Japanese Art School?｜Ask a Manga Artist

[@misskobeyoshi2500]

School only motivates around the subject the rest is dependant on how one is studying.

[@misamisamisamisamisamisa]

I love how the interviewer asks relevant questions and is answered with detailed answers. This is an excellent interview and video! New subscriber here 😊

[@hendrasetiawan891]

あなた 女 きれい です わたし は 愛してる あなた

[@hendrasetiawan891]

I love you

[@elaine1713]

@@hendrasetiawan891 cringe

[@inoueokaito]

so basically education is merely just a guide not really necessarily important to the profession but it prevents you from getting lost and gets you more connections to your path, so going to school doesn't really matter as long as you can produce results, in the end it's all up to you

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

According to Mikey it sounds like some people have a personality that match the school system better and for others a less conventional route can be equally good at leading them closer to their goals :)

[@inoueokaito]

thank you as always for this insight from one of the pros^^ haha going to school with fellow manga artist might be a fun experience nonetheless there's always new things everyone can learn after all hope this helps people further pursue their goals on drawing manga!!

[@Jollimark]

I'm so happy you uploaded something again! This channel deserves so much more views

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

Look forward to lots more coming soon :)

[@jaysato]

im a graduate from an illustration major and i took a sequential imaging class which is pretty much comic book / manga / story board. its good to have the skills to draw yes but i think in the end its whether youre able to tell a story using pictures. so in the end even if lets say you cant draw well or whatever you may call considered good, if you cant tell a story in sequence in your drawings you cant be a good manga artist or comic book artist. sometimes even the simplest drawings tell such a good story yet some manga or comic may look nice you cant follow the story well. you gotta be good at showing whats going on and whats happening. which miyazaki hayao is really good at. someone who can do manga and also can animate. thats a whole another level right there.

[@fox_dre1]

jaysato where did you graduate from?🤔

[@jaysato]

columbia college

[@AnimeLover-zt4ho]

Lol we are opposits i have a story line and organised scenes but i cant draw at all 😢😢😢😢😢my story is fiction which makes it harder to draw

[@mangakainprogress]

I want to tell those who are wandering if its "too late" to start learning how to make manga or anything else really (maybe start college etc). It's never too late. It doesn't matter if you start college when you are 25, 28 or even 30. Life isn't as short as people claim it is. For sure, in an ideal world everyone would finish college at 22 and inmediatly start working. But some of us aren't as commited or maybe our family makes us make "safe" choices which in reality aren't ours. I've always wanted to be a mangaka since I was a kid but after highschool there was this shadow of doubt if I could make it or not so I studied IT and finished that career to realise it wasn't my thing. After wandering in several others career I made my choice and decided I'm going to take the leap and go for what I want which is being a manga artist. It isn't easy because I'm mostly self taught but is it something I want and that's what important. I'm not going to tell you its all fun and giggles, some days I don't feel like drawing (studying anatomy) but there is this feeling of gratification when you pour your all into something you like. Anyway, thank you for reading and hope you're well =)

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

Important words for us all!

[@askrikasenpaiineko807]

When i told my family im going to be a mangaka it didnt go so well oh well im not giving up on it

[@autumn99312]

um..I also want to join the industry but right now I am in a dilemma and need some tips. Can you help me?Your help will be greatly valued.

[@berkinozcan7567]

we need uptate

[@davius1024]

My family not support me..that make me give up.. i feel sad😴😔

[@bigotedbybasting]

khasa creating a manga is extremely, I mean extremely difficult. First even if you make good art, I would never recommend just jumping straight into manga, take around 5 months to 1 year to better your art. After that you have to come up with multiple stories, not just one. At least to start with come up with 3-4 stories. You need to pick one which you feel is good enough for manga. Then comes the hard part. You need to create a rough layout of a page, called a name (ne-mu). You then have to redraw over this with your sketch and then finish it with lineart. You need to create around 20-30 pages explaining your story as well as showcasing your art. After you are happy with how your art and story is. You need to then take it to a publisher near where you are, if you live in Japan, your first choice should be Shueisha. At the publishing company, the editors are going to be ruthless, and won’t be lenient even a little bit, they will be very straight forward, so if it gets rejected don’t get disheartened and try again. If they say your manga is good, or they like it, you’re on a good track. They won’t publish it straight away, serialisation is still really far. They will put you up in a weekly magazine where each month you have to draw 20-30 pages of your manga. This may vary depending on where you live, I currently know of the process only in Japan. Further details will be given by your editor, if he decides your story is good. This is show the basic manga industry works. But first start with your art and slowly progress forward. This isn’t very fast and can take years. And once you are serialised, you’ll have to work about 80 hours a week. If you’re up to the task, do it!

