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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

Only Manga concluded as of creation.

List of manga/manhwas published by the Brazilian publisher Pipoca & Nanquim.

Note: Junji Ito's manga published by Pipoca & Nanquim follow the Japanese edition "Masterpiece Collection", which puts the author's main works in order. However, Myanimelist doesn't follow the same order, which makes selecting the correct mangas for the list very confusing. Therefore, only some of Ito's manga are listed, while the rest of the manga, along with other manga that are not available on the MAL website, will be described with the name used in the Masterpiece Collection.

Obs.: Os mangás de Junji Ito publicados pela Pipoca & Nanquim seguem a edição japonesa "Masterpiece Collection", a qual põe em ordem os principais trabalhos do autor. No entanto, o Myanimelist não segue a mesma ordem, o que torna muito confuso selecionar os mangás corretos para a lista. Portanto, apenas alguns mangás do Ito estão listados, enquanto o restante dos mangás, juntamente a outros mangás que não estão disponíveis no site do MAL, vão estar descritos com o nome utilizado na Masterpiece Collection.

Non listed on MyAnimeList:
➣ Dogs (Keum Suk Gendry-Kim) ➡︎ after "Yume no Hashibashi"
➣ Dassouhei no Iru - Masterpiece Collection 5 (Junji Itou) ➡︎ after "Panorama Toukitan"
➣ Umeku Haisuikan - Masterpiece Collection 8 (Junji Itou) ➡︎ after "Shin Kubidai Hikiukenin"
➣ Rojiura - Masterpiece Collection 6 (Junji Itou) ➡︎ after "Vampire"
➣ Bohyou no Machi - Masterpiece Collection 9 (Junji Itou) ➡︎ after "Kogarashi Monjirou"
➣ Kubi no Nai Choukoku - Masterpiece Collection 7 (Junuji Itou) ➡︎ after "Miyamoto Musashi"
➣ The Art of Junji Ito: Twisted Visions [art book] (Junji Itou) ➡︎ after "Genkai Shitai"
➣ Mugen no Shiro no Princess (Shintaro Kago) ➡︎ after "Battle Royale"
➣ My Friend Kim Jong-Un (Keum Suk Gendry-Kim) ➡︎ after "Mugen no Shiro no Princess"
➣ Chushingura (Goseki Kojima) ➡︎ after "Kouishou Radio"

Mangas that have a sword and sorcery, sword-and-sandal, medieval/fantastical middle ages like setting

Using the same distinction between Literary and Genre Fiction.
Manga that focus on characters and themes rather than plot, and don't conform to a genre.

Literary manga != Good manga

Please feel free to message me any suggestions or alterations you feel should be made! I plan to regularly update this list.