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(Manga is a japanese comic book. It's also refered to as a graphic novel)
Hello I am writing a manga, I would like people to please respond to how this phrase sounds...

(this phrase is copy righted)
"My beautiful angel...why don't you rest your wings?"

It's supposed to be said by an unknown voice. How does it sound?

Sounds okay in the proper situation buuuut knowing anime/manga ect it would'nt involve mini skirts and schoolgils and such would it?;)

ha ha, mini-skirts yes, school girls, no.

(Manga is a japanese comic book. It's also refered to as a graphic novel)
Hello I am writing a manga, I would like people to please respond to how this phrase sounds...

(this phrase is copy righted)
"My beautiful angel...why don't you rest your wings?"

It's supposed to be said by an unknown voice. How does it sound?

I like it if that counts for anything. I think it flows nicely and provokes thoughts and images in ones mind.

1) It's not generally considered Manga outside of Japan unless you made it in Japan and are Japanese. Ameri-Manga is a popular term, however, for Japanese-style graphic novels done outside of Japan.

2) I realize that Manga and Anime are full of cliches like that, but that's a really really blatant one. In general, the angel motif is really overdone lately. Say no to tenchi!

1) It's not generally considered Manga outside of Japan unless you made it in Japan and are Japanese. Ameri-Manga is a popular term, however, for Japanese-style graphic novels done outside of Japan.

Yes, only a select few mangaka can actually write manga. They all meet regularly in a secret room of a tall building in Tokyo where they sit around a sort of circular table and plan out how get more fanservice into their manga.

However, we socialists have been working on a plan to take control of, or at least gain a piece of, the manga industry to harness its immense potential that is being wasted by capitalists. We also want to avenge the theft of socialist concepts like absurdism and existentialism by Gainax.

2) I realize that Manga and Anime are full of cliches like that, but that's a really really blatant one. In general, the angel motif is really overdone lately. Say no to tenchi!

The word is tenshi, actually, and yes, no angels. Everyone from Hideaki Anno to Moses has done angels. No more angels.

I'm also writing a manga, a socialist manga called Terra Pvlchra: Red Manga. It's about an anarchist utopia that fights tentacle demons and authoritarians using orgone (from the theories of Wilhelm Reich) based devices and bioships.

(this phrase is copy righted)
"My beautiful angel...why don't you rest your wings?"
My reaction: *looks around to see where the voice came from, with a shocked look on my face*

Eh, and I've been toying with the idea of a Gundam SEED fanfic involving "CoordiNaturals" (People w/mixed Natural, and Coordinator genetic makeup) - Thumbs Up, or down for the idea?

I'm also writing a manga, a socialist manga called Terra Pvlchra: Red Manga. It's about an anarchist utopia that fights tentacle demons and authoritarians using orgone (from the theories of Wilhelm Reich) based devices and bioships.
:eek:
I hope you're serious!
Note that I did not say "I hope you aren't serious".

ha ha, mini-skirts yes, school girls, no.
pitty...

Mango ice-cream is yummy.

I'm also writing a manga, a socialist manga called Terra Pvlchra: Red Manga. It's about an anarchist utopia that fights tentacle demons and authoritarians using orgone (from the theories of Wilhelm Reich) based devices and bioships.

Would you send a signed copy to a brother in arms?

I tried this about a year ago. Around ten minutes later, I discovered that I couldn't draw.

Your phrase sounds good, and if angels are that cliched you could change it to some sort of bird, perhaps?

OK, I'm a little confused - I thought that 'Manga' was a major anime company, whereas 'anime' was the name for the Japanese cartoon genre....

So I'll conclude with - eh?

Manga is basically a Japanese comic book, but in paperback form. Anime is just the Japanese word for animation, but it's come to mean any animation made in Japan.

Manga is basically a Japanese comic book, but in paperback form. Anime is just the Japanese word for animation, but it's come to mean any animation made in Japan.
Oh. So why do things like Ghost in the shell have a logo at the start with 'Manga' in it? Did they start as comics?

