Rental Manga

What this genre is

Volumes drawn specifically for rental shops. This was the laboratory for gekiga, horror and shojo alike, and it produced Yoshiharu Tsuge, Kazuo Umezu and Takao Saito.

Roots — about this band: From Edo caricature to Tezuka. Where all of it begins.

Connections

Three kinds of line: direct evolution, influence, and born in reaction against.

↓ Flowed into this

↑ Grew out of this

Key works

No key works recorded here yet.

Roots — walk the band

Genres in the same band, in order of year. You are at the highlighted one.

1. 1150 Emaki & Caricature↓
2. 1814 Edo Caricature↓
3. 1900 Satirical Cartoons↓
4. 1923 Newspaper Strips↓
5. 1931 Prewar Children's Manga↓
6. 1935 Kamishibai↓
7. 1946 Akahon↓
8. 1947 Story Manga Revolution↓
9. 1955 Rental Manga（you are here）

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