5206: GA(rfield) Geijutsuka Art Design Class: Japanese Release Dates Edition

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GA(rfield) Geijutsuka Art Design Class: Japanese Release Dates Edition

Made by: Nyperold

Explanation

GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class is a slice-of-life manga series originally drawn for Comic Gyutto!, with the instruction to draw a "4-koma" -- that is, a comic in which each strip is 4 panels -- "with cute and puni-moe(?) girls." Comic Gyutto! ceased to exist at some point, after which Manga Time Kirara Carat picked it up, and over time, it accrued a larger cast of characters, including a club with members that happen to have connections to the original five characters: This one is that one's childhood friend, this other one is another one's older brother, the former president is yet another one's big sister... The manga series has a 12+OVA-episode anime adaptation of several chapters from volumes 1-3.

Each of the seven volumes were released in Japanese first, then later in English. Because of this, the dates for this and the English Release Date Edition are different.

Volume 1 - "Oniwatori-sama" is, according to the translator's notes, "an extremely polite way to address a chicken (niwatori)." In the series, it refers to the chickens found in the courtyard of Ayanoi Gakuen, the main setting and the school where the main, supporting, and most background students attend. On page 23, Miki Noda takes a break from cleaning to make up a conversation between a boy and a girl outside. In the next strip, Miyabi Oomichi has a conversation between two chickens. In it, they express concern about cats eating them. The title of that strip implies that the conversation is real. Near the end of the volume, Miyabi is found taking care of a newly-hatched chick she found near the gate. When Tomokane (given name unknown) sees it, she says, "Whoa!! What's this chicken meat!?", which later makes Miyabi afraid to let it die in her presence.

Volume 2 - The content of the comic itself has nothing to do with volume 2; however, the distortion does. On page 82, the assignment was to make a grid on photos that they brought (or which Sasamoto-sensei copied from their own student handbook) using the same ratio as the graph paper they're given, and then sketch the photo onto the graph paper. On page 83, we see that Kisaragi Yamaguchi keeps hitting something when making the grid with a ruler which throws off her straight lines. On page 85, we find that Kisaragi is skilled at following the grid lines, but because the grid lines turn into arcs halfway up, the top half becomes distorted.

Volume 3 - In the original, both mouseholes were real, and Garfield's comment was about urban sprawl. Here, one mousehole is fake, and the comment is about trompe l'oeil, a work designed to fool the eye. On page 27, Chikako Awara and Michii had made a realistic-looking painting of a doorway. However, they left it in the hall, so several students who couldn't tell it was a painting ran into it trying to go through.

Volume 4 - Deuteranope and protanope colorblindness are types of red-green colorblindness, while tritanope is a rare type of blue-yellow colorblindness. The idea of having the strip processed so as to simulate colorblindness comes from the chapter from pages 44-52, in which we learn that Uozumi has a hard time distinguishing between red and green.

Volume 5 - The reduced-opacity Jon idea is a reference to the chapter on pages 29-36, in which Miki came to school on the first day of summer vacation. This turns out to be a good thing later for at least two reasons, but she doesn't yet realize it, as she came so much earlier than her friends, who would come later to do "the big homework stuff" that was "too big to haul home", so she starts trying to have fun doing various things. During lunch, she pretends that her friends are there, but then actually imagines them after tripping like Kisaragi. In that panel, they're shown as being semi-transparent.

Volume 6 - The idea of covering Garfield in black came from page 93, in which Miyabi has a memory of covering her sketch of the Venus de Milo with black without realizing it.

Volume 7 - Jon's mention of "clay doggies" comes from page 23, in a chapter where the main five are making things out of clay, starting with fake food. On the aforementioned page, Kisaragi makes super-deformed versions of her dogs, though Namiko thinks they're shiisaa at first. They are called cute by both girls.

The author writes:

One day, I was perusing the SRoMG TV Tropes page when I had a thought. I had recently received the last -- as in, the series is over -- volume of the slice-of-life manga GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, so I decided to use Garfield strips published on the release date of each volume of the manga. However, there are two dates listed on the Wikipedia page: The Japanese release date, and the English release date. Thus, a Japanese Release Date Edition and an English Release Date Edition.

For each strip, I tried to use something pertaining to the appropriate volume: A reference to something that happens, a graphic, something.

Thanks to Blake O'Hare's Nerd Paradise for the tip on reducing opacity in MS Paint.

Thanks to Vischeck for providing a means of simulating colorblindness.

Original strips: 2006-09-27, 2008-01-28, 2009-08-27, 2011-10-27, 2012-08-27, 2014-01-27, 2016-02-27.

Transcript

Caption: Volume 1
{Jon holds up a can of cat food and reads from it as Garfield waits for him}
Jon: This evening we're featuring "Winged Things"
{Jon seems surprised at the major ingredient}
Jon: "Choice cuts of oniwatori-sama"
{His eyes settle back to not-so-surprised}
Jon: "Artificial chick flavoring added"
{Garfield smiles}
Garfield: That's what gives it its zing
Caption: Volume 2
{Comic is intentionally distorted}
{Garfield confronts Jon}
Garfield: It's cold in here
{Jon is angry in return}
Jon: You left the door open!
Garfield: One subject at a time, list boy
Caption: Volume 3
{Garfield is walking along when he sees two mouseholes. One is real, and the other is drawn on paper that's been stuck to the wall next to it
Garfield: Oh, the blight of trompe l'oeil
Caption: Volume 4
{Throughout the strip, Garfield is sitting in a chair, watching television. The first panel simulates how the original strip looks to someone with deuteranope colorblindness. All three original panels have identical coloration}
TV: The monster is coming this way!
TV: Ha! Look how slow it is!
{The second panel simulates protanope colorblindness}
TV: My grandmother could outrun that mon-
TV: EEEEK!
{The third panel simulates tritanope colorblindness}
TV: Um... check that
{Garfield turns to us}
Garfield: Maw-Maw went with her track shoes on
Caption: Volume 5
{We view Garfield from outside a window. For two panels, he looks out, right foreleg lying on the sill while the left props up his head. Suddenly, he imagines Jon to his right, carrying a cup of, in all likelihood, coffee}
Imaginary Jon: How are things outside?
{Garfield turns his head}
Garfield: Not much of a plot
Caption: Volume 6
{The form of Garfield is completely covered in black}
Garfield: There's never a dull moment around here
{beat}
Garfield: There are, however, dull years
Caption: Volume 7
Jon: The world could use more rainbows and butterflies
Garfield: Jon was under the sink fixing a leak...
Jon: And clay doggies
Garfield: when Odie jumped on him...
Jon: Real cute ones!
{Garfield uses a paw-finger to circle the respective spot on his head where an ear would be if he were human}
Garfield: and that's how he got the concussion