Taiyo Nakashima
An extra round of SILENT MANGA AUDITION® is announced for early 2017. Extra round means an Extra chance for contestants to win awards and prizes : All creators please do not miss this opportunity! The deadline is 15th...
Author - Taiyo Nakashima
SMA7 – SILENT MANGA AUDITION® Round SEVEN “2017 MARCH”
“This is your best chance to prove yourself!” – Rocket-start your MANGA career, with generous prizes and the chance to work with manga pros from Tokyo! This is one opportunity that any aspiring manga artist...
Manga is like FABRIC – the “Vertical/Horizontal THREADS”- Japanese Manga 101 #047b
Hey guys! It’s been sometime since last update, So for today we’d like to cover a very special topic. “The secret art of story art creation”, that my senpais and great artists have been practicing for many decades. This...
Manga CHARACTER Thinking “The WAY OF LIFE”- Japanese Manga 101 #048
Hey guys! Last time, we talked about how we WEAVE manga like a sheet of fabric, with vertical threads and horizontal threads. Today, we continue talking about the SECRET ART of manga creation. We have learned from great...
The FOUR Part construction “Ki-Sho-Ten-Ketsu” – Japanese Manga 101 #049
Today, we will talk about one subject, that great manga god Tezuka Osamu, as well as senseis like Tsukasa Hojo and Tetsuo Hara sensei, ALL been telling over and over and over again. While...
Japan’s Most Popular Manga is “4koma” – “Ki-sho-Ten-ketsu” 2 – Japanese Manga 101 #050
Last time, we talked about “Ki-Sho-Ten-Ketsu”. The 4 part construction method, originating from Chinese poems that became the absolute foundation of Japanese Manga. Today we are looking at it with actual examples...
“Ki-sho-Ten-ketsu” at the bigger scale – Japanese Manga 101 #051
Hey guys! It seems our episodes on “Ki Sho Ten Ketsu”, the 4 part construction technique, has been very new to many of you. We received several questions too. Let us show you one of them: «Question» This was a great...
TETSUO HARA X KENTARO MIURA – Manga Legends Crossover!
Tetsuo Hara & Kentaro Miura, both known worldwide for their intense art in story telling. These two manga masters were brought together on the pages of Comic ZENON, for an epic double interview. When you bring two...
Kick start SMA6 – Japanese Manga 101 #047a
Hey guys! Thank you very very much for many entries in SMA5, Sakuramori, and theme contest for SMA6! As announced, the theme for SMA6 is “CHILDHOOD”, or, “When I was a child…” Popular keywords were, DREAM...
