Origin Story: How I became a Shonen Mangaka Full-Time

This is the story of how I came to serialize manga and webtoons full-time from the United States, starting from elementary school to today!
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[@yavical]

ive been working on a manga for 10 years and i finally found my style.. it only took 16 different versions of chapter one lol its been a fulfilling decade finding my story. now its time for me to make chapter 2 and so on.. love your channel!!

[@Thelucassiwy]

Love your channel. Just starting out myself. I am working with a start-up publisher friend. I am definitely going to be picking up your work as soon as I can. Please keep posting vids they are so helpful to me.

[@douglasspooner1258]

Will people be able to pitch manga to your new studio

[@mansgotjokes]

I was wondering the same thing aswell

[@rajesh1234530]

demm my first time on ur channel , really appreciate ur story sir

[@drewkuartsenko]

Durring my Junior highschool years the first manga that i read was Naruto vol 1. I got in to anime when I was only 12 and i remember watching episodes DBZ Kai and Pokémon all the time. College has changed my life and now I'm currently working at my job not everyday but usually it’s not to busy. I enjoy using Clip Studio Paint and Procreate it’s a great way for me to practice sketching and experimenting. My goal is to publish my work someday and hopefully make my anime projects. Thank you so much for telling your story. It gave me so much hope and motivation.🙏🏾 Have a great day

[@winter-jager]

Hey Brandon, you’ve mentioned you run a studio now but what’s the process of actually making a studio? Like do you have a office you rent? Did you hire someone as head of marketing so you could focus strictly on writing? Does the studio focus on producing projects that are published by a label? Also thank you so much for all these insider secrets, tips and tricks 🙏🏽 I’m rooting for you!

[@parfaitcell3067]

i think his studio is just about him managing his coworker etc2

[@winter-jager]

@@parfaitcell3067 yeah but usually when people create a business they want to scale massively, so he might have a few people on a team. But whether it’s just him and a partner or a team I just want to hear him go more in detail about how they operate.

[@inspired.author]

@@winter-jager I'll make a video with more in depth on the studio!

[@kaichunoodlez]

am I the only one who wanna know what's the name of Brandon Chen's art account

[@inspired.author]

Oh GOD LMAOOO

[@CaveJohnsonTopG]

Privacy is everything in Mangaka world (or they are too introvert show themself)

[@starrailsunday]

Just a Goblin or any of your series animated would be amazing 😭 hope it happens soon

[@Hobbydude785]

In about 6 years I’m planning to move to Japan as a mangaka

[@dragfang3723]

Love your work man hey when is Bandit King coming back

[@DanielJimenez-vq5gw]

I'm currently finishing school in an economics major and I feel like a lunatic, because I'm going to take the leap and try to become a full-time artist no matter what. Funny how life works. Your video is very interesting, it gives me hope that I can make it out there.

[@HALOMASTERTWB]

The times has changed so much to the point where the biggest jock in my school watches baki and one piece

[@mangainc]

Interesting 🤔

[@prathameshrana9964]

Bro I went back to read u story Nora what happened to it I can't find it on tapas

[@GaganM-hb4on]

hey chen are u participating in SMA s new script writing compitation

[@kidicarusuprising6233]

Was God Game inspired by Death Note? Because the guy looks a little bit like Light ^_^

[@akaimomiji7]

What is your opinion or advice on those publishing their work on honeyfeed or jnovel for those wanting to break into ln or manga industry like you

[@ReeceG231]

In my opinion j-novel has the advantage of being owned directly by KADOKAWA so your chances of legit breaking in are much higher with them especially with KADOKAWA showing more interest in international creators. Honeyfeed is way to much of a crapshoot. Their community is super insulated and their contest is biased as f*ck with literally zero results or publications for their winners. I would not sign any contract with them until they actually get some proven results with all the authors they've already signed OR at the very least gain a readership on their website.

[@I_d_k_567]

I have a great story but i don't have any drawing skills can i really make something with that can anyone plz explain me how things work plz

[@miteruno]

Where are these libraries with manga? i have never seen this....

[@directedbynavs]

So did the Silent Manga Audition winning give you anything?

[@CulturalDMonster1]

Take chances you got. Sky rock Your self in space

[@unoensiete]

why dont you link your manga?

[@Quv1]

Wait but isn’t God Game getting an anime?

[@TheBookRant]

I’m 30. I hope it’s not too late for me 😢

[@jazengamel]

Never too late tho..but atleast you need 5-10 years of work to make your own anime tho

[@TheBookRant]

@@jazengamel I don’t care about that just writing a book in general. I was doing so well in high school but in my twenties I went through a lot of mental health issues and barely made it through college and held a job. I’m great now. I just hope I didn’t miss my shot.

[@kallmejaid3n315]

Why didn’t you go to Japan to pitch your manga idea and possibly get it onto shounen Jump?