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Welcome to our brief guide to manga and related materials held by the Yale University Japanese Collection. We hope the below lists will serve as a starting point for those interested in Japanese comic books. We are always looking to build the collection, so if there are particular resources relevant to you which you cannot find in the collection, please contact us.
One of the earliest woman manga artists; creator of Sazae-san, one of the most famous and longest-running series in history.
Credited (somewhat problematically) as the originator of manga as we know it in the post-war, Tezuka is often called the "god of manga."
One of the legendary "Year 24" group of female manga artists, who imbued girls' manga with psychology and eroticism, Takemiya Keiko is best known for her series The Song of the Wind and Trees, on the tragic and doomed love affair of two boys at boarding school.
The great folklorist of manga, known for Ge ge ge no Kitarō and other series about Japan's spooky and creepy creatures.
Creator of famous space epics such as Galaxy Express 999 and Captain Harlock.
One of the pioneer's of "ladies comics" in the 90s, which featured adult women in stylish, gruesome, erotic, and real situations.
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