Tsukasa Hojo, creator of manga classics City Hunter and Cat’s ❤︎ Eye is set to direct his first ever live-action movie. Tokyo based production company North Stars Pictures Inc. has begun production on a movie titled...
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Christopher Tordoff
SILENT MANGA AUDITION® TO TEAM UP WITH “INT. COMIC/MANGA CONTEST”!
We are very excited to announce a partnership with Clip Studio Paint developer, Celsys. As the coordinator of a new “International Comic/Manga Contest”, Celsys hope to reach out to manga students from the Silent Manga...
The Results are in for SMA CHINA!
The very first SILENT MANGA AUDITION® CHINA Round is now over! The work of 384 manga creators, from all over China have been collected and judged by the SMA Judging Panel, including our guest judge, Sayuri Matsumura...
SMAC! at the Tokyo Comic Con
In the Land of manga and anime, you would be forgiven for thinking American comic books struggle to find an audience in Japan. But with the explosion of live action super heroics, not least the astronomically successful...
CELEBRATING MANGA IN… ?
Hello Silent Manga Audition Community! We are overjoyed to announce the “Celebrating Manga in…” campaign! But what is this exciting new event you may ask? Well, it’s a chance for us to look back at the wonderfully...
SOME WORDS FROM THE NEWEST JUDGE OF SILENT MANGA AUDITION®
Dear SMA Community! We are delighted to officially announce the appointment of manga legend, not to mention indispensable SMAC! manga consultant, Jun Tomizawa sensei to the position of SILENT MANGA AUDITION® judge! From...
MASTERCLASS TO COMPETE IN SMA EXTRA ROUNDS
From SMA-EX3 onwards, entries made by SMA Masterclass members will be entered into all Extra Round competitions, alongside all other entries. This radical new change offers members of the SMACommunity, new and old, the...
COUNTDOWN TO THE SMA-10 DEADLINE BEGINS!
With 2 weeks left until the SILENT MANGA AUDITION® Round 10 deadline, you still have time to create an amazing Silent Manga that will astound the judges! The themes for SMA-10 are “Friendship”, “Effort” and...
EX4 CRAM SCHOOL – LESSON #2: Kit Kat… A Taste of Home
Exam and Trial, two words that strike equal measures of fear and determination in any school student! With the encouraging Japanese phrase キットカット (kitto katto), meaning “sure to win”, friends and family can rally around...
Making a Mangaka: #14 Asano Inio
“The voice of his generation”, Inio Asano has built a career to rival the greatest poets and musicians of our age. By transforming the personal struggles of his youth into beautifully melancholic manga, Asano has gifted...