How to BAM's video: Can I Publish My Manga In Japan - HTB MAILBAG

So, you have your manga finished, but can you get it published in Japan? Find out the answers from Mustayaki and our special guest of this week: Jamie Lynn Lano, - she's been the mangaka assistant of Konomi Takeshi and worked on popular manga series: the Prince of Tennis. Click here for the full episode: (still uploading) New to How to BAM's: 'MAILBAG!' ?? Mailbag is the weekly show where we answer the questions from our viewers about making manga. This week we answered the following mangaka questions: Geri Vata writes: Hi. I saw almost all of your videos and I thank you because you inspired me a lot, but I want to ask you one thing: - I am from a small country in Europe and I would really like to know if I can publish my manga in Japan - I want to know if it is necessary to travel to Japan?! I want to show my one-shot at Shueisha. Is it necessary to go to japan to do that? Can't I just contact with an editor that works at Shueisha and send my work through mail?! I really hope you answer this question. Good luck with your channel :) List of Publishers in US that accept entries: http://www.optimumwound.com/the-submission-guidelines-for-every-comic-and-manga-publisher-in-the-universe.htm Japanese manga competitions that accept entries in English: http://www.manga-audition.com (Silent manga audition) http://morningmanga.com/micc http://manga-award.jp Also, you can enter any Japanese company's manga audition if you send it in in Japanese. Just mail it to them as per the instructions on the company's website or in their magazine. I wrote about the Treasure contest for Shonen JUMP on my blog once: http://www.jamieism.com/213/japan/manga-competitions-shonen-jump-treasure If you also have a question about making manga, you can send it to: info@howtobam.com (Try to keep it to one question bammers ;-) ) HTB YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/how2bam HTB TWITTER: @How2bam https://twitter.com/How2bam HTB FACEBOOK: /Howtobam https://facebook.com/Howtobam HTB OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.howtobam.com MUSTAYAKI TWITTER: @Mustayaki https://twitter.com/Mustayaki JAMIE LYNN LANO WEBSITE: http://www.jamieism.com JAMIE TWITTER: @jamieism https://twitter.com/jamieism JAMIE FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jamie.lynn.lano