What this genre is
The legendary magazine Garo, founded so that Sanpei Shirato's Kamui-den could run. With work like Tsuge's Neji-shiki, it became the sanctuary for experiment free of commercial pressure.
Alternative — about this band: The experimental spirit of Garo and COM, expanding what manga could do from outside the commercial mainstream.
Connections
Three kinds of line: direct evolution, influence, and born in reaction against.
↓ Flowed into this
↑ Grew out of this
Key works
A sweeping gekiga about the rigid class system of the Edo period. The magazine Garo was founded so this could run. A bible for the student-movement generation.
A 23-page short story that proceeds by the logic of a dream. It is what made manga a subject for art criticism, and remains the summit of alternative manga.
A young couple living poorly together, and parting. Lyrical line work that stands for Garo's poetic realism.
Alternative — walk the band
Genres in the same band, in order of year. You are at the highlighted one.
- 1964 Garo（you are here）↓
- 1967 COM↓
- 1979 New Wave↓
- 1993 Subculture↓
- 2002 Comic Essay
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About this entry
Genre boundaries are drawn where the network of manga happens to concentrate, not by decree. Years are approximate. Where opinions differ, this page says so rather than picking a winner.