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Which manga artist coined the term "Gekiga"
What is Tatsumi Yoshihiro
Name one way that Gekiga diverges from Tezukas' style of manga
What is:
Darker themes
Violence
Photorealism
Gekiga grew simultaneously with what movement?
What is The Counter Culture Movement
True or false: Gekiga took a more cinematic approach using less dialogue while writing
What is True
Gekiga authors are also referred to as
What is Mangaka
Which Mangaka is known for their socio-political and philosophical exploration
What is Shirato Sanpei
How did Gekiga diverge from the postwar mainstream "moving image" style manga?
What is Manipulated Backgrounds
Name one film technique that inspired Tatsumi's work
What is:
Low lighting
Chiaroscuro
Distorted camera angles
Jarring montages
Which of Scott McCouds transition types is heavily used in Gekiga of this time?
What is Aspect-to-Aspect
The target audience of Gekiga manga is
What is
Young adults
First-generation manga readers
Tatsumi Yoshihiro founded a group that inspired the first "Gekiga bloom" What is that group called?
What is the Gekiga Workshop
Three common themes/narratives found in Gekiga manga
what is:
blue-collar workers,
downtrodden middle-aged men;
working students (dark factories, junkyards,
the underside of Japan's economic and technological ascendency,
disclosing the social inequality,
repression,
contradicting japans economic success
detective fiction,
mystery,
psycho-suspense thriller
shortstory that requires higher literacy
layered narratives,
symbolism implied only by visual cues
What prompted Japanese censorship of manga in the 1960s
What is The U.S. Comics Code
Japanese Gekiga uses this grammar technique more than U.S. comics
What is Onomatopoeia
What did the artist working for the Gekiga Workshop have that artist working under Tokyo center publishers didn't?
What is:
Creative freedom
Control over editorship
Negotiation with publishers