#animation2006

For those who haven't been following it all this time, Manga-Gaga is a website I started back in 2001 to leave all my rants back when I was a teenage, anime obsessed nut. In a way it was sort of like a blog, without the fancy comment systems etc. Once I had got a PC of my own (the website was first put together via a Dreamcast browser), I started to scan some of my artwork and upload it there. Then, by the end of 2001, I started drawing up random little gag comics based around my favorite anime and video game characters. I never really expected to build these up to much.

Another thing I had fun mucking around with on the PC was trying to develop games using a program called Games Factory, and for a little while this was the main focus of the site. After a while, though, the comic became the centerpiece of the website, as a full fledged series with a cast of characters, who were essentially based on me and whatever mates I had made online.

In recent years I've slowly grown tired of the anime fan base. When I first discovered it, it was something new and unknown of by many. This was until I became a regular on the internet and found out just how big anime fandom is. from this I went from a otaku (look it up) to a anti-otaku, and it shows in later comics. The style also changed dramatically as it went along, from being simply a carbon copy of the whole anime look, to my own little style that mixes anime elements with other influences, like golden era cartoons. his is pretty evident when you watch this new animation compared to the issue 100 animation two years before it (that was actually my first complete Flash animation).

The website (which can still be accessed, as I don't plan to take it down for a while yet) went through nine different designs, and the hoster of the site changed pretty often, finally finding a good place to stay at my mate Ace's cosmic-hero.com (who also hosts Tea N Crumpets for me). It may of never became the next Penny Arcade or VG Cats, but it gained plenty of fans (Just take a look at the fan art section of the website!) that drove me to continue the comic and expand it further. It was all great fun, but nothing lasts forever and it's time I moved on.