[@autumn99312]

@@bigotedbybasting Thank You so much for taking your time and giving me such a helpful advice!

[@karakuri100p]

The stress is so important to manage

[@crossfoot4612]

Just stumbled upon this channel and it's amazing!

[@mortonsalt5055]

it's such a hidden gem

[@Acyz]

Agreed

[@otterlas6961]

You guys deserve more love, really appreciate what you have done for the community till now!!

[@miero4907]

Why I didn't found this channel sooner? Though late or early, I'm very thankful to find this. They are very informative and entertaining to watch. I do have some questions, I'm looking forward for anyone's answer. ~can a foreigner be a Manga artist? Can his/her work be serialized without going in Japan? ~is there a site where you can pass your work for potential serialization?

[@wasabinoodle6189]

Felipe Smith did it. An American from California with a manga called PePoChoo.

[@Cwesade]

Webtoon

[@brant-bi8563]

This was SUPER informative! Thank you so much for this interview. I love how Mikey's answers were honest and down to earth, most westerners tend to romanticize a lot the path to become a mangaka since we don't know how the industry really works. This interview made me have more objective goals toward my art and storytelling. I'm surprised they are asked 30 pages per month as students, I thought that was a number only mangakas with assistants could attain. I'm not sure if I would be able to reach it having a full-time job, so I hope a goal of half of that number (15 a month) is a healthy start for an amateur. Your skill level may also affect how fast you can draw depending on how complex is your story. I mean, a slice-of-life story requires different skill than an action-packed story (that probably requires a deeper knowledge in perspective and difficult angles).

[@lunatic_3521]

I have no experience at all but I've heard that one page could take around 4-6 hours from another KZbinr. This is completely vague and I can't say it with certainty though but around 6 hours a day for one page would make 30 pages in 30 days with 6 hours per day, theoretically. A lot of work for sure but dedication is key I suppose. Obviously having a full-time job is a huge problem with that so your estimation of 15 a month is very understandable and a big goal as it is:D

[@x64]

I know he asked a lot of questions regarding drawing ability and I think he's asking based on the common misconceptions that are thought of on regards to making comics- that is 100% based on your ability to draw. But as the manga artist was answering that's only part of the equation. It really you need to be able to draw, tell a story, meet the editors requirements network, and know how to work on a team (if that's your route). I think school is over part because it helps you with that skill, but you still need others. Also, I think going to manga school might be good way to go for anyone interested in working on manga whether that's self published or working for someone. It's one place where you can learn all the basics of creating a story and doing it on a schedule and getting in so you have all the knowledge needed on how to meet your manga goals. You could do it on your own, but unless you knew exactly what you needed to learn, and had the discipline to get it done, it would be hard. Plus it connects you more with the industry. You can get more direct help navigating the industry than your would otherwise. I think that's a huge advantage. In the west, you have to go on all these roundabout ways of learning it, and even then there's no outlet for it unless you want to self publish or teach it. I think it's worth considering as someone who's taken art classes at University and graduated. It's so important that wherever you're learning, you want it to be as directly related to your industry and ideal final destination as possible. Otherwise you'll end up with just a degree and nowhere to go. I think if things line up, I would consider going to manga school. It seems like a very focused investment in my career

[@richardo9874]

Would be great to have a similar conversation with a 2-D animator in Japan?

[@madakia]

Thats's quite interesting to hear about. scheduling is quite challenging when alone. I'm now curious about what append to the foreigner that was is his school huhu.

[@lunatic_3521]

Exactly I was so waiting for him to talk about the foreigner, too bad e didn't >.

[@wasabinoodle6189]

Thank you so much ☺️ The Best fifteen minutes of my life.

