Nouvelle Manga (french: La nouvelle manga) is an artistic movement which gathers French and Japanese

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creators together. The expression was first used by Kiyoshi Kusumi, editor of the Japanese

manga magazine Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used ...

''Comickers'', in referring to the work of French expatriate

Frédéric Boilet Frédéric Boilet (; born 16 January 1960 in Épinal, France) is a French cartoonist and a manga artist. Biography Frédéric Boilet's debut in comic art was in 1983 with ''La Nuit des Archées''. He created ''Le Rayon vert'' in 1987, followed b ...

, who lived in Japan for much of his career but has since returned to France in December 2008. Boilet adopted the term for himself and encouraged other artists to participate.

History

The Nouvelle Manga movement was born of several observations. Whereas

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often bases its theme on everyday life, French/Belgian ''

bande dessinée (singular ; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long traditio ...

'' has, for a long time, been restricted to stereotyped genres such as science fiction or westerns. Japanese authors on the other hand exploit daily life extensively – but these are often the least likely to be widely translated. For the participants of Nouvelle Manga there are bridges to build between the comics of all nationalities, not least between the comics ''d'auteur'' in each country. People often restrict Nouvelle Manga to the world of alternative comics, yet there are many examples of Nouvelle Manga authors publishing in all kinds of arenas. For instance, Boilet himself has been published in mainstream

Seinen is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Ma ...

magazines like ''Big Comics'' in Japan as well as in alternative editorial structures such as ''Spore'' in Japan,

Ego Comme X Ego comme x was the name of a French comics publishing house created in Angoulême in 1994. Company history ''Ego comme x'' started by publishing a magazine in 1993 created by a few authors and after a few years started to publish other works. ...

in France and, more recently,

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in the US. Boilet prefers to refer to Nouvelle Manga as being in the French feminine form (''la'') as opposed to the French masculine form (''le'') which is used for the very mainstream action-oriented

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

that is more usually published in

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. Examples of artists who are associated in varying degrees with the outputs and debates surrounding Nouvelle Manga are:

Moyoko Anno is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work ''Sugar Sugar Rune'' won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of ''Neon Genesi ...

, Aurélia Aurita,

David B. Pierre-François "David" Beauchard (; born 9 February 1959), also known by the pen name David B., is a French comic book artist and writer, and one of the founders of . Biography After studying advertising at the Duperré School of Applied Arts i ...

, Matthieu Blanchin,

, Nicolas de Crécy,

Étienne Davodeau Étienne Davodeau (born October 19, 1965), is a French comic book artist and writer. Life and career Davodeau was born in Botz-en-Mauges into a working-class family, as he explains in ''Les Mauvaises Gens'', a book that retraces his parents' you ...

, Yoji Fukuyama,

Emmanuel Guibert Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the ...

Kazuichi Hanawa is a Japanese manga artist. Life Hanawa was born in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture. Since 1970 he worked as an illustrator. After reading the works of Yoshiharu Tsuge, he decided to switch to comic books. Hanawa's first work as a cartoonist was in ...

Daisuke Igarashi is a Japanese manga artist born in Saitama (2 April 1969), Japan. He began his professional career in 1993. Igarashi is known among manga fans for his bold, detailed art style and innovative storytelling. While his works are often described as ...

, Little Fish,

Taiyō Matsumoto is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. He has won several awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and Eisner Award. ''Ping Pong'' and ''Blue Spring'' have been adapted into live-action feature films. Ani ...

Fabrice Neaud Fabrice Neaud (born December 17, 1968, in La Rochelle) is a French comics artist. He got his baccalaureate in literature (option graphic arts) in 1986. He studied philosophy during two years. Then he entered an art school and studied there four ye ...

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Benoît Peeters Benoît Peeters (; born 1956) is a French comics writer, novelist, and comics studies scholar. Biography After a degree in Philosophy at Université de Paris I, Peeters prepared his Master's at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociale ...

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François Schuiten François Schuiten (; born 26 April 1956) is a Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for drawing the series '' Les Cités Obscures''. Biography François Schuiten was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1956.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "François Sch ...

Joann Sfar Joann Sfar (; born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director. Life and career Sfar was born in Nice, the son of Lilou, a pop singer, who died when he was three, and André Sfar, a lawyer well know ...

Kiriko Nananan is a Japanese manga artist from Tsubame, Niigata. Nananan is famous for her realistic ''josei'' work featuring understated artwork with a sense of detachment. In addition, she has affiliated herself with the "La nouvelle manga" movement. Her fir ...

Hideji Oda is a Japanese manga artist associated with the Nouvelle manga movement. His book ''A Patch of Dreams'' has been translated into English by Fanfare/Ponent Mon. His manga Miyori no Mori has been adapted into an anime television film. Works * ''A ...

, Kan Takahama,

Jiro Taniguchi was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga. In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011. Career Taniguchi began his career as an assista ...

Yoshiharu Tsuge is a Japanese cartoonist and essayist. He was active in comics between 1955 and 1987. His works range from tales of ordinary life to dream-like surrealism, and often show his interest in traveling about Japan. He has garnered the most attent ...

, Vanyda and Naito Yamada.
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in September and October 2001, notably at the Tokyo Museum of Fine Arts and at the French-Japanese Institute. Nouvelle Manga has extended to other media with Nouvelle Manga Digitale, a creation of the multimedia author Fred Boot.

Nouvelle manga books in English

* ''Yukiko's Spinach'' -

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2003) * ''Monokuro Kinderbook'' - Kan Takahama (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2003) * ''Mariko Parade'' - Frédéric Boilet & Kan Takahama (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2004) * ''Doing Time'' -

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2004) * ''

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(Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2004) * ''

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(Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2005) * ''The Times of Botchan vol. 1'' - Jiro Taniguchi & Natsuo Sekikawa (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2005) * ''The Times of Botchan vol. 2'' - Jiro Taniguchi & Natsuo Sekikawa (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2005) * '' Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators'' - Various Authors (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2006) * ''A Patch of Dreams'' -

(Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2006) * '' Sweet Cream and Red Strawberries'' - Kiriko Nananan (Central Park Media, 2006) * ''The Building Opposite'' - Vanyda (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2006)

External links

Nouvelle Manga in 2006A Spanish and English publisher that emphasizes Nouvelle Manga works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nouvelle Manga Anime and manga terminology Comics terminology Bandes dessinées Belgium–Japan relations France–Japan relations

History

Nouvelle manga books in English

See also

External links

References