As much as I want to see their faces, I think it’s smart of them to have a choice to conceal their faces in public whether for personal or professional reasons.
When people in japan hate, they really hate. If you write a story and the ending is not satisfying to a mass of people. You will recieve lots of horrible stuff like death threats or being harrassed in public. So if everyone knows what you look like and where you live, it'll be a living hell not only to you, but your relatives and close relations.
@@displaynamesup4345 I don't think Japanese fans are particularly crazy. It was mostly Western fans who didn't like the ending of Attack on Titan and criticized and slandered the author. Japanese fans were fed up with those Western fans.
jjk fans act like gege is sabotaging and not the one writting it any praise they have is thrown towards the characters while he gets threat for *checks notes* not meeting their agenda or personal direction for the story I genuinely pray he doesn't know english or uses social media honestly
I'm an aspiring mangaka and I'm also planning to stay anonymous. Even if crazy fans weren't a thing, I'd still want my private life to remain private and for my manga to be judged on its own, not by my personal or political decisions.
Exactly like that rent-a-girlfriend author like I respect him for showing his face to his fans but he has many haters and people even talk about his wife too just because they don’t like the stories he writes there’s a lot more cons to showing your face than pros
jjk is the clearest for me cause after the anime grew the fandom it didn't matter what gege did there was always a group of people dedicated to hating on it and as the manga went on and more controversial decisions were made death threats started coming in and it was a clear case of yeah people are crazy
@@leonaise7546 the thing that's crazy to me is that it's adults doing this, not teens, not children fully grown men and women with jobs and lives that use the limited time in their day to be miserable. Reading a manga they hate so they can go online and talk about how much they hate it and how much they want the author to end it.
@@lazyvoid7107 That's fine, you can dislike something nothing wrong with that. The problem is when you keep coming back to said thing, complaining about it despite already knowing you don't like it then riling yourself up to the point you start sending death threats.
You hit the nail right on the head even if you look at rap every actually good rapper like Mac Miller Kendrick Lamar Tyler, The Creator, J. Cole all have had an alter ego, whether it was Simba, Sam, delusional Thomas or even kung fu Kenny shit I rap and my producer alias is different because I don’t mostly make beats. I’m a lyricist first I go Quasimoto with it.🔥🔥🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾 drew a whole character and made lore around him. It’s fun as fuck.😂😂
With anime/manga specifically the fandoms reach levels of obsession and delusion that some of the most critically acclaimed shows or movies don’t even get at all which is crazy considering that all these authors reside in Japan
@@rogue9230 I guess because it's not actors you can think about them doing any weird thing inside your head like making a character that isn't female be pregnant etc. Even though movie fandoms ain't as bad as animated ones they do be sending death threats to the actors if they play as a character they don't like but that pales in comparison to what anime fan do they send death threats just because mha creator didn't make Deku gay and mad at the animators for drawing Bonney like that on Twitter while thiers anime's that have an underaged child be in a relationship with an adult.
I believe I met Eiichiro Oda in Pura Lempuyangan, Bali back on 2019. I recognized the hairstyle, the facial construction, the posture, a little bit of beard like 2 weeks without shaving. A Japanese man (I believed he is Oda-sensei), his wife, a girl wore a mask, another Japanese man and a local Indonesian tour guide speaking in Japanese. They took pictures in the temple and I just stared trying to get a clue who's this Japanese guy who looks so familiar. I thought I saw his face somewhere before. When I left the temple and hung out at the local street food vendor outside, I got the clues. He looked like Eiichiro Oda, slightly older than his photo taken in 1999 with a light beard.
You can criticize the ending to Oshi no Ko all you want, but Aka was right on the money about crazy fans hence why a lot of these manga authors would like to remain anonymous lol.
I saw a youtube video awhile back that was like "there should be more artist's faces on youtube". I didn't watch it, so idk what their reasons were for saying that, but my first thought was "why does so many people seem to care so much about a creator's face?" I don't agree that more creators should show their faces online. I'm an artist myself, and although I never believe I will become famous, I still know that some people are kinda crazy, and it's good to follow basic internet privacy regardless whether you become famous in the future or not. And THIS video proves one of my reasons! Also, I just think it's so cool to be anonymous! Like Banksy! Have a pen name or at least a little character to represent yourself, because it's fun! And if anything goes down the drain online, at least you'll most likely be able to protect yourself irl. Anyway nice video!
Araki challenges the weirdos on the internet to come at him, musing and smiling all the time. He waits for the inevitable weirdo from which he´ll feast upon - to take away his Hamon energy.
As a unknown indie animator, Indie game dev I have already had crazy people threaten me all cause of jealousy that im trying to make things before my first commercial project even releases
During his lifetime, Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Kimba, Unico etc) wasn't afraid of showing his face to the public. He was open to doing live interviews (both on TV and magazines), discussing his family, appeared on various Japanese television shows, and was fond of signing autographs to fans of his works. Tezuka even made a series of comics on Lyrica Magazine detailing the time he was hospitalized in 1977 which caused the Unico series to go on a brief hiatus prior to working on "The Cat on the Broomstick" chapter. I wish you covered Osamu Tezuka for this video.
