Manga

Animation is on another new level. The greatest aspect of the animatronics is its ability to create unique, exciting, and persuasive genres from different parts of the planet. Among the best mediums for generating animes series in the continent is the Japanese cinema. It is well-known for generating some of the most popular animes and has swiftly multiplied across other different parts of the world. Other countries like USA, Australia, Canada and China are also among the finest mediums in the…

The rise of popularity of Japanese and Korean culture in the U.S. has affected a great many things in American culture. These cultures have even begun to infiltrate the U.S.'s largest medium of pop culture: media. Korean pop music has taken over international music charts and is holding one of the largest fan bases in America. Korea has as well started a new trend of watching their dramas, not on TV, but through the growing industry of streaming websites. All the while Japan is steadily taking…

Can you imagine the a real life version of the garden in Disney’s Mulan? The Morakami Museum and Japanese Garden offers a chance to experience the authenticity and beauty that comes with Japan's culture. It is the perfect place to be on a nice seventy-degree South Florida day. A stroll through the gardens can lead to a lunch of fresh, delicious sushi. "I went with my friends to Morakami over summer. We liked the gardens and the openness of it. One of my friends likes photography, and he…

Traditionally, Anime is defined as animation only created in Japan. With the creation of Rwby, Rooster Teeth Productions has single-handedly redefined the traditional definition. Rooster Teeth Productions cooperated with Moyreak (Monty) Oum to create Rwby in thus ushering in a new era of Anime. It is a story of four young girls trying to find their place in the world, all while battling monsters, facing their inner demons, and balancing their social lives. The shows main protagonistic team for…

The details and descriptions instilled in comics that I am going to talk to you about, do not do justice to what fantastic things you can find in a comic. It could take days, maybe years, maybe even five minutes; but, I am going to boil mine down to three topics in three different graphic novels. Think you can keep up with that? I think you can keep up with that. The three literary terms I am going to discuss upon are: The idea of framing when it comes to graphic novels, how coloring makes a…

Within Japanese Animation and Manga, numerous themes can run through a series. One theme that has become more prominent since the 1990s is the role of women, as well as traditional gender roles, within this medium. This is all because of the Sailor Moon Manga by Naoko Takeuchi, which when it was adapted into an Animation revolutionised the ‘magical girl’ genre and brought these themes into question. This essay will use the source material to look at how traditional gender roles are displayed…

Hawaii Five-O is about a team of detectives in Hawaii that investigate and solve different crimes. The show uses witty one-liners for comical moments and creates drama with the characters through ongoing relationships. The show has tense moments that are full of action packed gun fights and it uses the beautiful backdrop of Hawaii. This crime show is a remake of the original Hawaii Five-O that was produced back in the 1960s. The show uses the same character names with updated stories for this…

Takemura’s The Manga Guide to Biochemistry offers a dual experience for the reader addressing two very intense and unlikely topics: biochemistry and anorexia. The author poses his messages about eating disorders to the reader in the form of the lighthearted story of a weight-loss-obsessed girl, her nerdy friend, and his attractive professor to teach the reader about the significance of metabolism and molecular biology on one’s health. The plot of this story is certainly cheesy.…

environment. However, Andreas Malm, suggests that humankind is not the cause for this geological change and that capitalism, also known as the ‘Capitalocene” is. The two contrasting perspectives above have similar relations with Marina Zurkow’s “Petroleum Manga” regarding the topic of climate change. There are many different concepts of this topic and different ways people decide to interpret it. Does this geological change show how far humans have adapted and how much society has evolved? Or is…

Romeo and Juliet Essay: The Manga version of Romeo and Juliet, illustrated by Sonia Leong is a Shakespearean tragedy written around 1597. The book is about love, hate, and mortality. In this essay, pages 124 and 125 of the Manga version will be analyzed. These pages show the bitter scene when her father demands her to marry Paris, though she denies it and is therefore slapped in the face and falls to the ground. This comes across as the worst idea ever. She is heartbroken and in despair. The…