[@javanstorm3832]

I'm so glad this is back I missed this

[@x64]

Plus, they say it's expensive, but really it's not that bad compared to regular university. It's usually $20k for manga school for 2 years, whereas university is at least $50k for 4 years.

[@HoshikawaHikari]

My manga school is mostly KZbin Pixiv and Pinterest. Back in my primary school years, I tried to avoid drawing people at all costs, so I drew trains and planes and stuff like that. Then 3 years ago, everything changed, I started drawing manga girls and drawing people suddenly became easier thanks to KZbin tutorials mainly. (Now I avoid what I used to draw because vehicles and such have too many details.)

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

This is probably very common indeed!

[@tiffxny6387]

Lol same!

[@tiffxny6387]

@@DoKiDoKiDrawing So true

[@يوسف-ن9خ8ب]

ありがとうございます

[@tsega8467]

私は日本語を話さないので、良い一日を過ごしてください

[@HollmanOrtizBuitrago]

Excellent! Ten years later a new video :D

[@irem-ux1qd]

that is a very helpful video thank you!!

[@franc4073]

At manga schools, do they teach how to create stories and that entire process of creating the manga? Also drawing landscapes and such?

[@ocarinagamer4207]

Ah, thank you so very much for this video! This topic has been floating around my head for a few days now, and when I saw this in my notifications it blew me away, excellent timing😂 Mikey, you are very encouraging, thank you for your honesty and kind words ^__^ I have one question, if anyone could help me with it. In short: does a sequential art degree teach the same things as a manga school?? Thank you for your time if anyone knows ^__^’ Best of luck to everyone :)

[@TheToneBender]

3 years of uni... That sounds like a dream.... I've done 5 now. (now I need 1 more year to finish up)

[@Vyx25]

i did not know this channel was run by nihongo gamer but the voice in the videos sounded so familiar and now i know why :)

[@jessicaholgate8310]

This video was very cool and informative I would love to meet fellow Mangaka artists personally 😀

[@makoisking]

Love the channel keep it up i think this video is the only one i can find regarding this topic! Sugoiiiiiiiio!

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

Do let us know what else to ask Mikey in the future :)

[@agasangga926]

すごいに勉強なりました、ありがとうねえ

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

Yay, an update! Just when I have the money to do that Comitia tour, they discontinued it. Well I'll just keep on saving until my first trip to Japan

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

What is the comitia tour? This sounds interesting!

[@mg-wj8mp]

This video is amazing he asked all the questions I had in mind thank youuuu

[@Trisuku]

Thank you for french subtitles Merci !

[@ThePooper3000]

I went through half the video before realizing that I could put on the caption lol

[@saiyangenetics5413]

for me it's already decided: go to my last 2 school years and draw as much as I can while learning japanese at the same time and then go to a manga school and search a place for an assistant after I graduated

[@nikhilmudragadda8509]

hello..

[@diveshjangid9172]

Oh oh ! He changed it !! Mickey changed his clothes 😂😂

[@elPacoPuente]

Great video! Thanks a lot! Can you do one about what exactly the assistants do?

[@naokiamorim]

マイキさん希望を与えてくれます！ このチャンネル大好きです。

[@drawkids541]

Totemo kakkoī👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@leedward4621]

thank you so much, this video is very helpful

[@sentientbouy4492]

Is there a specific vid on tips and tutorials on character design in this channel? Because I like this channel and it's tips are really informative and easy to understand. Link?

[@tomtinker8220]

how come there are some parts that are not translated?

[@lunatic_3521]

I bet they either were slacking off or the parts where too hard to translate. Either way, it wasn't THAT much of a bummer so I'm fine with it tbh ^^

[@katiel.8174]

Can a foreigner become a mangaka? If so, would you recommend going to school in Japan?

[@Lily-gz3ip]

it would be nice

[@tiffxny6387]

Uhhh maybe you should learn the language first? I think that would be helpful

[@classicpotato3352]

N3, (N2 preferred ) Japanese language proficiency is required just so you could get the language barrier out of the way,

[@Rustyhound-Cartoons]

Well... Time to learn Japanese!

