User blog:Gcheung28/Exclusive: Koike, Maruyama Speak



Wikia is proud to announce "The Masters of Animanga: A Wikia Collaborative Writing Project," an EXCLUSIVE collaboration with genre legends and YOU.

You'll create stories based on fully rendered illustrations and character outlines EXCLUSIVELY provided to the Wikia community by manga and anime legends Kazuo Koike, Yoshitaka Amano, Takashi Okazaki and Shin-ichi Hiromoto! Hiroaki Ikegami, along with famed Japanese film producer Masao Maruyama, will oversee the project in an executive producer capacity.

In addition to helping create memorable stories, to kick off the project, the Masters of Animanga will offer tips and guidance from their collective careers in a series of videos on Wikia.com leading up to the project's launch on September 3. Check them out below to see what these masters have to say!

Masao Maruyama
Watch to see what Masao has to say about the exclusive Wikia project. He is both excited and nervous about the direction the stories will go. He also has some great tips for authors and artists, so check this exclusive interview out now!



Kazuo Koike
The first exclusive video for the Wikia community features Kazuo Koike. Check it out to see what he has to say to Wikia users about manga and the samurai theme, and stay tuned for MORE exclusive videos coming your way!



Don't forget the project starts on September 3. Start brainstorming and get ready to work with these amazing Masters of Animanga!

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