Yan Mama comic
| Yan Mama comic
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| description | Manga magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Josei |
| language | Japanese |
| publishing company | Kasakura Shuppan ( Japan ) |
| First edition | October 1993 |
| attitude | 1997 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Sold edition | 130,000 (1994) copies |
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Yan Mama Comic ( Japanese ヤ ン マ マ コ ミ ッ ク , Yan mama komikku ) was a Japanese manga magazine that was aimed at young women and especially mothers. Because of this target group, it is assigned to the genus Josei . It was published by Kasakura Shuppan from October 1993 to 1997 and sold around 130,000 copies in 1994. The title Yan mama can mean both "young mother" (young mama) and " yankī mother", with yankī (from English yankee ) in Japanese for Bōsōzoku-Gang members, punks or women who behave / dress similarly.
The magazine was started by Keiko Tamura as editor-in-chief, who had become a mother a few years earlier at the age of 20 and at that time missed manga magazines with content for young mothers. Up until then, magazines aimed at young women mostly only contained erotica. Therefore, together with other young mothers, she wanted to create a magazine for modern mothers. Initially, they were aimed at the Bōsōzoku scene , but quickly also to a larger target group. Most readers were between 16 and mid-20s.
The stories in the manga are often based on letters to the editor or other events that have come to the editorial staff and that have happened to the readers. So they tell about the everyday life of the young mothers, about how they deal with their changed social environment - especially the acquaintance with older mothers or their husbands' families - or give tips on upbringing and household chores. The magazine also contains illustrated articles and shows pictures of their newborns sent in by mothers.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of josei magazines in Japan. Shojo Manga Wiki at Wikia, accessed March 17, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d Frederik L. Schodt : Dreamland Japan - Writings on Modern Manga . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2011, ISBN 978-1-933330-95-2 , pp. 127-131 .