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- Subject: rec.arts.manga: Welcome to rec.arts.manga
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- WELCOME TO REC.ARTS.MANGA
- =========================
-
- Edited by
- Steve Pearl
- November, 1993
-
-
- This FAQ, as well as many other FAQ's appearing on the net, is posted
- to news.answers. You can ftp FAQ's mentioned in this document from
- rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet. If you do not have ftp, send a message to
- "mail-server@rftm.mit.edu" with the word "help" in the body. The
- server will send you instructions on retrieving the files via email.
-
- This is a monthly posting to familiarize new readers with the
- rec.arts.manga newsgroup. If you have any questions, additions or
- corrections, please send them to:
-
- Internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu or Steve Pearl
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- Changes to this posting since January, 1993:
- [None]
-
- DISCLAIMER 1: To the best of our knowledge, the editor is not
- associated with ANY of the companies or organizations mentioned below.
-
- DISCLAIMER 2: The opinions expressed on this post do not necessarily
- represent the opinions held either by the editor or any organization
- he's affiliated with.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS:
-
- o WHAT IS REC.ARTS.MANGA?
- o HOW TO USE REC.ARTS.MANGA (For NEW UseNet users)
- o DEFINITIONS
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- o WHAT IS REC.ARTS.MANGA?
-
- A newsgroup for the discussion of manga and related subjects.
-
- DESCRIPTION:
-
- Discussion about manga, a term used to denote the popular
- art and its artstyle that is derived originally and
- primarily from Japanese graphic novels, and any comics or
- art (from any country) with strong manga influence.
- (most notably manga from Taiwan and Hongkong, which is
- known as ManHwa in Chinese)
-
- CHARTER:
-
- This newsgroup will provide a forum for discussion
- related to manga, the Japanese storytelling art form,
- plus comics and other arts with strong manga influences.
-
- The topics that are to appear in this newsgroup may include:
- - information on how and where to get manga material
- - reviews of manga
- - discussion about the artstyle, stories, and history of
- manga
- - fan translation of manga stories
- - discussion of manga-related products
- - reporting and discussion of any news about manga.
- - discussion about how to do manga
- - social/philosophical implications and impact of manga
- - manga art in society : commercial packaging, advertisements, etc
- - the influence of manga to other art forms
-
- Although in it's broadest definition (under which this newsgroup was
- created) manga includes most forms of animation and comics, we
- recommend that people interested in American or Asian animation check
- out the newsgroups rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.anime and likewise,
- people interested in non-asian comics check out the rec.arts.comics
- hierarchy. I'm sure that the readers of rec.arts.comics would be
- dismayed to realize that their hierarchy should be moved under
- rec.arts.manga and we in no way mean to impose on any other
- newsgroup.
-
-
- o HOW TO USE REC.ARTS.MANGA (For NEW UseNet users)
-
- If you're a new NetNews reader and don't know the correct protocol and
- etiquette for posting messages, the following files accessible in the
- news.announce.newusers newsgroup are recommended reading:
-
- - "A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet"
- - "Rules for posting to Usenet"
- - "Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions"
-
- Some basic tips to reduce the signal-to-noise ratio:
-
- - If you don't see postings about a subject you're interested in (and which is
- related to this newsgroup), don't gripe, POST AN ARTICLE ABOUT THAT SUBJECT!
- If you receive no reply in a week, TRY AGAIN! Fires don't always start with
- the first spark.
-
- - If you feel the need to insult someone, do it by electronic mail, or better
- yet, write a scathing message and then throw it away. Please don't do it
- here. It's irritating to the bystanders, and harmful to your public image.
-
- - Before you submit a follow-up to a message, read the rest of the messages in
- the newsgroup to see whether someone has already said what you want to say.
- If someone has, don't repeat it. If you're answering a question, mail your
- answer to the person and suggest that they summarize to the network. This
- way the net will only see a single copy of the answers, no matter how many
- people answer the question.
-
- - If you post a question, please remind people to send you the answers by
- mail and at least offer to summarize them to the network.
-
- o DEFINITIONS
-
- The following are short descriptions of terms and abbreviations common in this
- newsgroup.
-
- .Z:
- Suffix for compressed text files. See Compressed Text.
-
- 3x3:
- Sazan Eyes (three eyes), a popular monster/magic/myth manga by Yuzo Takada.
-
- AMG:
- Ah My Goddess, a popular romance fantasy manga, by Kozuke Fujisima.
-
- Anime:
- Japanese word for animation, pronounced "ah-nee-may"
-
- Anonymous FTP:
- A method to log into a remote machine without needing an account, and extracting
- software from it. A list of machines with manga resources available through
- anonymous FTP is given later on. If you want to use anonymous FTP but don't
- know how, ask your local System Administrator.
-
- Bishonen:
- "beautiful male" manga, female oriented manga with a more 'soft' art
- style than the standard. Males are androgynous to effeminately
- rendered.
