Talk:Gekiga

Dubious
According to whom are the likes of Hirohiko Araki, Kazuo Umezu, and Hiroya Oku considered gekigaka? Just because some artists draw in some realistic style doesn't mean they are all gekigaka. --222.3.70.201 (talk) 03:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I have to agree with you, some of the artists are in no way associated with Gekiga. I think people are assuming that realistic style = Gekiga, and oldish manga = Gekiga. I shall remove the following;

- Hirohiko Araki (published in Shonen anthologies, not in any way connected to Gekiga) - Kazuo Koike (he is a writer, and the article specifically lists artists) - Hiroya Oku (well, it's fairly obvious, Oku is a modern manga-ka, not associated with Gekiga nor drew for a Gekiga anthology) - Tetsuo Hara (drew for Shonen anthologies)

I do think Umezu is a Gekiga artist. While he may have wrote and drawn stories for Shonen publications, his stories weren't drastically far from that of other Gekiga artists... If anyone has different opinions, please voice them here. I shall also be adding other artists to the list... The Godless Cosmonaut (talk) 20:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe writers should also be listed, at least if they're as notable as Kazuo Koike. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 03:54, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't think the (unsourced and frankly somewhat pejorative) mentions of Tezuka are appropriate. This is from the Wikipedia article on "Metropolis": "Osamu Tezuka noted that, after his breakthrough manga Shin Takarajima ('New Treasure Island') was released in 1947 [emphasis mine], Kansai was deluged by…manga…. Various publishing companies wanted to break away from the junk comic books and start releasing 'real' books, so Tezuka proposed creating an epic, full-length science-fiction graphic novel." Essentially a direct contradiction of what's said about Tezuka in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.33.49.251 (talk) 17:57, 8 May 2012 (UTC)