We are Tca 2012 - Part 2/2

imagaine back ground music. sorry, had issues editing with iPad So whats your manga called? Nyanko Drop About how long did it take to draw it? Well the ne-mu (story board) took three months and then the actual manga took another month So about four months then? Right How many pages was it? 24 pages About how many pages do you think is good to be sure your story comes together well? Well I do love stories, so.. with love stories you have to go into the characters psychology, etc. so I think you need at least 24 pages So then could you do like 100 pages then? ah but, it`s not good if it gets too long either so maybe 24 to 50 pages? For shojo manga maybe up to 40 pages would be good So lastly do you think you could give a word of advice for people looking to become manga-ka? well I haven`t debuted yet, so you can take my advice for what`s it worth, but.. if you keep drawing I think you`ll improve and you can get better and better with the story too so let`s all work hard together Thank you Well you may not have debuted yet, but I think you`re doing a real good job (nervous laugh) and the lack of BGM continues. look at the pretty pictures look look :P ok so what is this piece titled? 'Ikusa' or in English it would be 'Battle' What project did you do this for? Well this.. I wonder if I can say? maybe it`s under non-disclosure? well I guess it`s allright it`s a design for a fairly large company`s arcade game which will be coming out soon and this is the characters equipment, armor, and so forth So we draw these designs here and the 3D modeling will be based off of this so eveything has to be done quite detailed And you received a reward for this right? Yes, that`s correct So what was the hardest part of drawing this? Well I had to pic a pose that would fit in the design I chose this one because it has a strong impact And lastly can you give some advice particularly to people abroad who are interested in the Japanese game field What is it like here? what should they do to get into the field? Well first off, you`d have to be able to speak Japanese Communication is important, and the job is all done in Japanese Would there be a translator or interpreter? No, not really Of course being able to speak English would be a strength but if you can`t speak Japanese as well you wouldn`t be able to really fit as an employee So just learn Japanese ;) So even just having knowledge from overseas may be a plus but you have to have knowledge of Japan and how things work here as well Yes that`s right. FPS games and Open world games and other overseas games have become more popular but games geared for overseas and games geared for Japanese are still different and that`s probably not just the language, but the drawing style and so forth as well Yes definitely. Japan tends to focus on the character in a more major way and so you`d have to study what kind of character is a hero for a Japanese audience and what kind of character feels like a protagonist, etc How can I say? Game and Manga and Anime are very similar here and so Japanese games tend to focus on characters in a similar way I see, so Anime maybe a good way to learn then Yeah, and you can study Japanese that way to ok and finally let`s hear what your favorite anime is I like Digimon the best and me and my Card Game