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The US comic industry is dying. I, personally, don’t think it will ever truly disappear but it needs to change, it needs to evolve, in order to stay relevant in the modern age. The fact that manga is killing everything coming out of domestic comic houses proves that. This very issue has commanded a great deal of the discourse among the industry, most people feeling that manga doesn’t deserve any of the credit or sales it’s getting, but there are a few out there who say otherwise. Chuck Dixon, legendary Batman writer and general legend in tcomics, chimed in with his support of manga popularity and people are hot about. Dude said, “It’s not too hard to figure out, really. There’s a lot of dedication, passion, and craft in manga comics. And that’s missing, almost entirely, from the Big Two.” He’s right. That, right there, in a nutshell, is exactly why the US comic industry is getting throttled by imports.

I’m not going to sit here and tell you that the big publishers overseas aren’t stifling creatives like they do here. I’m a huge fan of Kubo Tite and the way Jump worked him to death, to the point he wanted to quit altogether, only to relent with the promise of letting him end his narrative the way he wanted, immediately followed by them pulling the rug out from under him with a ten chapter deadline, is f*cked up. That sh*t happens all the time here. It’s happening to Hickman and his X-Men run right now. The issue with the US comic industry is, unlike overseas where this type of sh*t isn’t all that common, it’s everyday business here. I can’t tell you how many stories I've read that had creatives bail on titles because executives wanted something specifically, only communicated to the creator after the fact. Listen, I'm a Spider-Man fan. I‘ve been feeling the sting of executive meddling for fourteen years, ever since Queseda forced One More Day on the fandom. I can’t tell you how many artists and writers quit because of that crusade against creativity. Looking overseas, it’s definitely there, but you don’t have much of it overall.

Shonen manga, what is closely aligned to superhero comics here, dominate the sales charts in bpth the East and West. Boku no Her Academia, One Piece, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Dragon Ball; All of these titles are incredibly popular across the globe. Goku is as recognizable worldwide as Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man. But those are derivative titles inspired by the US comic industry, to an extent. Other popular works include, for a time, Act-Age; A manga about a f*cking actress pursuing her dream. This was before the author of that work was outed as a pervert but it was on it’s way to being something special. Another genre that thrives in the spotlight is sports. Eyeshield 21 is a US football manga created by the guy who is doing One Punch Man right now. Another, Slam Dunk, was popular when i was young and followed a ginger Japanese basketball player because the author was obsessed with the NBA when he was a kid. How many hoop stories are there coming out of Marvel or DC? Chobits, Mirai Nikki, Princess Jellyfish, Neon Genesis Evangelion; All titles that are incredible reads with immaculate art, but would never get published here. Ever. Because the content is too “controversial” to touch. It would ruffle the feathers of the Twatter mob and that’s the issue. That’s why the US comic industry is dying.

I don’t have a favorite comic being published right now. The writing is too poor, the storytelling is too toothless. I really enjoy what i read of Immortal Hulk at first but it’s began to meander too much for my tastes. I really enjoyed what Hickman was doing with the X-Men up to X of Swords but then i heard Marvel was abandoning his framework and cutting his overarching story short. I enjoyed some of what Spencer brought to my darling Spider-Man, but even he’s leaving on questionable terms. I really liked Renew Your Vows and Amazing Mary Jane but those were limited series so they actually align more with manga in that sense. Most manga has a beginning and end. A start and a finish. Because mangaka, manga creators, have a story to tell. They’re not looking to make money telling it in the way, say, DC is. They want to tell awesome stories and draw dope sh*t. The manga industry supports that. It thrives when that passion is recognized and that uniqueness is celebrated. People gravitate toward how genuine manga truly is and shun how corporate the domestic comic scene has become.

Now, i love comics. I absolutely do. But i tell everyone i meet to give manga and anime a chance. They almost always come back and thank me for showing them the brilliance of import media. The bottom line is manga is better than comics. Just like British crime serials are almost always better than domestic crime dramas. NCIS got nothing on Luther, bud. It’s why almost everything A24 or Neon drops, is substantial;y better than something Warner releases in theaters. It’s why everyone is so upset with Black Widow but can’t wait to see how Loki finishes. Black Widow is a contractual obligation while Loki is a f*cking romp. People pick up on that passion and gravitate toward it over something that was created by professional suits, something that feels like it was thrown together strictly to placate a “broad audience.” People are tired of seeing the same sh*t, over and over. There is no variety with the US comic industry. I can’t read a book about a reincarnated salary man, reborn into a world of magic and monsters, as a slime who eats his way to the top of the power rankings, coming out of f*cking DC, bud. Instead, i get a Jokerized Batman that, somehow, ascends to godhood and destroys the universe? See how absurd that sounds?

