Manga University's Meet the Manga-Ka: Shinozaki Yu

[Amanda13Sakura]

Is this a real university?

I'm very interested.

[futuremangakaroni]

one day I will be a mangaka

[creamXcookies]

I'll be enrolling sometime in the future, I don't want to be a manga-ka I just like drawing as a hobby and wish to improve. I was able to look at the work from someone who did the at home study course for 3 months. Seeing there first drawing to their most recent one, I can say they have improved greatly. Thus I'm intrested in trying the at home study course. :3

[Krakolio]

Well, that's nice. I didn't expect to see such a video.

[kanashiiaki14]

cool,, i wish i can enter manga schools soon.. i really want to become a shonen manga-ka even though im a girl XD,,,, i wish i can polish my drawings and can work as a manga-ka (even if not the best) who can inspire people's hearts.. ^_^ kinda high dreamm.. but i really meant it

[kizarabunny14]

@kanashiiaki14 yeah..

[i3gosick]

i would really want to go to this manga university if it hadnt cost so much, the teachers look so nice.......

[J1arrod]

Everyone's talking about drawing and story writing but nobody says anything about learning the language

[mangauniversity]

@J1arrod Well, we do offer a complete lineup of award-winning books that teach how to read and write Japanese. Check out "Kanji de Manga" on the Manga University website ^_^

[nejihyuga901]

When people talk about manga I get more excited than is socially acceptable :D

[comicbookid15]

is there an age limit on the course

[InvaderSpongeBob]

Etto :D

[SayomiKamikura]

excuse me,how can I copntact you?there's a problem with the delivery. My mom ordered a set of manga pen and paid 35 dollars including the shipment!!! but why did she get a School G?!!!!! When I checked,that pen only costs 10 dollars you know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[legolus]

You can be a Manga-ka. The thing is, if you're good enough to be hired by the companies/industries who publish manga.

[MrTaner24]

@legolus Never give up ;D I draw since I am 7 years old. Now i'm 14 and i think ,I'm very good in drawing My idol Tite Kubo :D

[legolus]

@MrTaner24 Thank you for your uplifting comment, but I never intended to be pessimistic. I was just stating that if you draw manga professionally or not you are still a Manga-ka. Realistically though to be hired by the industry you'll have to be good and I mean *really good*, to make an impression. I've never given up, I've been drawing since I was five and now I'm nineteen and I still draw. Just not as rigorously as I used to and since you've mention your idol, 1 of my idols is Kentaro Miura.

[MinaseKio1]

*-* awesome <3

[Krakolio]

Hard work is what you need. Practice, practice, practice. Watch a lot of anime, read a lot of manga, copy drawings from your favorite artists. It isn't easy... Just have fun, even if you're bad, and never give up.

[BiGdaddyM100]

Seriously does anyone know this artist - -"? what story did she wrote was she ever published in the first place ??

[mangauniversity]

@BiGdaddyM100 She's a manga teacher in Japan. Her upcoming manga will be published by Manga University this summer.

[BiGdaddyM100]

@mangauniversity I heard of schools where you could learn manga never knew if it was true.

The fact that she doesn't have a publisher yet and has you guys as only option (no offense good video's ) kinda proves my point >_>

[mangauniversity]

@BiGdaddyM100 @BiGdaddyM100 @mangauniversity We are not her "only option." But she chose to go with us because we are Japan's leading publisher of English-language educational manga. The American Library Association just named our "Manga Cookbook" one of the Top 10 paperbacks for young adults for 2011.

So, no, you haven't proven your point at all. Sorry.

[chadd366]

@BiGdaddyM100 Is this only in Japan or is it in USA to

[NoahTH98]

@mangauniversity Really? Is the manga you just mentioned the same one as the manga shown in the video?

[antilect]

To me you're one of the coolest people in the world! My shero!

[kurox67]

someday i shall be a manga ka

[lhcedwin]

Got it all planned out! First gonna go to architect school until graduate so that I have something to lay my back on if thing goes wrong and then go to manga school to continue on my dream being a Manga-Ka,with some handy perspective technique from architect school to give me an edge XD

[tapirawa]

Can she take the student from America?

