Selected WEBSITES to use Manga to teach Language

[Anthony Pollard]

     I saw that Daniel Horowitz posted this website, and after reading his review, I figured I'd view it for supportive content. Since he mentioned Osamu Tezuka's "fascinating and bizarrely humorous film", and that he is considered the “father of manga”, this is a good website for students to learn a history of Anime or Manga. A few of the links on the site have been deleted as a result of copyright issues, but there are still other resources on the webpage.

     https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/100-years-japanese-animation-one-great-film-decade

For example, the 1917 animation "The Dull Sword" because I teach a language course, students would love to add (dub) the language into the animation. They would be making up their own interpretation of the action, a narrative. 

      I am really interested in allowing my students to create cartoons for which they can add voiceovers. We've create claymation, stop motion video, and timelapse video, so now we can create manga and anime. I am the advisor to the Manga club, which has changed its name to The Artist Enclave. The students in the club have collaborated on a novel illustated in manga charatcers. 

     Ok, this website is a wikihow page, but it really simplifies the task of drawing a manga figure. I mean it is really easy to follow. it may be time consuming for a student, but I would not ask them to produce something beond the time constraint they would be assigned:

      https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-an-Anime-Character

For my advanced students, this website offers intensive insrtuctions:

     https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-draw-manga-characters-1122773

I think I got lucky to find the URL for this PDF for drawing manga:

     https://zxr.es/Manga%20For%20Dummies.pdf

OK, so these a few websites instead of one; Students need to have choices.

[Christine Moguel]

Anime Anime Anime!  My students are crazy about anime!  I teach adults with special needs whos reading levels are far below standard for their ages, however are aces at underastanding content of a Manga novel.  I will definitely be looking into these websites you have provided.  I too would like them to use these resources to learn more about the origins of the Manga style, as well as extract the meanings of truth, honor, loyalty, and never giving up that are so prevalent throughout most Anime storylines.  THis opened a big can of worms for new strategies in teaching social emotional content as well.  Thank you!

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