[1] The term "New Wave" appeared first in a manifesto by Tomohiko Murakami published in the October 1979 issue of the magazine Comic Again (formerly Peke).
Murakami used the term used to collectively describe a new form of exceptional individuality that defied traditional manga categorization.
Homosexuality and sex were not taboo topics anymore and the New Wave led to the establishment of the boys' love genre, especially through the impact of June magazine.
Yasuko Sakata, Akimi Yoshida and Fumiko Takano all published in commercial shōjo magazines like Petit Flower and LaLa, but also in some of the magazines associated with the New Wave such as June (Sun Publishing), Manga Shōnen / Duo (Asahi Sonorama), Girls Comic (Shufu no Tomosha), Pretty Pretty (Sevensha) and Grapefruit (Shinshokan).
Mizumoto mentions Fumiko Takano's symbolist short story "Zettai Anzen Kamisori" and Keiko Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta, both published in June, as especially influential.
The erotic magazine Manga Burikko under editor Eiji Ōtsuka was conscious of the New Wave, with artists like Kamui Fujiwara.
Artists like Kyoko Okazaki, Minetarō Mochizuki, Sensha Yoshida [ja], Taiyō Matsumoto and Usamaru Furuya were influenced by the New Wave.