Masters of Manga http://mastersofmanga.com An ongoing project... Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 The Kazuo Koike Interview… http://mastersofmanga.com/2011/02/koikemakingof/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=koikemakingof http://mastersofmanga.com/2011/02/koikemakingof/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:39:47 +0000 Marc Bernabe http://mastersofmanga.com/?p=796 Sorry for the long silence, I’ve been really busy these months. I hope to be back soon. Meanwhile, here are some pictures of the “making of” the Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood, Crying Freeman, Samurai Executioner, Path of the Assassin and so on scriptwriter) interview, yesterday (February 17th 2011) in Tokyo.

http://mastersofmanga.com/?p=785 Legend of Koizumi author Hideki Ohwada (his profile can be read here) talks about gambling manga.

Sure you know there are comics about gambling, such as mah-jong, pachinko, shogi, go, chess, poker… Anything goes. Why are they so popular in Japan? How did this genre start? We asked Hideki Ohwada, author of the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/12/ohwadagambling/feed/ 2 Mangaka Profile (8): Tokuo Yokota http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/12/profile8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=profile8 http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/12/profile8/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:57:05 +0000 Marc Bernabe http://mastersofmanga.com/?p=777

Facts:

Although he signs his works with his name written in hiragana script, よこたとくお, it is actually written 横田徳男. As many mangaka of his generation, he was an [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/12/profile8/feed/ 0 Here I am again… http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/12/here-i-am-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=here-i-am-again http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/12/here-i-am-again/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:37:09 +0000 Marc Bernabe http://mastersofmanga.com/?p=768 This is a little post just to tell you that I’m finally back at putting new contents on Masters of Manga. After some months really busy with trips, fairs and conferences, I can finally focus again on this project, at least a few hours per week. I don’t know, however, how frequently will I [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/12/here-i-am-again/feed/ 0 Felipe Smith – Advices for Becoming a Mangaka in Japan http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/11/felipeadvices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=felipeadvices http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/11/felipeadvices/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:39:21 +0000 Marc Bernabe http://mastersofmanga.com/?p=752 When I met Felipe Smith some weeks ago, he instantly became one of the persons I most admire among those I’ve met in Japan.

Let me explain myself. I’ve been asked lots of time about how to become a manga artist and work in Japan for the big Japanese publishers by many manga-style Western [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://mastersofmanga.com/2010/11/felipeadvices/feed/ 6