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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:30 am Reply with quote
So now anybody could do it! Ya don't even have to learn Japanese or be in Japan! Laughing
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Akukame



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:03 am Reply with quote
Outsourcing manga though? That sounds kind of farfetched and sensationalized to me. The first problem I see with this, is that AFAIK, manga authors don't get paid a lot. Unless they're super popular. Second, if he's writing the story, and drawing the artwork, then how is he different from anyone else? To me, that would mean that the serialization liked his work better than the japanese that were also submitting their work to that publisher. Its not easy to get serialized in Japan. If it was as simple as getting paid dirt cheap, then I'm sure theres good japanese authors that are just as willing.
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Spinal Cord Fluid-kun



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:03 pm Reply with quote
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His Killin-Ji is based on the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms

How original... Rolling Eyes
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:27 pm Reply with quote
Spinal Cord Fluid-kun wrote:
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His Killin-Ji is based on the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms

How original... Rolling Eyes


Hey, if the Japanese tools keep buying stuff based on the same story........... Laughing
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Ryo Hazuki



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:23 am Reply with quote
Akukame wrote:
Outsourcing manga though? That sounds kind of farfetched and sensationalized to me.


Yeah, especially when a lot of most acclaimed American comics are and have been written by British writers and movies directed by British directors (Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Christopher Nolan, James Whale etc.).
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KyuuA4



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:59 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
So now anybody could do it! Ya don't even have to learn Japanese or be in Japan! Laughing


Finally. I had been arguing this exact point many years ago.

Of course, NOW... the limit is set to publication IN Japan. I hope - publication won't be limited to Japan; and the manga medium spreads elsewhere, in terms of production. Not just distribution.

Yet, it wasn't this article that got my attention again. It took the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing_(manga)]Freezing anime[/url] my attention. For based on previous discussions, even I decided to question: "Hey, this series is an 'anime'. Yet the creators are Korean... ... ... aha! LOL."

Laughing

Therefore, manga IS a style. AND you don't have to be Japanese to make it. Eventually, you won't have to be in Japan to make it. But for now, the culture hasn't gotten that far --- yet. Even so, describing this "manga style" is a very very very VERY difficult thing to do.
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