Are there any moderately successful non-Japanese mangakas?

Oct 19, 2016 11:36 AM

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I'd really like to know if these mythical creatures exist or not. If they don't then let me know.
Can only Japanese people be mangakas? I mean...some people consider RWBY an anime even though it was not made in ChinaLand aka "Japan".
If non-japanese managakas actually exist, then can someone tell me if they're good at making manga.
Just FYI: I know that stuff like Manhwa, Manhua,etc exist...wait a second...If there is a person who makes Manhwa for example a "Manhwaka"...idk.

Oct 19, 2016 12:37 PM

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BorderlandsFan said:
I'd really like to know if these mythical creatures exist or not.

They exist, I know at least 3 of them:

In France we have a lot of "French Manga". The most successful one, Radiant by Tony Valente is currently published in Japan too.

The manhuajia (to answer one of your question へへ) Da Xia started a manhua called Zi Bu Yu. The first volume was such a big success that a Japanese editor finally decided to serialize it in parallel of the Chinese serialization. It is the first manhua who got a parallel serialization both in China and Japan.

The duo called "Guilt Pleasure", which from what I remember is composed by two Taiwanese living in the US started an original yaoi dōjin called In These Words. It quickly got a serialization in a yaoi magazine in Japan.

I haven't read Radiant (yet), but I have read the other two and they are really good, in fact I have Zi Bu Yu in my fav' list, and if In These Words was on MAL, I would probably give it a 9.

Though not all "non-Japanese manga" are good: I tried a German yaoi manga, and it was horrendous.

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Oct 19, 2016 2:13 PM

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There is a half Japanese, half American hentai mangaka Shindo L. He is originally from New York and is now working for various Japanese hentai magazines. His stuff is quite well-known and gets a lot of praise I believe. He has 46,000 followers on Twitter.

I feel like there are probably more of them in Japan than we think, but maybe usually their nationality isn't disclosed out of fear that it would cause some prejudice towards them. But this is just me speculating.

kuchitsuOct 19, 2016 2:19 PM

Oct 19, 2016 11:51 PM

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Theres an American guy(I think) called Mark Crilley, who wrote a series called Brodys ghost and has done a 'how to' book series for drawing manga.

He's actually the most subscribed to artist on youtube.

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