== Link: Kumi Kaoru's fascinating analysis of Miyazaki's *Nausicaa* manga

[["At First, I Wanted to be a Manga-ka":
Analyzing the Nausicaa Manga by Kumi Kaoru part 1
http://2chan.us/wordpress/2009/11/04/kumi-kaoru-translation-nausicaa-1/]]
and [[the continuation part 2
https://ogiuemaniax.com/2010/03/05/manga-criticism-translation-at-first-i-wanted-to-be-a-manga-ka-analyzing-the-nausicaa-manga-by-kumi-kaoru-pt-2/]]
is a translation of Kaoru Kumi's fascinating visual and technical
analysis of Hayao Miyazaki *Nausicaa* manga. Kaoru Kumi starts her
analysis this way:

> As soon as the serialization of *Nausicaa* began, manga lovers began
> to praise it highly. It seems like the two things you heard the most
> about it were “it’s quite cinematic” and “its style is dense and
> hard to read.” [...]
>
> Putting that aside, what exactly does “cinematic” mean, anyway?
> [...]

She goes on to provide an explanation for what cinematic means in the
context of a manga (drawing evidence from how films connect shots to other
shots), give examples from other manga, and then analyze how *Nausicaa*
itself does this. The result is a fascinating breakdown of how the manga
works so well and genuinely feels cinematic, with a side discussion of
how the same things would have to be presented in anime form in order
to work well.  In the process she mentions some fascinating details of
manga, such as how the production process for commercial manga (with
work split between the manga-ka themselves and assistants) influences
how panels have to be composed, and how a fast or slow publication pace
changes what sort of art can be in a manga.

This is just a taste and an inadequate summary. If this sort of thing
is at all to your interest, read the whole thing. If I'm any guide, be
prepared to set aside some time, because it completely absorbed me for
the duration.

(Via [[Ogiue Maniax's 10th anniversary post
https://ogiuemaniax.com/2017/11/19/10-years-after-ogiue-maniax-10th-anniversary/
]],
itself [[via Author
http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2017/11/19/ogiue-maniax-10th-anniversary/]].)