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Originally Posted by MMM
I just think there needs to be truth in advertising. You wouldn't want to buy an Indian rug, and then find out it just LOOKS like an Indian rug, but was actually made in Indiana.
You buy an Indian rug knowing it was made in India. You buy manga knowing it was made in Japan.
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To be honest...I agree with you. Don't get me wrong now, I don't think there's anything wrong with Americans drawing comics Japanese style. But when I look in the manga section and see crappy looking scratch that looks nothing like the Japanese fashion and it's entitled 'manga' (or Amerimanga or whatever) I can't help but wonder why in hell it's even published by a manga company.
I'm mostly disappointed in Amerimanga because the style doesn't even
look like it's authentic, and it's just really not the same. There are some good artist in the Americamanga industry such as the authors of Dramacon, Steady Beat, and Re
lay, but other than that most of the American made manga looks like the art from cartoon strips in the Sunday newspaper or American comic books. It kind of brings a bad name to manga in a way...