Munou no Hito
The Man Without Talent
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Munou no Hito

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Incompetent Man, A Worthless Person
Japanese: 無能の人
English: The Man Without Talent
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 6
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 1985
Genres: Drama Drama, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Serialization: None
Authors: Tsuge, Yoshiharu (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.501 (scored by 16411,641 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #29232
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4877
Members: 4,380
Favorites: 116
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Mangaby TeKSMeLater

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:
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the tokiwa-sou (トキワ荘), or tokiwa manor, was a tokyo apartment complex where an incredibly influential group of mangaka lived from the early 1950's through the early 1960's. of course, the biggest name associated with the tokiwa-sou was the "god of manga" osamu tezuka, who lived in the building from 1953-1954. however, during that period the approximate dozen of influential mangaka living there established the building as a social hub for a broader group of the medium's greatest creators at that time.

this list will include both known (or at least supposed) residents of tokiwa-sou and their mangaka friends who often visited. this list will be based on armchair-level research, so please DO NOT CONSIDER THIS A DEFINITIVE RESOURCE. that said, if anyone has any missing information, i would very much appreciate that you contact me with information on those artists' relationship to the tokiwa-sou!

the list will include one of the most noteworthy or "classic" manga series' created by each artist, and i will prioritize series' that can currently be read in their entirety in english, either legally or via scanlations.

format:

mangaka
(resident or visitor)(approx. dates lived at tokiwa-sou)
(common english title of series listed)

mangaka without manga on MAL:

hiroo terada
resident december 31, 1953 - june 20, 1957
sportsman kintarou
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/a9zcwtm/sportsman-kintarou

shinichi suzuki (akira kazeta)
resident september 2, 1955 - june 1, 1956
rainbow sentai
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/vrfil63/rainbow-sentai
https://myanimelist.net/people/21321/Shinichi_Suzuki?q=shinichi%20suzuki&cat=person

naoya moriyasu
resident february 1956 - end of 1956
(VERY LITTLE INFO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E5%AE%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8A%E3%82%84#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE%E4%BC%8A%E5%90%B9%E9%9A%BC%E4%BA%BA201039%E2%80%9341_17-0

tokuo yokota
resident 1958 - 1961
(VERY LITTLE INFO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH)
margaret-chan
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%88%E3%81%93%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8F%E3%81%8A#%E4%B8%BB%E3%81%AA%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81

shunji sonoyama
visitor
gyatorus
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/57blnzu/gyatorus
https://myanimelist.net/people/24997/Shunji_Sonoyama?q=shunji%20sonoya&cat=person

saburo sakamoto
visitor
(PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR ANIMATION WORK ON IDEON, DUNBINE, VOLTES V)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E6%9C%AC%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E

takemaru nagata
visitor
(VERY LITTLE INFO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. KNOWN ASSISTANT TO FUJIO A. FUJIKO AND FUJIO F. FUJIKO)
bickle-kun
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B8%E7%94%B0%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%B8#%E4%B8%BB%E3%81%AA%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81


assistants:

joji yamauchi
assistant to shotaro ishinomori & fujio akatsuka
resident september 1960 - march 1962

hideo shinoda
assistant to fujio a. fujiko & osamu tezuka
visitor

takao yokoyama
assistant to fujio akatsuka
visitor


sources & further reading:
http://tsoj.manga.org/anime/tokiwa_sou.html
https://fujio-akatsuka.fandom.com/wiki/Tokiwa-s%C5%8D#Famous_Residents
https://manga.tokyo/columns/otaku-travel/visit-tokiwa-so-the-birthplace-of-japanese-manga-and-anime/
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00934/
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AF%E8%8D%98
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokiwa-s%C5%8D

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Please check the genres before reading!

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