Sakuga Group
{{Short description|Japanese manga dōjin group}}{{Anime and manga}}
{{Nihongo|Sakuga Group|作画グループ|Sakuga Gurūpu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga dōjin group. It was active from 1962"作画グループの世界".(1981), Shinshokan. p.77. to 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/comitiastaff/archives/66224473.html |title=作画グループ代表のばばよしあきさんが亡くなられました |publisher=COMITIA事務所blog |date=2016-07-31 |accessdate=2019-01-24 |language=ja }} The official name of the group is {{Nihongo||日本統一ストーリィ作品研究会作画グループ|Nihon Tōitsu Stōri Sakuhin Kenkyū Sakuga Gurūpu|lit. "Japan Unified Story Artwork Research Drawing Group"}}. The representative of the group is Osaka-born Yoshiaki Baba, who established the group while in junior high school. Many professional mangaka have participated in the group despite it being an amateur group.
Main activities
Their primary activity involved a standard system which involved a member submitting their original work to the group where they received critique from volunteer members which was then published in the group's bulletin.
While the group generally did not attend dōjinshi conventions, they did exhibit original drawings and announce works for a variety of formats including kashi-hon, dōjinshi, and traditional commercial formats which drew criticism for being too commercial. However, they retained high standards for their original work and continued simpler activities such as sharing {{Nihongo|2=肉筆回覧誌|3=nikuhitsu kairanshi}}—original hand-drawn work in a sketchbook or notepad—until the 1980s. They believed this would result in higher quality work through members showing their techniques, such as their linework, with other members.
Some members went on to become professional manga artists such as Yuki Hijiri whose Locke the Superman was first published for members of the Sakuga Group in 1967 and later serialized in Shōnen King. Group membership exceeded 1,000 in the 1980s as fans joined."作画グループの世界".(1981), Shinshokan. pp.85 - 87.
= ''Gassaku'' =
Members of the group sometimes produced {{Nihongo|collaborative work|合作|gassaku}} which were published in manga magazines."時の狩人" (1983), Tokyo Sansehi-sha, pp.184 - 185
- {{Nihongo||アキラ・ミオ大漂流|Akira–Mio Daihyōryū}} - Weekly Shōnen Magazine (1972){{Cite web |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazine_works/2704?&display_view=pc&locale=en |title=週刊少年マガジン アキラ・ミオ 大漂流(作画グループ |publisher=Media Art Database (Development Version). |author=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=2019-01-24 |archive-date=2019-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203756/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazine_works/2704?&display_view=pc&locale=en |url-status=dead }}
- {{Nihongo||ダリウスの風|Dariusu no Kaze}} - Weekly Shōjo Comic (1977)
- {{Nihongo||銀河を継ぐもの|Ginga wo Tsugu Mono}} - Weekly Shōjo Friend (1981)
- {{Nihongo||1000万人の2人|Issenman-nin no Futari}} - Weekly Shōnen King (1978)
- {{Nihongo||ベレヌスのロビン 炎の伝説|Berenusu no Robin: Honō no Densetsu}} - Shōnen King (1982)
- {{Nihongo||ベレヌスのロビン 炎の戦士|Berenusu no Robin: Honō no Senshi}} - Sakuga Group series (1984)
Member of a professional Artists
= Mangaka =
- Ryō Azumi
- {{ill|Yoku Hayami|ja|速水翼}}
- {{ill|Yuki Hijiri|ja|聖悠紀}}
- {{ill|Ayano Kitahara|ja|北原文野}}
- {{ill|Natsuno Kiyohara|ja|清原なつの}}
- {{ill|Tomoko Kōsaka|ja|神坂智子}}
- {{ill|Tarō Minamoto|ja|みなもと太郎}}
- {{ill|Kei Shimizu (mangaka)|ja|志水圭}}
- {{ill|Kazuki Yamamoto|ja|山本航暉}}
= Novelist =
- Eiji Ōtsuka
- {{ill|Kazuyuki Takami|ja|鷹見一幸}}