FanSaiko

A place to sell fictional novel, manga, and anime content!
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[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

Are you an anime, manga, indie game creator or psychologic otaku creator looking for a safer place to post? ✍️🎨 We’re welcoming new creators to FanSaiko!
DM me here, on Reddit, or Discord to join. Once I verified you are a creator, I will give you an invitational code.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

People don't understand how Japan also at one point thought railway was too expensive but still kept on. In the 1950s, the revival of high-speed rail was widely opposed by Jp politicians. Went to America to borrow money but only got a small portion of funding. The train network was pushed because they were desperate to modernize and had Olympics in 1964. The same thing happened to Hong Kong and China. Unlike North America, they didn't waste their talents and manufacturing capacity and kept on expanding.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@masterlynx0 How is your experience so far? Are most of your readers Japanese?

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@wccftech AI in everything is inevitable

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@Pirat_Nation *till they have gathered enough data to train their AI subtitles.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@AyakaMods I am surprised Brazil is top actually. Even Germany is higher than US?

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@aigedade @indie_maker_fox @creem_io 能分享邀请码吗？

[Shin-iti 真一💃 @autopilotgod]

This is so true, only a tourist would say that women aurhors are becoming more prominent NOW.

Women authors were always in high volume.... and in every place even in R18 stuff for male audience lol...

Like idk what the industry is trying to imply, but female writers have been owning this industry for decades (sure there is still an underpaid issue but thats a a separated issue)

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@AkiiDazai @kemonomimiyaoi What on earth is this guys talking about???

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

These so called "anime news". Koreans and Chinese creators have been doing this for a decade... Western creators are doing the same soon...

[Fuji News @FujiNews_]

🤫 CENSURA AL LÍMITE EN COREA DEL SUR

Las estrictas leyes de Corea del Sur han obligado a cientos de ilustradores a fingir ser japoneses.

Crear contenido maduro o sugerente puede significar prisión. Por eso muchos artistas publican sus obras solo en japonés o inglés y eliminan cualquier rastro de su idioma natal para evitar ser rastreados.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@ranokenn Jump editor said it the best. Draw what you know and put your emotions into it. Readers will know if you are faking it. The expression of art will communicate directly to your reader without any language barrier.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@sutoroveli_news Its amazing how creators can dream of the future. Wallace & Gromit The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 short film, 33 years ago.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

We are building a marketplace for manga and light novels actually. We are currently brainstorming the discovery feature, drawing inspiration from a conversation among Shonen Jump editors. The article is incredibly insightful for both artists and platform design, so I plan to post the summary tomorrow.
One key takeaway is that Shonen Jump leverages its massive audience to take risks, such as featuring new series on the front cover and being able to have "highly potential" artists to work for free for over a year before serialization (even One Piece was in development for a year). It's not realistic outside of Asia.

My theory is if people can build businesses on YouTube, why is a publisher still necessary for manga and novels? While there is a learning curve, creators can learn to improve independently. At Shonen Jump, the company reportedly prefers editors to work on only two series before quitting. The logic is that seniority makes an editor too objective, whereas new editors, though inexperienced, are more willing to grow alongside partner mangaka and adapt to new trends. Couldn't indie creators do the same?

I believe the core issue is whether a digital platform can help indie artists gain enough attention to succeed. Once they do, they can build their own communities. I have two visions for our platform's discovery now:

1. One-shot/Intro Screening: Instead of forcing readers to wade through a "swamp" of content in a grid, they can swipe through cover pages and tags. If a title looks interesting, they can scroll down to read the first chapter. Everything beyond that is paid content. This is essentially a literary version of video shorts.

2. Literature Map: This feature uses spatial distance to show how different works are related. Readers and creators can see which tags are oversaturated and which themes remain unexplored. I believe this gives creators more inspiration on where they can carve out their own identity over blindly following trends.

How is France tackling this problem?

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

I think one of the key problems with content creating is that it is very difficult for creator to find their own niches when all the big platforms are using algorithm. You are fishing in a big ocean while not every fish is a "meal". We are building something like Reddit where creators can easily identify the small community they want to engage with. To begin with, a big follower doesn't mean a fandom willing to pay.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

This is very insightful, though I am a bit skeptical. If I compare Shonen Jump to traditional television producers like the BBC, where editors and reader surveys dictate or guide the content, won’t it become less successful over the years? If YouTube can take over traditional TV, could Pixiv take over Shonen Jump?

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

Based on my previous research, roughly 3% of social media followers become paying customers or subscribers. While your performance was strong initially, later followers do not show as much purchasing intent. There could be many reasons for this though. In general, I think followers on Pixiv are more willing to pay than users on X or Reddit.

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

Years ago, I read a book called なぜデザインなのかDialogue in Design, by Kenya Hara x Masayo Ave. One of the key ideas I gained, which especially applies to the current environment of censorship, is that a designer/ creator/ person should not be afraid to voice their own perspective with sincerity.

Many people who move overseas choose to blend in, essentially failing to bring over the knowledge from their home country to improve the foreign entity. In reality, the corporate world is very difficult to challenge as an individual. While the venture sector excels at creating innovative businesses, it often lacks a strong sense of responsibility toward culture. In fact, companies tend to shun and distance themselves from anything that doesn't directly relate to their own profits.

However, the internet is different. One idea can cascade into a bigger wave of ideas. While I think there can be a better design to facilitate "conversations," sharing productive ideas should be encouraged and nurtured. There is nothing to apologize for!

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

It is a pricing problem. Western corporations are leveraging their viewing base to inflate the price with content exclusivity. If they are operating like Stream where the publisher can control the pricing for each region, it will reduce the resell or free distribution. I wonder how long it will take us to build something like Stream🤣

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@Unifans_CN 创作者们！需要个海外平台变现吗?
保证你不卡，不会偶然登出~

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

俺も同じこと考えてたんだけど、結局ほとんどの物語って、ただ現実から逃げるためのものなんだよね。異世界っていうテーマについても、もっと質の高いシミュレーションが必要だと思う。俺たちは現実に対して、ちょっと受け身になりすぎてるから。
🤣今の社会問題を真正面から扱って、解決していくような物語を書き始めたんだ。攻殻機動隊とかPsycho passみたいな感じのやつ。

[FanSaiko @FanSaikocom]

@Boichi_Bo1 I feel like royalty is a form of content incubator like an investor choosing which founder or business to invest. I wonder if editors in the world of manga focus more on the mangaka or the manga itself.