Animanga! - #7

Summer’s here & with it a special bumper issue, marking the 1st year anniversary of CPR Zine! (yep we’re still here) A special thank you to all who have supported us.

We’ve gone to the land of the rising sun bringing you an Anime/Manga flavoured issue. 

A massive 28 page tribute packed with exclusive inspired art. You'll find the likes of Astro Boy, Hokuto no Ken, GUNNM, Space Dandy, Akira, Guyver, Pokemon and more!

As huge fans of these two art forms from the orient, we set to work bringing you our spin on some classic as well as obscure works.

Manga ( 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late
19th century. Though manga does have a very unique style to it, manga isn’t really a genre as much as it is a format.

Anime ( アニメ ) is the Japanese term for “animation”, usually used to describe
animation originating from Japan, or more broadly, any animated show or movie that uses signature aspects of Japanese-style animation

Art by Carlos M burgos, Hmmmbates, Pixelspencil, David Lawrence & GDRART

Here in the UK it was somewhat hard getting access to Anime/Manga stuff. For
decades anime was only the domain of die-hard genre fans or people willing to hunt down rare, imported, VHS tapes to get their animation fix (before the internet & streaming, kids. We’re that old!)

We stayed up late to watch the very few that did air on TV. Manga
was also hard to come by. Distributor, Manga UK did a great job
since the late 80’s bringing us amazing content that has over the
years grown in popularity significantly.

All this made it feel like a some what exclusive club that few knew
about then. We grew in awe of the art, the stories & the often
crazy & bizarre.
Our antidote to a then Disney dominated scene.
Where animation was mainly for kids & comics
seemed a bit stale at times.

They blew our tiny little minds & never left us.

This is our small & humble tribute.

Featuring guest artists David Lawrence & GDRART.

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