Communication through “sound” in Brazilian manga : a new classification proposal for onomatopoeia.
Information Design; sequential narratives; onomatopoeia.
Since 2015, following the growth of independent comic books in Brazil, there has been the emergence of titles called “Brazilian manga” (BRAGA JR., 2019). This research comes from the investigative process into how the element of onomatopoeia can be analyzed as a graphic, pictorial and schematic element and not just a verbal one (TWYMAN, 1979). The process of creating onomatopoeia for Brazilian comics is mixed with different influences, whether European, North American or Asian. However, when analyzing the literature on how sound is represented in Japanese manga, we came across the term kakimoji. Kakimoji are ideograms used to represent not only “real” sounds, but also emotions; We also analyze, therefore, how emotions can be represented through onomatopoeia in independent Brazilian manga. Starting from the Systematic Bibliographic Review (RBS), we observe the scarcity of national academic production on this topic, from the perspective of Design, and, therefore, we highlight pertinent directions for research into independent Brazilian manga and how such production is boosting the comic book publishing market in the country, including during the Covid-19 pandemic period.