Quotes About Manga

So many Hollywood adaptations of really popular manga series just don't get it right, and for me what was really important was that if I was gonna do 'Naruto,' I wanted to actually work with Kishimoto and get a script to a stage where he would look at it and be excited about realizing it.

I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga.

I call this one the Ninja Center-fold! ~ Naruto

I've been immersed in manga since I was a kid. I grew up with this culture.

I've been a fan of Yoshida Akimi's manga for a long time; she's one of a few women's manga writers that I always read.

More than my films being influenced by manga I was indelibly impressed by Manga, and that definitely comes out in the films.

Bisco Hatori

Simply put, I'm glad that manga as an expressive form is expanding.

I was born in Japan and moved to L.A. when I was six, and I grew up with Japanese culture. I was reading manga, and I read 'Death Note' in real time in Japanese.

A Dragon Prince with emo hair and daddy issues. Her life had become Manga.

Setsu... Setsuna... It's you!" "You idiot! You know there's no way I'd die and leave, right?" "Yes! Yes! Yes!

I really like the look of old '70s and '80s Japanese comics, so I think that style is something I will continue to draw.

When I was very young, even before I went to what you call elementary school, I used to read and watch Japanese comic books and anime all the time. These were the seeds of my future.

Man, fountains pen are a pain to use, drawing backgrounds is a also a pain... Drawing manga really is a pain. In short living is a pain... I want to become a cheesburger

With things like 'Dragon Ball,' in the case of fight scenes, I'd take the panel layout across two pages when the book is opened and alter it by angling them, and making them bigger or smaller, to give movement to the panels themselves.

Great, now I've turned into a manga character who repeated everything everyone said.

Mike Mulipola is a fantastic artist.

From the Manga) Whoever solves this puzzle shall be granted one wish ... like the dragon balls ...

In a way, 'Sin City's designed to be paced somewhere between an American comic book and Japanese manga. Working in black and white, I realized that the eye is less patient, and you have to make your point, and sometimes repeat it. Slowing things down is harder in black and white, because there isn't as much for the eye to enjoy.

Most of the kids I know read only manga, but I prefer novels. Novels are closer to real life than manga, it's like they show you the real world with one layer peeled away, a reality you can't see otherwise.

I can't go back because I lost all my Soul Reaper powers! - Rukia You lost your powers? What are they, socks? - Ichigo

The fact that Gene Simmon's son is a manga-ka disturbs me more than whether he's really copying or not.

Kiyohiko Azuma

As a child, because manga was always around and I was reading it, I naturally thought, 'Hey, I'd like to draw manga - I'd like to be a manga author!'