Doujinshi As Unprecedented Graphic Subculture

It is an interesting proven fact that usually most favored subculture is cooked up by somebody that seeks profit only, and after that is fed with a hungry young crowd of fans. This is simply not always the case in Japan, though. The art is for the art’s sake is exactly what comic market followers are longing for.

Yoshishiro Yonezawa, a novelist, critic along with a passionate supporter of popular manga subculture, came up with a perception of founding a business, a niche which is open for the non-professional manga artists who form their unique circles called doujinshis to produce manga mimic artwork and magazines (which are called doujinshis, too). The concept became very well liked as Comiket, the most important comic market on the planet, is held in Japan twice yearly for 3 days consecutively every time during winter and in summer. There are more than 35 thousand circles engaging as well as over fifty percent a thousand attendees.

This is a space where freedom of expression is preached over a major, and organizers never dreamed of so large a hit of the creation. Before Comiket, the younger generation who studied in senior high school or university, taken part in comic markets as amateurs, and ceased to participate in after graduation. But in mid-seventies this changed drastically. It was not just a hobby, however a lifetime passion, as much artists got appreciation and followers due to a growing rise in popularity of doujinshi phenomenon. There are many than 2000 doujinshi markets going on in Japan annually, and Comiket is certainly the most used one.

The actual idea have spread beyond Japan as comic markets opened in Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, China and also United States. The number of doujinshi circles mushroomed as markets provided great opportunities for a great number of amateur artists and mangakas (manga artists).

First the predominant section of doujinshis creators were women, about 80 %. Within the 1980s more males became interested, now the ratio appears to favor female artists only slightly.
We conclude that doujinshi can be a visual cultural phenomenon that’s shaped mostly by youth, yet its meaning and consequences have global importance.

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