The thing is: there is thinking of doing something and then actually doing it. So many people are so chronically online and burned out that when a negative thing happens to them like a poor ending of a manga, where a healthy mind be mad then rethink it later, they actively decide to do these awful things. Because everything they do: being online and reading manga, is all done with a face, behind a screen where they can’t get caught. And when they see manga authors as their cutesy avatars they ironically enough forget that there’s a real person behind those faces. Yes, JJK or One Piece or w/e are interesting but when they’re your whole life to the point of social and mental burnout, you’re going to grow to hate it and everything about it. Social burnout can make you tired, nervous and anxious. Find other hobbies people! Go outside, touch grass, let your brain breathe by trying new stuff. That’s what I’m doing.
What I really don't get is people's obsession and need to see the face behind the art artists, comics or RUclips videos.I really don't get why you guys need to see their face doesn't really matter.Either you like to work or you don't. I. Don't really Need to know. The Arthur's day today, life just following their work is enough for me.
I believe that the reason is so they can connect to them in a deeper level. I mean you can love their work but knowing their face, their name and some things from their life makes you have a closer relationship to their work. Just take for example online dating, you are more close to a person that you have met in real life than one that you only have met through the internet. That is why I believe most people want to see their faces. But, I do agree that it is better for them to not show so they can have their privacy and be protected
@@indifference1015 Man I feel bad for him at that point. His health is in bad shape and Jump forces him to rush it, leading to an unsatisfactory conclusion for the manga. It's a good thing the anime is fixing that.
The one reason is this: If there's mr beast in public for shopping there will always a crowd of people around him , and that will make him anxious as well as uncomfortable because of too much eyes on him and on the other hand, If there's Kitsune anime in public for shopping .... It doesn't matter if his identity is public there will be no crowd around him...
Seeing how people have unnecessary hate over authors ending their series the way they want it, I completely understand if any author want to be anonymous. It's crazy how rabid and toxic the people in the internet think they have the right to harass people just because they don't like the way the story headed.
The women using more male like pen names is an interesting thing. It's the reason why J. K. Rowling used that pen name instead of her actual name when releasing Harry Potter. Personally, as a kid, it never bothered me who wrote a story as long as the story was written well. I had already enjoyed plenty of books written by women like Little House on the Prairie or the Magic Treehouse series. I can definitely see how the social pressures of being a middle school boy would make some kids really prioritize looking cool to their peers at all times. Although, I actually don't think that many kids actually care that much and still read the books regardless of the author as long as it looked interesting to them.
Imagine people openly talk shit because you're anonymous. "Have you read the end of JJK? That shit was GARBAGE!" (I haven't read the end actually, but that's not the point)
Great video! I never really thought about that. It is really scary to think, how far people can go out of simple jealousy. Like, why do you care so much? The idea of not stepping out of the line is brought to another level there. Honestly, I think Japanese society is very terrifying in that regard.
I swear if gege ever takes off his mask for even a second in public he is getting sniped from every direction at once wich is probably why he’ll never do it
I feel like this also applies to anyone who want to be creative but want to keep their privacy. There are a countless amount of artists, vtubers, content creators that want to be know by their avatar and not with their face being out in the public. We have to respect that.
Regardless of why I respect an artist who doesn't want there fame to overshadow there art. At the end of the day you can love a piece of art without never knowing anything about the person or people who made it.
It's interesting how this is such a problem with Shonen Jump in particular. All of Shonen jump mangakas do not show face especially when young. Shonen Jump fanatics are the most obsessively deranged people. It's similar to Marvel fans. Marvel and Shonen Jump produce pretty generic standard stuff (with very few exceptions) to keep appealing to the same kind of people and they attract those obsessive fans who buy into the utter commercialization of art which then leads to the entitled behaviour.
Yeah like not saying that this never happens to mangakas of other genres but it's so telling that this is a huge issue with battle shounen titles especially. Just something about the fans
reason 1. I don't want to be bossy. 2. Face and gender have no bearing on whether the work is good or bad. 3. I don't want to be talked to on the street because I want to live a relaxed life. 4. I don't want to get involved in any kind of incident (To give an actual example, Akira Toriyama revealed his face and real name during Dr.Slump, so he got tired of being approached on the street.)
@@TheStruggler12Fangirls be like to the "sessualised girls": "hoW dArE yooo!?! She uh 1818181881819191 child!!" (Turns around and does the EXACT SAME THING to the BOY characters.) 🤷♀️
Let alone manga or anime, even in other entertainment aspects like gaming or YouTubing, a lot don't show their faces, names or anything; reveals are a risk taken with responsibility
After the final chapter of MHA it’s best the author stays out of the public eye. Those weirdo DekuBaku fans would literally hurt him for not drawing a gay kiss
Many manga authors prefer anonymity because... Well, just look at Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, etc. wherein fans want something to happen (gay relationships for one) but the author does not want it.