Oh. So why do things like Ghost in the shell have a logo at the start with 'Manga' in it? Did they start as comics?Yeah, almost every anime that's become popular was at one time a manga.

Manga is basically a Japanese comic book, but in paperback form. Anime is just the Japanese word for animation, but it's come to mean any animation made in Japan.So, there are hardback comics?

So, there are hardback comics?Yeah, I thought that wasn't clear. I meant that manga look like paperback books, whereas American comics look more like magazines.

Yeah, almost every anime that's become popular was at one time a manga.

Yes. You know how in existentialism, existance proceeds essense? Manga proceeds anime.

Would you send a signed copy to a brother in arms?

Yes.

Yes.

Yay!

Thank you.

It will increase my my radical graphic novel collection by 100%

(For anyone interested this (http://www.akpress.org/2000/items/breakingfree) is the otherone I have)

Yes, we need more radicalism in manga and comics.

Ok, yes I know angels are cliche, but she's not an angel per se. More of a ghost if you will. Like Angel Sancuary (that was the one with all the taboos right?), she has been thrown from the afterlife for her sins. In life she was hired during a war as a mercenary and she was driven insane by the carnage (it was her fist job ever) and killed many people in an insane drive. She is awakened every once in a while to repent for her sins, and this is the last time she will need to repent...

Mango ice-cream is yummy.
Really? I've never tried mango ice cream before. I've tried ginger...

Yay!

Thank you.

It will increase my my radical graphic novel collection by 100%

(For anyone interested this (http://www.akpress.org/2000/items/breakingfree) is the otherone I have)
Good choice! ;)

Good choice! ;)
You got it too?

You got it too?
Not that one particular (altough I have a couple of Tintin-books). I was saying that because it's a Belgian comic. ;)

(Manga is a japanese comic book. It's also refered to as a graphic novel)
Hello I am writing a manga, I would like people to please respond to how this phrase sounds...

(this phrase is copy righted)
"My beautiful angel...why don't you rest your wings?"

It's supposed to be said by an unknown voice. How does it sound?

Sounds unknown..

Angels Reply: "Not yet, They must dry.."

This threads makes gives me an urge to draw again. :)

(Manga is a japanese comic book. It's also refered to as a graphic novel)
Hello I am writing a manga, I would like people to please respond to how this phrase sounds...

(this phrase is copy righted)
"My beautiful angel...why don't you rest your wings?"

It's supposed to be said by an unknown voice. How does it sound?

did you read the TOS?

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Not that one particular (altough I have a couple of Tintin-books). I was saying that because it's a Belgian comic. ;)

Well it's not a real Tin Tin book.

The characters have just been used

did you read the TOS?

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Look, I just put that there to scare people from taking it and using it in their own Graphic novel. *sticks out tounge* but you blew my cover! ha ha, isn't anyone here to talk about my graphic novel?

Look, I just put that there to scare people from taking it and using it in their own Graphic novel. *sticks out tounge* but you blew my cover! ha ha, isn't anyone here to talk about my graphic novel?

Give us more. Did you read my Angels's reply?

Give us more. Did you read my Angels's reply?
Yes I read your angel's reply...

This is my character out line for my main character...

Name:Chu
Height: A little under 6 heads (artist term, a drawn character is made proportianate by how many of their heads tall they are)
Gender: female
Dot.Hack Song: (sorry, just got the Cd's) Das Wandern and Kiss
Strong willed never willing to give up, for any reason...

It has more written, but it would take a while to write it all

OK, I'm a little confused - I thought that 'Manga' was a major anime company, whereas 'anime' was the name for the Japanese cartoon genre....

So I'll conclude with - eh?

