Manga like Hokusai

Mugen Utamaro

Status: Finished
Genres:

Based on the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, as depicted by Go Nagai.

Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , Oiran , Seinen , Suicide

Sarusuberi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Sarusuberi recounts short episodes in the later life of Hokusai, the genius ukiyoe artist, and of his daughter, Oei.

Tags: Seinen , Historical

Kyoujin Kankei

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Edo period, a young draftsman, Sutehachi, arrives at Katsuhika Hokusai's house, the genius of the print and his daughter O-ei. If the boy's passion for drawing does not give way to that of the master, haunted just like him by the passion of the print, he is also very attracted by the world of pleasures.

Tags: Seinen , Historical

Lion wa Nemuranai

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama

The later years of Leonardo da Vinci. A road movie from France to his hometown of Vinci, Italy, accompanied by Salai and the Mona Lisa.

Tags: Foreign , Historical , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Ghost , Parody , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Biographical

Bocchan no Jidai

Also known as The Times of Botchan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The Meiji Era (1868-1912) was probably the most defining period in Japanese history. It was a time of massive change from the more traditional; Tokugawa era to a positioning of Japan in the modern world. Contemporary writer, Soseki Natsume, suffered due to all the social and cultural changes and expressed his feelings through his character Botchan, a classic in the vein of Mark Twain or Charles Dickens. This massive work over 10 volumes could, in other hands, have been but an informed text book. However, the solid script by Sekigawa explores the period through an adult story whilst the art by Taniguchi portrays the material with exquisite and elegant detail.



Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , Seinen

Munou no Hito

Also known as The Man Without Talent.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The Man Without Talent is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs—used-camera salesman, ferryman, stone collector—hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan.



Tags: Autobiographical , Seinen , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Drawing , Male Protagonist

Miyamoto Musashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Musashi Miyamoto was a Japanese swordsman and samurai famed for his duels and distinctive style.

Tags: Swordplay , Philosophy , Biographical , Historical , Samurai