Thursday, September 5, 2013

Kangoku Gakuen (Prison School): Hiramoto Akira





Kangoku Gakuen aka "Prison School" created by Hiramoto Akira is an over the top comic or manga.  What drew me to this comic was the style, It's switches between a manga and realistic style.  Hiramoto goes into real detail when it zooms in on a characters face, such as the 3rd comic page provided.  I also love the use of shadows especially on the character with the hoodie.  Also I love the talk bubbles as you can see in the 3rd page provided the character with the glasses is crying and the talk bubble is all distorted and shaky showing emotion.  I also love all the character designs especially the big fat guy with a tiny face.  The comic panels either are in formal or slanted formation.

The comic is still on going usually updates twice a month with new chapters.  I also realized going into this comic there is a lot of crude language and sexual scenes which makes this comic's target audience older teens and adults, but in all it has a great story going with a lot of humor.

2 comments:

  1. You describe the comic as switching between manga and realistic style. What elements can be attributed to the "manga"-style?

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  2. The separation of lines in the eyes and the noses shows the anime style used.

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