Even if cats were allowed to tell stories as wild as TenSura, they’d be policed in how to represent them. I just covered a whole ass situation where cats were upset that Tamaki from Fire Force is so sexualized. So the f*ck what? Fire Force is hugely popular here, in the states. That means people like the content. The creator wanted to portray her as such. If you don’t like it, don’t buy the books. Don’t support the franchise. There’s no reason you should attack the art or the creator, personally, just because you have some misplaced sense of moral conceit. That sh*t is why Carol Danvers traded in her leotard for a high top and i f*cking hate it. That’s why She-Ra ended up in an incestuous lesbian relationship at the end of her newest show. Marvel isn’t dropping Delicious in Dungeon because Izutsumi might offend someone for being naked, even though she’s covered in fur. Delicious in Dungeon is actually created by a woman. I feel like, in this social climate, that needs to be stressed. I literally saw a whole ass controversy over the artist for Miss America drawing the title character with a fat ass. She’s Puerto Rican. They have fat asses. Why would anyone want to create in an industry where creativity is punished? Japan embraces all of that, controversy or not, and let’s it all ride. The US comic industry does not. “It’s not too hard to figure out, really. There’s a lot of dedication, passion, and craft in manga comics. And that’s missing, almost entirely, from the Big Two.” Chuck Dixon knows. People should listen to him. The industry should listen to him. If they don’t, they will eventually find that gap between them and manga a bit too wide to broach.

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smokeybrandreviews · 3 years

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#Manga #Comics #Some obvious bullsh*t

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windrocklibrary · 6 years

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Galemont Talks About: Things That I Recall From E3 Conference (now that they’re over)

These are a collection of things that I mainly remembered the most in regards of the 2018 E3 Conference and my thoughts on it. They’re all a combination of things that I both like and not really like. Either way, all of these are my own opinions and spins on it.

Disclaimer Note #1: Yes, I like video games. No, I don’t/can’t play them or rather to an extent that I can play MAJORITY or ALL of them. Why? Because I’m poor -- so I might as well revel around other people’s emotions and mine (makes me sound like a vampire or something).

Disclaimer Note #2: I won’t include the sideshows or extras (e.g. Nintendo Treehouse). I am going to state things based on the things that are presented at the conferences.

ELECTRONIC ARTS (EA)

Frankly not the most memorable for me. They mentioned not much from EA other than sports games like Fifa, NFL, and NBA (ones I remembered at least), Battlefield V, Command & Conquer Rivals, and Anthem to name a few.

I kind of like how the folks at EA are somewhat self-aware on what they’re doing when talking about Battlefield V, stating that they want to depict their own image of WWII; though that’ll probably start a conversation for some folks I can imagine. It’s a bit of a downer for me considering that people are applauding at the information that there won’t be any lootboxes. Whether or not this will be true is beyond me.

Anthem looks interesting, to say the least. Though it’s such a shame that they didn’t mention, let alone, showed much. So with that being said I can’t say anything and even be very excited about it. We’ll see how it’ll go.

MICROSOFT STUDIOS

Lot’s of games. They showed off first party games like Halo: Infinite, Gears 5, and Forza Horizon 4. Ori and the Will of the Wisp was pretty neat and made me somewhat interested in trying out the Ori series.

The reveal of Devil May Cry 5 and Jump Force was very wild! The rumors that I often hear regarding DMC5 since last years Game Awards were very enticing, it was very cool to see it actually be true on E3.

Seeing Jump Force was surreal, especially when you’re watching Naruto, Goku, Luffy, and Frieza beating up each other in a hyper-realistic depiction of New York City’s Time Square; the shot of Ryuk and Light from Death Note is pretty wild too--would love to see what other Shounen Jump characters to be revealed there.

The trailer for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice looks very slick, kind of expecting it to be shown here especially after the teaser during the Game Awards.

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Spirit looks charming; a story that sets in the same universe of Life is Strange makes it interesting in my book. The game’s also free.

I’m super glad that Studio MDHR is making an expansion for Cuphead! It has always been a dream of mine to for Cuphead to have an expansion of some sort and I’m actually really excited that it’s real! They even made Ms. Chalice a playable character so that’s cool!

The game Cyberpunk 2077 was almost thought to be a myth until now. It’s essentially one of those games where you heard it and you’ll never know when the game will actually be released or revealed again; so seeing it back up again is pretty cool especially with their own flares for an introduction. Hopefully, it won’t go off into dark again.

