Establishment of manga terminology by analytical study of elements and terms of manga

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370188
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Tokyo Polytechnic University
• Principal Investigator: Ito Tsuyoshi 東京工芸大学, 芸術学部, 教授 (30551519)
• Research Collaborator: 池川 佳宏 株式会社寿限無 ; 張 玉蛍 株式会社寿限無 ; 笠井 翔 株式会社言語社 ; 篠田 匡弘 TINAMI株式会社
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: マンガ / マンガ研究 / マンガ表現論 / ストーリーマンガ / 表現技法 / 用語法 / 自然言語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Concerning elements and terms of manga, we conducted a corpus analysis of books and manuals about manga expressions and techniques. The results revealed that ambiguity in technical terms of various elements of manga is attributed to ‘duality’ of designation between concrete images and abstract concepts that those images indicate. This duality can be exemplified by our online survey of how each term is linked to a certain image. These results will contribute to editing lexicography of terms of manga.

Free Research Field

芸術一般