The History The History of the of the AnimeAnime Horror Horror GenreGenre

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Presented By:Presented By: ChiakiChiaki

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• This panel will have minor scenes of animated gore– As well as discussions on demons and ghosts

• However, this panel will not be a gore-fest– Intended to inform

Who am I?Who am I?

• Chiaki from the A.A.A. Podcast– Weekly pocast with anime blogs and forum– www.aaapodcast.com

• Lived and studied for 6 months in Japan– Took classes on animation in Japan

• Love Horror and Japanese culture

The Hell Scrolls – The Hell Scrolls – Fujiwara Fujiwara

PeriodPeriod (900-1200)(900-1200)

• Buddhist Art depicting the 6 states of existence in the cycle of death and rebirth– Lower 3: People in hell,

wandering ghosts, and animals

– Upper 3: Asuras, Humans, Devas

• Masuda Hell Scroll– Housed in the Tokyo

National Museum (photos)– Depicts Gods Exterminating

Evil

EmakimonoEmakimono – – Fujiwara/Muromachi PeriodFujiwara/Muromachi Period

(900-1573)(900-1573) • Emaki• Picture scrolls• First to combine text

and pictures drawn side to side

• Originally A way to permeate teachings of Buddhism– Stories of battles,

romance, religion, folk tales and stories of the supernatural.

Kibyoshi – Edo Period (1603-1868)(1603-1868)

• Illustrated picture books– Used to tell stories,

act as gossip magizenes, and protest pieces.

• All of them had yellow-backed covers.

Utsushi-e – Utsushi-e – Late Edo till Late Edo till Early MeijiEarly Meiji (1700-1910 approx)(1700-1910 approx)

• “Copy Pictures”• Yobanashi – night

storytelling– Sometimes accompanied

by a shamisen, flute and drums to make eerie noises

• Sometimes used several projectors

• Stories were grotesque at times and were said to “corrupt the youth”

Tachi-e – Meiji/Taisho Period (1868-1926)(1868-1926)

• “Standing Pictures” • Drawn panels with black

backgrounds– Would flip panels quickly

for “quick changes”– Performed on a black

background

• Leant itself to ghost tales and horror shows

• Also seen as negative to children

Kamishibai – Taisho/Showa (1920-1950)(1920-1950)

• Traveling salesmen on bikes– Trying to sell candy to

kids– Kind of like the

Japanese “ice cream man”

• Artists would paint/create slides that told stories for rent

Kamishibai LegacyKamishibai Legacy

• Ogon Batto – The Golden Skeleton– Japan’s first Super Hero

KamishibaiKamishibai and the War and the War

• Kamishibashi used in the occupation of Japan by America– After their jobs were gone after the war what

did they turn to?

• Most Kamishibashi enlisted

• Mizuki Shigeru…

Mizuki ShigeruMizuki Shigeru• Originally

Kamishibai artist

• Enlisted in the War– Lost his right arm

• Mentality greatly affected by the war– Felt obligated to

inform about the war

• Fushigi na Techo 1973

Ge Ge Ge no KitaroGe Ge Ge no Kitaro

• 1959• Re-Done about 5

different times• Stations in Japan

have Ge ge ge no Kitaro art and sculpture

• Classic Japanese Horror in many ways– Yokai

Ge Ge Ge no KitaroGe Ge Ge no Kitaro

Kashihon-ya – Meiji-Taisho Period (1868-1950s?)(1868-1950s?)

• Rental Manga Stores across Japan– Was good for both

the printer and consumer

– Became vastly popular, thousands in edo alone

• Gekigan began here

Tatsumi YoshihiroTatsumi Yoshihiro

• Coined the term Geikigan

• Younger artists also were affected by the war– Abandon the Old

in Tokyo

Garo - Garo - 19641964

• Tsuge Yoshiharu • Kashihon-ya sold more

than just manga, they also sold magazines

• Most Japanese Magazines for Manga were like Shonen Jump– Where does horror and

more questionable content fit in?

Modern DayModern Day – Ayakashi: – Ayakashi: Samurai Horror TalesSamurai Horror Tales

Modern DayModern Day – Aoi – Aoi BungakuBungaku

Modern DayModern Day – – Higurashi Higurashi no Naku Koro Nino Naku Koro Ni

Modern DayModern Day – – High School High School of the Deadof the Dead

Questions?Questions?