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Manga is so Gay
Feb. 11th, 2009 02:11 pmJust read this short article on Tor.com about a manga panel at the New York Comic Con. Dealing with Dragons: Gender and Sexuality in Manga". The panel was presented by librarians, which is a nice change of pace, and I don't know if the panel was focussed on gender and sexuality in manga, but the article is.
Nothing new to manga readers in here, but I found it interesting to read a review from someone who's quite likely a geek, yet seems rather manga clueless.
The title of the panel was "Are You There God? It's Me, Manga." But I'm left thinking, "Yes, Virginia, there's gender stuff in manga."
The article (again, don't know about the panel) is also very NA-centric. "The librarians closed by looking towards the future, and wondering how these books will shape the current generation." No mention there of how the Japanese kids who were growing up on this stuff turned out.
Always interesting, and amusing, and a little frustrating, when mainstream outlets (well, tor.com is more mainstream than other things) pick up on some new trend.. like it's a new trend. I mean, the picture is taken from Ranma 1/2 for crying out loud. It's 20 years old! Yes, /20/!
Feel free to join me in feeling old.
Nothing new to manga readers in here, but I found it interesting to read a review from someone who's quite likely a geek, yet seems rather manga clueless.
The title of the panel was "Are You There God? It's Me, Manga." But I'm left thinking, "Yes, Virginia, there's gender stuff in manga."
The article (again, don't know about the panel) is also very NA-centric. "The librarians closed by looking towards the future, and wondering how these books will shape the current generation." No mention there of how the Japanese kids who were growing up on this stuff turned out.
Always interesting, and amusing, and a little frustrating, when mainstream outlets (well, tor.com is more mainstream than other things) pick up on some new trend.. like it's a new trend. I mean, the picture is taken from Ranma 1/2 for crying out loud. It's 20 years old! Yes, /20/!
Feel free to join me in feeling old.
