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Old 06-24-2012, 03:44 PM
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Default Re: 4-Koma manga Master list & Discussion

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I'll just add this: the fraction that is 1-page manga will vary. It could be high or low.
Thank you for the supplementation.
 
 
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Akizuki Risu's 4-koma are modern classics... Has any of her work ever been turned into an anime?
I'm afraid probably they have not.


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I would love to see a "kashimashi house" anime...
A recent tendency in 'animé-isation' of 4-koma manga is that 4-koma manga which are chosen are mainly so-called moé 4-koma. So, in view of it, now the chances may not be very high that a non-moé 4-koma will be made into an anime.
In a 'Which 4-koma manga do you want to see as an anime?' thread of 2ch, people often mentioned also non-moé 4-koma, non-otacky 4 koma, 'family' 4-koma, 'fundamentalist' 4-koma, 'old school' 4-koma, and the like, though. (OL Shinkaron and Kashimashi House, too, were mentioned.)
 
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Really, have they ever gave an explanation why it is that way?
 
Well, since it is a jinx, it is a situation where people are seeing a supernatural relation between Thing X and Thing Y. So, it may be rather difficult to offer a non-supernatural explanation for the matter. But I try, anyway.

(There was also a jinx on Kirara 4-koma manga: a Kirara 4-koma manga which had a drama CD cannot have its anime version. But the jinx was broken with Acchi Kocchi's having its anime version.)

Except some very popular/prestigious titles, basically, media franchise-wise, 4-koma manga have been not big, in comparison with standard-format manga. So, many 4-koma manga didn't/couldn't cross over from their original medium to other forms, especially to anime.
Even if a 4-koma manga has its CD drama, usually it is something like an 'I want a motorcar, but I cannot afford a limousine and a chauffeur, so I buy a minicar' thing.
Another factor which can be taken into account is a matter of the sub-genre 'moé 4-koma'. So-called moé 4-koma are recent 4-koma manga which have otacky styles and contents and are aimed at younger otacky readers. As a matter of course, moé 4-koma have more chances to cross over from their original medium to other forms than non-moé 4-koma. But non-Kirara Hōbunsha 4-koma manga are non-moé 4-koma, non-otacky 4 koma, 'family' 4-koma, 'fundamentalist' 4-koma, 'old school' 4-koma, and the like. So, non-Kirara Hōbunsha 4-koma manga have less chances, and people tend to think that to have a drama CD is probably the limit of a non-moé 4-koma's capacity, even if it is so-so popular. Therefore, people also tend to think that there is such a jinx as that.

In fact, Dr Akira, Radical Hospital, Love Lab and Honey Café are non-Kirara Hōbunsha 4-koma manga and have drama CDs, but they don't/cannot cross over from their original medium to anime.
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If I add a note, as you may know, 'Kirara' is Hōbunsha's term which is mainly given to their moé 4-koma imprint and moé 4-koma magazines. (The Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine carries standard-format manga, but its manga are regarded as having a tendency to moé.)
Hōbunsha also publishes 4-koma magazines which carry non-moé 4-koma manga.
 
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