Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to study narration ,characterization, communicating the way of Bushido and intertextuality in avant garde samurai manga and animation by using textual analysis from Gintama comic book, animation program and animation movie. The results showed :- 1.The narrative and characterization in avant garde samurai manga and animation. In narrative part , Gintama story was in Edo period (1853-1868), as well as in present and future.It appears in this manga setting. The genre of Gintama is mixed of comedy and action. The conflict of characters is the difference of national ideology. There are a lot of ture stories from japanese history in this fiction too. For Characterization, Gintama was created characters by 1.Famous people from history 2. Action and dialog 3.relationship with the protagonist, Gintoki who relate all characters in Gintama. 2.The media intertextuality, Over view of all Gintama media, are similar to the manga components :- theme, dialogue and point of view . However the story detail and character have a little modification, the extension is the special episode of animation movie. 3. Communicating the way of bushido in Gintama, the most issue appears in Gintama is Brave . Brave is communicate in great strength and fighting for protecting the charactersmost important thing of character . The least that appears in Gintama is Conduct of women who live with samurai. Its communicate about women should be reserve herself. The writer communicates Bushido by 1. Samurais dialogue 2. The fighting of Samurai 3. Flashback to the characters background and 4. The Situation and storyline that shown the concepts of Bushido.