tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405040046789439883.post3171800329460971862..comments2024-01-06T08:53:25.620-05:00Comments on against the modern world: manga editorial techniqueshorus kemwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984916074697401382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405040046789439883.post-69416006377112128972012-02-04T15:43:32.373-05:002012-02-04T15:43:32.373-05:00I'm currently working on a manga project that ...I'm currently working on a manga project that I'm not seling, but more of something for fun(besides, I'm so young I probably wouldn't be taken seriously at a pro level XD). This is actually truely fascinating...It makes me wanna draw even more!!! Plus, I do seem to notice that the more the artist actually cares about the art and the story, the more popular it is. I've read interviews with Kobe...darn, I can't remember the last name for the life of me, or even remember is this is his first name, but the author of "Bleach", and one can tell that he's very passionate about his work, while I've seen American manga that looks like not much work has been put into it. I'm not saying that either one is better than the other; meerly that Japanese artists seem to love and care for their work a plethora more than an other authors. <br />This is a true inspiration; thank you for posting this!OneoftheFallen_1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04128054294430594768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405040046789439883.post-57111764445785065072012-01-30T00:36:15.946-05:002012-01-30T00:36:15.946-05:00Yeah, I'm aware of (even if I haven't read...Yeah, I'm aware of (even if I haven't read any of it) the embracing of a wide variety of genres in manga. And, of course, I see it on the shelves in US from cooking manga to Detroit Metal City.<br /><br />I guess I may not have been clear - what I'm surprised about is that breathing the medium 24/7/365 allows for enough external input for new and creative solutions to storytelling to enter into the mix. <br /><br />Let's forget that the Big 2 primarily sell superhero comics and just worry about them as comics... What I see is a lot of repetition of the same, of the same tropes trotted out and a degraded concept of storytelling for the audience as the same kinds of stories get told, theories become arbitrary rules for design, etc...<br /><br />Basically, in the US, I don't see single minded interest in the medium/ genre as a good thing for an editor, writer or artist. In a way, you can almost see the fingerprints of the input on the output.<br /><br />Now, I also don't know how Japan works versus the US where its pretty clearly much more about building a clubhouse for the Editor in Chief rather than actually worrying about the best product possible.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405040046789439883.post-9412954169193707102012-01-29T19:06:26.983-05:002012-01-29T19:06:26.983-05:00Well, I've perhaps left the wrong impression w...Well, I've perhaps left the wrong impression with all the talk of otaku in the review.<br /><br />Total immersion in the <i>medium</i> (comics) in Japan does not mean immersion in a single subject matter (as it still seems to in the US). In particular, there are popular manga on all kinds of different topics: baseball, romance, fishing (?!?!?), passing standardized tests (yes), molesting girls on the subway (perhaps less surprising), etc. In fact, if anything counts as superhero genre in Japan, those stories constitute a minority of manga overall.<br /><br />For example, one of the comics for which I sat in on a meeting between editor and artist was about soccer. Although 20 new pages of story are generated each week, the overall progression of the timeline was very slow. One soccer match might last for many 20 page episodes.<br /><br />Although there is an emphasis on excitement in a single episode of such a story, it might take place simultaneously at the level of the play by play kicks, passes, attempts on goal of the game, and at the level of the players' psychological reactions to those events. So, action all the time does not mean giving up on character, which drives the excitement and tension behind each episode of such a story.horus kemwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984916074697401382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405040046789439883.post-56838949277677146622012-01-25T21:13:20.960-05:002012-01-25T21:13:20.960-05:00That's absolutely fascinating! I do find it s...That's absolutely fascinating! I do find it surprising that immersion was the key. I frequently think US comics creators need to spend more time looking at other forms of art, non-comics narratives and non-fiction rather than the constant inward focus on superheroes, but I think the level of care (and what I perceive regarding Japanese attitudes about excellence, art and work) would contribute to a team effort creating a better product.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.com