So, I've done a bit of research. The one glaring choice is sort of the origin of contemporary manga, Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka. It looks an awful lot like a children's Saturday morning cartoon, but reviews suggest that it is for both adults and children. The recent movie version of the Astro Boy received modest reviews--but there is a movie.
Beyond that I've found seven manga award committees. Tough to know which are worth looking into, though two are named for Astro Boy's author, Tezuka. This year's grand prize winner of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize is Fumi Yoshinaga's Ooku: The Inner Chambers, which has an interesting plot line about a male-decimating disease that transforms Japan into a matriarchal society. See here for more details.
Feel free to comment before tomorrow's meeting when we make the final decision.
Other suggestions are most certainly welcome.
James
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I will bring a copy of Sazae:
ReplyDeleteen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazae
for us to have a look.
Although I love Sazae, it's not new and it's probably not what we think of when we think of Manga in the West...
See you tomorrow, mew.
izu.