Mar 25, 2022 23:00:00

Google releases 'Manga Out Of The Box' where you can learn the history and influence of manga from a huge amount of content for free

Google Arts & Culture, a non-profit online project that aims to protect the arts and culture of Google around the world, has released ' Manga Out Of The Box ' that comprehensively introduces the history of manga and its influence.

Google Japan Blog: Manga Out of the Box: Unraveling Japanese Manga

https://japan.googleblog.com/2022/03/manga-out-of-the-box.html

Manga Out Of The Box — Google Arts & Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com/project/manga

When you actually access the official page , it looks like this. Directly below the top image are the logos of cooperation partners such as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tezuka Productions, and Fujiko F. Fujio Museum who cooperated with this project.

If you scroll the page, you can learn the historical flow that

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Consideration of the relationship between bird and

beast caricatures and manga

Various traditional performing arts that influenced manga

Development of manga produced by caricatures that flowed from Western Europe in the 19th century

Uniqueness of Japanese manga culture

Materials related to

Tokiwa -so, the sacred place of manga

Commentary and critique of Osamu Tezuka, one of the most important figures in manga history

Introducing masters such as Rumiko Takahashi, Fujiko F. Fujio, Shigeru Mizuki, Shotaro Ishinomori who appeared after Osamu Tezuka

Analysis of diversification of manga genres

It contains a huge amount of content, such as walking around online museums using Google Maps Street View.

The supported languages are Japanese, English, Spanish, and French, but some content seems to be in English only.

In that case, click 'Translate with Google' displayed at the bottom of the window to apply Google Translate and you will be able to read in Japanese.

'Manga Out of the Box' can be viewed by accessing the official page from a web browser, but it can also be viewed using the smartphone app of 'Google Arts & Culture'.

Google Arts & Culture on the App Store
https://apps.apple.com/app/google-arts-culture/id1050970557

Google Arts & Culture-Google Play app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.cultural