[@klompi]

awesome! thanks for english subs

[@hendrasetiawan891]

はし゛めまして わたし か゛ すき て゛す

[@まなと隊.焼き]

So im bad at drawing and i am completely clueless about mangaka and somehow my dream of being mangaka kinda revived Is there a possibility that i get better when i go to school But im not good at kanjis But i can read hiragana and katakanas What do you think guys ???

[@mehrabhasan5773]

It was really helpful

[@-gyokasuisin-4313]

5ヶ月振り・・・ですか？ 待ちくたびれていました。

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

待たせてすみません！待ってくれてありがとうございます＾＿＾

[@crimsama2451]

i was watching the other videos and was like "this amateurs voice is familiar..." now i know why.

[@Spartacus547]

I've always wondered if an American Publishing Company could print Japanese Hnita bypassing all the sensors🤔

[@megawill04]

Hey doki doki drawing could you ask mikey if in manga which is more important, art or story? I feel like both are equally important.

[@ryzathegreat2270]

The art of one punch man is so bad but it's story is so Sugoiii

[@alicesacco9329]

In the west they say don't copy? I live in the west, and I always hear 'copy before doing your own stuffs, once you know how to draw, you can start to get creative!'. Maybe is because I'm European and not American? Some jump directly at their own stuffs, then they discover they're not good at all, so they start to practice properly.

[@HiHi-iu8gf]

Man, for the longest time I've wanted to go to a manga school. Unfortunately, I very much doubt I'd be able to do everything I need to do to be qualified for an actual Japanese manga school. I know only very, very basic phrases of Japanese, and have tried to learn it properly, to no avail. Also, I wouldn't be able to sustain myself in Japan on my own. I've think I've heard of Manga schools outside Japan, but as of far I haven't seen one that I can reasonaly get to and is actually good (There's this one manga teaching group I've heard of who teaches near where I live, but their art is, no offense, but, mediocre at best tbh, at least imo). Oh well, maybe someday :/

[@kibatsuki]

I can recommend Rena Sensei, she teaches manga making in english like how they do it in school through mentorship online. She taught me :D she´s a very good teacher and published mangaka worked at Shogakukan, third largest manga publisher in Japan^^ www.japanese-manga-artist.com/private-manga-creating-lesson/ ofc it costs but so much cheaper than say moving to Japan, tuition fee etc this is closest you can get manga school outside Japan

[@HiHi-iu8gf]

kibatsuki oof, I'm not too into that style :P Too shoujo manga -esque for my taste, if that makes sense. Thanks for the suggestion anyway though! I think I would like to do something similar though, but with an artist with a closer style to what I'm shooting for :)

[@symonheiloguu]

Then don't go, study by yourself

[@symonheiloguu]

Hi Hi You learn how to do manga, doing manga. First study perspective, anatomy, proportions and light and shadow, then start to draw short storys. Watch NHK Manben

[@kibatsuki]

Rena Sensei is very adaptable and can do multiple styles - for example I wanted to learn kemono art style, I showed her some style examples, and she adapt her feedback to that, and kemono style is extremely hard to find genuine guide from pro mangaka- I would say impossible. But ofc, it´s up to you - style isn´t really what´s most important in beginning, it´s storytelling, character design, anatomy, panel theory and such. When you learn basics the way mangaka stylize and why no matter style because by the end you can draw any style. But this is my experience ofc If you really want to be able to do any style, you have to start with realism. Conquer realism and you can do any style as all styles base on realism

[@miscellaneous7777]

so u studied music... why not art? btw what instrument did you play back then/still playing?

[@igrgic1]

30 page manga every month? seems doable

[@hninnwai5617]

For me instead of mangaka i want to work in an art studio creating anime For someone like me which school is good? in Japan? also .. what do i need to prepare? The reason i wanna work in a studio is i want to work in a group while.. mangaka is ..most of the time he has to do alone . I am a foreigner but i wanna work in Japan so... If someone has an idea please do tell me i wanna know

[@Feuryy]

If you work as an artist in Japan, do you have to be able to draw in the anime/manga style? What if you want to paint more realistically?

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

We've met many artists who get work in Japan specifically because they specialize in western styles which companies often need if they want their product to become popular in the west :)

[@KhooTengKwang]

There some mangas that lean towards a more realistic style e.g: Vagabond, Prison School, etc. The realistic style is seen a lot more in seinen comics though.

