[KineJapan] contemporary japanese cinema and manga

[Jose Montaño]

Dear Giacomo,

It has become common to use the expression *manga-eiga*, at least amongst
the Spanish Japanese film circles, to refer to manga adaptations. Look for
example this film season:
http://www.casaasia.eu/actividad/detalle?id=203609 Sometimes,
as some of the films in the example, the adaptations are conventionally
filmed, just relying on the actors characterization and the reproduction of
the comics plot but not actually taking any feature from comics into
screen. That’s why I don’t really like to use the term in that sense,
especially as some manga esthetics are far better assimilated by filmmakers
like Miike or Iwai, even they film original stories not adapted from
previously edited comic. Therefore, I understand the term manga-eiga in the
sense you describe, as an esthetical influence on the whole cinematic
conception.


In my MA thesis I studied Iwai’s works under this premise, and an article
summarizing it is to be published in the upcoming January volume of journal
L’Atalante <http://www.cineforumatalante.com/revista-latalante/numeros/>,
but in Spanish only. Please contact me if it could be of any help.


By the way, I unsuccessfully tried to find out on the Möller’s essay you
mentioned. Could you please send me the complete citation?


Best regards,

Jose Montaño


On 3 December 2013 19:15, Giacomo Calorio <cinnamon815 at yahoo.it> wrote:

> Dear Kinejapaners,
> recently I was asked to write an essay on the boundaries between
> contemporary japanese cinema and manga. It's quite evident that mangas
> provide an unlimited source for movie scripts, as contemporary japanese
> cinema abounds with adaptations and so on. But in the works of some
> directors, we can also easily find a significant influence concerning
> aestethics, cinematography, archetypal characters, situations, mimicry, pop
> visual effects and so on, even in movies not directly adapted from manga.
> Maybe it's a bit too much complex matter to deal with in a short essay, as
> manga universe in itself (which in turn was influenced by a far more
> ancient aesthetical tradition) proves to be extremely multiform and its
> visual array wider than the well-known sterotypes of shonen and shojo
> manga, and as it seems to me that often the influence manga exercises on
> cinema is not specific and direct but blended with references to anime,
> videogames, tv shows, advertisings, Internet graphics and so on.
> Anyway, I'm asking you if anything has already been written specifically
> on this topic. Of course I found brief references to manga and "mangaesque"
> in movie essays, reviews and interviews on films or directors but nothing
> really focused on this particular subject (except for an essay by Olaf Möller
> about shojo manga published in 2001).
> Any suggestion would be very appreciated!
> thank you in advance
> giacomo
>
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