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Originally Posted by potatoxpotato
Hi, I'm new and sorry for bringing up this old thread BUT...
From what I've heard, I think mangaka can make a lot more money than typing and the rest say. Taking only from what I've read, here is my math:
So, a mangaka makes about $100 a page once published in a magazine. And there are twenty pages per magazine, and let's say the magazine is monthly. That would be $2000 a month and basically a page a day, which is drawing the storyboard, sketching the page, inking it, then scanning it on the computer for computer graphics, which, for me, takes just a few hours. This, truthfully, is not a lot of money.
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OK, let's look at this together. I am not sure what your sources are, but let's assume your numbers are correct. A monthly will have 18-20 pages per monthly chapter, so that is 1800 to 2000 dollars a month.
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Originally Posted by potatoxpotato
Then, let's say, you work on 2 other manga to get more pay. I think someone suggested mangakas do multiple mangas at a time a while before. This would make 3 mangas, $2000 x 3 which is $6000, and just 3 pages a day, which, honestly for me is 15 min storyboard, 30 min sketching, 30 min inking and an hour adding computer graphics-- about 2 hours x 3 is 6 or 7 hours of work, about a normal workday right? And $6000 is a lot of money. Being a mangaka doesn't seem to bad, now, does it?
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Here is where your math goes off the rails a little. You are making two assumptions: 1) There is no assistant staff and 2) Mangaka draw manga at the same rate you say you can draw manga.
From what I know, this is not the case. Mangaka that produce multiple pages a day tend to be forced to use a support staff for lettering and inking. That, of course, costs money. I would be curious if you could make the same quality artwork and story working only 2hours and 45minutes per page.
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Originally Posted by potatoxpotato
And that's not even if you hit it big. If you become the Miyazaki, the CLAMP, the Ryukishi07 of the world, you'll be, of course, a millionaire. But I'm sure in the beginning it'll be tough so that's why being a mangaka is hard-- pulling through because in the beginning, you won't be popular.
And for those who don't get published and don't even get $2000 a month, you just have to keep trying, like all authors or artists do at first. Never thinking all hope is lost is the way to go to survive in the mangaka business~
This is just all the things I've gathered from my research, I really would like to be a mangaka one day, and I'm sorry but if my calculations are correct, it makes good money if you try hard. And you might say "That's if you make it"-- It's all about not giving up. More often than not, publishers reject you in the beginning. CLAMP got rejected at first too but look now!
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The % of successful mangaka to aspiring mangaka is probably about the same as successful musicians to aspiring musicians.... maybe 1%.