>This year's 47th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine revealed on Monday that it will publish a special edition of the magazine in the U.S. temporarily titled Young Magazine USA, slated for release in August 2025, as part of the magazine's 45th anniversary campaign. For the project, the magazine is looking for Japanese manga creators who want their story published for overseas readers.>Young Magazine USA will collect and publish the first chapter of manga stories in August 2025. The magazine will then hold a readers' vote, and the five most popular manga stories will get a guaranteed serialization, and Kodansha will also publish an English compiled book volume of the manga. Deadline of submission of application and stories will be on January 20, 2025.>With the project, the Young Magazine Editorial Department also aims to expand overseas, and is looking for applications with the following genres: science fiction and dark fantasy; horror; and works depicting state of identity such as LGBTQ, racial, or ethnic groups. Stories with other genres aside from those specifically mentioned will also be accepted.TL;DR>publish a special edition of the magazine in the U.S.>works depicting state of identity such as LGBTQ, racial, or ethnic groups
>Diverse cast of characters ranging from a Chinese to Native AmericanIt's over. Manga is woke now.
>>272324942kill yourself newfag
The modern audience didn't save Concord, it won't show up for this.Don't curiousbuy/hatebuy and it will fail naturally.
>>272324961global cast =/= modern diversity
>>272324997The East has fallen.
>>272324942Japan anime/manga IS DEAD
>>272324997You clearly missed the last 10 years.
kekdansha is in panick mode> muh global gets us 10x sales!!
>>272324997Have you seen the latest Gundam 'anime'
>the younger generation are turning into transgender thanks to the mainstream medai brainwashing>society has to adapt and change>so to serve their target audience japan has to adapt and create content that suits the teenage transgender communityLogical thoughts.
>>272325106A brown woman piloting a Gundam!?NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THEY'VE DISRESPECTED THE FRANCHISE
and now thanks to more diverse anime more kids will be bisexual asexual nonbinary and transexual
>>272324942> is looking for applications with the following genres: science fiction and dark fantasy; horror; and works depicting state of identity such as LGBTQ, racial, or ethnic groups. Stories with other genres aside from those specifically mentioned will also be accepted.this is so broad that they might just be pandering, like when hololive said males could action for the female groups but none get hired.
Japan apparently had a program where they hired non-Japanese in the 90s. Idk why they ended the program but it had Paul Pope
>>272325219You admitted you didn't and don't understand what you're talking aboutHere's Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance >>272187144
>>272325796The point is anime's been doing that since before you were born, shit for brains
>>272325796Oh yeah, that happened. Forgot about it in less than a week.
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>>272324942Good. It'll be as successful as western comics I bet.
>>272325972Dragon Ball is a cynical attempt to pander to the Chinese market, or so they'd say if it came out today.
>>272326047>Cynical attempt>Kingdom outsell the entire manga industryJapan loves China
>>272325872>tripling down on retardation
>>272326143Everyone thinks ancient China was cool to be honest
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>>272325219Unironically yes. I watch anime because it almost never features niggers.
You faggots probably couldn't even name ten ongoing Yanmaga series.
Remember to never support Kodansha
>>272326832You don't support anybody and therefore nobody caters to you.
>>272326898Neither do people who fap to alphabet soup unicorns.
>>272326438MF GhostUnder NinjaParallel ParadiseKonming Manchuria Opium SquadBest I can do off the top of my head, so you're right.
>>272327338Konming is still going? But it's so stupid.
>>272327362Comic books are stupid
>>272325972>tasketeeeeee americaaaa>>272324942hopefully spics and the french end up subverting the votes so racial and gay stuff get kicked from the competencewho tf I'm kidding they are both just as faggy as the us
>>272328854It's really just you with a problem there.
>>272324942>>publish a special edition of the magazine in the U.S.>>works depicting state of identity such as LGBTQ, racial, or ethnic groupsSo the magazine is specifically made for the US?
>>272324961Op destroyed within the first post