This is tangential, but the way Junji Ito is paraded around by Crunchyroll feels exploitive, instead of him being interested in the spotlight. I could be totally wrong, there’s just something uneasy about him always being interested crunchyroll promo.
You know MHA announced real ending in the final volume, vol 42th, and the author received tons of threats and hatred comments because the ending does NOT follow their wishes. (Mainly about Boy's Love relationship, which is obviously not possible for a Shonen manga in JUMP .......... so I have no idea why they disappointed so aggressively.
Who can blame them? If you’re that famous, any anonymity you can get can protect you from the public. Being a visual artist can give you an opportunity for more anonymity than say, a musician or any kind of public performer. Let them be as private as they can. It can save their lives, prevent them unneeded stress, and keep their mangas going as long as they can.
I have a odd theory about hiroyuki takei now I don't think he's a pedo but I believe he knew about rurouni kenshins creators interests because of ryu a character from shaman king who feels like a watsuki insert because a few things he does he is supposed to be 17 looks 30 , has a interest in young woman tries to ask out a 13 year old and a 11 year old now is this true I don't know , but Takei was watsuki assistant eichiro Oda was as well they may have known but this is just a theory I don't have any actual evidence this is at the core of it is just speculation on my part
The collab thing reminds me of "Kamikita Futago", which literally translates to "the Kamikita twins". Because they're twin sisters who draw manga together.
While I do get the overall understanding of why a lot of manna authors do this, what I don't get is why a vast majority of the west don't. Like you can name me any comic or novel written here in the U.S an I can guarantee you 90% of them have already shown their faces in public already. I want to say it's a cultural thing, but it's not like harassment doesn't exist here either. I just don't know honestly.
I never really wondered why they’d hide their faces I mean they must just want people to focus on the art rather than dig up their life story what I wondered more was why some of them chose to show their identity. I mean it’s nice for us fans to know the face of the author we admire but it’s more dangerous for the authors to share their identity so i feel like the cons are bigger than the pros in this case
Antisocials (criminals), which is not the same as a-social (people who don't mind being alone). Antisocials seem to behave as if their excuses could justify their actions. A crime like a threat doesn't stop being crime just because you have an excuse that's good according to you. Except someone who is going to behave that way won't think about something before doing it, they just have to locked in jail for the safety of others. On a more positive side: having an avatar is more fun that just a picture of yourself. Adds to the fun of manga as a whole.
They devote like 90% of their lives to manga. What little "free" time they have to go outside am sure is much more enjoyable if they can just anonymously go down to the shops or whatever without people recognizing and hounding them.
Remember the time mha fans threatened author for not making their ships canon? Remember the uproar that gojo death caused? Yeah, its just not safe for them
And there’s The author of JJBA, unanonymous and yet no one’s after his head. So no, it’s not about the fans and their craze, it’s about the avatar looking finer than their real life self.
Where as I think anonymity is a thing for these creatives, I actually think the initial reasoning is just cause of inspiration from other mangakas doing the same. early on certain mangakas would draw small adventures of themselves at the end of the mangas, with this a idea created little mangaka characters that would gain popularity like Akira Toriyama and the tori-bot. Next gen mangakas would get inspired by this and then think "what would mine be" and the cycle continues. I think you see this with a lot of online artists as well, myself included. Its a lot less about being anonymous and waaaaaayyyy more about inspiration from others, at least in the beginning.
Me, a western weeb thinking "us Americans are the most dangerous there is, we got guns and stuff" but no, I remember hearing about that anime studio getting burnt down because some fan was fed up with them... Didn't affect his pay, didn't feel like his beliefs were insulted, he just didn't want to wait any longer for the next season...
I think you’re referring to the Kyoto Animation arson attack. No, it had nothing to do with season being late. The arsonist was mentally ill and thought the studio had stolen his ideas.
There are as many thoughts and circumstances as there are people. If the manga artist won't reveal it themselves, leave them alone. A friend of mine is a professional manga artist who uses her real name, and she doesn't hide the fact that it's her real name. I used a pen name when I was drawing for doujinshi. That's because I wanted to create my own pen name. Many writers and manga artists are introverted and sensitive. Some are generous, but many don't like to be in front of people. It's because of these personalities that they choose to express themselves through writing and manga. There's no point in speculating or criticising from a Western perspective. Manga artists should be judged by their work.
I always feel really sad for japanese people they work so hard just to entertain us I salute them all 🫡🫡🫡they are the lost heroes I really want eiichiro oda to take rest his condition is not good and not only japan who works for 20 hrs even china and south korea as well I really want to say is that they must take care of themselves sometimes I wonder how their family members handle them
People around the world just keep pirating their creativity and say something really terrible against them and you will hear more about “even though I don’t pay the money, but I still want to say something against the author”
They remain anonymous for privacy and their own safety. There’s no need for the public to know them on a personal level. They don’t want to be celebrities and be stopped by fans in public. That’s understandable.
I think also it’s one of the few jobs where you could be wildly successful and remain anonymous. Other famous people who work in media mostly have to show their face eventually.
