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belvadeer
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You gotta admire people who work hard through things
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JohnnySake
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It's really cool to get a little inside look at a manga club like that in Japan. The photos give a feeling that it would be a cool place to hang out with fellow fans / creators of the art.
Very nice article. 
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Mistypearl
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Very interesting
Thanks!
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championferret
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-flips out-
It's like...Genshiken, almost! This makes me SO excited, because Kwansei Gakuin is the first choice I put down on my exchange application. I still haven't receieved notification on which of my university choices I got into, but I'm hoping all the more for Kwansei now. |
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SakuraAlchemist
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but... Japan does have a site similar to Deciant art, it's Pixiv.
Still it was neat, the club sounds kind of nice. (i like that note book thingy, thats a cool idea~) |
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kransom
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Wow, Iseda went to Kwansei? I showed up to the event in Tokyo about him and next thing you know he's my new favorite animator.
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Top Gun
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I'm not even a manga fan, but the whole idea of an underground-ish club scene dedicated to the art form is really appealing.
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mangaka-chan
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Screen toning by hand? Kudos to that. I gave up on it and went digital instead, so I admit their persistence with the craft.
I'd like to see more articles like this, where we get a glimpse of what clubs and circles in Japan are like. They put out soon many anthologies and doujinshis, it's a very fascinating subculture all its own. |
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dizzywulf
Posts: 102 Location: Wakayama, Japan |
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I really enjoyed reading this article.
I really wish the university where I studied abroad had had a club like this. But alas they didn't.... |
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Ongaku_no_tenshi
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I would have to agree with you. We could probably also say that Genshiken's atmosphere and setting is a classic example of art imitating life. Only with Genshiken being a bit more exaggerated. 
Still, it's always great to hear that the traditional ways of creative expression and manga creation are still upheld and practiced somewhere without the dependency on computers. I think that's a really refreshing and humbling thought. This article was a great great read. Last edited by Ongaku_no_tenshi on Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:46 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Pirkaf
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You're right folks, those photos of the clubroom look exactly like in Genshiken. I'd only add some figurines, but my guess is those are too precious to have in a clubroom..
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RiskyTheShinigami
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I was just about to mention that. Although, its not quite as sophisticated as DA, though it does seem to be prety popular. |
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