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Why Does Manga Succeed Where American Comics Fail?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mahou-shoujo-and-beyond dept.

Otaku_0245 writes "I read a really interesting article at slushfactory.com entitled 'Why Does Manga Succeed Where American Comics Fail?' discussing/comparing the comics industries in Japan and the US. It's basically a 3-way conversation including Frederik Schodt (author of 'Dreamland Japan' - one of my favorite books about Japanese pop culture), and very thought-provoking."

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  1. too easy! by Ratso+Baggins · · Score: 0, Funny
    porn...

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  2. Becasuse by Timesprout · · Score: 2, Funny

    The female characters have much better/larger personalities

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    1. Re:Becasuse by afedaken · · Score: 2, Funny

      The female characters have much better/larger personalities

      I think you misspelled breasts. :-)

      (Siqquote gratuitously stolen from another slashdotter. And yes, I am an anime/manga fan.)

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  3. Viz by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...is better than ANY American OR Japanese comic. :-]

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    1. Re:Viz by glesga_kiss · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but it's not as funny as it used to be... ;-)

  4. Re:An answer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cute anime girls with guns/tails/cat ears > steroid pushers in spandex with stupid capes and dorky names.

  5. Re:Better stories... by j_kenpo · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Japanese are more smart "

    Especially in grammar....

  6. Re:its the.. by Genrou · · Score: 2, Funny
    Just about the only thing you WON'T see as comics in Japan are scholarly works -- i.e. things which are meant to be totally informative rather than entertaining...

    I can imagine Particle Physics done manga-style:

    Evil High-Mass Atom: Bwahahahah! You will never be able to destroy me, you little neutron sub-atomic particle! I am invincible!
    Little Hero Neutron: You're wrong! As long as I fight for the right thing, I will be able to destroy you!
    Evil High-Mass Atom: That is impossible! See this things floating around me? These are my eletrons, they can repeal any of your puny attacks!
    Little Hero Neutron: They can't repeal me! I am ellectrally neutral, they will have no effect on me!
    Evil High-Mass Atom: WHAT?! What did you say?!!
    Little Hero Neutron: I will attack now!

    They spend fifteen episodes facing and tauting each other and thinking a little...

    Little Hero Neutron: Super Sub-Atomic Bombardment!
    Evil High-Mass Atom: Bwahahahah! You missed me by a league! I told you, no one can defeat me!

    Evil High-Mass Atom (coughs blood): What?! This is impossible! Nobody has ever touched me before? How could you...?
    Evil High-Mass Atom then explodes, liberating a lot of sub-atomic particles.

    Next Week: our hero will unveil the secrets of the Quark!