Flight: Tsurita Kuniko Sakuhinshuu

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A selection of titles from the gekiga scene, a short-lived yet influential artistic movement that flourished during the 1960s to the 1970s and maintains a prominent underground presence today. While mostly known as a pioneer of cinematic paneling and close attention to realism, it would be more accurate to consider gekiga as a counterculture. Surrealistic, autobiographical, and experimental works emerged as an alternative to the Tezuka school of aesthetics and paved the way for other artists to different modes of expression.

This is in NO WAY a comprehensive list and should be treated more as a starting point for diving into this movement. There are so many more important artists and titles in the scene that MAL unfortunately does not have entries for, and probably never will. Since I can't speak Japanese, there may also be some titles that I am unfamiliar with. The 50-title limit doesn't help either, but I hope this gets you started in this often-unexplored side of manga.

Note: Not all of these titles are available in English.
11/04/2022 Updated to include more underground artists.

If you enjoyed this interest stack and want to learn more about gekiga, feel free to check these other outlets:
The MAL Gekiga Club
Taniguchi Scanlations
Habanero Scans
Illuminati-Manga
Hox Scanlations
Stinky Scans
Ryan Holmberg's translations
Star Fruit Books
Glacier Bay Books
Koenji Shawn Reviews
The Comics Journal
Breakdown Press
Drawn and Quarterly
New York Review Comics
AX Volume 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga

Manga against the patriarchy.

Favorite manga

List of all the manga published in Brazil by the publisher Veneta, in order of release.

Lista de todos os mangás publicados no Brasil pela editora Veneta, em ordem de lançamento.

a "response" to a a interest stack called "Seinen is art."

manga, regardless of it's demographic is a work of art. this stack is a personal selection of works that come to mind when i see the words "manga" and "art" in the same sentence, from works that discuss the nature of literature, hyper-complex dystopian worlds, gorgeously drawn artwork
and incredibly well-researched historical manga to battle manga, stupid comedies made by furuya minoru, yonkoma manga and silly romances, a list that barely has anything concrete that is holding it together and will probably be unlisted by myanimelist mods, but it's not like that matters, enjoy the stack!

* = i had to use the advanced search to find these, possibly not the most accurate result
2001-2050: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/48905
Anime 1951-2050: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/48293
Anime 2001-2050: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45933

pretty self-explanatory.
Manga from the legendary alternative manga magazine garo that have been officially published in English. it would be updated every time a new one is announced/comes out. Hope to update it as many times as possible!!
If I forgot something, please let me know.

If there are any other magazines you would like me to do this for, please let me know. Would love to know if you make some lists like this yourselves, I would add them to the links!

Links - Stacks for alt manga from other magazines:
AX - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62676
Comic Beam - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62679
Comic Cue - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62678
Garo - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62675
Ikki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62680
Manga Erotics F - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62682
Torch - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62677