We certainly hope you read yesterday’s interview with Yoshihiro Tatsumi by Kai-Ming Cha in PW Comics Week. We found it pretty damned fascinating as a look at the history of the Japanese comics industry, which turns out to be pretty much like other creative industries around the world.
A lot more scholarship about “classic” manga is beginning to come out. We’ve even made a few little mentions of it here ourselves.
Apparently, there’s even more interest in manga nostalgia in Japan. ComiPress has another article talking a classic manga collector:
âTank Tankrouâ? by Sakamoto Gajou, âThe Adventure on Marsâ? by Ooki Noboru, â? Space Strategy #1â³ by Leiji Matsumoto⦠Nowadays publishers are beginning to reprint these classic series from the early days of manga, which are becoming popular among adult manga fans.
[snip]In the âpreservation roomâ? of Matsumotoâs house (located in Oizumi, Tokyo) sits a huge collection of manga that were published around the 1870âs to the 1950âs. Titles like âKorosuke the Bearâ? by Sampei Yoshimoto that was published pre-WW2, âFikuchanâ? by Ruichi Yokoyama, and âHokusai Mangaâ? by Hokusai Katsusika (1760-1849), âSuperman,â? âWalt Disney Comics & Stories,â? etc., Matsumoto smiled and said, âI donât know how many books are here, I have never counted my collection.â? His collection is on the scale of a small library.
Get a load of the old manga covers in the original Japanese story.