{"id":12301,"date":"2011-05-02T12:15:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=12301"},"modified":"2014-05-17T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T20:23:45","slug":"japan-as-viewed-by-17-creators-produced-by-fanfareponent-mon-translated-by-shizuka-shimoyama-elizabeth-tiernan-and-vanessa-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/japan-as-viewed-by-17-creators-produced-by-fanfareponent-mon-translated-by-shizuka-shimoyama-elizabeth-tiernan-and-vanessa-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan As Viewed by 17 Creators produced by Fanfare\/Ponent Mon, translated by Shizuka Shimoyama, Elizabeth Tiernan, and Vanessa Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/05\/Japan-As-Viewed-by-17-Creators-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28219\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/05\/Japan-As-Viewed-by-17-Creators-.jpg\" alt=\"Japan As Viewed by 17 Creators\" width=\"358\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s an uncommon venue for an East\/West cultural exchange: manga across borders! Under the auspices of the French Institutes and Alliances in Japan, 10 French-speaking &#8220;comic creators&#8221; and seven Japanese manga artists wrote 16 chapters (two French creators worked together) inspired by their experiences visiting or living in various cities throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, as with <em>Japan<\/em>&#8216;s companion title, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/2011\/04\/23\/korea-as-viewed-by-12-creators-by-fanfareponent-mon-translated-by-vanessa-champion-andy-milanesio-andres-moon\/\">Korea As Viewed by 13 Creators<\/a><\/em>, this collection is uneven, ranging from the nostalgic, bittersweet, gorgeously rendered childhood memory of lost chances in Jiro Taniguchi&#8217;s &#8220;Summer Sky,&#8221; to a strangely insulting conversation between two friends condemning French ex-pats first, then Japanese customs and what they think are Japanese-specific characteristics in Joann Sfar&#8217;s &#8220;Waterloo&#8217;s Tokyo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The most standout chapter is not so much for its literary achievement, but contextual timing: Fabrice Neaud&#8217;s &#8220;The City of Trees&#8221; is a travelogue of the artist&#8217;s visit to Sendai (!). As he wanders the shopping centers, beaches, temples, and city streets, the immediate reaction is a realization that his detailed drawings are now historical remnants of places past, given the recent destruction of the coastal town by the devastating tsunami in March.<\/p>\n<p>Other noteworthy chapters include Taiyo Matsumoto&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Kankichi,&#8221; about a young boy ostracized because he wants nothing more than to draw, who eventually saves his village with his artistic prowess, and\u00a0\u00c9tienne Davodeau&#8217;s closing &#8220;Sapporo Fiction,&#8221; in which a Japanese fisherman goes to visit his &#8220;twin brother&#8221; for their 60th birthday and meets a French comic artist along his journey who uses his pictures in lieu of foreign words to communicate.<\/p>\n<p>Readers might do better just reading single-author works, perhaps those of <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?s=%22by+jiro+taniguchi%22\">Jiro Taniguchi <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?s=%22by+taiyo+matsumoto%22\">Taiyo Matsumoto<\/a>, for example. Both manga artists from this collection are highly recommended. That said, for newbies unfamiliar with any comic artists, this collection could certainly be a useful introduction which might lead to the next manga title. The more manga, the merrier always!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2006\u00a0(United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an uncommon venue for an East\/West cultural exchange: manga across borders! 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