Rumiko Takahashi has now finished here third weekly manga are there any other manga authors out there who are as prolific.
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Anyone else as prolific as Rumiko Takahashi
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Dr. Tofu's Patient
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Sesshomaru's Toadie
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Akira Toriyama is considered quite prolific (Dr. Slump, DragonBall, DragonBallZ) but I'm really not a fan of his work. I think what it really boils down to
taste and what you're into. If you're looking for new series to get into or a new artist/creator to follow it probably is as easy as browsing your
local bookstore, finding a cool title and if its a good enough read, you'll probably be curious about what else he or she has done.
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Posts: 3408 (06/30/08 04:48 PM) Long Suffering Ronin |
I think Toriyama is the only person that comes close to Takahashi in the modern manga world, but Osamu Tezuka is still probably the king of prolific manga
creators. Even though Mitsuru Adachi has never been popular in the US, I'd say that his success in Japan is close to Takahashi's.
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Posts: 5127 (06/30/08 05:51 PM) Anything-Goes Martial Artist |
Well, when you say "prolific" I guess it means are there any that have worked as long as Takahashi? Artists like Ryoichi Ikegami are still going
strong, though there work is not as commercially successful as Rumiko Takahashi's.
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Sesshomaru's Toadie
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Yusaku : *head desk* How could I have overlooked Tezuka? Awesome mention. He's had many popular titles and his work is still being published (Viz and
another publisher, Vertical - LOVE the Vertical covers)
Yoiko: You make a good point. Its really hard to name more than two major titles for each. hmmm.... does CLAMP count? But that's more of a team as
opposed to one artist.
It takes a while for a professional illustrator to distinguish him or herself. Breaking into comics is probably the hardest path an illustrator can take. Your first two or more published works won't make you a star overnight. Your first publisher will probably be a small company with limited distribution and a small readership. You have to really work your way up. If you're consistent, work in the industry long enough and have a thick skin (rejection can be expected!), your work might (huge might) happen to catch the eye of a major publishing house. So while someone may have published work since 1987, it might take them 5 or 10 more years to have a hit and who knows if you'll be able to repeat that success! |
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
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I don't know the popularity of Mitsuteru Yokoyama in the U.S., but I think he is very prolific. |
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Posts: 5134 (07/02/08 11:40 PM) Anything-Goes Martial Artist |
CLAMP, yeah, I forgot about them. I think that's a good point. Initially I thought about saying "Masamune Shirow" too, but from what I understand
he's much more popular in America than he is in Japan oddly enough.
Mitsuteru Yokoyama is basically unknown in the USA. I had not heard of him until I started writing the list of old Shonen Sunday series and his name came up many times. Edit: Go Nagai just sprang to mind as well...
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
Posts: 46 (07/03/08 07:52 AM) |
Mitsuteru Yokoyama is one of important figures in the manga field after WW2 Japan. Sometimes he is equally admired with Osamu Tezuka. His fomous works are,
Tetsujin 28 (The English title is "Gigantor") http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlWaTAZUxUQ http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=tpBZmmqKu7w Akakage Sarry etc... Look at here! http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3AUZubMGc
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
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http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%AA%E5%B1%B1%E5%85%89%E8%BC%9D
According to this Wikipedia on Mitsuteru Yokoyama, only three mangaka were admired equally as Osamu Tezuka when he was alive. They are Sanpei Shirato, Shotaro Ishinomori and Mitsuteru Yokoyama. Especially Shotaro Ishinomori was registerd in The Guiness Book of World Records because he published a lot of manga. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E3%83%8E%E6%A3%AE%E7%AB%A0%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E And I agree with Yoiko, Go Nagai has created many manga titles. |
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
Posts: 84 (07/03/08 09:26 AM) |
What about Yuu Watase? She's written tons of material over the last 18 years and had several popular series, a couple of which were animated (and another
scheduled to be animated).
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Tachihaki |
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Onsen Mark's Favorite Pupil
Posts: 52 (07/04/08 08:35 AM) |
Sorry. I don't know about her genre.
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Crotchety Old Boxing Coach
Posts: 42 (07/04/08 05:11 PM) |
By prolific you mean volume of works then Shotaro Ishinomori has the record. Fujio Fujiko were quite prolific as well.
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