/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Kyaaaaaa Neko-Lin chan hereeee! My faverite anime is Raki Suta!!! (that mean lucky star in japanish)
nyaaaaa!!!^__^

hi every1 im new!!!!!!! *holds up spork* my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol...as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me ^_^... im 13 years old (im mature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 watch invader zim w/ my girlfreind (im bi if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite tv show!!! bcuz its SOOOO random!!!! shes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol...neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!!

DOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein random again ^_^ hehe...toodles!!!!!

love and waffles, *~t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m~*

>>9361988
wow your new here too!? i hope we can become very kawaii friends desu nyaaa ^_^/

kyo like kawaii things

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Be careful, if you raise the quality of posts too much the denizens of this place might resent you for showing them up.

>>9362002
kyaaaa?! i dont wanna make enemys! just friends! lots and lots of friend to watch and talku about raki suta all day!!! nyaaaaaa ;AAAAA;

konichiwa mina-san! i want people to know i am da kwaaiiest OP so i make name! anonymuos not a kawaii enough name for me!!! nya!
reipu is bad! reipu is bad!

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O__o

gomen nasai /jp/ no minna-san

Someone e-mailed me recently, asking a lot of questions about how one goes about becoming a Manga-ka. I am not a professor of the subject (I’m not even a Manga-ka myself ^_-), but I have picked up a lot from freetalks of various Manga-ka I have read. (Especially from Sakura Momoko).

So I have set up a little FAQ with questions I was asked and with questions I have come up with myself. If any of you aspire to be a Manga-ka (or are just interested to know how people become Manga-ka), read on… ^_-

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>>9362027
nyaaaa you know japanish 2?! kewl we can speak da japanish 2gether! soooo kawaii!!! japan is respectful ppl and no one ever gets hurt in japan! no bad sex sex or any bumpy bumpy!

How does anyone know if your trying to be one or not?

You have a couple options:

1. Write a "debut" episode (about 30 pages of a manga story with a beginning, middle, and end. No "to be continued"s…) and send copies of it out to various manga-magazines (like Ribbon, Shocomi, Nakayoshi, Hana to Yume, etc…) to the "Henshuu-bu" (or "Editing Department"). If they accept your story and decide to publish it in their magazine (most people don’t get accepted the first time. I think it took Watase Yuu about three times…), then you will be working for that magazine and they will assign you to write more manga (usually short stories) as long as you are still popular among their readers.

2. Apply to be an assistant to an existing Manga-ka. Some people who want to be Manga-ka decide to be an assistant first so they can learn what it takes and learn how to draw better. An assistant of a Manga-ka usually does the shading and backgrounds, erases pencil marks from the rough drafts, gets food for everyone (^_-), etc. you can apply to be an assistant by sending a letter to a Manga-ka you want to assist, along with samples of your work.

im a guy btw nyan~

>>9362037
Kyaaaaa please do not copy things from my tumblr it makes me bery sad, this is to mina-san!

>>9362043
I come up with a powerful manga story and I really really want to get my stuff published by a manga company. I look up to Masashi Kishimoto the manga artist to Naruto and have him acknowlegde my art work as a level of his ^ ^. But. thats hard to belive. so I need to find a way to get this dream started. First step...? ah.. I dont know. interviews

>>9362052
Do you speak fluent Japanese, and is your manga in natural-sounding Japanese? The Japanese see too many "great stories" to go out of their way to translate yours. You'll have to do it yourself.

With all of the manga submitted by the Japanese people, do you think that a manga editor would want to bother with someone as potentially troublesome as a westerner? Especially on Japanese-style deadlines?

>>9362056
Has a foreigner ever become a published manga artist in Japan?

Be realistic. The chances of you getting yourself published are damn near astronomical. If you spoke fluent Japanese and had contacts within the industry you stand a chance ... but otherwise you're chasing a pie in the sky dream.

>>9362056
why do u want to be a manga artist i like the idea of u having this dream,
but im huge fan of manga, why?
becuase they are done by japanese people if we see more westerns do mangas it will be like erasing the samurai from japan again.
i just think that it is a japanese culture and let them do that.
but if u still want to go ahead i dont encourage u and i would hate to see u achieve it but good luck.

>>9362065
>Has a foreigner ever become a published manga artist in Japan?

Acutally yes, several westerners have. Kodansha recruited them. But they were all previously published artists who did western comics; they weren't very successful in Japan, and all of them eventually went back to do comics in their home countries again.

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yea

>>9362056
I am just like you i wish to becom a manga artist someday,but we need to do certain things first! The onlyb way i think is to learn japanese,eat,japanese,breathe japanese, live japanese. and of coarse move there. masashi kishimoto! we need help!

>>9362084
That's an awsome dream you have! I'm working on my own manga,also,and I thought I was having the same problem as you.:) you see,I live in Canada,can't speak fluent japanese etc. But if you work hard,and beleive in yourself---your dream will eventually come true ;) the best advice I can give you is: try to get your manga/comic book published in your own country,try to get it out in your local comic book store,try to get a stand at comic book conventions,make lot's of copies and give them to your friends,family,people you know,internet buddies etc.and in the mean time,try to take japanese-speaking lessons,learn as much words as you can and....go to Japan!
You'll have that to fall back on if you can't get it published
in your country.There are also
manga contests online (I think :o)
Well,Good luck,my fellow manga-ka!
~Mordred's Mistress

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Nyaaa, I will become a great manga-ka, believe it! I wish to creat kawaii manga like Raki suta! So kawaiii!!! Nyaa.

>>9362084
Please stop pretending to be Neko-Lin chan it makes me sooooo angry!

What is the EASIEST way to learn japanese?
I ask this question because I want to go to college in Japan.But,there are few things you may need to know before you answer this question:
1.I have 6-7 years before I actually go to college.
2.I'm a beginner who has a harder time remembering hiragana(but I'm good at katakana)
3.Want to be NEAR a native.
Thanks,I apriciate the answers.

>>9362100
There is no easy way to learn any language. It requires hard work and dedication.

It seems like you're still in elementary schools, but nevertheless you are being "impatient" regarding your Japanese skills. I would say: keep enjoying your childhood with anime for the time being..

>>9362109
Haha..you guessed what type of school I was in right...But I'm not trying to be 'impatient',I like to be prepared.I've heard it takes years to study japanese.So,I wanted to start early,so I'd have more time for other stuff rather then studying japanese in later times.

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Nyaaaa, plz post kawaii thing in pic! Dis is Neko-Lin Chan kowaii thread!

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wow like 2000 kanjis wtf japan? why can't they just use katana all the time?

>>9362147

>2000

Try 5

>>9362183
try 90

nyaaa Japanish has 2000 kanjis I know because I want to become a great manga-ka! ^^

Konnichiwa mina-san! Neko Lin-chan here! I will make anime and manga and make money like my hero Mashishi Kishimota!