I really understand why so many manga artists would want to hide there face I once made a tic tok video just cutting with a sword and it got 3 million videos and I was so embarrassed I thought I was gonna die just knowing that many people have seen me
I've made webcomics and art online for a number of years, and unfortunately had to deal with one stalker in particular harassing me for almost 2 entire years. I completely understand why so many creators are anonymous or choose to be nowadays, because I'm absolutely one of them. Hell, it's made me scared about my art finding more of an audience. I have over 2K watchers, that's a lot of eyes on you, and sometimes I worry what their intentions are, what they're capable of doing if I ever upset them through no fault of my own, what they could do to people I care about. I had to break up with my girlfriend because of the situation with my stalker, I just didn't think or know if she gonna be safe around me anymore. Stalkers are the worst kind of people alive.
this was a very good some really good points expressed throughout I can completely understand why mangakas or really any creative would want to hide themselves sure you have some mangaka who show themselves such as tite kubo and araki but we unfortunately live in a time where fans of anime and manga can get really hostile and overly obsessive to the point of dangerous and also that they fail to see that at the end of the day there just people with there own lives outside of there work.
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Because the weirdest people on earth will want to do secks to them, and it will also be weird.
As much as I want to see their faces, I think it’s smart of them to have a choice to conceal their faces in public whether for personal or professional reasons.
There's presidence already of receiving death threats in that career. Take no chances
Let’s just say what the problem is. The manga fan base is incredibly and historically toxic.
When people in japan hate, they really hate. If you write a story and the ending is not satisfying to a mass of people. You will recieve lots of horrible stuff like death threats or being harrassed in public. So if everyone knows what you look like and where you live, it'll be a living hell not only to you, but your relatives and close relations.
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I don't think Japanese fans are particularly crazy. It was mostly Western fans who didn't like the ending of Attack on Titan and criticized and slandered the author. Japanese fans were fed up with those Western fans.
Average JJK fan: GEGE WHEN I CATCH YOU GEGE!
Yeah I think is kinda obvious why they want to be anonymous.
The amount of jokes about killing fujimoto every time a chainsaw man chapter comes out is insane.
jjk fans act like gege is sabotaging and not the one writting it
any praise they have is thrown towards the characters while he gets threat for *checks notes* not meeting their agenda or personal direction for the story
I genuinely pray he doesn't know english or uses social media honestly
@@sonickhableIs it a joke…?
@@ABrick-hf3qtI mean it still weird that we’ve normalized that as a joke
Depends on who said it@@ABrick-hf3qt
“Why are manga authors anonymous?”
More like why they shouldn’t, internet is fullfilled with bunch of maniacs 💀
Especially on twitter
Another reason they hide their face probably because they can kill off some characters without a mob of people storming their house bro 😭
Lmao I can see them doing it too
Cough cough gege
@@cecileanderson4567the uproar when he killed gojo was crazy
I'm an aspiring mangaka and I'm also planning to stay anonymous. Even if crazy fans weren't a thing, I'd still want my private life to remain private and for my manga to be judged on its own, not by my personal or political decisions.
Amen!
I wish you good luck my man ❤
Man me too I’m currently working on some stuff
Exactly like that rent-a-girlfriend author like I respect him for showing his face to his fans but he has many haters and people even talk about his wife too just because they don’t like the stories he writes there’s a lot more cons to showing your face than pros
jjk is the clearest for me cause after the anime grew the fandom it didn't matter what gege did there was always a group of people dedicated to hating on it and as the manga went on and more controversial decisions were made death threats started coming in and it was a clear case of yeah people are crazy
Absolutely disgusting. They seriously didn’t have anything better to do with their lives
@@leonaise7546 the thing that's crazy to me is that it's adults doing this, not teens, not children fully grown men and women with jobs and lives that use the limited time in their day to be miserable. Reading a manga they hate so they can go online and talk about how much they hate it and how much they want the author to end it.
I don't like JJK
@@lazyvoid7107 But does it make it right to sent a death threat to the author just because you don't like his works? That's just insane
@@lazyvoid7107 That's fine, you can dislike something nothing wrong with that. The problem is when you keep coming back to said thing, complaining about it despite already knowing you don't like it then riling yourself up to the point you start sending death threats.
They don’t wanna die
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@@levipromovies you need therapy girl💀😭
They do that mainly because the self made avatars looks cooler than they are in real life, i mean who doesn't want to be a fish man?
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You're absolutely right! I also want to be a rock-man
You hit the nail right on the head even if you look at rap every actually good rapper like Mac Miller Kendrick Lamar Tyler, The Creator, J. Cole all have had an alter ego, whether it was Simba, Sam, delusional Thomas or even kung fu Kenny shit I rap and my producer alias is different because I don’t mostly make beats. I’m a lyricist first I go Quasimoto with it.🔥🔥🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾 drew a whole character and made lore around him. It’s fun as fuck.😂😂
With anime/manga specifically the fandoms reach levels of obsession and delusion that some of the most critically acclaimed shows or movies don’t even get at all which is crazy considering that all these authors reside in Japan
Expext if it cartoon fandoms because the Steven Universe and The Loud House fandom be crazy.
