Open AccessDevelopingManga-Style Tsunami Information Materials Based on the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Author(s) -
Ma. Mylene Martinez-Villegas,
Lucille Rose Del Monte,
Renato U. Solidum,
Jr. .,
John Paul Fallarme,
Monique Realis,
Melcario Pagtalunan,
Eumelia Belo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2015.p0145
Subject(s) - comics , depiction , style (visual arts) , face (sociological concept) , history , event (particle physics) , visual arts , sociology , literature , archaeology , art , social science , physics , quantum mechanics
People in other countries may benefit from learning about survivors’ experiences of the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The Philippines has a similar tectonic setting to Japan. The experiences of Filipinos living in Japan during the event were documented in face-to-face interviews conducted three months after the event; data from these interviews were compiled and reviewed. From among the survivors’ experiences, four stories were selected for depiction in manga -style comics, which are popular among young people. Using storyboarding, each of the featured stories was carefully illustrated to present important details that readers could easily understand and relate to.