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げきが 劇画
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1. comic strip with dramatic story​
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2. Gekiga​is Japanese for "dramatic pictures. " The term was coined by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and adopted by other more serious Japanese cartoonists who did not want their trade to be known as manga or "irresponsible pictures. " It's akin to Americans who started using the term "graphic novel" as opposed to "comic book" for the same reason. Tatsumi began publishing "gekiga" in 1957. Gekiga was vastly different from most manga at the time, which were aimed at children.
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