I have to admit that I was bewildered and captivated in equal measure with this collection of strips drawn with astounding veracity and authenticity (Japanese prisons apparently allow no records of any sort â€“ even drawings – to be kept by inmates and all the work was produced from memory) but if youâ€™re of an adventurous mien this may brighten your jaded day. The narrative structure is so fluid that all one comes away with is a fine pattern of detail and no big picture. The attention to detail almost makes this a cookbook. Â€œIs it right for us to live so well in spite of having perpetrated such misdeeds?â€ he asks. and Nouvelle Manga in the daily newspaper Jornal do Commrcio, October 11, 2005. Hanawa constantly and genuinely bemoans the quality and quantity of the food. The Building Opposite by VANYDA, Doing Time by Kazuichi HANAWA. The thoughts here portrayed couldnâ€™t come from any other nationality. Itâ€™s a shining insight into the psychology of the Japanese culture and mind set. Itâ€™s a journal along the lines of Samuel Pepys with disquietingly intimate revelations calmly rolled out at every available juncture. Hanawa clearly feels he deserved every moment of it. Doing Time by Kazuichi Hanawa, 2004, Fanfare, Ponent Mon edition, in English. His career began in the early 1990s as the editor of the alternative manga magazine Garo from Seirindo. The creator served three years in prison for owning replica guns, which seems pretty stern to me but Mr. Mitsuhiro Asakawa is a Japanese editor and manga researcher, specialising in gekiga for over 25 years. Or at least, its set inside a penitentiary.

For a start itâ€™s an autobiography/documentary. Based on an autobiographical manga by Kazuichi Hanawa, Doing Time is a prison film. Something of an obscure recommendation, this, but I wanted to add some different Manga, as Iâ€™m a little burned out with big eyes, big explosions, and big hair at the moment.ĭoing Time doesnâ€™t fall into any perceived Western understanding of Japanese comics.