RIP TOREN SMITH.
For all of you nerds out there who like Japanimation, let’s be real for a second.Toren Smith was a translator and comics writer with a deep appreciation of Japanese comics and animation. He’s most known as the founder of Studio Proteus, which put out tons of translation work for manga.
Why should you care? This dude was the first person to go to Japan and try and distribute manga in the United States, which means that if it wasn’t for him, we’d be missing out on a lot of great works, and a lot of comic artists, illustrators, writers, and animators might not have gotten interested in the mediums they now work in today.
Toren took a literal gamble on whether Americans would have an appreciation for foreign comics by going over to Japan and pretty much living in terrible conditions just so that he could try and secure the contacts he needed. That’s passionate as hell! What comics publisher does that?!
He also lived with/worked alongside members of STUDIO GAINAX, which is why there’s a character based off of him in GUNBUSTER.
Toren Smith was also an advocate of translating works entirely, and not relying on the lazy “weeaboo language” that has recently cropped up in fansubs, and for that I also appreciate him.Toren Smith on meeting Hayao Miyazaki and working on Nausicaa
Toren Smith was the reason I first got into shojo manga and BL, and I always loved reading his blog posts and columns. Even though we never met, I owe him a great deal. RIP.
Carmen…
i went through a very interesting dev, cycle to get to this final design.
she’s the chef for the Chip Zippers. a team in the Munch Chunky comic.
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a hamster.
requested by my friend LD
she is the Striker for the Chip Zippers.
don’t let her size and looks fool you, she’s a beast on the field. XD
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pootie toot toot!
the new issue of Munch Chunky is finished and is up to be read.
i’m very proud of this one.
:3
read it @—> munchchunky.com