[guineapig1016]

i think i'm pro lv. however i can't always draw at 100%, why? btw my old art is on youtube. to get an idea of what i did you can look at them.

[finalflare100]

@guineapig1016 srry but no u are not anywhere near pro lvl

[gazer777288]

@guineapig1016 your stuff is good but its not pro in my opinion....and you shouldnt think your a pro at any time anyway to keep improving yourself

[TheBleanaru]

I love drawing manga and I'm farely good at it! I LOOOOOOVE to draw it! Thanks for puting up these videos!!!

[oNatsuo]

I have two questions:

Is working as a Manga-ka an official job that you can work everywhere on the world with or can you just be a Manga-ka on some specific countries?

Is it worth money-wise to work as a Manga-ka? ^^

And yeah, "an expert at watching"~!! xDDDD

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo Are you really 21 ? because that has to be a lie - -'

Manga-ka is japanese so it's pretty common that you can only be one there except if you want to be a wannabe mangaka and make OEL wich is basicly international "manga" with a western feeling sticking to it.But yea you will have less rights and never have an anime.They are excellent artist thought. To say it in short :You can write manga but unless you aren't in japan and get published in a magazine you can never be a manga-ka.

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 huh? Why do you believe it is a lie? xD

I see, thank you for your information~ If you meant my not knowing of what it was then it was obvious why I asked, not everyone can have that kind of info if it is too common for you~ Such things doesn't exist here at all~ Well I have seen only a few coming recently to here so that's why I asked~ ^^

You just didn't answer one question, how much is it money wise? Is it really very low as I heard? ^^

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo Sorry many people try covering there age up and write a number between 18 and 25 i just had that idea.

Anyway The pay isn't the same : if you make a "manga" in western you are already doomed because they take more rights on your work then in japan and because people like traditional manga better sales won't be the best except if you marketing. Ok sorry not enough comment space read next comment -->

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo Atleast that's what i found out it'd the same with voice acting that's why in japan good voice actors are famous and come on tv.

In japan it's different :I think you know magazines like shounen jump and all you get payed a normal salary for that minus the cost of the studio you work at (if you did not have any you get one ) minus the pay for the assistants (you can refuse them but without assistants it will take longer and you will work t'ill you die >_>)

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[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo That leaves you with barely enough money + the fact that it gets ages for some people to get publised so that's why most of them have extra jobs.Now for the lucky once after 5-10 chapters volumes come out and they earn like 40 yen =0.48 USD (shonen jump) and if you sell over 100.000 that's already a lot don't you think ^^.The risk is if you are good enough and high in the rating THAT will happen ,if not you will get canceled and even if they make volumes after that they wont sell well

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 I see, thank you for your reply~ So basically to be able to live with it you need two things, you must have a friend or more work with you on it, you must have your own place to work at where there is lower cost in compare to a real studio?

After that, if you get good, then you would need to be very known in a way, usually people choose marketing right? ^^

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo No that's not actually correct assistants are found by the publishing company you work for and their pay is charged of your profit but yea if you could find a friend who could work long hours that would be a blessing.

It's always better if you have your own studio a room dedicated for drawing where 2 -5 people can work in.It's possible that assistants will sleep over because they live far away and will also eat there.

So yea we are not in japan so marketing is a good way to go ^^

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 What if you do a Manga with your friend, or even friends. Like for example from the very beginning, that way you say you don't need assistants, you all get the same pay or each his own?

haha, I see. As I see it, there are many ways one can take in it, whichever fits the Mangaka~ ^^

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo Actually there is a group of woman who make manga i think they are 5 well they are friends but they probably had good jobs when they did manga because if you do a manga with a friend you will have to split the income which will lower the amount you get and well you can't live of off nothing it's better to have had succes before before you do such things like the makers of death note Tsugumi ohba and takeshi obate they split their income but they have success so they still get a enough.

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo i mean obata - -'

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 So the only way to do it is to split the income, there is no other way. Like something special for rookies~? ^^

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo normally newcomers get a little more but that doesn't last long it's until you have a official contract with the publishing company after that the pay is the same.

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 hmm, being a Mangaka sounds very tough, I bet going for Animation is easier in that case~?

