Hello friends,

I'm an italian comic book artist. I made a new manga series.
I'd like to publish it in Japan.
My art style is a mix between the japan manga and the american-european style.

Can anyone of you suggest me good editors to whom I can show
samples of my work? Even by email which is faster.

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Sorry dude, but there's probably a 0% chance you'll make it. If the Japanese can't even survive their own competition, there's no way a foreigner could. I would suggest Tokyopop or one of those other publishers who are beginning to accept foreign artists.

you hopefully know you have to speak japanese for this.than I would try to contact one of the publishers depending on your genre.You can find the address on their websites.There's a little chance but if you're really good maybe you make it

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Yes, that's the best way, maybe you should try to participate to the International Manga competition arranged by Kodansha, then you'll maybe get noticed if you are good. Could you show a page of what you have drawn from the moment, if it doesn't bother you?

well i can think of some ways you might be able to get it published in japan but their all longshots.

1. publish a manga in Europe have it become so popular that the japanese would want to read it.
2. go to japan become an english teacher while you draw manga for conventions where you slowly increase the number fans that like your work and mabe after a long time an editor might notice you and hire you.

now these ideas might seem far-fetched and depend alot on your own skill and much luck but their is a chance i mean look at Christaphor Poulini eragon got famous mostly because of his luck

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Hello

thanks everybody.
I see it is very difficult.

As I told you my drawing style is a mix between
a manga and a US/EU comic, so maybe an editor
could be interested in something different?

What do you think about self-publishing?
In Italy (and I think in Usa) it was a popular
and useful way untill 8-9 years ago.
Do you think is possible to do something similiar
in Japan? I speak a little Japanese.

Why do you want to publish a manga to the Japanese market when you barely know their language?

What's wrong with publishing it to a domestic market?

Can we see samples?

Hi, I suppose it is a dream for any comic artist in the manga-style to be published in Japan, the birthplace of manga. I mean, to have a work accepted like that!

But in reality, I think it rarely happens. I've only heard recently of one western manga-style comic being published in Japan, and that's MegaTokyo.

As others have said, start with a non-japanese publisher. Tokyopop is totally pushing "world manga", but as a consumer, I feel that their quality of selection and printing is kind of low. You might try Seven Seas - they print "world/global manga" as well, but I feel the quality is a little better. There are other publishers out there too.
You may want to consider putting up a webpage and/or webcomic so fans can see your work. Get your name and artwork out there. You can put up your own page, or try a place like Wirepop that puts up your webcomic and you may see some $$ from it.

I agree with the others, you would be more sellable in japan if you knew japanese.
You may want to check out this thread: http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=1108
to get a feel of what people's feelings are on non-japanese manga/world manga.
Hope this is helpful!

Best of luck.

I'd also like to add that this forum and website as a whole, are for a completly different subject than trying to get something published.

I'd recommend google searching some specific keywords such as "Publisher", "Forum", and "Japan". If you're lucky you may find a bilingual forum for Publisher's in Japan, and you can try and get started from there.

Again, best of luck. Although, I think it'd be easier to try and get it published in your own country first, and then exported to Japan.

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