700 Years Old

Manga already spread around the world. It is very famous think about Dragonball, Naruto and Astro boy. Despite that, people don’t know about history of manga. First of all, manga was born 700 years ago in Japan. That is ridiculous. It was totally different from recent manga. A long time ago, manga was separated into pictures and captions. The artwork was more powerful than recent manga, because in the past, they used only a paint brush. After World War Two, manga was heavily influenced by western comics. However, manga has changed its style since 1945. Nowadays manga is not even close 1945 manga. Western comics just pushed Japanese manga to develop their style. Now, manga is totally Japanese style. That is why modern manga is totally different than old manga.

These days, we can see a lot of manga every where. Its influence is amazing, because if a new manga become popular, it is going to be video game. Then it will be a cartoon film or drama. Next it will be a movie in Japan and finally be a Hollywood movie. You are able to watch them in theater. For example, Dragonball became a Hollywood movie, but originally, it was a manga. First of all, it became a cartoon film on TV and became a cartoon movie many times in Japan. It became a lot of video games. Then finally it crossed the Pacific Ocean. A lot of countries have been enjoying Dragonball in Asia, Europe, South America and North America.

Nowadays, so many Japanese movies are based on manga. Such as NANA, Gegege no kitarou, and Boys Over Flower. It is marvelous. Now the economy deeply influences new manga. I think it is almost a Japanese tradition. All we need is manga.