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I used to want to be a mangaka. XD I practiced like crazy, read massive amounts of manga and I'm in my fifth year of studying Japanese. Then I realized it was waaay too hard to immigrate to Japan. And the living expenses! Augh.

So I decided that I'll just focus on making a nice portfolio so I can get into a good artschool or a liberal arts college that has a good design/animation program. Maybe double major in business/marketing/something if it doesn't work out. I can do a webcomic on the side and submit things to comic publishers here. There's nothing wrong with making manga outside of Japan...(Although I know some people won't even touch OEL stuff with a stick. XD)

Uhh as for tips, I guess I'm in no position to give people advice but imo..practice your anatomy... please. Practice the basics before going straight to the animu. I know this sounds strange because manga people are disproportionate-looking to begin with anyway. But...just do it. -_-;;

good advice

also i'd like to inform you that you can become a teacher in japan. an english teacher. the schools in japan provide housing. so the living expenses are not to be worried about. you also do not need a degree to be one. you just need to know japanese. alot of manga artist actually used this method before. going from a teacher to a manga artist.
also the three month courses in becoming professional manga artist. you learn how to do the anatomy proportions correctly. you can also learn from many american schools.

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Tokyo_Homi, if it isn't too much to ask may I see a sample of your artwork? I'm impressed that you have a fairly realistic and developed plan for the future already...

cool. i actually don't have none on the computer i am using now. i do have tons of documents containing story ploting. script. and i have 2 notebooks that i am drawing names to the current manga i'm writing.
i even have a planned signature name i will go under so that fans will not discriminate of my foreign background.

people say there are alot of harsh realities of living in japan or becoming a manga artist. i know this. but than again what dream job doesn't have harsh realities. you have to try and try . never give up. never lose focus. or be distracted by what others are saying. be confident of your work.

why because i am the president of the student council of course

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Actually I think you need at least a bachelor's degree to be an English teacher otherwise the government won't let you get a worker's visa. ;s Only certain programs pay for your housing.. I think.. But anyway, I don't think teaching is something I could do if I wasn't sincerely dedicated to it.

Even if a school can teach you basic drawing skills, it doesn't hurt to try learning beforehand. 😛

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Actually I think you need at least a bachelor's degree to be an English teacher otherwise the government won't let you get a worker's visa. ;s Only certain programs pay for your housing.. I think.. But anyway, I don't think teaching is something I could do if I wasn't sincerely dedicated to it.

You do need a degree. My sensei explained to my class. He is ethnically Japanese and learned the language at home from his parents. One of my classmates, an education major, asked him in class and he explained that you need a degree (his was a bachelor's in Psychology) to teach english in Japan.

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

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Actually I think you need at least a bachelor's degree to be an English teacher otherwise the government won't let you get a worker's visa. ;s Only certain programs pay for your housing.. I think.. But anyway, I don't think teaching is something I could do if I wasn't sincerely dedicated to it.

You do need a degree. My sensei explained to my class. He is ethnically Japanese and learned the language at home from his parents. One of my classmates, an education major, asked him in class and he explained that you need a degree (his was a bachelor's in Psychology) to teach english in Japan.

no you do not. i have know 2 teachers who went to japan and told me this information.
one being my old homeroom teacher
the other being my brothers colleague
(he's a teacher)

why because i am the president of the student council of course

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I draw and sell weird public-domain doujinshi and I used to have a pretty long manga series going on Smackjeeves before I gave up. And because I use a manga art style for those things, I guess I could call myself a manga artist. But I don't want to make that my career. It's more of a hobby. I might decide to publish some graphic novels later on, but I don't think I'd want them to be manga-style. Because as an artist I'm rather pretentious and oel manga never does get much recognition.

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Actually I think you need at least a bachelor's degree to be an English teacher otherwise the government won't let you get a worker's visa. ;s Only certain programs pay for your housing.. I think.. But anyway, I don't think teaching is something I could do if I wasn't sincerely dedicated to it.

You do need a degree. My sensei explained to my class. He is ethnically Japanese and learned the language at home from his parents. One of my classmates, an education major, asked him in class and he explained that you need a degree (his was a bachelor's in Psychology) to teach english in Japan.

no you do not. i have know 2 teachers who went to japan and told me this information.
one being my old homeroom teacher
the other being my brothers colleague
(he's a teacher)

They are teachers; they have degrees.

The simplest google search will give you these links.

Under "What are your qualifications?"
Second Paragraph of "JET Programme"
First Paragraph

You could say that you can teach without a visa... provided you are willing to risk it.

Back on topic; don't want to be a troll/derail topic. (I apologize for being not posting an anwser myself, I thought it was relevant - A friend of mine is also interested in teaching English in Japan, so I did some research)--
I'm not trying to be a mangaka for lack of teh neccessary skillz in writing and drawing and a general lack of interest in creating a manga/OEL(?) --- I prefer to read.

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

I said I wanted to be a mangaka so my parents got me Japanese classes and I've been taking them since I was 7. I'm pretty good but I'm not good at writing yet but that's okay because I have alot of time still. Also I take alot of art classes and enter contests and I won a bunch and when I get bigger I can be an exchange student to Japan. I will probably go to college here because the colleges here are better but I think I will move to Japan afterwards and then make my debut.

Did cross my mind. Then I remembered where I live, and I suck at learning languages, and I can't draw human bodies in an anime/manga style for shit.

So the thought didn't last long 🤣

I'll stick to other types of art, mainly the fine arts.
Although animation is another thought that has crossed my mind and has yet to fly off,
i.e I'm still thinking about it.

Maybe not a manga artist, and not really as a profession, but I like to draw. But I suck as coloring. I've had this certain story in my head that I would love to draw out into a comic thing, but that's highly unlikely to happen. I'll probably just write it in words(and accompany the chapters with drawn out scenes.)

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