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Darius, Julian. When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl. Edwardsville: Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, 2014. Added by: joachim (10/8/14, 10:59 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 9781940589039 BibTeX citation key: Darius2014 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Ikegami. Ryoichi, Japan, Kudō. Kazuya, Manga, Sexuality, Superhero, USA Creators: Darius Publisher: Sequart Research & Literacy Organization (Edwardsville) |
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The first manga widely available in English, Mai, the Psychic Girl — written by Kazuya Kudō, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami – offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like Watchmen). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various attempts to adapt the story as a motion picture.
Table of Contents Introduction (1) Appendix: A Mai Movie? (67) |