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Kagemusha
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Since there has been much debate concerning Tokyopop's "Original English Language Manga" in recent weeks, this is an interesting interview over at Publisher's Weekly of their editorial director Jeremy Ross (http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6275188.html).
I, like many people, have alot of reservations about the OEL manga line and its direction, but it's pretty clear that TP is going full force behind it, so I'll be interested to see if the general quality of the products improves as the cartooninsts get feedback. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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These guys are about 70+ posts ahead of you.
Many of them are the actual OELists. Quite a few are also TP or ex-TP editors. |
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Kagemusha
Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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Well, those posts were...interesting
 The best of TP's OEL manga is only about average in my book (of the ones I've read), so while I can understand people wanting to stick up for their industry and their company, there's no denying that TP and OEL has a LONG way to go. Oh, I love that post in which the writer calls Zac an "amateur writer" because of the bad press he recently gave A Midnight Opera (after reading part of it, criticism which I fully support). I'm sure she's a professional journalist too 
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hagakure|returns
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The industry need to start somewhere and while the talent is still premature when compare to all the manga being bought over, it does have protential. I can understand that many people might not find an OEL book to be all that great, but we ourself as fan do have this double standard. GANTz is an above average manga, but can you imagine if an american artist created gantz? People will have a lot of negative things to say about it as they are comparing to to a japanese title.
What I don't understand is how people can just say all OEL suck balls because it's not japanese. Another issue with die-hard manga fan is that TP is doing OEL to capitalize off the current manga market or they are in it to make easy money. While this is true that companies are in it to make money and they are using the format as a vehicle to open a new market, it's not a safe bet and it probably won't be easy money. TP have a safer bet if they license a popular series or another harem series. The probablilty that a original japanese manga will sell more than a regular oel manga is very high. I would like to see more originality in OEL manga (I don't want to see an Americanize harem series). While there are good artist out there (blade of barter has pretty nice art that remind me a lot of one piece), the story itself needs to be more well rounded. |
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darkhunter
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It's funny how 3 of out of the 8 OEL manga that Seven Seas is publishing are written by Jason DeAngelis, SevenSea's founder.
Not that I have a problem with the founder writing his own manga without drawing them, but how about the time putting into them. Instead of writing three mediocre title at once, focus on one particular title and make it great. Dead Man land's is the title I read and it pretty average and the other two books I preview seem just So-So. To be fair though, Aoi House (written by Adam Arnold from Animefringe) was pretty funny (The gay part) even if it's reminisence of happy lesson, love hina and the likes. Seven Sea is taking submission, but artwork only, they don't need anymore writer.
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milcor1
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I don't mind OEL manga, just stop putting out so goddamn many. If TP would have focused on lesser but better quality titles instead of a ton of mediocre titles they'd get alot better publicity.
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