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:Yoshihiro Yonezawa

{{short description|Japanese manga critic}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}}

{{infobox writer

|image=Yoshihiro Yonezawa.jpg

|caption=A photograph of Comiket's co-founder and president, Yoshihiro Yonezawa.

|birth_date ={{birth date|1953|3|21|mf=yes}}

|birth_place= Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

|death_date ={{death date and age|2006|10|1|1953|3|21|mf=yes}}

|death_place= Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

|spouse = Eiko Yonezawa

|occupation=manga critic & Comiket co-founder and president

|nationality=Japanese

|subject=Manga

}}

{{nihongo|Yoshihiro Yonezawa|米澤 嘉博|Yonezawa Yoshihiro|March 21, 1953 – October 1, 2006}} was a Japanese manga critic and author. He is also known for being Comiket's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53. He won the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category and 2010 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award.

Biography

Born in Kumamoto, Japan, on March 21, 1953, Yoshihiro Yonezawa began drawing parodies of his favourite manga characters with the encouragement of his father when he was a child.{{cite book|title=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga|first=Frederik L.|last=Schodt|author-link=Frederik L. Schodt|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=978-1-880656-23-5|edition=2|year=1999|page=[https://archive.org/details/dreamlandjapanwr00scho/page/41 41]|title-link=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga}} As a fan of Osamu Tezuka and Shigeru Mizuki he would start dōjin activities in middle school, releasing several works under the circle "Azu Manga Research Club." In 1969, Yonezawa joined the staff of Kyukon and met SF writer Shinji Kajio at age 16.{{cite web|url=http://www.meiji.ac.jp/manga/yonezawa_lib/profile.html|title=Yoshihiro Yonezawa: Profile|publisher=Meiji University|language=ja|access-date=May 14, 2009}} Yonezawa would go on to attend Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto High School where he participated in anti-war student activism, throwing molotov cocktails while protesting the stationing of American nuclear aircraft carriers at USFA Sasebo and getting detained by the police. He began criticizing manga while he was studying engineering at Meiji University,{{cite web|first=Masami|last=Toku|url=http://www.csuchico.edu/~mtoku/vc/interviews_summary/summary_Yonezawa.html|title=Yoshihiro Yonezawa|publisher=csuchico.edu|access-date=May 13, 2009|archive-date=October 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013095756/http://www.csuchico.edu/~mtoku/vc/interviews_summary/summary_Yonezawa.html|url-status=dead}} as part of the group Meikyu.{{Cite web|url=http://www.meiji.ac.jp/manga/english/yonezawa_lib/profile/|title = MEIJI UNIVERSITY TOP{{pipe}}Tokyo International Manga Library{{pipe}}Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subculture{{pipe}}The Man and His Work}} Yonezawa has said that in the early 1970s, mostly mainstream manga were published, as there were few manga magazines at that time. COM, a manga magazine with a reputation for publishing experimental manga had closed in 1972, and Yonezawa believed that by 1973 and 1974, it was very difficult to publish "unusual" works in anything other than "underground" zines devoted to dōjinshi.{{cite book|last=Gelder|first=Ken|title=The Subcultures Reader|publisher=Routledge|year=2005|edition=2|pages=542–543|chapter=Amateur Manga Subculture|isbn=978-0-415-34415-9}} To explore the potential of the medium,{{cite book|title=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga|first=Frederik L.|last=Schodt|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=978-1-880656-23-5|edition=2|year=1999|page=[https://archive.org/details/dreamlandjapanwr00scho/page/40 40]|url=https://archive.org/details/dreamlandjapanwr00scho/page/40}} he co-founded Comiket (The Comic Market) in 1975 with Harada Teruo (chairman) and Aniwa Jun, who were university students.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-08-17/world%27s-biggest-underground-comic-convention|title=World's Biggest Underground Comic Convention|date=August 17, 2000|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=May 13, 2009}} Comiket is a bi-annual, 3-day event where dōjinshi manga is brought and traded. Yonezawa's publication of The History of Post War Manga Trilogy in 1980 showed his devotion to reviewing and chronicling manga.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-02/yoshihiro-yonezawa-dies|title=Yoshihiro Yonezawa Dies|date=October 2, 2006|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=May 13, 2009}} He was a judge for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 1999, he received the 21st Japan Society of Publishing Studies Award for Bessatsu Taiyo: Hakkinbon. Since 1999, he regularly reviewed manga on his column, "Yoshihiro Yonezawa's Commentary on Contemporary {{sic|Manga|s}}", in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper until October 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www2.trannet.co.jp/jwh/ep/tjc_news_dtl.asp?dk=N0000119|title={{sic|Manga|s|nolink=yes}} that Sell, {{sic|Manga|s|nolink=yes}} that are Memorable|date=February 20, 2007|publisher=Japanese Writers' House|access-date=May 13, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was posthumously awarded the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-04/nippon2007-hands-out-38th-seiun-awards|title=Nippon2007 Convention Hands Out 38th Seiun Awards (Updated)|date=September 4, 2007|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=May 13, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2007.html|script-title=ja:2007年星雲賞|publisher=Seiun Award|language=ja|access-date=May 13, 2009}} and the special Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-19/14th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-winners-announced|title=14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced|date=April 19, 2010|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=April 19, 2010}}

