Yoshihiro Yonezawa
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was a Japanese
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critic and author. He is also known for being
Comiket , more commonly known as or , is a semiannual ''doujinshi'' convention in Tokyo, Japan. A grassroots market focused on the sale of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, Comiket is a not-for-profit fan convention administered by the volunteer-ru ...
's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53. He won the 2007
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in the special category and 2010
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...
Special Award.


Biography

Born in
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, Japan, on March 21, 1953, Yoshihiro Yonezawa began drawing parodies of his favourite manga characters when he was a child. In 1969, Yonezawa joined the staff of Kyukon at age 16. He began criticising
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while he was studying engineering at
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, as part of the group Meikyu. Yonezawa has said that in the early 1970s, mostly mainstream manga were published, as there were few
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s at that time. ''
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'', a manga magazine with a reputation for publishing experimental manga had closed in 1972, and Yonezawa believed that by 1973 and 1974, it was very difficult to publish "unusual" works in anything other than "underground"
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s devoted to
dōjinshi , also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created ...
. To explore the potential of the medium, he co-founded
Comiket , more commonly known as or , is a semiannual ''doujinshi'' convention in Tokyo, Japan. A grassroots market focused on the sale of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, Comiket is a not-for-profit fan convention administered by the volunteer-ru ...
(The Comic Market) in 1975 with Harada Teruo (chairman) and Aniwa Jun, who were university students. Comiket is a bi-annual, 3-day event where dōjinshi manga is brought and traded. Yonezawa's publication of ''The History of Post War Manga Trilogy'' in 1980 showed his devotion to reviewing and chronicling manga. He was a judge for the
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...
. In 1999, he received the 21st Japan Society of Publishing Studies Award for Bessatsu Taiyo: Hakkinbon. Since 1999, he regularly reviewed manga on his column, "Yoshihiro Yonezawa's Commentary on Contemporary ", in
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's ''Monthly Comic Flapper'' until October 2006. He was posthumously awarded the 2007
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in the special category, and the special Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2010. He was hospitalised on September 30, 2006, and on October 1, 2006, Yonezawa died of lung cancer at age 53. On the last day of Comiket 71 which was held from December 29 to 31, 2006, as announced in the event's catalogue, a thirty seconds of silence was held on 15:59 just before the announcement of closing.


Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library

In 2009,
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opened a library housing
dōjinshi , also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created ...
, manga- and anime-related circle newsletters, as well as commercially published manga and manga magazines. The collection, which at present largely consists of Yonezawa's personal collection, donated by his widow, has been named “Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures.” The library is located at the university's Surugadai campus. The core collection comprises Yonezawa's dōjinshi collection, consisting of 4,137 boxes, or over 140,000 items. The library will also incorporate the collection of Tsuguo Iwata.; The construction of the new library complex is expected to be complete in 2015."Manga Library in Japan," ''New York Times.'' October 26, 2009.


Works

* Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1980) Tokyo: Shinpyōsha * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1980) Tokyo : Shinpyōsha * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1981) Tokyo: Shinpyōsha * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro, ed. (1991) ''Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai I'', Shōwa 20 nen – 37 nen (子供の昭和史──少女マンガの世界 I 昭和20年〜37年 "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga I, 1945–1962") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro, ed. (1991) ''Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai II'', Shōwa 38 nen – 64 nen (子供の昭和史──少女マンガの世界 II 昭和38年〜64年 "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga II, 1963–1989") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1997) Tokyo : Heibonsha * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1999) アメリカB級グッズ道 "The World of Collection B-Class American Memorabilia" *Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2001) ''Sengō ero manga-shi'' (戦後エロマンガ史, lit. "A History of Postwar ero manga") Tokio: Seirinkogeisha ISBN 978-4883792580 * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2002) 戦後野球マンガ史 "The History of Post War Baseball Manga" Heibonsha * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2002) 藤子不二雄論―Fと(A)の方程式 "On
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~ The Formula of F and (A)" * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2003
The Worldwide Phenomenon of Anime: Past and Present
''Nipponia'' 27 * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2004) マンガで読む「涙」の構造 "The Formalism of "Tears" As Depicted In Manga" NHK * Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2007) Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha


References


External links


Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library official website
(Japanese)

(Japanese) * (Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonezawa, Yoshihiro Anime and manga critics Manga artists 1953 births 2006 deaths People from Kumamoto Deaths from lung cancer in Japan Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Special Award)