Afghanis-tan
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| Afghanis-tan | |
 Japanese edition cover | |
| あふがにすタン (Afuganisu-tan) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Yonkoma |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Timaking (ちまきing) |
| Published by | Sansai Books |
| Magazine | Online |
| Original run | October 2003 – February 2005 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Afghanis-tan (あふがにすタン, Afuganisu-tan) is a Japanese yonkoma manga by Timaking (ちまきing).
The manga was initially published online as a webcomic before being published as a manga book by Sansai Books from 2003 to 2005. The Japanese version was translated into English online by fans in 2005.[1]
Afghanis-tan illustrates events in the modern history of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries over twenty-nine episodes and one appendix. Each episode is a four-panel story in which the nation of Afghanistan and other countries are anthropomorphized as young girls. Each episode is accompanied by a "memo", a short piece of text that explains historical events and context in a politically-neutral way.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Cornevin, Vanessa; Forceville, Charles (2017-01-01). "From metaphor to allegory: The Japanese manga Afuganisu-tan". Metaphor and the Social World. 7 (2): 235–251. doi:10.1075/msw.7.2.04cor. ISSN 2210-4070.
External links
[edit]- (in Japanese) Partial archive of Afghanis-tan site (many images not available)
- Afghanis-tan (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Categories:
- Manga series
- 2003 manga
- Moe anthropomorphism
- Yonkoma
- Japanese webcomics
- National personifications in comic books
- Webcomics in print
- Historical webcomics
- 2000s webcomics
- History of Afghanistan in fiction
- Works about the Great Game
- Comedy anime and manga
- Historical anime and manga
- Islam in comics
- 2003 webcomic debuts
- Comics set in Afghanistan
- 2005 webcomic endings