January 17, 2008

This is my very first blog here on Tokyopop.com, and I will gladly provide you, the reader, of how I expressed my views on certain issues or events. Let's start, shall we? OK, in today's blog, I will  detailed about the urge of having American-style manga being distributed in many of America's huge mainstream outlets. It only right if we all help to create a much bigger and greater way to bring OEL manga into the masses. However, this is only my opinion, of course.

It will be such a dream come true if our favorite OEL mangas(Dramacon, Pantheon High, Megatokyo to name a few) could branched out at first into animated series. All through these recent years, we have seen popular Japanese mangas turned into national success in Japan and then years later enters into America, thus reaching international status(just only a few will become); however, we never seen our own pieces of work ever have the chance to receive its "animated makeup". I don't believe in making live-action movies based on mangas(Japanese or American); I can't quite picture it as becoming one for it will completely destroy the manga's limitless creative possibilities which has made it popular in the first place. As for merchandise, online fansites, video games, and other commercial outlets, that will be up to the manga's popularity itself.

I truly believe that OEL manga can surely fully change America's culture. The way how music, movies, video games, and sports has been glorify and shaped through the years, manga will definitely be the next national craze. Of course, OEL manga is indeed gainig momentum through many of its readers, dedicated to the vibrant storytelling and well-crafted images it displayed; of course Tokyopop and other countless organizations who been on the forefront of the OEL-manga movement through every aspect of getting it recognized by the mainstream. Every manga artist who have ever thought about transforming their manga into a global franchise in the way how Japanese manga has already succeeded, only in a small fraction in America.