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LESSON 5: Manga's Visual Language
LESSON 5: Manga's Visual Language
Manga is a type of Japanese Comic. In Japan, everyone reads Manga, regardless of age. In our library, we curate mostly Shonen and Shojo Manga, which are Manga categories written for young adults. Today, we will take a closer look at both of those types of Manga.
READ DIFFERENTLY...
In western cultures, we read from left to right (see below). In Japan they read Vertical (Top to Bottom, Right to Left) and Horizontal (Left to Right, Top to Bottom)
Lets Practice Reading in this Direction:
Akira Toriyama just recently passed away. He was one of the most famous Mangaka in Japan, responsible for the 1980's Dragon Ball series. Dragon Ball is the pivotal Shonen Manga responsible for most modern Shonen Manga we see today (One Piece, My Hero Academia, Bleach).
Being a Mangaka is extremely difficult work and often does not pay well. However, the Dragon Ball Franchise is worth $23 Billion Dollars and continues to be one of the most well known manga to date.
Manga's Visual Language
Manga's Visual Language
🗨️🗣️ What is happening in this picture? What does this mean?
🗨️🗣️ How about this? How is this person feeling? What about her friend?
🗨️🗣️ What about this one? How is this person feeling?
One of the ways that Manga is so accessible for so many people of different languages is because it uses visual symbols to show emotion or situations without words, just like we use emojis in text.
🗨️🗣️ What are the differences between these two emojis?
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when you get a text, which one of these is more powerful?
In the below image, which is emotion is more powerful?
Here are just a few examples of how emotions are expressed in Manga.
Sometimes, more emotion is also expressed with background illustrations.
CREATE
CREATE
📚Get Creative!
Let's practice some emotions using Chibi characters...
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Label the emotions each Chibi is making on your paper
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