Nouvelle Manga (, ) is an artistic movement which gathers French and Japanese comic creators together. The expression was first used by Kiyoshi Kusumi, editor of the Japanese manga magazine Comickers, in referring to the work of French expatriate Frédéric Boilet, who lived in Japan for much of his career but has since returned to France in December 2008.
A great exhibition and a cycle of debates were held in Tokyo in September and October 2001, notably at the Tokyo Museum of Fine Arts and at the French-Japanese Institute.
Nouvelle Manga has extended to other media with Nouvelle Manga Digitale, a creation of the multimedia author Fred Boot.
Nouvelle manga books in English
- Yukiko's Spinach - Frédéric Boilet (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2003)
- Monokuro Kinderbook - Kan Takahama (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2003)
- Mariko Parade - Frédéric Boilet & Kan Takahama (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2004)
- Doing Time - Kazuichi Hanawa (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2004)
- The Walking Man - Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2004)
- Blue - Kiriko Nananan (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2005)
- The Times of Botchan vol. 1 - Jiro Taniguchi & Natsuo Sekikawa (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2005)
- The Times of Botchan vol. 2 - Jiro Taniguchi & Natsuo Sekikawa (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2005)
- Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators - Various Authors (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2006)
- A Patch of Dreams - Hideji Oda (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2006)
- Sweet Cream and Red Strawberries - Kiriko Nananan (Central Park Media, 2006)
- The Building Opposite - Vanyda (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2006)
See also
- Manfra, a general term for describing Japanese-influenced French comics
- Manga-influenced comics
- Anime-influenced animation
External links
- Nouvelle Manga in 2006
- Boilet's Nouvelle Manga Manifesto
- A Spanish and English publisher that emphasizes Nouvelle Manga works