Here's a list of 20 most popular manga series:
1. "One Piece" by Eiichiro Oda - Follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew in search of the ultimate treasure, the One Piece.
2. "Naruto" by Masashi Kishimoto - Chronicles the journey of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja aiming to become Hokage, the leader of his village.
3. "Dragon Ball" by Akira Toriyama - Introduces Goku and his quest for the Dragon Balls, packed with martial arts and epic battles.
4. "Death Note" by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata - Focuses on a high school student who gains a notebook that allows him to kill anyone whose name he writes in it.
5. "Attack on Titan" by Hajime Isayama - Depicts humanity's battle for survival against giant humanoid creatures.
6. "Fullmetal Alchemist" by Hiromu Arakawa - Follows two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, as they seek the Philosopher's Stone to regain their lost bodies.
7. "Bleach" by Tite Kubo - Follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a teenager with the power to see ghosts, who becomes a Soul Reaper.
8. "My Hero Academia" by Kohei Horikoshi - Set in a world where superpowers are common, it follows a boy named Izuku Midoriya on his journey to become a hero.
9. "One Punch Man" by ONE and Yusuke Murata - Features Saitama, a hero who can defeat any opponent with a single punch.
10. "Tokyo Ghoul" by Sui Ishida - Explores the life of Kaneki, a young man turned into a half-ghoul after a chance encounter with one of these flesh-eating creatures.
11. "Hunter x Hunter" by Yoshihiro Togashi - Follows Gon Freecss as he becomes a hunter to find his missing father and uncover the secrets of the profession.
12. "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" by Hirohiko Araki - Spans generations of the Joestar family and their supernatural battles against various foes.
13. "Fairy Tail" by Hiro Mashima - Follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel and his friends in the Fairy Tail Guild.
14. "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" by Koyoharu Gotouge - Chronicles the journey of Tanjiro Kamado, a demon slayer seeking to avenge his family.
15. "Neon Genesis Evangelion" by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - A manga adaptation of the iconic mecha anime, exploring the psychological struggles of its characters.
16. "Akira" by Katsuhiro Otomo - Set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, it follows the mysterious powers of Kaneda and Tetsuo.
17. "Black Clover" by Yūki Tabata - Focuses on Asta, a boy born without magic in a world where it's commonplace, as he aims to become the Wizard King.
18. "Death Parade" by Yuzuru Tachikawa - Inspired by the anime, it delves into the lives and judgments of souls in the afterlife.
19. "Yu Yu Hakusho" by Yoshihiro Togashi - Follows Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent turned spirit detective.
20. "Vinland Saga" by Makoto Yukimura - Combines historical fiction with Viking tales, following the journey of Thorfinn Karlsefni.
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My Essay:
Project 4_Understanding a photograph - Marianne Cole
The relationship between voyeurism, spectating and the camera.
Figure 1: Shizuka Yokomizo, Stranger No. 1, 1998, From the ‘Dear Stranger’ series, Chromogenic print, 50 x 42 1/2 in. (127 x 108 cm)
According to Sandra Phillips (2010, 0:13), "Voyeurism is a primal interest, something that every person has a desire to see". This selection of photographic images explores the relationship between voyeurism, the camera and the subject. The photographer is often the one in power, intrusively photographing someone when they are 'off-guard' or unaware.
Figure 1 by Shizuka Yokomizo looks like the photographer has captured a shot of a man in his home in his boxers. It is an amusing image but also makes the viewer feel uneasy as our home signifies safety and privacy and when this is threatened, it makes us feel unsafe. However, this photo was consensual and part of Yokomizo's 'Dear Stranger' series where she sent anonymous letters to strangers, inviting them to appear by their windows at a set time, and she would photograph them from outside.
Yokomizo wanted to keep anonymity, without any sort of relationship with the subjects, like reliving the fantasy of a 'Peeping Tom' by capturing a glimpse of that person's life through their window. This shows the sheer desire of voyeurism even when it's not sexual. Yokomizo understands the ethics of this troubling relationship between voyeurism and camera. But she can still seek the thrill of this invasive type of looking, as it's replicated well through this staged, but realistic series. They still look quite unsettling, and this device is often used in horror films.
Figure 2: Garry Winogrand, Couple Kissing, Girl Staring at Camera, Tortilla Factory, New York, 1969, Gelatin silver print.
