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Manga Faces: Understanding and Reading Manga Visual Language

Posted on September 10, 2017March 18, 2024 by Chris Kincaid

Anime and manga uses its own visual language to show a character’s inner thoughts and feelings. The visual language isn’t always easy to understand for those new to the medium. Some expressions, such as happiness, are easy enough, but how do you show a character has an upset stomach from anxiety? What about dismay? Anime…

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Fairy tales prove the elderly can have adventures too. In this story, an old man faces down a host of demons and loses a tumor on his cheek as a reward. When a neighbor hears of this, he wants to lose his own tumor. Of course, this intention ends up backfiring on him! Folklore explores the importance of intention for our actions. Good and pure intentions offers their own rewards; selfish intentions, however, receive their rewards too. The idea that you harvest what you plant appears throughout the world's folklore.  Learn more about Japanese fairy tales, history, and anime: https://www.japanpowered.com  Get the book, "Tales from Old Japan", on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XNWM18J
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