http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-10/yotsuba&competing-for-children's-literary-award>The Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards Committee has selected volume 4 of Kiyohiko Azuma's Yotsuba&! as a finalist for this year's Cybil Awards. Yotsuba&! is published in English by ADV Manga. It was the only Japanese title among the ten finalists in the Graphic Novel category. Volumes of the manga Emma, Gon, and Pichi Pichi Pitch were nominated for consideration, but did not make the final cut. By February 14, the Cybils judges will review all of the finalists and choose one winning book in each category.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-10/yotsuba&competing-for-children's-literary-award
>The Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards Committee has selected volume 4 of Kiyohiko Azuma's Yotsuba&! as a finalist for this year's Cybil Awards. Yotsuba&! is published in English by ADV Manga. It was the only Japanese title among the ten finalists in the Graphic Novel category. Volumes of the manga Emma, Gon, and Pichi Pichi Pitch were nominated for consideration, but did not make the final cut. By February 14, the Cybils judges will review all of the finalists and choose one winning book in each category.
It's not exactly a children's comic, but I suppose it works for all ages. In any case, it deserves all the prices it can get :3
I wonder how Azuma would feel getting a reward like that. Yotsuba never struck me as a specific youth relatable reading, but I know a few kids I'd like to show it to.
I wonder how Azuma would feel getting a reward like that.
Yotsuba never struck me as a specific youth relatable reading, but I know a few kids I'd like to show it to.
On the issue of whether or not Yotsuba is a children's comic: I would say the general feeling of the comic lends it to being an all ages title, like Azumanga Daioh (maybe moreso, I would place Azumanga Daioh as a teens-young adults title). I've heard the argument made on 4chan though that it is a children's title, since it has furigana (a pronunciation key for the kanji, which is usually only included in works aimed at younger audiences).
Can't you guys read? The name of the award clearly suggests it's aimed at children and young adult bloggers.(Ker-zing)
Can't you guys read? The name of the award clearly suggests it's aimed at children and young adult bloggers.
(Ker-zing)
The thing with Yotsuba and Azu feels like something older folks would appreciate reading Sort of like the Peanuts now.
The thing with Yotsuba and Azu feels like something older folks would appreciate reading
Sort of like the Peanuts now.
What I love about Yotsubato is that it really feels like a series for all ages, literally - every demographic can find something or someone to relate to in the series - kids and pre-teens will identify with Yotsuba, teens and young adults with Fuuka and Asagi, and adults (specifically parents) with Jumbo and Koiwai.
ITT we make ourself feel better for reading children's comics.Give it up, guys.
ITT we make ourself feel better for reading children's comics.
Give it up, guys.
>>115567Would you say, for example, that Calvin and Hobbes a children's comic?Would you say that Pinky and the Brain is a children's television series?Would you say that "Monsters, Inc" is a children's movie?
>>115567
Would you say, for example, that Calvin and Hobbes a children's comic?
Would you say that Pinky and the Brain is a children's television series?
Would you say that "Monsters, Inc" is a children's movie?
>>115567 Yotsuba and Azu are/were serialized in a magazine meant for a late-teens and up crowd, though. Because of that, its main original purpose always seemed to me to be nostalgia for older readers, really. But yeah, in the US it's definitely being marketed as an all-ages/kid's book. Or at least, that's the impression I get from the slightly treacly back blurbs.
>>115568 Yes, yes, and sort of.>>115577 I was under the impression those back blurbs were translated from Japanese.
>>115581Well, then you're wrong, because the authors of all three of them disagree with you.
>>115581
Well, then you're wrong, because the authors of all three of them disagree with you.
>>115585In literary criticism, the author's opinion is just as valid as the next guy's.Also, yes, yes, and yes.
>>115585In literary criticism, the author's opinion is just as valid as the next guy's.
Also, yes, yes, and yes.
>>115568 NoYesKinda
>>115568I'd say all three are both for children and adults. Ever thought of that?
>>115568
I'd say all three are both for children and adults. Ever thought of that?
Any truly good children's story renders the classification meaningless.
>>115592What about teletubbies? If you've got low enough standards, or have smoked enough pot, anything for children is also for adults.