BETHESDA

What’s the deal with that big dude during the Rage 2 presentation? He was like silent for a straight 15 seconds or something, some said that maybe his prompter bugged out? Who knows. Most of the presentations there were a little awkward, though it’s probably because most of them aren’t exactly used to standing in front of a big crowd or something.

Speaking of awkward, the Andrew W.K. live performance was whacked. He didn’t sound good there if I have to be honest, I don’t think most of the audience were jazzed about it too.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood was interesting, DOOM: Eternal caught me by surprise. Most of the other games shown there were interesting but didn’t really move me a lot.

Frankly speaking though despite the often awkwardness, there were some funny moments as well. Todd Howard’s presentation was a fun one to me; he was very self-aware of the jokes that went all over about him. I’m glad that Fallout 76 was expanded more in this conference because it was showed on Microsoft’s; it’s going to be an online multiplayer experience but apparently, it’s pretty divisive among folks, I personally think it’s neat--the nukes, however, is probably going to be a little sketchy in my opinion.

They also announced Elder Scrolls VI. Well, I say announced, it’s basically a tease; then it’s over.

DEVOLVER DIGITAL

Same thing they did last year: a satirical shitshow that makes fun of the conferences. It’s pretty fun, but admittedly I kind of got bored with it and I just want to see games more than them losing their minds. I say that because most of the jokes they do are basically beating on the same old topics that have been talked by folks for so long. Their conference is basically a self-contained story-arc, this one being the continuation of the previous one and I’m sure they’ll probably continue it next year.

They did show some games. 3 I believe. A battle royale shooter (I think?) called SCUM, a frenetic and comical platform shooter called My Friend Pedro (the one I’m most interested), and something called Meta Wolf Chaos XD which is a remaster of the cult favorite FromSoftware game of the same name. I’ll probably need to look it up on that more, looks fun.

SQUARE ENIX

Not really intrigued with it to be perfectly honest. Some of the things that they showed there have already been shown during the Microsoft conference (Kingdom Hearts 3, Just Cause 4, and Shadow of The Tomb Raider). While they did somewhat expand on it a bit, it kind of lost the impact that I think it could’ve had.

They announced an expansion of sort for Final Fantasy XIV Online along with a crossover with Monster Hunter World, showed Dragon Quest XI, and a new title called Babylon’s Fall by Platinum Games that is basically a teaser. Speaking of teasers, they also teased another new title called The Quiet Man; which admittedly has the strangest trailer.

Somewhat disappointed that they didn’t show anything about Final Fantasy VII Remake. It’s been so long since they announced it and showed a gameplay footage of it. Hopefully, they’re doing alright because the longer it goes on like this, it might become stale.

UBISOFT

The things that they showed there feels rather unsurprising because I kind of expected the things that they would do at the conference.

Kind of happy that they showed their new Just Dance game as their first thing, that way they cut the fluff and make the rest of the show focus on larger titles. There’s also a dude who tripped himself into a television.

Beyond Good and Evil 2 showed a new cinematic trailer, featuring Jade--but evil or something. The presenters said they want to show a gameplay footage but they showed very little. Joseph Gordon Levitt popped in and talked about putting people’s creative work into Beyond Good and Evil 2 (at least, that’s what I recalled)--didn’t really go into details on the incentives though.

For Honor got a new update featuring Chinese warriors into the mix, and they’re making the game available for free to grab for a limited time until June-18-2018.

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 was showed again but explained a little more there, it looked interesting despite feeling like another generic rpg shooter. It looked interesting, they mention how they’ll do season updates throughout the year for free and I thought that’s cool. I do hope they’ll do well on this one.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas was showed a bit more again there and good golly they made a surprise with Star Fox crashing the scene, especially making Fox McCloud being playable with his Arwing. Pretty slick. Yves Guillemot even made a surprise by giving Shigeru Miyamoto a gift and I thought that was adorable.

The DLC for Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle that features Donkey Kong was shown there, looks neat but didn’t show much, it was explained in further details during the Nintendo Treehouse though.

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey was announced there and it’s surprising to me considering that Origins was out since last year. It looks pretty I’ll say that much. You can also play between two characters in the game: Alexios and Kassandra. It also looks like they’re making the game very action rpg-esque, kind of like Origins.

PC GAMING SHOW

This flipping conference went on for WAY too long. 2 hours for crying out loud! I also fell asleep halfway through or something because many of the things they showed there weren’t fascinating to me.

Satisfactory won the award for the punniest game title.

Lot’s of SEGA games are coming to PC, ones that caught my attention being Shenmue I & II and Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza 0.