@@Chillin-jg8vg true, I just find it interesting how animated fandoms are so crazy compared to fandoms of live action shows
@@rogue9230 I guess because it's not actors you can think about them doing any weird thing inside your head like making a character that isn't female be pregnant etc. Even though movie fandoms ain't as bad as animated ones they do be sending death threats to the actors if they play as a character they don't like but that pales in comparison to what anime fan do they send death threats just because mha creator didn't make Deku gay and mad at the animators for drawing Bonney like that on Twitter while thiers anime's that have an underaged child be in a relationship with an adult.
@@rogue9230 It's not that surprising, it's expected.
My man araki is a giga chad, no identity just show your face and fight enemy stand users 😂
Ngl, JOJO has the most chill fandom in existence, nothing can top them
@@studyaccount4260 Fr, jojo jojo pose pose~
The fans were chill af
@@studyaccount4260 I find them to be annoying but at the very least they’re not toxic.
I believe I met Eiichiro Oda in Pura Lempuyangan, Bali back on 2019. I recognized the hairstyle, the facial construction, the posture, a little bit of beard like 2 weeks without shaving. A Japanese man (I believed he is Oda-sensei), his wife, a girl wore a mask, another Japanese man and a local Indonesian tour guide speaking in Japanese. They took pictures in the temple and I just stared trying to get a clue who's this Japanese guy who looks so familiar. I thought I saw his face somewhere before. When I left the temple and hung out at the local street food vendor outside, I got the clues. He looked like Eiichiro Oda, slightly older than his photo taken in 1999 with a light beard.
Wow! If I were to found out that I just saw Oda in real life I would be fangirling, while trying to remain calm so that he can have his peace
The first guy is actually just the average villain in an anime
We should all be anonymous as creators, because someone is going to pull up something dumb you said in an argument in 2006 and ruin your life.
Oh, it's quite simple.
"GEGE! WHEN I CATCH YOU GEGE!"-smth a jjk fan has said at one point.
You can criticize the ending to Oshi no Ko all you want, but Aka was right on the money about crazy fans hence why a lot of these manga authors would like to remain anonymous lol.
I saw a youtube video awhile back that was like "there should be more artist's faces on youtube". I didn't watch it, so idk what their reasons were for saying that, but my first thought was "why does so many people seem to care so much about a creator's face?" I don't agree that more creators should show their faces online. I'm an artist myself, and although I never believe I will become famous, I still know that some people are kinda crazy, and it's good to follow basic internet privacy regardless whether you become famous in the future or not. And THIS video proves one of my reasons!
Also, I just think it's so cool to be anonymous! Like Banksy! Have a pen name or at least a little character to represent yourself, because it's fun! And if anything goes down the drain online, at least you'll most likely be able to protect yourself irl.
Anyway nice video!
Meanwhile, Araki:
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Araki challenges the weirdos on the internet to come at him, musing and smiling all the time. He waits for the inevitable weirdo from which he´ll feast upon - to take away his Hamon energy.
Araki seeing a crazy fan: Oh, you're approaching me?
@@hoangquanle3310 Araki when a fan tries to use any sort of attack or ability that comes directly from Jojo´s: "You utter fool!!"
As a unknown indie animator, Indie game dev I have already had crazy people threaten me all cause of jealousy that im trying to make things before my first commercial project even releases
People who lose themselves in fiction will always become disillusioned and hostile. Protect the creators!
During his lifetime, Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Kimba, Unico etc) wasn't afraid of showing his face to the public. He was open to doing live interviews (both on TV and magazines), discussing his family, appeared on various Japanese television shows, and was fond of signing autographs to fans of his works. Tezuka even made a series of comics on Lyrica Magazine detailing the time he was hospitalized in 1977 which caused the Unico series to go on a brief hiatus prior to working on "The Cat on the Broomstick" chapter. I wish you covered Osamu Tezuka for this video.
If you'd like more content about Tezuka, I made an entire video about him if you search my channel!
"This place is full of bullies and maniacs" - Jimmy "James" Hopkins
As scary as the reasons for anonymity can be. The tradition of mangaka representing themselves with cute cartoony avatars is so fun
The thing is: there is thinking of doing something and then actually doing it. So many people are so chronically online and burned out that when a negative thing happens to them like a poor ending of a manga, where a healthy mind be mad then rethink it later, they actively decide to do these awful things. Because everything they do: being online and reading manga, is all done with a face, behind a screen where they can’t get caught. And when they see manga authors as their cutesy avatars they ironically enough forget that there’s a real person behind those faces.
Yes, JJK or One Piece or w/e are interesting but when they’re your whole life to the point of social and mental burnout, you’re going to grow to hate it and everything about it. Social burnout can make you tired, nervous and anxious. Find other hobbies people! Go outside, touch grass, let your brain breathe by trying new stuff. That’s what I’m doing.
What I really don't get is people's obsession and need to see the face behind the art artists, comics or RUclips videos.I really don't get why you guys need to see their face doesn't really matter.Either you like to work or you don't. I.
Don't really Need to know.
The Arthur's day today, life just following their work is enough for me.
