A mangaka (漫画家) is a person who creates manga. Use this tag for questions pertaining to a specific mangaka or the job of being a mangaka.
Questions tagged [mangaka]
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How many chapter are stocked by publishers?
I was wondering if every mangaka (or prehaps most of them) prepares some chapter beforehand, or if they develop the plot and draw the chapter at a glance, during the week after the last one is released.
I red this question and the answer with lowest…
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Is it common for mangaka to maintain the same characters design between different titles?
After reading rave-master and fairy-tail I noticed the high similarity in their characters. Some even being identical copies of the characters out of the other series.
So how common is it for a mangaka to maintain the same character design through…
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How is it that non reliable mangakas get work again and again?
I've seen it time and again that a mangaka just stops what he/she is doing as he / she loses interest and starts the next project instead.
A very big example includes here "Candidate for Goddess". The Mangaka who created it was and is known for…
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Does this tweet really exist that indicates that Attack on Titan is about to end?
I've stumbled across this comment about chapter 105 (in 2018):
You know SnK will be finished soon, right? Isayama said on twitter a while ago that he wants to end it this year..
I want to know if that is true, i.e. if there is such evidence from…
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Why are manga authors so reluctant to draw their own faces in their works?
Although not every manga has the author(s) drawing depictions of themselves, many do and I have yet to come across an example where it was anything other than the ‘chibi’ or superdeformed style of drawing when it was supposed to be a human…
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What are some of Masamune Shirow's most recent works?
Is Masamune Shirow working on any kind of manga?
I'm still waiting for an end for Appleseed and I won't mind to see something like a new Orion or Tank Police Dominion.
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Why do some mangaka like Ishida Sui have a mysterious air?
I had googled Ishida Sui after reading Tokyo Ghoul, but I was surprised to find minimal information about him. I couldn't even a find a single photo of him, not even on his Wikipedia page.
Why is it that Ishida Sui is being so elusive? When I…
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Why are Japanese manga not coloured unlike Korean Manhwa?
In general, most Japanese manga are not colored, except for title page or centre color pages, rarely.
However, most Korean manhwa manage to colour their works while maintaining a good standard of art, also in their weekly deadlines.
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Are there listing sites or databases that include or even focus on European manga authors?
I am looking for European manga authors for the sake of a study, not a reading recommendation. I am currently investigating the European arts market.
How can I find out this information?
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Info on Mangaka Strike/Ball Tanaka?
My school has a Manga Club and we are trying to find more information on the creator of Servamp. Anyone know where we can find some more details about her life and maybe a picture of what she looks like?
We'd really appreciate it!
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Why Digital/Web/Online Manga are still colored in black-and-white format despite not having publised physically?
Is it because amateur mangakas respect the tradition?
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Did Eichiro Oda the first mangaka that make a side-story of certain character in his cover chapter?
I would like to know if there are other mangakas like Eiichiro Oda who make an illustration cover of a specific chapter to be like a side-story, and it's really like a canon story, even it just a side story, for example, this one:
CP9 Side…
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Is it possible for a non japanese anime/manga artist to draw and color anime/manga authentically?
If a westerner or other foreigners draws anime/manga art in their style the drawing,coloring,etc style will not resemble that of a japanese because it is not 100% authentic japanese style
However would it help if they went to japanese schools to…
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Why did Yoshihiro Togashi recycle designs from Yu Yu Hakusho for his characters in Hunter x Hunter?
Although Gon doesn't look similar by facial design, he is similar to the green schemes that Yusuke has, and his hair color is similar.
Killua is similar to Hiei's demeanor.
Both Kurapika and Kurama have androgynous appearances
Personalities are…
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Do manga publishers accept mangas from multiple artists under one pen-name?
Is it allowed for a single legal mangaka entity to consist of multiple artists, each of which does different part of the job, like in Bakuman? For example, one makes the stories and the other does the drawing. Will a manga publisher work with such…
