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Deb Aoki

17 Mar, 7 tweets, 7 min read

@mangasplaining

ICYMI - Episode 5 of @mangasplaining is up! This week, we look at What the Font?! A Guide to Western Typefaces by Kuniichi Ashiya fr. @gomanga mangasplaining.com/blog/episode-5…

What the Font?! is kind of part manga, part art history / design book, as it gives faces and personalities to popular typefaces, like Helvetica, Bodoni, Franklin Gothic and yes, even Comic Sans. mangasplaining.com/blog/episode-5…

The format of What the Font?! is a series of 4-panel comic strips that have the fonts tell a newbie designer about their history, how they're used as logos for familiar brands and their quirks. Even if you went to art school, What the Font?! has some interesting tidbits to share.

@mangasplaining

So did our @mangasplaining manga newbie @zdarsky like What the Font? Tune in to this week's episode, and see what he had to say. mangasplaining.com/blog/episode-5…

@mangasplaining

Read ahead for the next episodes of @mangasplaining, as we next tackle Wave! Listen to Me by Hiroyuki Samura fr. @KodanshaManga and Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma fr. @yenpress. After that, on April 6, we'll dish on Way of the Househusband fr. @VIZMedia mangasplaining.com/blog/upcoming-…

@Comics212

Also, if you are not reading along with @Comics212 ‘s amazing illustrated shownotes for each episode of @mangasplaining, you are missing out on a lot! We give shoutouts to youtube font videos, Achewood, comics lettering legends, Motorhead & more mangasplaining.com/blog/episode-5…

And because Chris was too polite to share images of that naughty doujinshi of a C*ca-C*la can doin’ the nasty to a can of P*psi that I mentioned in this week’s episode, here’s my gift to you! 😉

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Deb Aoki

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16 Mar

@KodanshaManga

I started reading Blue Lock, the new soccer manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura fr. @KodanshaManga and some aspects of the character designs remind me of Tite Kubo (Bleach) & Wataru Watanabe (Yowamushi Pedal) kodansha.us/series/blue-lo…

Blue Lock starts off as a basic sports manga, with scenes at a high school playoff, but within a few chapters, things take a darker turn... kinda like Prison School or Battle Royale. Your first hint of this is seeing the sketch of the cover on the title page. What's on his neck?

In a lot of sports manga, and heck, a lot of soccer manga, there's an emphasis on teamwork. Blue Lock turns that on its head by trying to push its players to be "egoists" like world's soccer legends (e.g. Pele, Messi) kodansha.us/series/blue-lo…

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Deb Aoki

@debaoki

3 Jul 19

@dallasmiddaugh

At #ProjectAnime19 listening to @dallasmiddaugh ‘s presentation on the manga publishing trends in n.america #AX2019

@dallasmiddaugh

Here’s @dallasmiddaugh ‘s chart showing the sales growth of manga since 2002. Manga enjoyed “geometric growth” until 2007. Recovery only began again in 2013, partly thanks to Attack on Titan manga/anime

“In 2013, the US economy improved + Attack on Titan anime aired, and this created a rising tide that helped rise all other boats/the general manga publishing biz.” - D. Middaugh @ #ProjectAnime19

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Deb Aoki

@debaoki

2 Jul 19

Onward to the next panel at #ProjectAnime19: “Adopting Japanese Properties for a Global Audience” w/ Maya Kambe fr. Paramount, Tony Ishizuka, VP Int’l Productions - Sony PIctures, & David Uslan fr. Uslan Entertainment.

As far as western adaptations of JP anime/manga content, “no one has cracked the code. But it also depends on your expectations. If you’re expecting a James Cameron-sized blockbuster, that’s a different challenge than if you’re going for smaller production.” - Tony Ishizuka

“It comes down to story & character. I’ve seen an increase in stories that have more universal appeal — that work locally and can be enjoyed globally. Eventually, we’ll see more content that will check all the boxes for global audiences” - David Uslan #ProjectAnime19

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Deb Aoki

@debaoki

2 Jul 19

@dallasmiddaugh

Dallas Middaugh @dallasmiddaugh ‘s opening remarks at Project Anime in LA described anime & manga as “going through a period of radical change” - as overseas interest & availability of content from Japan has grown + increased investment fr. overseas #ProjectAnime19 #AX2019

@dallasmiddaugh

“When I started in this biz, JP rights holders weren’t interested in markets outside of Japan - at most, int’l licensing was only 5-15% of their revenue. To them it was like sofa change.” -@dallasmiddaugh #ProjectAnime #AX2019

@Crunchyroll

“In 2015, I moved to manga publishing to anime. I was used to US book publishing, where bks usually need 1-2 years in advance for licensing, marketing, production/translation. When I moved to @Crunchyroll, we were lucky if JP anime production companies gave us a week lead time.”

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Deb Aoki

@debaoki

26 Jun 19

@GirlsinTech

Here's my sketches from the recent @GirlsinTech Catalyst Conference San Francisco. Lots of great speakers, and good vibes.

Thanks a bunch to Girls in Tech & @LudicCreatives for the opportunity to draw at this event again this year! #GITcatalyst

catalystsf.girlsintech.org

@GirlsinTech

More from Day 1 of @GirlsinTech Catalyst 2019 - Diana Cruz Solash fr. @Infor, Summer Simmons fr. @netflix, Apollo program engineer Poppy Northcutt #GITcatalyst

@GirlsinTech

Also from Day 1 from @GirlsinTech Catalyst SF - Pilar Manchon fr. @Roku , Kristin Robertson fr. @BoeingDefense , and Guy Kawasaki fr. @canva #GITcatalyst

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