AMBot | 01/30/2008 | Reading Time: 2 Min.
From March 8 to June 8, 2008, an exhibition on the topic of "Architecture in Manga and Anime" will take place in Frankfurt am Main.
Opening: Friday, March 7, 2008, 7 p.m.
Comics and their cinematic counterparts often serve as the medium through which utopian and fantastical urban ideas are depicted. Since the 1980s, architectural concepts reminiscent of those conceived two decades earlier by the Japanese Metabolist group of architects have appeared in Japanese science fiction comics. Their adapted utopian city designs and urban megastructures from the 1960s and 1970s provide spatial orientation for the reader in manga while also creating atmospheric backdrops for the story’s plot. In this process, individual design ideas by Arata Isozaki, Kenzo Tange, or Kisho Kurokawa are not merely replicated in manga—some comics even expand upon these concepts.
The exhibition *Neo Tokyo3* explores the most important aspects of drawn architecture. It showcases how the architectural designs of the Metabolists, as well as related European groups like Archigram and Superstudio, have inspired the visual language of manga and anime.
The exhibition is a collaboration with the German Film Museum and the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt/Main, where additional thematic aspects will be presented:
*Anime! High Art - Pop Culture*, German Film Museum, February 28, 2008 – August 3, 2008
*Mangamania. Comic Culture in Japan 1800-2008*, Museum of Applied Arts, February 28, 2008 – May 25, 2008
Source: Carlsen Press Release
Opening: Friday, March 7, 2008, 7 p.m.
Comics and their cinematic counterparts often serve as the medium through which utopian and fantastical urban ideas are depicted. Since the 1980s, architectural concepts reminiscent of those conceived two decades earlier by the Japanese Metabolist group of architects have appeared in Japanese science fiction comics. Their adapted utopian city designs and urban megastructures from the 1960s and 1970s provide spatial orientation for the reader in manga while also creating atmospheric backdrops for the story’s plot. In this process, individual design ideas by Arata Isozaki, Kenzo Tange, or Kisho Kurokawa are not merely replicated in manga—some comics even expand upon these concepts.
The exhibition *Neo Tokyo3* explores the most important aspects of drawn architecture. It showcases how the architectural designs of the Metabolists, as well as related European groups like Archigram and Superstudio, have inspired the visual language of manga and anime.
The exhibition is a collaboration with the German Film Museum and the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt/Main, where additional thematic aspects will be presented:
*Anime! High Art - Pop Culture*, German Film Museum, February 28, 2008 – August 3, 2008
*Mangamania. Comic Culture in Japan 1800-2008*, Museum of Applied Arts, February 28, 2008 – May 25, 2008
Source: Carlsen Press Release
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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