MANGA CONTEST!!!

MANGA!!
Consist of comics and print cartoons (sometimes also called komikku コミック​). In Japan, people of all ages read manga. The genre includes a broad range of subjects: action-adventure, romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy, science fiction and fantasy, mystery, horror, sexuality, and business and commerce, among others. Manga are typically printed in black-and-white, although some full-color manga exist. In Japan, manga are usually serialized in telephone book-size manga magazines, often containing many stories, each presented in a single episode to be continued in the next issue. If the series is successful, collected chapters may be republished in paperback books called tankōbon. A manga artist (mangaka in Japanese) typically works with a few assistants in a small studio and is associated with a creative editor from a commercial publishing company. If a manga series is popular enough, it may be animated after or even during its run, although sometimes manga are drawn centering on previously existing live-action or animated films.

DA RULEZ!!
1) try and keep it about a page!! if u go a couple pages, that's fine!! it's no big deal!!

(edit) vixn-chan asked:
"... is it supposed 2 be a story or just a single drawing or perhaps a drawing with a theme or just a random drawing ??"
it can b any!!!

(edit) couple examples!!


2) YOU have to be in the manga!! perhaps u might want 2 add your crunchy buddies!!
maybe friends/classmates outside of crunchy!! your bro!! he can b the villian!! kee kees!!
or maybe your sweet sis!! "hey!! don't say she's mean!!" how bout da parents?!!
& we can't leave out lil inu-chan!! neko-chan!! or whatever pets u may have!!
these r just suggestions!! besides yourself, anyone else is fine!!
ALL CHARACTERS MUST BE ORIGINAL!! YOU ARE NOT TO USE ANY ANIME/MANGA CHARACTERS!!

3) let's try and go for a japanese theme!! perhaps characters could be dressed in
kimonos/yukatas!! ninja/samurai outfits!! or how bout cosplay/loligoth!! this isn't an absolute rule but atleast try and include some jpn items/things in your manga!!

4) TRY AND USE HIRAGANA!! or atleast a combination of hiragana & english is fine!!
i think we should keep it simple and keep the writing from 'left to right' as i'm doing now!!
if u want to write from 'top to bottom' and/or 'right to left' that's fine 2!!
i'm not gonna take anything away from u!! it's your personal manga and i want u 2 b happy with it!!

5) TAKE A FEW PICTURES (or scan) OF THE PROCESS!!! and don't forget to throw your signature (username) on your manga!!
note!! if any close-up shots r coming out blurry, consider setting your cam to 'macro'!! your manual should tell u how!!

6) pencil, colored pencils, pens, paints, crayons, u name it!! go 4 it!!
(edit) NO PHOTOSHOP TYPE PROGRAMS ALLOWED!!!
we doin dis old skool style!! "pencil 2 da paper!! pencil 2 da paper!!

7) u can submit up to 3 entries!!

8) HAVE FUN!!

TIPS/HELPFUL LINKS!!
drawing sites!!
http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/howtodraw/tutorials.html
http://www.mangatutorials.com/

hiragana & how to write
http://www.japanese-lesson.com/characters/hiragana/index.html

additional sites on how to write hiragana
http://japanese.about.com/library/blhira.htm
http://www.japanese-name-translation.com/site/hiragana_symbols.html
and to hear how each character sounds!! this is cute chart!!
http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/hiraganachart.htm

sentences/words
in the forum, b sure & check out loka-chan's Lesson 1 & 6!!
Lesson 2 has plenty of verbs (action words)!!
u might want 2 skim Lesson 4. and Lesson 10 covers family!!
http://www.kahome.co.uk/japa/tango.pl?mo=0&bk=jbp0&fm=01&to=15 (click on the different lessons/volumes for more words)

other forum topics: animal creatures!, anime vocabulary!!!, simple japanese phrases.

JUDGING!!
1) effort!! the work u put into it!!
2) presentation&story!!
3) use of hiragana!! try and use a few words atleast!!

DA PRIZES!!

1st place gets 1st choice 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd and so on...

Yume wo Kanaeru Zo (2008)

Code Blue (2008)

Uta no Onii-san (2009)

Honjitsu mo Hare. Ijo Nashi (2009)

Mei-chan no Shitsuji (2009)


DEADLINE !!! SEPTEMBER 20!!!

would like 2 thank loka-chan's sis McJayJay 4 comin up with the manga contest idea!!
ども ありがと！！

KURU NEE~!! (COOL!!!!)HAHAHAHAH Ganbatte, minna chan! Meh would like Mei-chan no Shitsuji. ^^

uwah....i gatta think of a theme that would be a one hit kill.....GAMBARUMASs

I'm In for this hahaha. Sounds totally fun.

So only one page. And it could be a story right?

YAY

abkia-chan!!
ya, i say a page 2 keep it simple!! yep!! a story's fine!!
but even a nice picture with characters saying a few words is fine 2!!

u can do like one big drawing on one page (like the garfield, ziggy strips)
or several boxes w/in a page (like all the other comic strips)
4 those of u who own manga, just how a typical page would look!!!
as mentioned above, u know how there could b 1 big drawing on a page
or several boxes on a page!!!

how ever u want 2 do it guyz!!! gambate ne!!

Yes I know what you mean LOL ^__^ Yay haha.
Arigatou XD XD XD

is it only 2 page story???

this looks interesting.... :P
but i cant draw manga!

Ok...sounds like fun.^^
But is it supposed 2 be a story or just a single drawing or pherhaps a drawing with a theme or just a random drawing ??

I wanna join!!
I'm interested!! ^^

i think i'll be joining this one..lol i'm so gonna get oh-chan's uta no oniisan!!rofl

i've been reading bakuman and i think i can draw..hehehe

well it's suppose 2 b just a page!! but if u do a couple, that's fine 2!! it's no big deal!!
phineas-chan!! go back & look at rule #1. i added a bit more info!!




bluey-chan!! don't say dat!! did u c dat first rough draft i did??
i was embarrassed 2 put that up!!
but i thought it would give hope 2 those who don't think they can draw!!
look over those drawing sites like i did!! just practice lil by lil!!! gambate ne!!




it can b any!!




hsj-chan!! it's good 2 c u!! hope u been doin good!!
glad 2 hear you'll b participating!! good luck ne!!




ruchi-chan!! konnichiwa!! glad 2 hear you'll b joining!!
can't wait 2 c your drawing!! gambate ne!!


minna gambate!! & FIGHT OH!!!

yaay MANGA CONTEST!! I'm definitely joining! I'm gonna do my best! Gambarimasu!!
Good luck to everyone!!! ^_^

thanks for the information, maybe i'm gonna join this contest ^^

OMG OMG MIZUSHIMA HIRO DVD *__* Watashi wa kore no kontetsu ga ganbarimasuyo!

Is it allowed to use tablet and drawing program like photoshop and paint pro shop ect. ?