Becoming a manga-ka~!!! - Page 2

rayluber95 · (#11 (**permalink**))

Thank you to everyone who answered my question. That's kinda me, can't draw for crap. I'm actually in the process of looking for an artist. I've been going to a lot of anime clubs, but does anyone know how you can approach someone at an anime convention and ask them to work with you??? I think I'll make that a question~!!!

MMM · (#12 (**permalink**))

I would try some anime or manga related forums. They often have a want-ads section. Many people who "work together" never actually meet. They do all their interations over email.

BlueGirl · (#13 (**permalink**))

You don't necessarily have to sign on with a big company (though that's always a bonus). You can just make amateur manga yourself. I've heard it's not that uncommon.

ILOVEJAPAN · (#14 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by BlueGirl

You don't necessarily have to sign on with a big company (though that's always a bonus). You can just make amateur manga yourself. I've heard it's not that uncommon.

Yes doujinshi is always a good option.

ILOVEJAPAN · (#15 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Kanji_The_Wanderer

Well, if you can't draw for crap it is much easier to have your book over-looked. A good artist who can excel at both art and a storyline will hit it off better. That is the main reason why I said that.... Since for me, the story can be awesome, but if I don't like what I am looking at, then I just cannot enjoy it the same as I would enjoy a manga book by a better artist.

Practice makes perfect, so it is best to sharpen the skills in all these areas, not just rely on one.

Yes, I agree, its much better to be a good artist. Im just saying its not a requerment.

Shidash · (#16 (**permalink**))

Just a question on this topic. Is it possible to be a manga author without being an artist? Can you work with someone else? I am great with writing and storylines but I can't draw.

ILOVEJAPAN · (#17 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Shidash

Just a question on this topic. Is it possible to be a manga author without being an artist? Can you work with someone else? I am great with writing and storylines but I can't draw.

Absolutly!

You can do whatever you want. There are no rules. Some famouse manga-ka have other artists do the drawings for them (think Death Note)

Even authors who can draw, usualy hire asistents to work on the panels and bubbles and stuff (at least in Japan)

Morbidachan · (#18 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by rayluber95

Well, first of all, I'm kinda speaking furure wise since I'm still a kid. It's not really done yet, plus my style isn't really in the most popular genre section...

STUPID ADVERTISERS! Anyways, do they just put it in? I mean, is there some kinda requirment that damn and hell can't be in it, or there has to be a certain ammount of fight scenes, or no squirrels that rule the world...?

I'm just going to say: Hiroaki Samura. He was in art school but didn't do too good in oil paintings, and poof! He thinks up a storyline HE likes, draws it and sends it off to a company and gets it accepted and then drops out of school.
Do whatever you want, aslong as you have doubts I'm sure people will like it!

I'm not an artist either, but I'm working with my friend who can draw pretty good to put up an online manga. She's not good with stories, and I'm not good with drawing so much, so we're a good team!

Shidash · (#19 (**permalink**))

Is it possible to become a manga-ka before I am an adult? Should I write it in English or Japanese (I plan on being fluent in Japanese before I write manga). I wouldn't mind working with someone in Japan even though I live in the US but I also wouldn't mind writing American manga. To me, manga and anime are the same no matter what country they come from as long as they stay true to the original art style and qualities that Japanese anime and manga have.

MMM · (#20 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Shidash

Is it possible to become a manga-ka before I am an adult? Should I write it in English or Japanese (I plan on being fluent in Japanese before I write manga). I wouldn't mind working with someone in Japan even though I live in the US but I also wouldn't mind writing American manga. To me, manga and anime are the same no matter what country they come from as long as they stay true to the original art style and qualities that Japanese anime and manga have.

Manga has an art style? Just because they are Japanese doesn't mean that there is one manga style. What "style" would they need to be true to?