Untitled Publisher, a publisher that’s new to me announced 3 new indie games--2 of which I found the most interesting: Bravery Network Online and Overwhelm.

The game Maneater is basically a game about you being a shark and I have an iffy feeling it’ll shed a bad light on sharks for the public (I hope not).

Took so long for them to show Ooblets, a game that I’m very excited for, showed a new trailer though it showed some things. Wished there was more though.

SONY

The conference kicks out with The Last of Us: Part 2. Ellie is pissed as hell and I have no idea why and I’m scared. She also kissed a girl so that’s something. It kind of caught me off guard because I didn’t follow the previous game and its DLCs, so the whole information of Ellie being a lesbian is pretty new.

Resident Evil 2 Remake is revealed and it looks slick. The fact that Capcom released and announced games lately that actually looked cool as heck is wild. Hope it goes well for them in this one as well as DMC5!

This year’s E3 Conference showed off not one, but THREE samurai games; two of which were shown off in Sony’s conference: Ghost of Tsushima and Nioh 2. Not complaining, they all look slick.

Kingdom Hearts 3 also appeared in this year’s E3 Conference not once, but THREE times as well at different conferences. I should’ve mentioned before that every trailer did show something different, with the one in Sony having the most difference. It looks like Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to have Ratatouille and Pirates of the Carribean joining in.

I remember wanting to see more of Death Stranding and know what the heck the game’s about, and they showed some gameplay footage during the presentation. Still have no clue what it’s going to be about though.

There’s a weird looking game called Control, something to do about a girl with a gun who has telekinesis. Looks minimalistic and clean; it might be good too.

Spiderman features a handful of villains beating up on Spidey in the end. It’s a gameplay footage and oddly I don’t feel that intrigued by the trailer for some reason.

NINTENDO

Surprisingly not a lot of big games were announced on Nintendo Direct. I’ll say it here and now that the majority of the Nintendo Direct is mainly for the new Super Smash Bros. Aptly named as Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Needless to say, a lot of people were happy and so was I; though I’m surprised and mildly sad they didn’t show anything about Metroid Prime 4.

The first thing they showed was a mech game called Daemon X Machina. I first thought it was Armored Core, but the surprising part is I somewhat half-correct. The game was actually made by the same people who made Armored Core! Pretty funny to me considering that the design of the mechs in Daemon X Machina and Armored Core looked very similar. The trailer was wicked sick too so I’m sold.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 got a new DLC called Torna: The Golden Country that is available this September, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses is also announced to come out next year. So I’m sure the fans of those series would be very excited.

Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee got a small spotlight there, but it’s mostly on the accessory Pokeball Plus. Turns out, every Pokeball Plus comes with a Mew for free inside; which to me is basically a way to make people want to buy the accessory then (that’s marketing ploy right there). This is interesting to me because it reminds me of the message in the last Let’s Go trailer that mentioned: “you’ll meet a special Pokemon”. This could either mean Mew or something else. So we’ll see.

Fortnite is on Switch, not a surprising thing to me and I think it’s good for the game and the devs who made it. I personally think Epic Games deserve the success with their game in my opinion.

Overcooked 2 is coming soon and now features online co-op which is great! Killer Queen Black looks interesting and my personal favorite Hollow Knight is finally out the day the Direct was on! If you’re into metroidvanias I highly recommend Hollow Knight very easily--the game is generally worth having as well in my opinion.

Super Mario Party was also revealed and I’m genuinely happy; it would feel weird for a Nintendo console to not have a Mario Party game. It also has a Goombah as a playable character there too!

The Direct also bust out a montage of games; the ones that caught my attention were Dragon Ball FighterZ, The World Ends With You, Splatoon 2 Octo-Expansion, Wastelands 2 Directors Cut, Megaman 11, Paladins: Champions of the Realm, Arena of Valor, and Ninjala.

Now for the big one. Super Smash Bros Ultimate. The announcement was great and crazy long, and you can definitely tell that Masahiro Sakurai and the devs were busy when they made this game. It’s essentially a port of the Wii U, but it’s brand new and it adds so many things it might as well be a new game. The game’s biggest feature is the fact that they’re having ALL of the characters throughout the history of Smash Bros. ever; being someone who got introduced to the series since Brawl, seeing Snake and many other old characters was super cool.

They also showed off new characters as well. Princess Daisy is finally in Smash and that was very exciting to me; she’s treated as something called Echo Fighters, which is a fancy term of a character that is a clone but with some variations (other Echo Fighters being Lucina and Dark Pit). They showcased Inkling and what they can do, and in the end, they announced Ridley from Metroid.

