Sakuga Group

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Sakuga Group (Japanese: 作画グループ, Hepburn: Sakuga Gurūpu) is a Japanese manga dōjin group. It was active from 1962[1] to 2016.[2] The official name of the group is Japan Unified Story Work Research Artwork Group (日本統一ストーリィ作品研究会作画グループ). The representative of the group is Osaka-born Yoshiaki Baba, who established the group while in junior high school.[1] Although it was a group of amateurs, many professional mangaka also enrolled.

Main activities[edit]

Another member criticized the manga reviewed by the member, and it was published in the newsletter.

They did not participate in dōjinshi spot sale, but they published dōjin books Nakama for members and GROUP (issued by SG Planning) that can also be obtained at bookstore route. Meanwhile, thinking that direct viewing of manga manuscripts leads to an improvement in technique, he was producing a "circulation magazine" that stitched manga manuscripts into books until the 1980s.

There were members who became professional mangaka. Yuki Hijiri's Locke the Superman was first published for members of the Sakuga Group in 1967, and was later serialized in a Shōnen King. As the fans joined, in the 1980s the number of members exceeded 1,000.[3]

Gassaku[edit]

Gassaku ("collaboration") where many members jointly write manga was also done, and it was published in manga magazines. List works that are individually published as books.[4]

  • Akira,Mio Daihyōryū (アキラ・ミオ大漂流) - Weekly Shōnen Magazine, (1972)[5]
  • Dariusu no Kaze (ダリウスの風) - Weekly Shōjo Comic, (1977)
  • Ginga wo Tsugu mono (銀河を継ぐもの) - Weekly Shōjo Friend, (1981)
  • Issenman-nin no Futari (1000万人の2人) - Weekly Shōnen King, (1978)
  • Berenusu no Robin - Honoo no Densetsu (ベレヌスのロビン 炎の伝説) - Shōnen King, (1982)
  • Berenusu no Robin - Honoo no Senshi (ベレヌスのロビン 炎の戦士) - Sakuga Group series, (1984)

Member of a professional Artists[edit]

Mangaka[edit]

Novelist[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "作画グループの世界".(1981), Shinshokan. p.77.
  2. ^ "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" (in Japanese). COMITIA事務所blog. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  3. ^ "作画グループの世界".(1981), Shinshokan. pp.85 - 87.
  4. ^ "時の狩人" (1983), Tokyo Sansehi-sha, pp.184 - 185
  5. ^ Agency for Cultural Affairs. "週刊少年マガジン アキラ・ミオ 大漂流(作画グループ". Media Art Database (Development Version). Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-24.