What this genre is
Tezuka's New Treasure Island hit young readers with cinematic panel-to-panel movement. Story manga — telling a long narrative in comics — became the parent of essentially every genre that follows.
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
Cinematic, fast-moving panel work that hit postwar boys hard and opened the age of story manga. A landmark.
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.
Tezuka's life's work, drawing life and rebirth on a vast scale. Past and future chapters alternate, and the thought of the god of manga is concentrated in it.
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↓
- 1935 Kamishibai↓
- 1946 Akahon↓
- 1947 Story Manga Revolution（you are here）↓
- 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.