Anonymous Coward · 5mo
hi! sorry for silent message, i love your works!! im kinda curious, to working on manga magazine, do you must to live in japan? or do you live in japan? ive seen some magazine accept manuscripts via online, but they never mention if an foreigner can do it too or not :o (i mean, if it script accepted it might be a problem on the prize or etc) also, does to send work it must be in full japanese?
sorry if my questions kinda confusing! m(__)m
No problem! I'll just go and answer your questions one by one.
Do you have to live in Japan to work on manga professionally for Japanese magazine? No. Many (honestly, most) places accept work online, and even in Japan a lot of creators work far a way from Tokyo and don't really get to speak in person with their editors that often. The time difference might make things complicated at times, though.
Do I live in Japan? Yes, haha. But even then, most of my communication with my editor is either via mail or phone.
Yes, your work must be in full Japanese if you're working for Japanese publisher. Your readers will be Japanese people, most of which only speak Japanese, so there's no way around this.