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo i do not know a lot about animation but you need crazy ass drawing talents if you wan't to do the backgrounds (yes those are really drawn traditional and digital ) and i also read somewhere you get paid for every second or minute of animation you make a day.Honestly with manga it's maybe harder to make it big but when you do you are good for life !

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 Ohh, so you say being a Mangaka is better?

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo Yea i mean it's true they have no vacation except for holidays but if you make it big you will be famous and all when you do animation your name will not be credited in the anime except if you have a higher position and the pay is based on how much work you did

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 So the only way is to do animation for a steady pay and in your free time your own manga, or even animation too~ ^^

[BiGdaddyM100]

@oNatsuo Dude it does not work like that >_>. either it's manga and barely half time animation by just making frames or animation .Difference is animation is a official jobs manga is more of freelance anyway they work practicly every day when they are published so yea if you plan to do both you will die from overworking

[oNatsuo]

@BiGdaddyM100 Oh, I didn't mean mainstream manga, but a one-shot. Those Mangas are very possible to do side to side with Animation, since when you don't work at Animation then you will work on a your Manga at your home, doujinshi could work very well for that since I can take my time~

If I work as a pro for Manga then I would most likely be mainstream, in that case it's hard to find time for Animation since you need to work hard and long on it, but everything is possible in small steps~ ^^

[SuperGamer87]

Thank you, Yu, for not being a yaoi artist. That crap's plaguing mangaka, today. I mean, seriously, other female mangaka, can we PLUUUEASE move away from the "yaoi" subjects? You're taking up all the bookshelf space at my favorite bookstores! Bring back that manga awesomeness by the bookshelf-loads!

[SparkyGjr]

I visited Japan with People to People in 2007, and while visiting Manga University, I actually was drawn by Yu Shinozaki. I'm actually holding the drawing right now.

[iiAnniePie]

When I grow up, I hope to be a Manga-Ka :D

[PSXpert]

Shinozaki Yu so cute with such a cool job! I'll get my masters in fine arts just to be a teacher like you =3

[N03MII987]

i realy want to be involved in anime and manga in tv shows and movies , i have already done a page of manga in my note book but i dont think its any good and this film helped me a little wiht how to make my female charicters cuter. thank you shinozaki yu

[Griffins197]

@jewel635

Yeah!

[EpicShalaylex]

whao a real manga ka soo cool one day ill be a great manga artist!

[AmericanKosuPureSama]

VERY NICE! very VERY NICE!!!!!!!

[thedarkangelLeslie]

What do you mean by using props?

[VektorFantasy]

#OMG

[XXXternityXXXX]

OMG i am defiantly going to be a manga-ka!

[XXXternityXXXX]

@XXXternityXXXX oopse i spell it wrong lol i mean definitely going to be a manga-ka lol

[soraroxasaxel2]

i really wish to go to a school like that everyone tells me i draw excellent but i feel like their missing something : /

[JazzyXEdward]

@soraroxasaxel2 Same here^_^

[ValisX]

i imagine she is what the Gantz character Tae would look like in real life

[3lf3nl13d]

souds like a good teaching strategy

[lhcedwin]

I wish i can be a Manga-Ka..

[animaster16]

@lhcedwin Me too but the thing is I can't learn on my own it's boring just me. I wish I had friends that share my passion form manga and anime but right now it's just me sitting on my computer watching videos and cartoons. I try to draw but it never comes even close to what I thought up. I know practice makes perfect but being alone makes life dull.

[Griffins197]

@animaster16

same here

[guineapig1016]

@lhcedwin no you don't! i just want my manga finished! ( home made!)

[RaRaSaMa]

How can i send my Drawings to her so she can critique them. sorry for my bad english.

[DeadlyDreamerX]

There are 100 of sites where good manga artist from expert and newbs. There, if you want to get critiqued.

[Dracomancer350]

some day or sometime I'm going to enroll in this school :)

[StrafeBreaker]

Though I have high respects to people like Mark Crilley, I would really like to learn Manga from the actual people that created them...the Japanese. not just the drawing part, and through these videos we could see their disciplines and outlook in life that greatly influence their works which also really counts as much as learning the art form itself IMO.

[aubreydawn]

I love these videos!! More, please?

[BarraArisa]

I love getting to watch these videos, its so fun getting a glimpse into the lives of the manga-ka.