Manga artist wanted

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

Just passing this along from About.com.

Fifth Dimension LTD is looking for a manga/anime artist to do pencil work and possibly some inking as well. This is a new comic company with plans to release their first manga in 2007 to the Japan market; US and Europe to follow.

You can follow the link for the contact info. I did a Google search and came up with this, which may or may not be the company in question.

So here’s a question that relates to the issue in the previous post: If a British company produces a comic for the Japanese market, using non-Japanese talent, would you call it manga?

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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7 Responses to Manga artist wanted

  1. Kevin Lighton says:
    May 8, 2006 at 10:33 pm

    If a British company produces a comic for the Japanese market, using non-Japanese talent, would you call it manga?

    I would, since I tend to define manga as being “comics initially intended for the Japanese market.” Personally, I think this definition leads to far fewer “So is this title manga?” situations.

  3. reina mercer says:
    June 1, 2006 at 9:55 am

    i’m ready and willing to draw for your company, and i have a plotline of my own to use if needed be. please write me a response!!!

  4. Lyle says:
    June 1, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    Hi everyone,

    I just thought I’d try to kindly point out that no one at this site is looking to hire a manga artist. The entry is linking to someone who is seeking a manga artist. I recommend you visit those links and find out what that person needs.

  5. Brigid says:
    June 1, 2006 at 1:53 pm

    Thanks, Lyle. You beat me to it.

    Also, this post almost a month old, so the job may be taken. But good luck!

  6. ariel senrayes says:
    October 16, 2006 at 3:36 pm

    I would still call it manga. Because its drawen by someone isn’t it?

  7. Rick says:
    January 16, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    I’d say its “manga” depending on the kind of style it was drawn as.

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