-
- Compressed text:
- Text files compressed with the Unix compress(1) program. This is done to long
- text files (like manga scripts) to save disk storage space. In order to view
- such a file, you must first run uncompress(1) or an equivalent program in order
- to convert it back to its original form. You could also use zcat(1) to view the
- contents of the file without decompressing it.
-
- FAQ:
- Frequent Asked Questions. r.a.m. offer the following FAQ lists for the
- new netters.
-
- 1) An introduction to the newsgroup and its slang.
- (That is the article you are reading now.)
- 2) FAQ: Answers to common questions.
- 3) Manga Guide: A 2 part guide to the best (and not so best)
- manga available.
- 4) Manga Resources: Where to get manga.
-
- Those lists are posted on rec.arts.manga once every month.
-
- FSS:
- Five Stars Story, a popular sci-fi mecha manga, by Mamoru Nagano.
-
- FTP:
- See Anonymous FTP.
-
- FYI:
- For Your Information
-
- GIF:
- GIF is a format developed at CompuServe to store color computer graphics in a
- compact, machine independent format. To view a GIF file you need a program that
- reads the GIF file and produces an image in the format used by your computer
- system. The /gifstuff directory in the ix3.ucc.utexas.edu anonymous FTP site
- contains GIF viewers for Amiga, Apple II and IIgs, Macintosh, MS-DOS, Sun, and
- X. If you can't find what you're looking for, you can ask in the appropriate
- newsgroup for your computer, or in alt.graphics.pixutils.
-
- "H":
- see Hentai
-
- Hentai:
- Japanese for pervert.
-
- IMHO:
- In My Humble Opinion
-
- JIS:
- A code which allow Japanese characters (kana) to be transfer among western
- computer networks. You would need a special program/decoder to read the
- original Japanese character on your computer.
-
- JPEG:
- A new kind of scheme for graphic compression. You would need a decompression
- program or a viewer program for viewing JPEG just as you would for a GIF file.
-
- KOR:
- Kimagure Orange Road, a popular romance comedy manga, by Izumi Matsumoto.
-
- Manga:
- Pronounced "man-gah". A type of Japanese artform which has it's roots
- in Ukiyo-e wood prints and other traditional art. In it's popular
- vculture form of Asian sequential art and graphic storytelling, manga
- can be found in most Japanese bookstores. The manga style of artwork
- is even finding it's way into American comics
-
- Manga CD:
- CD that is produced for the sole reason of listening while reading the
- corresponding manga title.
-
- Mailing list:
- A method of communication between fans of a given subject without the need of a
- newsgroup. A member of a mailing list sends e-mail to a machine called a
- "mailing list server", which in turn sends copies of the e-mail to all the
- members of the mailing list. To subscribe to the mailing list, send e-mail to
- the mailing list server. The first line of the e-mail should look like this:
- subscribe list-name yourlogin@youraddress Firstname Lastname
-
- Mecha:
- Roughly, Japanese for "mechanicals". Most of the so-called "giant robot" manga
- are known as mecha manga.
-
- Model kit:
- Scale model. It follow The most popular varieties of these are:
- injection-molded - this is the typical polyestyrene scale model
- most people are familiar with.
- garage kits - usually done from plastic resin (for mecha) or vinyl
- (for character models). These tend to be VERY expensive
- (They generally start at $40 and can easily reach ten times as
- much!)
-
- OAV:
- Original Animation Video. Made for video productions.
-
- Otaku:
- Japanese for "fanboy", a slang to describe someone who is obsessed with one
- specific hobby. Not in common usage in Japan.
-
- OVA:
- See OAV.
-
- R.A.A.
- rec.arts.anime, a usenet newsgroup for the discussion of anime.
-
- R.A.M.
- rec.arts.manga, a usenet newsgroup for the discussion of manga.
-
- SASE:
- Self Addressed and Stamped Enevelope
-
- Script:
- An English-text script for a particular manga. Very useful for Japanese-
- impaired manga fans.
-
- Shojo:
- Young Girl, commonly use to describe manga with a particular styles that
- were targeted for young girls.
-
- Shonen:
- Young Boy, commonly use to describe manga with a particular styles that
- were targeted for young boys.
-
- Synopsis:
- A text description of manga, possibly with some snippets of dialogue thrown in.
- Unlike translations, a synopsis does not require the approval of the legal owner
- of the manga before it is made publicly available.
-
- Usenet Manga Titles List:
- A compiled list from the combined efforts of rec.arts..manga. It lists all the
- Japanese manga magazines with its current running manga titles.
-
- UY:
- Urusei Yatsura, a popular sci-fi romance comedy manga, by Rumiko Takahashi.
-
- VGA:
- Video Girl Ai, a popular fantasy romance manga, by Masakazu Katsura
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