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And thus concludes the many things I found interesting in 2018 E3 Conference. I think this year’s E3 Conference has been rather modest as so many of the games are mainly coming out next year--and these are the ones that are meteoric as well. As to who won E3, well that’s beyond me, especially considering all the factors on what makes someone win E3. If you’re talking about the number of games revealed, I’d say Microsoft. If regarding the games released in 2018, I’d say Nintendo. Either way, I just want to see great games that are fun for people to play with. If the anyone can have a good time and be genuinely happy with a game; then that’s a win in my book.

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goku-nba · 8 months

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was not at all prepared for the tails doodles to garner the attention that they did on here, so here!! have two more!!

#goku-nba art #sth #sonic the hedgehog #sth fanart #tails #miles prower #yes I do like barely changing character designs how could you tell

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andonuts-about-you · 5 months

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behold, my magnum opus: Tandeuropeans (aka Jeff Tandonuts and Tonymaus)

..no, they will not be evolving into Maushold.

#goku-nba art #multi-blog propaganda #mother 2 #earthbound #earthbound fanart #jeff andonuts #jeff earthbound #tony #tony earthbound #jefftony #pkmn #pokefication #tandemaus #yea ik tandemaus' arms aren't colored like that. i just didn't like the implication of him not having 'sleeves'

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lordofchaos275 · 4 months

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starting the year off with n&j AND furry designs? ofc i am. what else is new

if yk what olga's design is based off of then congrats!! ur a real one!! also sorry jock nation ill figure him out eventually..

#goku-nba art #n&j #nerd and jock #n&j fanart #nerd #n&j nerd #goth #n&j goth #olga #n&j olga #tiger #n&j tiger

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instructionsonback · 1 year

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Contemporary art by Jaevonn Harris

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recentanimenews · 3 years

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Crunchyroll All-Stars: John Collins on Getting Training Inspiration from Rock Lee

Anime fans come from all walks of life and in all shapes and sizes. Some are students, some are scientists, some are doctors, some are artists, and some are even well-known musicians! Crunchyroll All-Stars is a series of interviews highlighting elite professionals who harbor a passion both for their art and for anime.

Today’s profile is on John Collins, a power forward who currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks. Collins has been into anime since elementary school and continues to use anime as a way to bond with his fellow teammates. We spoke with Collins about getting inspiration from Rock Lee’s training, the “secret” anime fans that he meets every day, and more!

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When did you become an anime fan? Was there a specific moment that affected you or changed the way you felt about something?

I was first introduced to this world at the lunch tables in elementary school. My friends talked about the show Naruto a ton, and we discussed it constantly at school, so the show quickly became my favorite. I have so many fond memories of playing on the jungle gym and pretending I was a ninja while I was living in Washington. Even now, when I watch old reruns of the show, I’m reminded of those memories that made me fall in love with anime.

Are there any ways you engage with your favorite anime series or characters aside from watching them?

Over the years, I’ve built a collection of Naruto clothing and figurines. I love this stuff! It includes some Dragon Ball Z items too.

Have you ever bonded with someone else over anime?

I’ve definitely bonded with my teammates over our love for anime. We always have something to discuss about the storylines and character development.

What’s your favorite anime series of all time?

Naruto — I’ve always loved that each episode has a deeper message behind it. The messages are nuanced adult themes broken down into kid narratives. I’m also really drawn to the variety of characters.

Who’s your favorite anime character of all time, and why?

My favorite character is Kakashi because he’s like a sensei. He’s the coolest character and he wears a mask, which I feel is so relevant right now.

Who would you rank as the top anime hero ever, and why?

Naruto or Goku.

Who would you rank as the top anime villain ever?

Frieza — His character has transcended into hip hop culture despite his villainous ways

Have you ever taken any elements or learnings from anime and implemented them into your daily life?

Rock Lee has no special abilities, yet he’s still just so powerful because he works so much harder than them. It gives me inspiration to keep working at my craft.

It feels like more and more athletes are showcasing their love for anime — what’s anime fandom like in NBA culture? And what do you think it is about anime that attracts athletes?

I believe the fandom is a bit underground, but there are still a bunch of secret fans. It’s not as mainstream as guys’ other interests. Athletes are attracted to it because we’re always traveling and it promotes us watching things together. Plus, the combination of animation and a foreign culture is really cool to learn about.

What would your message be to someone who recently discovered anime and was thinking about getting into it?

I would tell them to give it a fair chance. It can be a little weird to get into at first. Once you find the right first show that fits your interests, you’ll be hooked!

By: Guest Author

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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