He was hospitalised on September 30, 2006,{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/TKY200610010103.html|script-title=ja:マンガ評論家の米沢嘉博さん死去 コミケ代表長く務める|date=October 1, 2006|work=Asahi Shimbun |location=Japan|language=ja|access-date=May 16, 2009}} and on October 1, 2006, Yonezawa died of lung cancer at age 53. On the last day of Comiket 71 which was held from December 29 to 31, 2006, as announced in the event's catalogue, a thirty seconds of silence was held on 15:59 just before the announcement of closing.

Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library

File:Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures 2012-02-26.JPG

In 2009, Meiji University opened a library housing dōjinshi, manga- and anime-related circle newsletters, as well as commercially published manga and manga magazines. The collection, which at present largely consists of Yonezawa's personal collection, donated by his widow, has been named "Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures." The library is located at the university's Surugadai campus. The core collection comprises Yonezawa's dōjinshi collection, consisting of 4,137 boxes, or over 140,000 items.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20090614x2.html|title=New university library puts focus on the fans|last=Galbraith|first=Patrick L.|date=June 14, 2009|work=The Japan Times |access-date=July 26, 2009}}; "Manga Library in Japan," New York Times. October 26, 2009. The library will also incorporate the collection of Tsuguo Iwata.{{cite web|url=http://en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20090316_yonezawa_lib/|title=Dojin Manga Library "Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library" opening this Summer|date=April 2, 2009|publisher=en.gigazine.net|access-date=May 13, 2009}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.meiji.ac.jp/manga/yonezawa_lib/index.html|title=米沢嘉博記念図書館TOP|publisher=Meiji University|language=ja|access-date=May 16, 2009}} The construction of the new library complex is expected to be complete in 2015."Manga Library in Japan," New York Times. October 26, 2009.

Works

  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1980) {{nihongo|Sengō SF Mangashi|戦後SFマンガ史||lit. "A History of Postwar SF Manga"}} Tokyo: Shinpyōsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1980) {{nihongo|Sengō Shōjo Mangashi|戦後少女マンガ史||lit. "A History of Postwar Girls' Manga"}} Tokyo : Shinpyōsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1981) {{nihongo|Sengō Gyaggu Mangashi|戦後ギャグマンガ史||lit. "A History of Postwar Gag Manga"}} Tokyo: Shinpyōsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro, ed. (1991) Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai I, Shōwa 20 nen – 37 nen (子供の昭和史──少女マンガの世界 I 昭和20年〜37年 "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga I, 1945–1962") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro, ed. (1991) Kodomo no Shōwa-shi: Shōjo manga no sekai II, Shōwa 38 nen – 64 nen (子供の昭和史──少女マンガの世界 II 昭和38年〜64年 "A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of Shōjo Manga II, 1963–1989") Bessatsu Taiyō series. Tokyo: Heibonsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1997) {{nihongo|Tezuka Osamu manga taizen : kodomo no shōwashi|手塚治虫マンガ大全： 子どもの昭和史}} Tokyo : Heibonsha {{ISBN|4-582-94291-1}}
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (1999) アメリカB級グッズ道 "The World of Collection B-Class American Memorabilia"
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2001) Sengō ero manga-shi (戦後エロマンガ史, lit. "A History of Postwar ero manga") Tokio: Seirinkogeisha {{ISBN|978-4-88379-258-0}}
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2002) 戦後野球マンガ史 "The History of Post War Baseball Manga" Heibonsha
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2002) 藤子不二雄論—Fと(A)の方程式 "On Fujiko Fujio ~ The Formula of F and (A)"
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2003) [https://web.archive.org/web/20051208103743/http://computers.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=17151#2 The Worldwide Phenomenon of Anime: Past and Present] Nipponia 27
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2004) マンガで読む「涙」の構造 "The Formalism of "Tears" As Depicted In Manga" NHK
  • Yonezawa, Yoshihiro (2007) {{nihongo|Tezuka Osamu mangaron|手塚治虫マンガ論}} Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha {{ISBN|978-4-309-26959-7}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051208103743/http://computers.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=17151 Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library official website] (Japanese)
  • [http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-c/C71/061001_profile.html Comiket's biography of Yoshihiro Yonezawa] (Japanese)
  • {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208103743/http://computers.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=17151 |date=December 8, 2005 |title=Interview with Yoshihiro Yonezawa, circa 2005 }} (Japanese)

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Category:Anime and manga critics

Category:Manga artists

Category:1953 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:People from Kumamoto

Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Japan

Category:Winners of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Special Award)