The word Manga (漫画) literally means "random or whimsical pictures".
Manga (MAHN-gah or MANG-ah)
n. - From the Japanese, literally meaning "whimsical pictures". Manga has its roots in early drawings done in the 1100's, and it has since then evolved into an art form that has encompassed a significant portion of the Japanese culture. The equivalent of "comic books" in Western culture, manga is intertwined with anime due to the fact that many popular manga series are transferred onto video or the TV screens as animated shows. Japanese comics are usually released in black and white, small volumes containing several stories. Artists who draw manga are often called "manga-ka" (literally, "comic artist").
ex. - I bought some really good Tenchi Muyo manga today.
see also: anime
http://www.animeinfo.org/odiction2.html

The wiki on the origins is good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga#Origins
More manga info: http://www.animeinfo.org/animeu/core102-p.html

If you're not Japanese, you can't make a Japanese comic book. It's that easy. Fuck.

Ok, yes I know angels are cliche, but she's not an angel per se. More of a ghost if you will. Like Angel Sancuary (that was the one with all the taboos right?), she has been thrown from the afterlife for her sins. In life she was hired during a war as a mercenary and she was driven insane by the carnage (it was her fist job ever) and killed many people in an insane drive. She is awakened every once in a while to repent for her sins, and this is the last time she will need to repent...

She's not a crossdressing hermaphrodite in a pedophilic incestuous mortal's body, is she?

In general, angel imagery has been way overdone in anime, at least as far as I'm concerned. In general, I'm not a big fan of obvious repetition, so take it with salt.

Plot and the quote all sound familiar (And I'm rather certain I heard that 'let them dry' thing somewhere...). I make no accusations of plagerism, mind you, but osmosis can be a nasty thing. I actually tend to avoid over-reading my genres in hopes that it'll keep me from ending up cliche'd. I'd give examples, but, well, I plan to publish them eventually, so, heh.

My advice, if you don't already do so, read anything BUT anime and Japanese works. Let your ideas come from an outside source. I've been given ideas from such things as Moby-Dick, despite the fact that I DESPISE that book.

And if you're set on making something about angels/ghosts, I suggest reading lots of ancient mythology, and even things like Dante's Divine Comedy (The Inferno is a freacking Dungeons and Dragon's dungeon), but that's a tad too recognizable at the moment...

I've always held that it's better to define your genre than to be defined by it. But I also plan to change the (literary) world, so, eh, season to taste.

If you're not Japanese, you can't make a Japanese comic book. It's that easy. Fuck.

Is Hideaki Anno a Jewish existentialist?

Is Hideaki Anno a Jewish existentialist?
Well, obviously!
:D

Mango ice-cream is yummy.

Why, yes. Yes, it is.

My point is that Jewish mythology and existentialism have nothing whatsoever to do with Japan but that didn't stop Anno from making Eva. If Japan borrows stuff from other people so much, it can't seriously expect others not to borrow from it.

Make some yaoi/yuri/ecchi in English!!1

aishiteru mangaka

Don't forget manwha!

Don't forget giant robots.

They are simply the best with their blowing up and falling over and silly motions, similar to those of a retarded old man.

My point is that Jewish mythology and existentialism have nothing whatsoever to do with Japan but that didn't stop Anno from making Eva. If Japan borrows stuff from other people so much, it can't seriously expect others not to borrow from it.
Speaking of animes w/religious undertones, have you been noticing all the religious imagery in SEED?

Speaking of animes w/religious undertones, have you been noticing all the religious imagery in SEED?

I know. I was wondering why they had a character named Azrael, for one.

[QUOTE=Silence and Nothing](Manga is a japanese comic book. It's also refered to as a graphic novel)
Hello I am writing a manga,


oh you poor chap i hope you recover

She's not a crossdressing hermaphrodite in a pedophilic incestuous mortal's body, is she?

In general, angel imagery has been way overdone in anime, at least as far as I'm concerned. In general, I'm not a big fan of obvious repetition, so take it with salt.