[@Wasurenagusa0]

What school of manga did mikey sann go to? :0

[@Nacho_Bear]

me halfway through the video without subtitles: wait... I don't understand Japanese

[@dehydratedculture9126]

What’re they saying?

[@chuonsothun7623]

reason why i need want to be a mangaka reason no.1 comic need a private art school degree reason no.2 i think the teaching is better

[@Gilindo]

can mangaka from overseas Japan enter the Japanese industry?

[@tamarakoskinen7364]

Can you go to a manga art school anywhere or just in Japan?

[@darkknight2656]

I'm glad my family supports me in what ever I do so when I told them that I wanted to go to art school after I graduated they were fully onboard with it xd

[@tiffxny6387]

Your parents are so nice!

[@oumizu1124]

what schools offer manga courses?

[@lizbeth4626]

What art school are they talking About?😅

[@lukeludke]

Also wanted to know, did you find out?

[@MoKraft]

if only i knew what they were saying :(

[@KhooTengKwang]

mAnimations You can turn on the captions if you don't understand.

[@Cwesade]

mAnimations turn on caps

[@kawaiimeme1850]

i'm 28 Y.o and wish to be mangaka still my drawing is not that much can i ?

[@sanjaynagala5510]

Orewa Mangaka ni naru otoko dah

[@cheeerupreboot7431]

is that kazunoko

[@matheussousa266]

ENTENDI TUDO

[@Prince_-vu4wu]

so if you go to school and make manga your technically in bakuman right

[@uzayli1850]

I want to be a mangaka too, I'm sixteen years old and my parents never let me. That's why I want to go to Japan after university and attend a two-year manga course and I'm working on it now. I'm making an effort. I also have a talent in anime drawing, so I'm talented in painting in general and I want to improve it. My financial situation is bad, there is no family support, I will have to wait a couple of years, but I will go anyway. I will never give up and I will always chase after my dream goal. I just wanted to writeI also want to get information about universities (for foreign students) but I can't reach them. is there anyone who can help. thank you very much

[@fatimakhan447]

Can u plz suggest me a uni or school for bachelor's degree in illustration . I want to do art in Japan . so plz help me find uni and I'm from India . so what are the steps I need to follow

[@DoKiDoKiDrawing]

There are about 43 unis which has courses in illustration,(I Googled) but the really skilled ones go to Art Universities and learn the whole method. I Googled "Art Universities in Japan", and some of the famous unis came up. There are also Unis with "manga courses" in Japan as well. I'm not sure what your goals are, but a lot of the manga artists and animators do not go for bachelor's degrees but go to private 2year colleges and learn the skills (like as the video says) and get a job in the field. There are many colleges with English pages so I hope you can search and find what you're looking for -Carlos

[@simonenguyen]

@@DoKiDoKiDrawing hi Doki Doki Drawing, im also have same concern, plz help to advise more. Among colleges, can you give some name of ones is the most quality colleges about illustration. The field of illustration i want to follow is book illustration, manga. Im VNese ans can speak Japanese so that its OK if college only teach in Japanese. Thank you.

[@Akiraaka189]

SIA MAI L'ITALIANO

[@matheussousa266]

A pergunta é escrita em inglês e logo após a resposta é em japonês, sendo q n tem nem legenda.. OTAFOKI

[@worldinternauta]

tem legenda em inglês só alguns momentos que falha

[@matheussousa266]

Maóq? Quando saiu o vídeo n tinha legenda :)

[@rodrigomera8286]

😀✌👍👋

[@AnimeLover-zt4ho]

I NEED HELP PLEASE So basically 1 day i dreamt a dream and i enjoyed it and kept thinking about the story until i built a huge plot characters and scenes. I even started writting the script but here is my issue..... i have zero drawing skills i never drew a single charater. So..... i m not a manga artist at all cause i have no drawing skills nor japanese language. I was thinking about making it a vocal illustrated story and post it on yt (by reading the lines and adding audio special effects) but my friend said what will the viewers look at in your video after all a video is made of audio and visuals so gelp me please any suggestion

[@AnimeLover-zt4ho]

@YahBoyRoshi i dont know none of my friends know whats manga or how to draw it

[@chocolateegg7996]

I thought he was japanese. Why does he speak with such a heavy accent?