An example of Nouvelle Manga by Frédéric Boilet and Kan Takahama

La Nouvelle Manga is an artistic movement combining French comics with Japanese manga. It was first mentioned by Kiyoshi Kusumi, the editor of the Japanese manga magazine Comickers, referring to French expatriate Frédéric Boilet, who lives in Japan. Boilet adopted the term himself, and encouraged other artists to participate. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (460x647, 51 KB)Copyright Ponent Mon/Fanfare This image is a book cover. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (460x647, 51 KB)Copyright Ponent Mon/Fanfare This image is a book cover. ... Tintin, one of the most famous Belgian comics Franco-Belgian comics are comics or comic books written in Belgium and France. ... Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... This is a listing, by country of publication and target audience, of manga magazines. ... Frédéric Boilet (born January 16, 1960, in Épinal, France) is a French cartoonist and a mangaka. ...

Boilet sees this movement as an attempt to narrow the gap between comics of all nationalities. Boilet wishes to do this by promoting and creating works that combine the best aspects of French New Wave cinema, daily life manga, and Franco-Belgian comics (known as bandes dessinées). According to him the strengths of Japanese manga are commonly thought to be experimentation in storytelling whereas French/Belgian bandes dessinées are known for experimentation in style and design. As a result Boilet wants to see comics which capture the essence of real human life done with a dynamic visual and storytelling style. The result of this (according to Boilet) would be comics that appeal to a wider audience than just comic fans. Comics (sometimes spelled comix) are combinations of words and images into a medium for telling stories. ... Nouvelle Vague is also the name of a pop band. ... Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... Tintin, one of the most famous Belgian comics Franco-Belgian comics are comics written in Belgium and France. ... Comics (sometimes spelled comix) are combinations of words and images into a medium for telling stories. ...

In addition Boilet wishes to refer to Nouvelle Manga as being in the French feminine form (la) as opposed to the French masculine form (le) which is used for the very mainstream action-oriented manga that is usually published in France. Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ...

Generally most Nouvelle Manga fall into alternative or semi-alternative manga genres, with Boilet being published in relatively mainstream Seinen magazines like Big Comic and Takahama being published in the alternative magazine Garo. Seinen (Japanese: 青年) is a subset of anime or manga that is generally targeted at a 18 - 25 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. ... Garo was a monthly manga anthology magazine in Japan, founded in 1964 by Katsuichi Nagai. ...

A mangaka who combines French and Japanese comic aesthetics who isn't part of this movement is Taiyo Matsumoto. Mangaka (漫画家) is the Japanese word for a comic artist/cartoonist. ... Taiyo Matsumoto (松本大洋 Matsumoto Taiyo, born 1967) made his debut in Morning, Kodanshas weekly manga magazine, but is probably best known for his works with Kodanshas rival publisher Shogakukan, including Black & White , Ping Pong and . ...

Examples of artists who are associated with this movement:

• Frédéric Boilet
• Nananan Kiriko
• Jiro Taniguchi
• Kan Takahama
• Naito Yamada

Frédéric Boilet (born January 16, 1960, in Épinal, France) is a French cartoonist and a mangaka. ... Kiriko Nananan (魚喃キリコ Nananan Kiriko) is a mangaka famous for her josei work. ... Aruku Hito Jiro Taniguchi (谷口ジロー Taniguchi Jirō) is a Japanese manga artist, born the 14 August 1947 in the prefecture of Tottori, Japan. ...

See Also

• Amerimanga

Amerimanga, (also Ameri-manga, AmeriManga, Western Manga, World Manga, or OEL Manga) is a comic influenced by Japanese anime and manga, created by an American, Canadian, European or Asian comic artist. ...

External links

• Boilet's Nouvelle Manga Manifiesto
• A Spanish and English publisher that emphasizes Nouvelle Manga works