Now this strange photo (see figure 2), captured by Garry Winogrand, is candid and not staged unlike the last image. It depicts a couple kissing in the street while a young girl cautiously stares at the camera. This spontaneous street scene created a very awkward yet humorous photograph. By freezing a moment of daily life, street photography turns the mundaneness of everyday into art. John Berger (2013, pg 21) said that "for over a century, photographers and their apologists have argued that photography deserves to be considered a fine art". Winogrand viewed his photographs as artworks, documenting life authentically and unfiltered.
His street scene photography seems much more innocent in nature than the first image as it has less of a voyeuristic, creepy feel. However, this image is still undeniably uncomfortable to look at due to the two girls warily looking right at the camera, one midway through making out with someone. This highlights the sometimes-uncomfortable relationship between people and the camera – a fleeting glance a person might make with strangers is now a permanent awkward photo. This makes the image so powerful as the viewer can just sense the tension between the girls and the camera, while the guy is oblivious to it all.
Figure 3: Kohei Yoshiyuki, Untitled, 1971, From the series 'The Park’, Gelatin silver print.
While the subject matters are depicted more innocently in the first two photographs, being caught off-guard, doing day-to-day activities, the subjects in this image (figure 3), which is part of Kohei Yoshiyuki's 'The Park' series, are captured taking part in sexual activities in parks at night while strangers watch them.
This image has an interesting twist on voyeuristic photography as the camera is not only exposing the people engaging in these acts, but also catches out the voyeurs involved. Yoshiyuki convinces the voyeurs that he is just like them to avoid the risk of being beaten up for exposing them. What's ironic is the fact he is just like these people as he goes to the park to seek out these indecent activities. Even though he photographs it for artistic purposes, this interest is still based around the primal fascination with voyeurism, which the voyeurs in these images and himself both share. “My intention was to capture what happened in parks, so I was not a real ‘voyeur’ like them,” he told the New York Times in 2007. “But I think, in a way, the act of taking photographs itself is voyeuristic somehow. So, I may be a voyeur, because I am a photographer.”
Figure 4: Kohei Yoshiyuki, Untitled, 1971, From the series 'The Park’, Gelatin silver print.
This photo (figure 4) is part of the same series as the last and while the other one looks more like the photographer caught a spontaneous moment, this one looks more intentional and set up. Although this scene wasn’t staged, Yoshiyuki's camera techniques very much were intentional, as the blurry and faintly outlined effects to the picture were intended so people could only vaguely see the bodies, as this appeals to the viewers imagination, which creates an element of mystery and privacy, making it more suggestive than explicit, feeding into this desire to secretly watch when you shouldn’t.
In an interview with Vice, Yoshiyuki, K.Y (2013) stated that "the act of voyeurism, for the voyeurs, was a kind of game; they did it for the thrill. The risk is the fantasy". Voyeurism is fascinating and exhilarating but can also feel uncomfortable, invasive and violating. This invasion of privacy brings up questions around the complex relationship between the subject and camera, what are we allowed to see and what are we not allowed to see.
Voyeurism isn't just secretly watching someone; it is watching them without their consent. Maybe the normalisation of voyeurs and 'peeping Tom's' in popular culture, such as films, blurs the lines between the ethics of this. It is shown in a light-hearted manner and not a breach of an individuals boundaries.
Figure 5: Nick Ut, Paris Hilton Getting Arrested, 2007.
This paparazzi shot of Paris Hilton (figure 5) is very different from all the previous images. Unlike the first four images this one wasn't intended to be used for art, the photographer set out to make profit from it.
Spectating has always been popular but the development of digital media and use of the camera, has made it more accessible for us to watch the lives of others, especially those in the public eye. Calvert, C.C (2000) argues that although spectatorship and sensationalism are far from new phenomena, social and technological factors, pushes voyeurism to the forefront of our image-based world.
With the development of photography, the internet and invasiveness of the media, photography is exploited as a money-making scheme, exposing celebrities' personal matters. This is where the debate of the ethics of this nature of photography becomes more blurred, as the public are fascinated by celebrity scandals, but we are also conscious of the morals behind this. It’s a constant grapple between what we eagerly want to see, but also feeling guilty for doing so as the personal lives of celebrities are being viewed as a spectacle for our entertainment. "To photograph people is to violate them …. it turns people into objects that can be symbolically possessed" - Susan Sontag (1973, pg10). Arguably there should be a line drawn, as people will exploit the camera for their own voyeuristic desires or to make money.
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