You Can't be a Manga-Ka if You're not Japanese....

[BlondeManga]

Sayonara mata ne genki de ite ne zutto zutto wasurenai kara

Its called using a pen name...
Make up a Japanese name and no one will ever know...

Sayonara kitto mata aeru yo ne? Yakusoku dayo! yubikiri genman

[Ecozay]

I don't think that's fair at all. Regardless of where you were born, you should be able to pursue whatever goals you want to.

I'm also wanting to make a manga series. What I'm going to do, perhaps, is just come up with a pen-name of some sort. Then people won't see an English name on the cover and won't even know that it's an OEL manga unless they do some research. Something's telling me that it won't sell well if people know that it wasn't made in Japan.

EDIT: person above me stole my post XD

[rainshadow95]

dont let anyone tell you what you can and can't do because of where you live, your gender or the color of your skin! 3nodding You can do anything you want to as long as you put your heart into it!
You go and do it! show them all that americans are just as good! razz

[Bringing Sexy Bach]

Suck it up. The only difference between manga and comics is the origin country. So just make comics. =/

[JD-Ayane]

shannaro519

あたし輪が偉人です。
あなたがバカです。

Is it just me or does this sentence not really make any sense? I really wonder why you used the Kanji "rin" and why you wrote "baka" in katakana.

[Encourage]

JD-Ayane

shannaro519

あたし輪が偉人です。
あなたがバカです。

Is it just me or does this sentence not really make any sense? I really wonder why you used the Kanji "rin" and why you wrote "baka" in katakana.

Same.
I take Japanese lessons with a tutor, I'm still pretty new at it.
(I know Russian and English thou 8D )

[Skitty-san]

Fred Gallagher became a full-time manga-ka.
He even got published. I see volumes of Megatokyo when I got to Chapters' manga section.
Don't let people tell you what you can or can't do.

[xXSuperWhateverXx]

Zakura Storm

I know, but people are so mean.

Yeah I know what you mean!

[shannaro519]

Creativerealms

shannaro519

Encourage

shannaro519

You know, I feel the same way. I always draw manga and give my characters Japanese names. why? Because it's just better that way. Why can't I?

Because you are a weeaboo.
Don't make a Japanese life plot line for a comic, unless you actually lived in Japan and know Japanese.

Japanese names are just better. It makes it feel like the real thing, that's the point. Not a weeaboo.

What about anime with American/English/german/ other country names? Are they not real because the character's name is Allen?

That's not what I mean. I like English names, but Japanese names are more... fun! They have direct meanings that you can toy around with, making all sorts of combinations that can correlate to the character.
It feels more like... real manga. Like i'm an actual manga-ka.

[shannaro519]

Encourage

JD-Ayane

shannaro519

あたし輪が偉人です。
あなたがバカです。

Is it just me or does this sentence not really make any sense? I really wonder why you used the Kanji "rin" and why you wrote "baka" in katakana.

Same.
I take Japanese lessons with a tutor, I'm still pretty new at it.
(I know Russian and English thou 8D )

Well, I'm sort of new to it myself. Kanji messes with my brain. And I was using katakana as an emphasis.

[Eau de Mistrolat]

shannaro519

Creativerealms

shannaro519

Encourage

shannaro519

You know, I feel the same way. I always draw manga and give my characters Japanese names. why? Because it's just better that way. Why can't I?

Because you are a weeaboo.
Don't make a Japanese life plot line for a comic, unless you actually lived in Japan and know Japanese.

Japanese names are just better. It makes it feel like the real thing, that's the point. Not a weeaboo.

What about anime with American/English/german/ other country names? Are they not real because the character's name is Allen?

That's not what I mean. I like English names, but Japanese names are more... fun! They have direct meanings that you can toy around with, making all sorts of combinations that can correlate to the character.
It feels more like... real manga. Like i'm an actual manga-ka.

"Real manga"? As far as I'm concerned, all manga is real manga, Japanese names or not.
And some English names have direct meanings as well.

[Suni moon]

You can't be a manga-ka if you're not japanese. Unless you want to be a crappy one.


So what. Find your own artstyle and represent America. Draw some good comics, rather then rape the japanese art style... I mean, nobody buys American manga for a simple reason: The art is crap. It's all just copying the little common traits in manga, not trying to use their own style...

That, and every weaboo in America wants to be a manga-ka.

So just.... don't.

[Suni moon]

shannaro519

Creativerealms

shannaro519

Encourage

shannaro519

You know, I feel the same way. I always draw manga and give my characters Japanese names. why? Because it's just better that way. Why can't I?

Because you are a weeaboo.
Don't make a Japanese life plot line for a comic, unless you actually lived in Japan and know Japanese.

Japanese names are just better. It makes it feel like the real thing, that's the point. Not a weeaboo.

What about anime with American/English/german/ other country names? Are they not real because the character's name is Allen?

That's not what I mean. I like English names, but Japanese names are more... fun! They have direct meanings that you can toy around with, making all sorts of combinations that can correlate to the character.
It feels more like... real manga. Like i'm an actual manga-ka.

Yeah, and have you ever heard bad made up english names in japanese writing? You know, really corny s**t because the engrish lover thought it sounded cool?

Yeah. That's what your names will sound like to japanese readers.

Why write about a place you've never been to, it'll just come out even more fake, dumbass.

[Eau de Mistrolat]

Suni moon

You can't be a manga-ka if you're not japanese. Unless you want to be a crappy one.


So what. Find your own artstyle and represent America. Draw some good comics, rather then rape the japanese art style... I mean, nobody buys American manga for a simple reason: The art is crap. It's all just copying the little common traits in manga, not trying to use their own style...

That, and every weaboo in America wants to be a manga-ka.

So just.... don't.

Not all American manga artwork is crap...maybe just...80% to 90% of them are bad. ninja

[Suni moon]

Eau de Mistrolat

Suni moon

You can't be a manga-ka if you're not japanese. Unless you want to be a crappy one.


So what. Find your own artstyle and represent America. Draw some good comics, rather then rape the japanese art style... I mean, nobody buys American manga for a simple reason: The art is crap. It's all just copying the little common traits in manga, not trying to use their own style...

That, and every weaboo in America wants to be a manga-ka.

So just.... don't.

Not all American manga artwork is crap...maybe just...80% to 90% of them are bad. ninja

The really good artists rarely get published.... ninja