I believe that the reason is so they can connect to them in a deeper level. I mean you can love their work but knowing their face, their name and some things from their life makes you have a closer relationship to their work. Just take for example online dating, you are more close to a person that you have met in real life than one that you only have met through the internet. That is why I believe most people want to see their faces. But, I do agree that it is better for them to not show so they can have their privacy and be protected
Because privacy and security all go woosh past those weirdos.
if you're fine interacting with a faceless entity, you're the weirdo
Another mangaka who i'd say is a exception is tite kubo, the creator of bleach. He makes alot of public appearances compared to others
Which is admirable given the amount of death threats he received when he was writing TYBW
@@indifference1015 Man I feel bad for him at that point. His health is in bad shape and Jump forces him to rush it, leading to an unsatisfactory conclusion for the manga. It's a good thing the anime is fixing that.
The one reason is this:
If there's mr beast in public for shopping there will always a crowd of people around him , and that will make him anxious as well as uncomfortable because of too much eyes on him and on the other hand,
If there's Kitsune anime in public for shopping ....
It doesn't matter if his identity is public there will be no crowd around him...
Seeing how people have unnecessary hate over authors ending their series the way they want it, I completely understand if any author want to be anonymous. It's crazy how rabid and toxic the people in the internet think they have the right to harass people just because they don't like the way the story headed.
The women using more male like pen names is an interesting thing. It's the reason why J. K. Rowling used that pen name instead of her actual name when releasing Harry Potter.
Personally, as a kid, it never bothered me who wrote a story as long as the story was written well. I had already enjoyed plenty of books written by women like Little House on the Prairie or the Magic Treehouse series.
I can definitely see how the social pressures of being a middle school boy would make some kids really prioritize looking cool to their peers at all times. Although, I actually don't think that many kids actually care that much and still read the books regardless of the author as long as it looked interesting to them.
yeah but female writers were disrespected a lot in the industry
Some people don't like cameras and some people do like them and are classy immortal vampires, like Araki.
Araki understands he created such a good anime/manga that he isnt even scared of anythung
Imagine people openly talk shit because you're anonymous.
"Have you read the end of JJK? That shit was GARBAGE!"
(I haven't read the end actually, but that's not the point)
To let the audience to care about with their works , an Obvious classic reason
And the second one , Safety of course also to protect their privacy
Short answer : Crazy fans
Great video! I never really thought about that. It is really scary to think, how far people can go out of simple jealousy. Like, why do you care so much? The idea of not stepping out of the line is brought to another level there. Honestly, I think Japanese society is very terrifying in that regard.
I swear if gege ever takes off his mask for even a second in public he is getting sniped from every direction at once wich is probably why he’ll never do it
I feel like this also applies to anyone who want to be creative but want to keep their privacy. There are a countless amount of artists, vtubers, content creators that want to be know by their avatar and not with their face being out in the public. We have to respect that.
Only in USA where you are forced to not be anonymous and people find it weird if you want to be
Regardless of why I respect an artist who doesn't want there fame to overshadow there art.
At the end of the day you can love a piece of art without never knowing anything about the person or people who made it.
It's interesting how this is such a problem with Shonen Jump in particular. All of Shonen jump mangakas do not show face especially when young. Shonen Jump fanatics are the most obsessively deranged people. It's similar to Marvel fans. Marvel and Shonen Jump produce pretty generic standard stuff (with very few exceptions) to keep appealing to the same kind of people and they attract those obsessive fans who buy into the utter commercialization of art which then leads to the entitled behaviour.
Yeah like not saying that this never happens to mangakas of other genres but it's so telling that this is a huge issue with battle shounen titles especially. Just something about the fans
reason
1. I don't want to be bossy.
2. Face and gender have no bearing on whether the work is good or bad.
3. I don't want to be talked to on the street because I want to live a relaxed life.
4. I don't want to get involved in any kind of incident
(To give an actual example, Akira Toriyama revealed his face and real name during Dr.Slump, so he got tired of being approached on the street.)
How many alchemist was made by a woman that’s crazy. I had no idea in my opinion one of the best anime ever made.
For protection, it's that simple.
The scary thing about being a manga artist is that they get death threats.
I've heard that the MHA creator hates his own fanbase because of all the weird, sexual content the weebs make of the characters on the internet.
Well he does sexualize his own characters thou
He has every right to.
Don't believe everything you hear.
@@TheStruggler12Fangirls be like to the "sessualised girls": "hoW dArE yooo!?! She uh 1818181881819191 child!!" (Turns around and does the EXACT SAME THING to the BOY characters.) 🤷♀️
Because it means that the countless fans that send them death threats will have a harder time finding them.
“huh i wonder what Nobuhiro Watsuki did- oh. of course.”
Let alone manga or anime, even in other entertainment aspects like gaming or YouTubing, a lot don't show their faces, names or anything; reveals are a risk taken with responsibility
After the final chapter of MHA it’s best the author stays out of the public eye. Those weirdo DekuBaku fans would literally hurt him for not drawing a gay kiss
Many manga authors prefer anonymity because... Well, just look at Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, etc. wherein fans want something to happen (gay relationships for one) but the author does not want it.
