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A selection of titles from the gekiga scene, a short-lived yet influential artistic movement that flourished during the 1960s to the 1970s and maintains a prominent underground presence today. While mostly known as a pioneer of cinematic paneling and close attention to realism, it would be more accurate to consider gekiga as a counterculture. Surrealistic, autobiographical, and experimental works emerged as an alternative to the Tezuka school of aesthetics and paved the way for other artists to different modes of expression.

This is in NO WAY a comprehensive list and should be treated more as a starting point for diving into this movement. There are so many more important artists and titles in the scene that MAL unfortunately does not have entries for, and probably never will. Since I can't speak Japanese, there may also be some titles that I am unfamiliar with. The 50-title limit doesn't help either, but I hope this gets you started in this often-unexplored side of manga.

Note: Not all of these titles are available in English.
11/04/2022 Updated to include more underground artists.

If you enjoyed this interest stack and want to learn more about gekiga, feel free to check these other outlets:
The MAL Gekiga Club
Taniguchi Scanlations
Habanero Scans
Illuminati-Manga
Hox Scanlations
Stinky Scans
Ryan Holmberg's translations
Star Fruit Books
Glacier Bay Books
Koenji Shawn Reviews
The Comics Journal
Breakdown Press
Drawn and Quarterly
New York Review Comics
AX Volume 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga

One manga per author.

Mangá² podcast recommendations (#001-#050)

Collections of short horror stories arranged by popularity (excluding Junji Ito, Hideshi Hino, and Suehiro Maruo).

pretty self-explanatory.
Manga from the legendary alternative manga magazine AX that have been officially published in English. it would be updated every time a new one is announced/comes out. Hope to update it as many times as possible!!
If I forgot something, please let me know.

If there are any other magazines you would like me to do this for, please let me know. Would love to know if you make some lists like this yourselves, I would add them to the links!

Links - Stacks for alt manga from other magazines:
AX - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62676
Comic Beam - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62679
Comic Cue - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62678
Garo - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62675
Ikki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62680
Manga Erotics F - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62682
Torch - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62677