Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Introduction 1

1 A Short History of Manga 19

2 The Manga Production Cycle 50

3 Adult Manga and the Regeneration of National Culture 70

4 Amateur Manga Subculture and the otaku panic 102

5 The Movement Against Manga 139

6 Creative Editors and Unusable Artists 162

7 Conclusion: The Source of Intellectual Power in a Late Twentieth-Century Society 202

Notes 208

References 213

Index