One of Indonesia’s comic which influence by manga is Garudayana. Popularity of Japanese comic or manga incites Indonesia’s comics that adapting Japanese manga visual style. The invasion of Japanese pop culture since 1990’s influences contemporary visual art and design development especially comics in Indonesia. Ambivalent public reactions to wayang manga’s hybrid characteristics should therefore be understood as deeply enmeshed in histories of how mimicry, hybridity, and foreign influences are both celebrated and contested in Indonesian visual cultures In addition, I suggest that the aesthetic syncretism featured in wayang manga comics is not a new phenomenon but has been a key feature of both Indonesian comics and of traditional wayang performances throughout history. In doing so, I offer new insights into questions of social capital and changing circuits of distribution and consumption in the Indonesian mediascape, with particular focus on inter–Asian popular culture flows. This article analyses these comics and their online fan communities, exploring how artists and audiences characterise and value both the manga and wayang aspects of these hybrid forms. Since the late 2000s, the Indonesian comic world has witnessed a boom in local comics that are based on traditional Hindu–Javanese wayang (shadow–puppet) tales, yet stylistically emulate Japanese manga aesthetics.
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