Comments on: Hideshi Hino: Horror, Pathos and the Master of Manga http://theopencritic.com/?p=79 Literate Discourse of Literary Works Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:16:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Y http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-42985 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:29:02 +0000 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-42985 Nice review, you really pulled out and focused on some great aspects of these classic horror mangas, as well as giving some samples of the wonderful arts within. Yet, I do agree with first two reviewers on how stereotypical and seemingly close minded the first paragraph is regarding manga in general (and as for the pointers you ask for....how about Naoki Urasawa? (MONSTER, 20th Centrury Boys, etc.) Ryōji Minagawa? (ARMS), or the great Tezuka Osamu? (Black Jack, Hi no Tori, etc.)?) Having said that.... You are the one who should not be fooling yourself Caligula. First of all, taking your whole perspective of Japanese culture merely from the outsider's point of view (and from mangas nontheless), and generalizing, then labeling Japanese culture as "Foolish", is horribly insulting and shallow minded. Please try opening your eyes to the wider spectrum and speak again, thank you. Nice review, you really pulled out and focused on some great aspects of these classic horror mangas, as well as giving some samples of the wonderful arts within. Yet, I do agree with first two reviewers on how stereotypical and seemingly close minded the first paragraph is regarding manga in general (and as for the pointers you ask for….how about Naoki Urasawa? (MONSTER, 20th Centrury Boys, etc.) Ryōji Minagawa? (ARMS), or the great Tezuka Osamu? (Black Jack, Hi no Tori, etc.)?)

Having said that…. You are the one who should not be fooling yourself Caligula. First of all, taking your whole perspective of Japanese culture merely from the outsider’s point of view (and from mangas nontheless), and generalizing, then labeling Japanese culture as “Foolish”, is horribly insulting and shallow minded. Please try opening your eyes to the wider spectrum and speak again, thank you.

]]> by: Caligula http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-6021 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:51:41 +0000 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-6021 Don't fool yrselves. The reason I dont read alot of manga is due to the "big eyed androgyny" and the foolishness of the japanese culture, which I personally cannot identify with. Hino is a breath of fresh air Don’t fool yrselves. The reason I dont read alot of manga is due to the “big eyed androgyny” and the foolishness of the japanese culture, which I personally cannot identify with. Hino is a breath of fresh air

]]> by: Peter Williams http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-49 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:17:06 +0000 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-49 The Open Critic Responds ... There seems to be some heat brewing about our intro to the Hino pieces ... particularly about the idea that manga caricature distances the reader from the character ... secondly, the characterization of manga as big eyed androgyny. To date, however, there have only been arrows. I would love to see a refutal of substance come in and would gladly publish same. Consider the invitation open ... contact me at -- peter at theopencritic dot com -- Regards all, Peter The Open Critic Responds … There seems to be some heat brewing about our intro to the Hino pieces … particularly about the idea that manga caricature distances the reader from the character … secondly, the characterization of manga as big eyed androgyny. To date, however, there have only been arrows. I would love to see a refutal of substance come in and would gladly publish same. Consider the invitation open … contact me at — peter at theopencritic dot com —

Regards all, Peter

]]> by: Brigid http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-47 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:28:08 +0000 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-47 No problem with your reviews, Mike. They're fine. It's the intro on this page, and the first paragraph in particular, that's making everyone roll their eyes. It gets it exactly wrong. No problem with your reviews, Mike. They’re fine. It’s the intro on this page, and the first paragraph in particular, that’s making everyone roll their eyes. It gets it exactly wrong.

]]> by: Mike Philbin http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-40 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:28:46 +0000 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-40 I don't know what's wrong with these Manga guys, this Hideshi Hino's retrospective (first six DH Publishing books) is a VERY positive review of a great artist's work. Bewildering reactions. I don’t know what’s wrong with these Manga guys, this Hideshi Hino’s retrospective (first six DH Publishing books) is a VERY positive review of a great artist’s work. Bewildering reactions.

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 16, 2007: Shorter Journalista 6 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-37 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:38:06 +0000 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-37 [...] The Open Critic writes what is probably the closest you’ll get to a good, solid review of the work of horror cartoonist Hideshi Hino from someone who otherwise doesn’t know manga from a hole in the ground. (Link via Brigid Alverson.) [...] […] The Open Critic writes what is probably the closest you’ll get to a good, solid review of the work of horror cartoonist Hideshi Hino from someone who otherwise doesn’t know manga from a hole in the ground. (Link via Brigid Alverson.) […]

]]> by: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Hideshi Hino critiques http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-34 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:40:56 +0000 http://theopencritic.com/?p=79#comment-34 [...] A site called the Open Critic discovers horror manga-ka Hideshi Hino and goes to town with six reviews of his work, accompanied by a brief essay. There’s an awful lot of attitude on display, but the reviews and links are probably worth a peek for Hino fans. [...] […] A site called the Open Critic discovers horror manga-ka Hideshi Hino and goes to town with six reviews of his work, accompanied by a brief essay. There’s an awful lot of attitude on display, but the reviews and links are probably worth a peek for Hino fans. […]

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