How Do you feel about AmericanManga?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by dragonxkeeper

well watever thats wat u guys prefer. me i just truthfully don't care. but if u do, do wat u do.

That's why we are talking about it.

[Haggis]

If u have a great but sucky characters i'm gonna give u my full opinion and be like no this aint good enough to be called manga or other way around

It seems like calling something 'manga' is meant to be a compliment, calling something an American Manga means it's 'better' than an American Comic. It's like when people say they love manga and don't like comics, that's kind of strange because manga are comics. You get good and bad comics, good and bad manga, one lot's created in Japan, the other isn't.

[Slykaz1]

I've only read 1 all the rest have been translated japanese manga........so what's the big deal?

[XcapeLand]

Originally Posted by Haggis

I read manga because I like what's Japanese about it, such as their views on society, education, religion etc. and I think if an American has lived in Japan and wants to bring that into their work as a manga then great, but what's not great is just copying someone else.

Americans have great comic books and artists, I mean stuff like Batman and Sin City is popular, so you don't have to go the manga route just to sell. Just be original, express yourself through your work.

agreed, I think that it even awsome if Americans express their lifestyle and religion in manga also. It al about making it your own and not a cookie cutting of someone elses.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by XcapeLand

agreed, I think that it even awsome if Americans express their lifestyle and religion in manga also. It al about making it your own and not a cookie cutting of someone elses.

I agree with the idea that I like how manga gives us a little insight into Japan.

So how can an American express his Japanese culture through manga?

It's impossible.

Mis-labeling is misleading.

[Haggis]

I once read a Manhwa called 'Island', and though it wasn't particularly good I liked the way that the Korean artist set the work in Korea, used Korean legends and was even negative about the way the Japanese treated Koreans during the war.

What is needed is a similar term for American comics that are drawn in a (stereotypical?) Manga style which I think would be best suited to expressing American ideas and society. (I know some people use 'Amerimanga' but that's like calling it American Manga which is a contradiction, and then what about 'Euromanga' or 'Britmanga'? A better term is required I guess)

[JuSan]

I'd have to say if you enjoyit you enjoy it doesn't matter where it's from. If you find the greatest pizza you've ever had in your life and it's cooked by someone in like Antatica or something...Who cares. Whether or not it counts as manga is a whole other thing.

[Haggis]

I'd have to say if you enjoyit you enjoy it doesn't matter where it's from.

Let's say I buy a manga about the second world war. Obviously there's going to be huge differences depending upon whether it was written by an American, a Korean or a Japanese person. If I want the Japanese perspective it should be labelled as Manga, if I want the Korean perspective it should be labelled as Manhwa, and if I want the American perspective it should be labelled as something else.

[forgotenmemory]

Do you mean an american comic/manga? or a japanese manga translated to english???

[Haggis]

Do you mean an american comic/manga? or a japanese manga translated to english???

Yes.

(When I first said 'manga' I meant either an american comic, or a Japanese manga or a Korean Manhwa... hmm... I'm beginning to see how problematic this can all be.

In the end I don't really care what it's called as long as they clearly state on the cover who wrote it and what country they're from)