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Last time [link].

This time, let's actually use theory. A sign is the alphabet and a symbol is a word. Signs are small parts and symbols are parts with a single meaning. Let's call these a part generally. A Japanese anime picture is made combining them.

The combination of a sign design gives the heart to a character. Each part is simple. A creator combines it intricately and performs various expressions. The Japanese reader has also read it. That is, if the meaning of a sign is assembled intentionally, anyone is possible for creation. Yes, I challenge.

If a sign is replaced, character in which I am also another can be fabricated. I gave the part which means passion to a red girl, and the part which means calmness to a blue girl. Of course, Curesunshine of origin is the loveliest!!

Moreover, there are "sweat", "red of a cheek", and various fonts.

The combination of a part is infinite. Let's patrol and study an Anime picture on the Internet. And, a mimicry is greatly useful. And, You will learn that how to use kind and parts of parts changes into a constant course with the times. The pattern of expression by Tezuka Osamu.

For example...This corresponds to 18 of the figure.

This corresponds to 9 of the figure.

The pattern of Tezuka which introduced last time is still living. Moreover, a style and composition also have each meaning.This is the technology which a player learns on theater. The Butsuzou of esoteric Buddhism is famous in the East. Precure is also the same.

Last time[link]

Another recognition is a "symbol". A single meaning is given to a character, a dress and accessories, and a background. Then, A picture is made by assembling it. It is not difficult. Please visualize the bisyojo of anime in your brain. What kind of eye is she? For example, slant eyes=bullish, drooping eyes=quiet, red head= passion etc. A bodily part is related to her personality. this is a symbol.

If a sign is the alphabet, a symbol is a word. As a meaning occurs in word by arrangement of the alphabet, a meaning occurs in a picture by the combination of a sign.

Manga and anime occur meaning by putting the picture of the regular interpretation in order. In reality, this technique is the universal and the classic. The history is also in the West. It is the picture before the Renaissance. A tarot card is typical. [link] Expression before the medieval period has many things treating the mythology. The symbol was used abundantly in order to tell the tale of a myth or a hero. It often sees in a item of religion or magic. The present day, the technology is used in the field of the subculture. It is remarkable in American comics, TRPG, etc. in the united States. By a symbol, the impression of a character is emphasized. They play the regular role. This is called a "stock character".

Clown×Gotham City＝JOKER Role: JOKER is Shadow and Clown of Batman. God of Greek mythology is also the same. They are faithful to a symbol in a tale.

memo; About the individuality different from the attribute of a color [link] "Different personality from the characteristic of a color is possible. For example, a character of calm color becomes cruel suddenly or gets angry. Then, We are surprised and, observe a character than before. We are caught in a producer's trap. Actual, the human being has an inside different from appearance. This expression is used when impressing human's dual nature."

Symbolism, such as Gustave Moreau [link], will be raised in modern art. A symbol is certainly used also for anime.

Since a symbol becomes a pattern inevitably, it becomes the same. By this reason, the character of the same figure appears with another work of anime and manga. A text will also use the same word and same expression repeatedly? It is the same as it. That is, all of anime or manga are the pile of the regular interpretation. This is not my personal opinion. My criticism is carried out based on the writing of Japanese comics researcher "Otsuka Eiji ". Otsuka says that Tezuka Osamu advocated this pattern in Japan.

Tezuka argues in "Mangasenka 漫画専科" that the facial expression of the character is a pattern. Facial expression one by one is a word. By putting a word[symbol] in order, feeling and a story are told. Draw as a sign, not as realism. This is the first step which understands manga and anime. However, this is difficult work. Body proportions, Thickness of the line, a circle or a square, realism or sign, which is drawn in detail..... It is necessary to determine one's own design. Your design may be decided automatically, but it may think for many years. Too a cartoonist changes a pattern frequently in the course of a series. But, your result will be large by being aware of this method. Patterns are mechanical. Neither body nor a motion can be drawn as it is, it is always replaced by a sign. This expression is mechanical in some respects. Like character of a fairy tale and a myth. Nevertheless, for a long period, the structure of parts strongly attracted people. Why is it?

Man does not smile in this way. It is only the predefined significance[pattern] of "smile." This resembles the text. We will imagine the feeling of smile immediately, if the sentence of "smile" is found in text. Why does she smile? By what story is it smiling? By the context before and behind that, it has a meaning which is not different from realism. A sign is the alphabet. A symbol is a word. And, the story of character is grammar. The word itself does not have a deep meaning. It is not realism, either. However, a word changes a meaning by the placed contexts. So that the person's life does change, by whom and where and when tell "I love you". Manga and anime picture could be called pictures rationalized most in order to tell a tale. The character-design itself hints tale. The present time, such expressions tend to be looked down. But, See.