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Info sources:

• https://jisho.org/ < Online dictionary for Japanese and kanji characters to English
• Japanese wikia page on gakushuu manga https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/学習漫画 (only in Japanese, use Google Translate)
• https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/genre/208006 < Publisher Shogakukan’s listings of “学習まんが”/gakushuu manga (requires Google Translate to read in English)
• https://gakushumanga.jp/ < List of manga titles that have educational or edutainment value, even if they are not necessarily full-on gakushuu manga since the site includes many popular titles too such as ‘A Silent Voice’ or ‘Blue Period’, ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’, ‘Assassination Classroom’, etc.
  • Categories are 1) Literature (文学 / Bungaku), 2) Life and the world (生命と世界 / Seimei to Sekai), 3) Art (美術 / Bijutsu**)**, 4) Society (社会 / Shakai), 5) Occupation (職業 / Shokugyou), 6) History (歴史 / Rekishi), 7) War (戦争 / Sensou), 8) Everyday Life/Slice of Life (生活 / Seikatsu), 9) Science & Studying (科学 & 学習 / Kagaku & Gakushuu), 10) Sports (スポーツ / Supootsu), 11) Variety (多様性 / Tayousei)
• https://library.osu.edu/site/manga/2020/11/02/checking-out-manga-series-1/
• https://library.osu.edu/site/manga/2018/12/10/educational-manga/#more-777
• https://guides.osu.edu/Manga/OSU < Ohio State University Japanese Comics / Manga Studies Resource Guide
• https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIwafjnxpC/ < Instagram post by Kemushijp (some influencer or insta tourist idk) that talks about gakushuu manga
• https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestsellers/books/492382 < Amazon’s list of ‘Best Sellers in Children's Learning Manga’
• https://www.ohmsha.co.jp/english/manga.htm < List of titles in the ‘Manga Guides’ series, including the books which have not yet been translated into English
• https://australia.kinokuniya.com/products?utf8=✓&is_searching=true&restrictBy[available_only]=1&keywords=学習+漫画&taxon=&x=41&y=1 < Kinokuniya’s search results for “学習 漫画” (gakushuu manga)

Gakushuu manga (学習 漫画, literally translated as “learning manga”, or ‘manga to learn’) are titles created with a focus on imparting factual, educational knowledge through the medium of manga.

These gakushuu manga works differ from the usual entertainment-oriented titles which are usually published in mangazines, the avant-garde titles that experiment with the medium, or the bestseller titles which almost always get adapted into anime or other media.

Examples of Gakushuu manga

• The Manga Guide series/マンガでわかる (manga de wakaru, or “Understand with manga”)

  

  

  

Although many titles in the Manga Guides series have been officially translated into English (pictured above), many more are only available in Japanese and other East Asian languages (i.e., Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese), and are listed on the website of Omsha ltd (a Science & Engineering publisher).

• Goodreads link for the ‘Manga Guides’ series https://www.goodreads.com/series/192558-manga-de-wakaru

• Amazon https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09Z4TQW4Z?binding=paperback&qid=1762214850&sr=8-16&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk

• Full list of titles, even the ones not translated into English https://www.ohmsha.co.jp/english/manga.htm

• List of English-translated titles https://nostarch.com/catalog/manga, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/MG4/the-manga-guides/

• A History of Japan in Manga, by Kanaya Shunichiro & Zack Davisson

  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59896373-a-history-of-japan-in-manga