It's more surprising that more authors don't, fame makes it hard to keep your privacy and not having eyes on your personal life 24/7
Japan sounds like a crazy place. I don't blame Gege from hiding their identity.
This is tangential, but the way Junji Ito is paraded around by Crunchyroll feels exploitive, instead of him being interested in the spotlight. I could be totally wrong, there’s just something uneasy about him always being interested crunchyroll promo.
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With how some of the My Hero Academia fans act online, I think it's mostly sensible.
You know MHA announced real ending in the final volume, vol 42th, and the author received tons of threats and hatred comments because the ending does NOT follow their wishes. (Mainly about Boy's Love relationship, which is obviously not possible for a Shonen manga in JUMP .......... so I have no idea why they disappointed so aggressively.
I thought it was just for privacy reasons, god damn.
Who can blame them? If you’re that famous, any anonymity you can get can protect you from the public. Being a visual artist can give you an opportunity for more anonymity than say, a musician or any kind of public performer. Let them be as private as they can. It can save their lives, prevent them unneeded stress, and keep their mangas going as long as they can.
Because use your OCs as avatars is badass.
Jjk Fans with their “GEGE WHEN I CATCH YOU GEGE!” Bro that shit isn’t even funny let bro write his anime 😭😭
Being honest, I wasn't surprised about what Happened to Rurounei Kenshins author, just read his manga
@@Capeless-Cap i never read it, why would you not be suprise?
I've only ever heard good things about the story? Guess I'll bring it to the top of the pile.
I have a odd theory about hiroyuki takei now I don't think he's a pedo but I believe he knew about rurouni kenshins creators interests because of ryu a character from shaman king who feels like a watsuki insert because a few things he does he is supposed to be 17 looks 30 , has a interest in young woman tries to ask out a 13 year old and a 11 year old now is this true I don't know , but Takei was watsuki assistant eichiro Oda was as well they may have known but this is just a theory I don't have any actual evidence this is at the core of it is just speculation on my part
@@arthurmarte1996 Main character is 28, and his love interest is 17
@@camwoz5181 lol kind of obvious tough
Another banger of a video! I’ve been wondering also why so many manga authors do this.
The collab thing reminds me of "Kamikita Futago", which literally translates to "the Kamikita twins". Because they're twin sisters who draw manga together.
While I do get the overall understanding of why a lot of manna authors do this, what I don't get is why a vast majority of the west don't. Like you can name me any comic or novel written here in the U.S an I can guarantee you 90% of them have already shown their faces in public already.
I want to say it's a cultural thing, but it's not like harassment doesn't exist here either.
I just don't know honestly.
I never really wondered why they’d hide their faces I mean they must just want people to focus on the art rather than dig up their life story what I wondered more was why some of them chose to show their identity. I mean it’s nice for us fans to know the face of the author we admire but it’s more dangerous for the authors to share their identity so i feel like the cons are bigger than the pros in this case
Safety Reasons, the amount of people sending death threats these days is crazy
Antisocials (criminals), which is not the same as a-social (people who don't mind being alone).
Antisocials seem to behave as if their excuses could justify their actions.
A crime like a threat doesn't stop being crime just because you have an excuse that's good according to you.
Except someone who is going to behave that way won't think about something before doing it,
they just have to locked in jail for the safety of others.
On a more positive side: having an avatar is more fun that just a picture of yourself.
Adds to the fun of manga as a whole.
Hating on someone just cause ur a loser is hilarious to me same with people who threaten the author when they kill favorite characters
Gege said one of his reasons of choosing that avatar was "No one would hate a cat".
That aged well.
They devote like 90% of their lives to manga. What little "free" time they have to go outside am sure is much more enjoyable if they can just anonymously go down to the shops or whatever without people recognizing and hounding them.
often I wish I'd stay anonymous
Remember the time mha fans threatened author for not making their ships canon?
Remember the uproar that gojo death caused?
Yeah, its just not safe for them
And there’s The author of JJBA, unanonymous and yet no one’s after his head. So no, it’s not about the fans and their craze, it’s about the avatar looking finer than their real life self.
Well said
Also vinland saga's mangaka
you wonder why when you always hear about authors getting death threats after fans didnt like an ending.
Where as I think anonymity is a thing for these creatives, I actually think the initial reasoning is just cause of inspiration from other mangakas doing the same.
early on certain mangakas would draw small adventures of themselves at the end of the mangas, with this a idea created little mangaka characters that would gain popularity like Akira Toriyama and the tori-bot. Next gen mangakas would get inspired by this and then think "what would mine be" and the cycle continues. I think you see this with a lot of online artists as well, myself included.
Its a lot less about being anonymous and waaaaaayyyy more about inspiration from others, at least in the beginning.
Me, a western weeb thinking "us Americans are the most dangerous there is, we got guns and stuff" but no, I remember hearing about that anime studio getting burnt down because some fan was fed up with them... Didn't affect his pay, didn't feel like his beliefs were insulted, he just didn't want to wait any longer for the next season...