Plot and the quote all sound familiar (And I'm rather certain I heard that 'let them dry' thing somewhere...). I make no accusations of plagerism, mind you, but osmosis can be a nasty thing. I actually tend to avoid over-reading my genres in hopes that it'll keep me from ending up cliche'd. I'd give examples, but, well, I plan to publish them eventually, so, heh.

My advice, if you don't already do so, read anything BUT anime and Japanese works. Let your ideas come from an outside source. I've been given ideas from such things as Moby-Dick, despite the fact that I DESPISE that book.

And if you're set on making something about angels/ghosts, I suggest reading lots of ancient mythology, and even things like Dante's Divine Comedy (The Inferno is a freacking Dungeons and Dragon's dungeon), but that's a tad too recognizable at the moment...

I've always held that it's better to define your genre than to be defined by it. But I also plan to change the (literary) world, so, eh, season to taste.

My Entire collection of manga includes like, three books. All my Other books are Les Miserables (unabridged, BEST BOOK EVER) and a lot of classics includinding a few comedys.

And to the guy who wanted the yuri and the yaoi, The entire anime club at school is obcessed with that stuff. I perfer not to touch stuff like that.

Don't forget giant robots.

They are simply the best with their blowing up and falling over and silly motions, similar to those of a retarded old man.
Robots that move like retarded old men?
Watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. Those robots move like..
well..
Things that move really well.

Robots that move like retarded old men?
Watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. Those robots move like..
well..
Things that move really well.

...Nicely, er...said...

Robots that move like retarded old men?
Watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. Those robots move like..
well..
Things that move really well.

Yeah, I know. Shouldn't the pilots be vomiting and such? The Evas leap 500m in the air and spin around and so on.

Letila brings up a good point, actually. Those things sometimes do things pretty damn fast.

My Entire collection of manga includes like, three books. All my Other books are Les Miserables (unabridged, BEST BOOK EVER) and a lot of classics includinding a few comedys.

And to the guy who wanted the yuri and the yaoi, The entire anime club at school is obcessed with that stuff. I perfer not to touch stuff like that.

And I only have one, which I purchased only a short time ago, and have barely begun to translate it.

I still know a huge number of typical notions in manga, and have caught myself being influenced by them from time to time. Osmosis doesn't require ownership.

Just be careful you don't toss out "More of the same", unless you're spoofing (like in Gold Digger, best Ameri-manga out there).

Letila brings up a good point, actually. Those things sometimes do things pretty damn fast.

Since when are the Evas -robots-?

Last I checked everything in that show was a cyborg of some sort, like the berserker.

Since when are the Evas -robots-?
Shh!
You're wrecking my point!

Oh well, they look like robots. Therefore, I'll claim that they are even though anybody who watches the series will know they aren't.

Since when are the Evas -robots-?

Last I checked everything in that show was a cyborg of some sort, like the berserker.

True, though they look like robots to the untrained eye. I mean, only Christian fundamentalists would even point out that the angels don't even look like angels.

I'm just impressed that Hideaki Anno managed to convince Jewish esoterists to tell him so many of their closely guarded secrets, for what is basically a profit venture no less. He must be one hell of a negotiator.

And I only have one, which I purchased only a short time ago, and have barely begun to translate it.

I still know a huge number of typical notions in manga, and have caught myself being influenced by them from time to time. Osmosis doesn't require ownership.

Just be careful you don't toss out "More of the same", unless you're spoofing (like in Gold Digger, best Ameri-manga out there).
I try not to, but if i think it's a good idea, it's going in there.

Make some yaoi/yuri/ecchi in English!!1

aishiteru mangaka

Don't forget giant robots.

What's the correct term for giant robot/giant robot pairings?

What's the correct term for giant robot/giant robot pairings?

Gay-vangelions?

Can no one stay on topic?!

hey, weren't you the one who wrote "the execution"? I thought that was an awesome thread...

Can no one stay on topic?!

What? You don't like Gay-vangelions? They offend the Religious Right even more than ordinary Evangelions.