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Recently, NHK television in Japan aired a documentary about manga artist Gosho Aoyama, who enjoys the reputation of “Detective Conan”. This documentary quickly caught the attention of Japanese netizens. The film showcases Gosho Aoyama’s selfless dedication and unremitting efforts in improving the quality of his works, which has deeply impressed many viewers.
However, for fellow manga artist Hu Gua Yamada, it brought some discomfort. He suggested that television stations should also pay attention to cartoonists with less professional awareness, in order to avoid over glorifying this profession. Let’s take a look at his specific views
NHK TV’s character interview programFlow of professional jobsThis documentary about Gosho Aoyama was released this week.
In the program, the audience witnessed the hard work that Gosho Aoyama put in to improve the quality of his works. He devoted a lot of time to discussing the plot, designing complex case plans, and even personally conducting field investigations.
All of this has made the audience highly recognize his professional dedication.
However, after the program aired, manga artist Yamada Hugua expressed different opinions on social platform X
Television stations always like to present creators who have devoted everything to their works, those in our profession. Sometimes, seeing these reports makes me feel uncomfortable. I really hope there can be a program to explore the cartoonists who have lied to editors, secretly attended parties, and then rushed to finish their work
Or it could be like ‘Ah, as long as we arrange three monologues here, there’s no need to draw, we can easily get by, let’s do it!’ This kind of low professional consciousness behavior
Yamada’s work “AI Electronic Gene” was adapted into an anime last year
Yamada’s words have sparked widespread discussion among anime fans and fellow manga artists. Many people have expressed interest in documentaries of different styles. After all, if a manga artist with low professional awareness can still survive in the industry, isn’t that also a kind of ability?
The reactions of netizens are quite humorous:
Are you mocking me? Haha
I really hope that all industries have documentaries like this, showing that even with low professional awareness, there is still the possibility of completing work
I really want to watch programs like this. If they can survive in this situation, they are indeed talented people
For example, the anecdote of manga legend Osamu Tezuka:“ In the middle of the night, I told the editor that I really wanted to eat cantaloupe and tricked them into going out to buy it to buy more time; Or; I tricked my assistant into going for a walk and ended up running away by train;.
This type of story surprises many people, and manga artist Gao Shouyong even joked:How about listening to the story of a cartoonist leaving his job to his assistant and not working in the studio for a month
Broadcast journalist Nagida Wang revealed:Three years ago, I gave an interview to a television station at Ochanomizu and talked for two hours about young manga artists chasing their dreams during the pandemic. However, because I said something like ‘I never thought I would become famous, but I also don’t want to be poor’ at the time, none of it was aired in the end
Animator Hiroshi Nishi:Really
Many viewers humorously expressed that they are really looking forward to seeing such a program, after all, it showcases the real lives and professional challenges of different cartoonists.