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Glossary, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous
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Anyone who creates manga; a manga artist. Manga-kas are typically
responsible for layout, pencilling, character design, and supply
assistants with "art direction" information. about inking, screentone,
sound effects and other details. In addition, the great majority of
manga-kas write their own stories and dialogue. (Those who write stories
for manga are called "gensaku-sha".) The professionalism of a manga-ka is
often measured by the number of mangas they have running concurrently.
In Japan, many manga-kas have celebrity status comparable to popular
novelists or film directors in the West. They are often household names,
and can command handsome salaries, especially if their work is animated or
otherwise merchandised. (For example, Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball was
licensed by over 70 companies for nearly 700 different kinds of products.
Toriyama is reportedly paid 50,000 yen for each page.) Publishers stand to
gain millions of yen if one of their artists' manga becomes a hit - as
with Takeuchi Naoko's Sailor Moon, which more than doubled the circulation
of Nakayoshi magazine within a few months of its debut. But until
recently, even the most successful manga-kas usually had fairly informal,
trust-based relationships with their publishers. (In 1993, Shougakukan
paid Takahashi Rumiko a 7 million yen "loyalty" fee.)
The most prolific manga-kas of recent years, in terms of numbers of
tankoubons published (including reprints), are: Fujiko Fujio, Mizushima
Shinji, Tezuka Osamu, Ishinomori Shoutarou, Tachihara Ayumi, Yokoyama
Mitsuteru, Chiba Tetsuya, and Yagisawa Kimio.
See also:
o Peter Evans' favourite manga-kas
<http://www.tcp.com/doi/peter/down1/manga.html>
o Hiroyuki Hironaga's favourite manga-kas - with pictures.
<http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~susanooh/manga.html#fav>
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