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A Drifting Life

Gekiga Hyouryuu

1995, Manga, 48 ch, 81%

Recommended by 8 Showa fans on AniList. The same kind of story: showa-era wartime memory dramas.

Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has…

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  1. Cover of Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
    Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

    1973, Manga, 14 ch, 76%

    Recommended by 4 Showa fans on AniList. Both have Autobiographical, War.

  2. Cover of The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime
    The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime

    1989, Manga, 3 ch, 80%

    Biographical, Work, Historical

  3. Cover of cocoon
    cocoon

    2009, Manga, 15 ch, 76%

    The same kind of story: showa-era wartime memory dramas.

  4. Cover of NonNonBa
    NonNonBa

    1992, Manga, 25 ch, 77%

    Both have Autobiographical.

  5. Cover of Disappearance Diary
    Disappearance Diary

    2004, Manga, 30 ch, 74%

    Both have Autobiographical.

  6. Cover of Blue Period
    Blue Period

    2017, Manga, ongoing, 86%

    Both have Educational.

  7. Cover of Suyo Webtoon-ui Na Kang-Rim
    Suyo Webtoon-ui Na Kang-Rim

    2021, Manga, 172 ch, 84%

    Time Loop, Female Harem, Full Color

  8. Cover of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
    Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

    2020, Manga, ongoing, 87%

    Magic, Travel, Elf

  9. Cover of Land of the Lustrous
    Land of the Lustrous

    2012, Manga, 120 ch, 89%

    Philosophy, Anthropomorphism, Seinen

  10. Cover of Eleceed
    Eleceed

    2018, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Urban Fantasy, Super Power, Full Color

  11. Cover of Banana Fish
    Banana Fish

    1985, Manga, 110 ch, 85%

    Mafia, Gangs, Crime

  12. Cover of Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey
    Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey

    2011, Manga, 34 ch, 84%

    Both have Autobiographical, Educational.

  13. Cover of Yotsuba&!
    Yotsuba&!

    2003, Manga, ongoing, 89%

    Family Life, Iyashikei, Episodic

  14. Cover of Veil
    Veil

    2018, Manga, ongoing, 87%

    Foreign, Heterosexual, Primarily Adult Cast

  15. Cover of A Bride's Story
    A Bride's Story

    2008, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Both have Educational.

  16. Cover of Ascendance of a Bookworm ~I'll do anything to become a librarian!~ Part 1 If there aren't any books, I'll just have make some!
    Ascendance of a Bookworm ~I'll do anything to become a librarian!~ Part 1 If there aren't any books, I'll just have make some!

    2015, Manga, 42 ch, 78%

    Female Protagonist, Isekai, Reincarnation

  17. Cover of Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray
    Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

    2020, Manga, 211 ch, 90%

    Athletics, Female Protagonist, Primarily Female Cast

  18. Cover of Look Back
    Look Back

    2021, One-shot, 1 ch, 83%

    Drawing, Female Protagonist, Primarily Female Cast

  19. Cover of Nana
    Nana

    2000, Manga, ongoing, 88%

    Female Protagonist, Primarily Adult Cast, Shoujo

  20. Cover of Made in Abyss
    Made in Abyss

    2012, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Survival, Primarily Child Cast, Travel

  21. Cover of Slam Dunk
    Slam Dunk

    1990, Manga, 276 ch, 90%

    Basketball, Male Protagonist, Primarily Male Cast

  22. Cover of The Legend of the Northern Blade
    The Legend of the Northern Blade

    2019, Manga, 202 ch, 86%

    Both have Politics, War.

  23. Cover of One-Punch Man
    One-Punch Man

    2012, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Superhero, Super Power, Urban Fantasy

Anime for fans of Showa

Barefoot Gen1983, Movie, 1 ep, 74% BOCCHI THE ROCK!2022, TV, 12 eps, 87% Death Note2006, TV, 37 eps, 84% Renegade Immortal2023, ONA, 180 eps, ongoing, 85% Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!2000, TV, 75 eps, 87% Delicious in Dungeon2024, TV, 24 eps, 85% Samurai Champloo2004, TV, 26 eps, 84% Chiikawa2022, TV short, ongoing, 85%

About Showa: A History of Japan

1989, Manga, 119 ch, 79%

When the Showa Era began, Mizuki himself was just a few years old, so his earliest memories coincide with the earliest events of the Era. With his trusty narrator Rat Man, Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers. As he describes the militarization that leads up to World War II, Mizuki’s stance toward war is thoughtful and often downright critical – his portrayal of the Nanjing Massacre clearly paints the incident (a disputed topic within Japan) as an atrocity. Mizuki’s Showa is a beautifully told history that tracks how technological developments and the country’s shifting economic stability had a role in shaping Japan’s foreign policy in the early twentieth century.

(Source: Drawn & Quarterly)

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