What this genre is
Norakuro and Boken Dankichi in Shonen Club were runaway hits, and a market for children's manga came into being. The shape of the collected-volume business starts here too.
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
The stray dog Kurokichi works his way up through the army. The biggest hit of the prewar years, and the first manga to be merchandised as a character.
The story of three generations of Leo, a white lion. An early high point of the long-form story manga, and the origin of colour anime in Japan.
Roots — walk the band
Genres in the same band, in order of year. You are at the highlighted one.
- 1150 Emaki & Caricature↓
- 1814 Edo Caricature↓
- 1900 Satirical Cartoons↓
- 1923 Newspaper Strips↓
- 1931 Prewar Children's Manga（you are here）↓
- 1935 Kamishibai↓
- 1946 Akahon↓
- 1947 Story Manga Revolution↓
- 1955 Rental Manga
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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.