Undercurrent (manga)
Encyclopedia
is a drama
manga
by manga author
. The manga was serialized in Japan by Kodansha
in the monthly seinen
magazine Afternoon
from October 2004 to 2005, and the 11 chapters were collected into a single bound volume
. A French translation was published by Kana in its collection Made in in 2008.
The story is set in the contemporary Japan, and follows the manager of a public bath Kanae whose husband vanished while traveling. The French edition of the manga was widely reviewed, being praised for its dreamlike qualities and calm pace, the richness of its emotions, and its characterization.
volume on 22 November 2005 in Japan (ISBN 978-4-06-372092-1). Kana published the French edition of this manga on 19 September 2008 (ISBN 978-2-505-00450-9).
, and won the Prix Asie-ACBD 2009. It was named as top manga pick for year 2008 by the Belgian newspaper Le Soir
.
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
by manga author
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
. The manga was serialized in Japan by Kodansha
Kodansha
, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
in the monthly seinen
Seinen
is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 20–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters...
magazine Afternoon
Afternoon (magazine)
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha. It is a monthly anthology, and each issue typically has around thirty ongoing stories by various authors and runs about 800 pages...
from October 2004 to 2005, and the 11 chapters were collected into a single bound volume
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
. A French translation was published by Kana in its collection Made in in 2008.
The story is set in the contemporary Japan, and follows the manager of a public bath Kanae whose husband vanished while traveling. The French edition of the manga was widely reviewed, being praised for its dreamlike qualities and calm pace, the richness of its emotions, and its characterization.
Manga
Kodansha published the single tankōbonTankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
volume on 22 November 2005 in Japan (ISBN 978-4-06-372092-1). Kana published the French edition of this manga on 19 September 2008 (ISBN 978-2-505-00450-9).
Reception
In France this manga was an official selection of the 2009 Angoulême International Comics FestivalAngoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
, and won the Prix Asie-ACBD 2009. It was named as top manga pick for year 2008 by the Belgian newspaper Le Soir
Le Soir
Le Soir is a Berliner Format Belgian newspaper. Le Soir was founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel. It is the most popular Francophone newspaper in Belgium, and considered a newspaper of record.-Editorial stance:...
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