I think you’re referring to the Kyoto Animation arson attack. No, it had nothing to do with season being late. The arsonist was mentally ill and thought the studio had stolen his ideas.
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There are as many thoughts and circumstances as there are people.
If the manga artist won't reveal it themselves, leave them alone.
A friend of mine is a professional manga artist who uses her real name, and she doesn't hide the fact that it's her real name. I used a pen name when I was drawing for doujinshi. That's because I wanted to create my own pen name.
Many writers and manga artists are introverted and sensitive. Some are generous, but many don't like to be in front of people. It's because of these personalities that they choose to express themselves through writing and manga. There's no point in speculating or criticising from a Western perspective. Manga artists should be judged by their work.
Hmm, now I see why Gege doesn’t show his face 😭
漫画家は漫画の売上の8％~12％の印税を受け取れます。例えば漫画が1000万部を突破した場合、5億円(400万＄？)が手に入ります。
I just don't like my face so making a cute little avatar that looks nothing like me is a must lol
If you've ever met an anime fan irl you'd get it
I literally hear story’s of small RUclipsrs with like less than 12 k getting stalked…. It’s crazy out here if anonymous I can see y
Wow I never thought this was one of the reasons why Gege had to end jjk 🙂
Search at Yoshihiro Togashi, you must be Hunter first 😅
I always feel really sad for japanese people they work so hard just to entertain us I salute them all 🫡🫡🫡they are the lost heroes I really want eiichiro oda to take rest his condition is not good and not only japan who works for 20 hrs even china and south korea as well I really want to say is that they must take care of themselves sometimes I wonder how their family members handle them
People around the world just keep pirating their creativity and say something really terrible against them and you will hear more about “even though I don’t pay the money, but I still want to say something against the author”
They remain anonymous for privacy and their own safety. There’s no need for the public to know them on a personal level. They don’t want to be celebrities and be stopped by fans in public. That’s understandable.
9:42 I like your point here, and I think an anime that expressed that sentiment well was Re:Creators. Interesting premise, to say the least.
I think also it’s one of the few jobs where you could be wildly successful and remain anonymous. Other famous people who work in media mostly have to show their face eventually.
"GEGE, WHEN I CATCH YOU, GEGE"
Hmm, idk
Not my GOAT Araki🗣️
I really understand why so many manga artists would want to hide there face I once made a tic tok video just cutting with a sword and it got 3 million videos and I was so embarrassed I thought I was gonna die just knowing that many people have seen me
I've made webcomics and art online for a number of years, and unfortunately had to deal with one stalker in particular harassing me for almost 2 entire years.
I completely understand why so many creators are anonymous or choose to be nowadays, because I'm absolutely one of them. Hell, it's made me scared about my art finding more of an audience. I have over 2K watchers, that's a lot of eyes on you, and sometimes I worry what their intentions are, what they're capable of doing if I ever upset them through no fault of my own, what they could do to people I care about.
I had to break up with my girlfriend because of the situation with my stalker, I just didn't think or know if she gonna be safe around me anymore.
Stalkers are the worst kind of people alive.
I think Gege’s pretty smart for staying anonymous considering the jjk fans…
3,40年くらい前までは漫画家が顔出しするのは当たり前だったんだけどね。漫画はそもそもサブカルチャーとして興ったものだから、「本名」で活動することがすごく稀なんだよね。
ある時誰かが気付いたんだろうね。顔を出さなければパパラッチを回避できるし、ペンネームを変えて全く違う作風のものを描いたりしても先入観抜きで評価してもらえる、とかとか。『Death Note』の作者が別の名義で某ギャグ漫画を描いてるっていう話は有名だけど、心機一転っていう意味合いはかなり強いんだろうね。何せ心労が多い仕事だ。顔出しokとなると取材のオファーなりも増えるだろうし、漫画がカルチャーとして巨大化しすぎた昨今の状況を踏まえると、本名や顔を出して人間としての名声や名誉を享受するよりも、仕事に集中できて金さえ入ればいい、って考えの方が主流なのかも。かく言う俺がもし漫画家になれば多分顔出しはしないだろうから、単純に最近の日本人の気質かもしれないし、やっぱり風潮に過ぎないのかもしれない。
『チェンソーマン』の作者の藤本タツキも、馬鹿げた空中浮遊の動画をネットに投稿した際に顔を出してはいるんだけど、改めて漫画家として顔出しはしてないし、Twitterも妹に管理してもらってるしで、自分を主張することはそこまで大切じゃないんだろうな。自分が有名になるよりも作品が有名になること方が大切なんだろうな、当たり前かもしれないけど。ジョジョの作者の荒木先生も「漫画家はSNSはやるな！！」って言ってるしな
this was a very good some really good points expressed throughout I can completely understand why mangakas or really any creative would want to hide themselves sure you have some mangaka who show themselves such as tite kubo and araki but we unfortunately live in a time where fans of anime and manga can get really hostile and overly obsessive to the point of dangerous and also that they fail to see that at the end of the day there just people with there own lives outside of there work.
Really good video ❤
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