Manga de Dokuha (Japanese: まんがで読破 , Reading Through with Manga) is a series of manga versions of classic literature. Published by East Press, the aim of the series is to introduce average manga readers to important literary works they would otherwise not be aware of or willing to read. The series received press coverage for its publication of oft controversial political treatises. East Press published best-selling versions of the communist novel Kanikōs, Karl Marx's Das Kapital and Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. Some of the books were translated and made available in other languages such as glish, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Manga de Dokuha was launched by East Press in an effort to expose young Japanese people to classic works of literature in a manga format. Kosuke Maruo produces each book in the series and outlines the narrative while artwork is created by Variety Art Works.
The books in the series were oft sold through easily accessible convice stores, including 7-Elev. Maruo said: We thought that maybe we could get people to read well-known works perceived as tough reads by turning them into manga and selling them at convice stores. In July 2008, the series' first 17 tries had sold over 900, 000 copies.
Jmanga Adds East Press' The Word Of Buddha Manga
Kanikōs (蟹工船 ) (published in glish as The Crab Canning Ship or The Crab Ship) is a 1929 Japanese novel by Takiji Kobayashi. Writt from a left-wing political perspective, the book follows the crew of a crab fishing ship living under oppressive conditions while being exploited by capitalists. The novel which typically sells around 5, 000 copies a year became an unexpected bestseller in 2008 and sold over 507, 000 copies that year. The same year, East Press published its own manga version of the novel which sold over 200, 000 copies.
In response to the popularity of the communist-themed Kanikōs manga, East Press published a manga version of Karl Marx's 1867 treatise Das Kapital. This version prests the original Marxist anti-capitalist principles via the fictionalized tale of Robin, the owner of a cheese factory who experices guilt for exploiting his workers and betraying his father's socialist principles. Maruo stated that I think people are looking to Marx for answers to the problems with capitalist society. Obviously, the rect global crisis suggests that the system isn't working properly. East Press's edition of Das Kapital sold 6, 000 copies in its first few days of publication.
The rewed success of both the novel and manga versions of Kanikōs as well as that of the manga Das Kapital were oft discussed in the context of the rising popularity of left-wing literature in Japan, the late-2000s recession affecting Japan and growing membership of the Japanese Communist Party.
Manga De Dokuha Manga
According to Waseda University literature professor Hirokazu Toeda, Kanikōs is discussed and analyzed every time a critical social issue occurs – the disparity society, severe labor conditions, consumer product falsification, random killings. This is a unique characteristic of the Kanikōs boom and it now is symbolizing or mirroring all those negative aspects of currt day Japan.
Daisuke Asao, a sior office of the National Confederation of Trades Unions, said that the situation of those labourers in the book is very similar to modern temporary workers: the unpredictable contracts, the working under heavy supervision, violce from supervisors, the widespread sexual harassmt and the pressure against unionisation are all things that modern Japanese recognise every day.
Anti-poverty activist Kosuke Hashimoto responded to the books' popularity, saying: I think many young people in Japan are afraid of the future, and that fear is sometimes turning to anger. Reading comics might only be the start.
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Social welfare advocate Kaori Katada said: Poverty has be a growing and visible problem for some time, but now people are looking for answers about why it is returning. That's why they're turning to these books.
A version of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (わが闘争 , Waga Tōsō ) was published in October 2008. The book is Hitler's autobiography in which he outlines his Nazi political ideology. The manga version of Mein Kampf was a minor commercial success, selling 45, 000 copies.
However, it also proved to be controversial. The Financial Ministry of Bavaria which owns the copyright to the book and has refused to publish it in Germany issued a statemt saying that manga was an inappropriate medium for Hitler's writing.
Manifeste Du Parti Communiste (le) (seinen)
Bavaria's former Japanese represtative Toshio Obata stated: Ev 60 years after the d of war, Nazism remains a ssitive issue in Germany. Did East Press exhaust discussions before publishing it? Did it consider the differce betwe Japan and Germany as to how manga is viewed as a medium?
Maruo defded its publication, saying Mein Kampf is a well-known book, but relatively few people have read it. We think this will provide clues about Hitler as a human being, as to his way of thinking that led to such tragedy, ev though he was dismissed as a 'monster'. The publication of the manga helped reignite the debate in Germany as to whether the ban on the book should be lifted.
JManga made available online 14 Manga de Dokuha titles in glish, namely No Longer Human, Das Kapital, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Night on the Galactic Railroad, The Book of Five Rings, I Am a Cat, Seton's Wild Animals, Sutta Nipata, One Thousand and One Nights, The Metamorphosis, Journey to the West, In Search of Lost Time, The Art of War and The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Don Quixote: Manga De Dokuha Manga
One Peace Books also released Don Quixote, The Great Gatsby, Moby-Dick, Ulysses and The War of the Worlds as part of its Manga Classic Readers series on 1 September 2012.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Divine Comedy, The Prince, The Art of War, The Social Contract, Das Kapital, Iliad and Odyssey (in a single book), Ninete Eighty-Four, The Antichrist, Analects and Tao Te Ching are the elev books published by the company.
Social welfare advocate Kaori Katada said: Poverty has be a growing and visible problem for some time, but now people are looking for answers about why it is returning. That's why they're turning to these books.
A version of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (わが闘争 , Waga Tōsō ) was published in October 2008. The book is Hitler's autobiography in which he outlines his Nazi political ideology. The manga version of Mein Kampf was a minor commercial success, selling 45, 000 copies.
However, it also proved to be controversial. The Financial Ministry of Bavaria which owns the copyright to the book and has refused to publish it in Germany issued a statemt saying that manga was an inappropriate medium for Hitler's writing.
Manifeste Du Parti Communiste (le) (seinen)
Bavaria's former Japanese represtative Toshio Obata stated: Ev 60 years after the d of war, Nazism remains a ssitive issue in Germany. Did East Press exhaust discussions before publishing it? Did it consider the differce betwe Japan and Germany as to how manga is viewed as a medium?
Maruo defded its publication, saying Mein Kampf is a well-known book, but relatively few people have read it. We think this will provide clues about Hitler as a human being, as to his way of thinking that led to such tragedy, ev though he was dismissed as a 'monster'. The publication of the manga helped reignite the debate in Germany as to whether the ban on the book should be lifted.
JManga made available online 14 Manga de Dokuha titles in glish, namely No Longer Human, Das Kapital, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Night on the Galactic Railroad, The Book of Five Rings, I Am a Cat, Seton's Wild Animals, Sutta Nipata, One Thousand and One Nights, The Metamorphosis, Journey to the West, In Search of Lost Time, The Art of War and The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Don Quixote: Manga De Dokuha Manga
One Peace Books also released Don Quixote, The Great Gatsby, Moby-Dick, Ulysses and The War of the Worlds as part of its Manga Classic Readers series on 1 September 2012.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Divine Comedy, The Prince, The Art of War, The Social Contract, Das Kapital, Iliad and Odyssey (in a single book), Ninete Eighty-Four, The Antichrist, Analects and Tao Te Ching are the elev books published by the company.
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