my new Manga knowledge!<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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