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Even A Monkey Can Draw Manga

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Alternative title:
Saru demo kakeru Manga Kyōshitsu (Japanese)
サルでも描けるまんが教室 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy
Themes: parody
Plot Summary: Part parody of "how to" manga books, part cutting satire of the manga industry as a whole. Even A Monkey Can Draw Manga tells you everything you need to know to be a successful mangaka - how to choose a pen name you won't regret in later life, why it's okay to copy art from other manga, the evolution of the panty flash, why not being able to draw is no impediment to success, the difference between drawing porn for men and porn for women, how to avoid producing "art", how to produce sure fire hits in shonen, shojo and other genres, how to incorporate subliminal messages into your art to keep readers interested no matter how bad your manga is and much, much more.
User Ratings: 30 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (Eng:2, ?:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, Eng:1)
 Very good: 11 votes (Eng:8, sub:3)
 Good: 4 votes (Eng:3, sub:1)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: 2 votes (Eng:1, ?:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 66 users, rank: #1211 (of 6865)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.600 (Very good−), std. dev.: 2.1071, rank: #1920 (of 7714)
Weighted mean: 7.576 (Very good−), rank: #2277 (of 7714) (seen all: 7.11 / seen some: 8.22 / won't finish: 7.74)
Bayesian estimate: 7.589 (Very good−), rank: #1298 (of 3518)
Number of pages: 152
Vintage: 1990-10
Release dates: We have 3
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Pulp Ends in August (Apr 11, 2002)
February Manga Releases (Dec 5, 2001)
January Manga Releses (Oct 31, 2001)
December Releases (Sep 30, 2001)
Viz Press Release: August Manga (Apr 21, 2001)
Viz June Press Release (Feb 24, 2001)
Viz PR for May '01 (Jan 21, 2001)
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Graphic novel
    Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga (GN 1) 2002-12-10 (from $84.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Weekly Big Comic Spirits
English staff
English cast
Adaptation: Yuji Oniki
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Susan Daigle-Leach
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media

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