Unofficial Official Doujinshi, But It’s Not Porn, I Think
I don’t really know how common it is for mangaka to create doujinshi of their own work– I’ve seen it a few times in the yaoi world, especially when the official manga isn’t hardcore (but the doujinshi is).
But AkibaBlog reports that a Strike Witches doujinshi called Strike Witches -African Witch- was just released…and that it was created entirely by official Strike Witches staff (including Fumikane Shimada, the artist who came up with the original “mecha musume” and Strike Witches concepts, and Takaaki Suzuki, who does all of the military research for the show).
In fact, the doujinshi was originally intended to be a bonus booklet for a DVD release, but somewhere along the lines it fell through and became a doujinshi instead.
Interesting, no? Were I a fan of the show I’d be trying to score a copy right now.
Tags: doujinshi, strike witches
August 25th, 2008 at 10:05 am
The staff for Godannar famously made their own porn doujin with official art and everything just to finance the second season of the show. One of the more extreme cases out there but it’s not unknown.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:28 am
The moe version of Biggles in Africa? I’m unconvinced. (I was going to say what Demian said - but then he said it first. Godannar doesn’t get much fanart, because the staff catered for everyone in the first place.)
August 25th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Another interestin thing is that the doujinshi is in both Japanese and English…I’m a huge fan of the show, so I’d loooove a copy…the only thing available for outside-Japan exporting is it for $45 on eBay, though, which makes me orz
August 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
There needs to be porn of Strike Witches. That would be hilarious.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
@gan-chan:
There’s already tons and tons of it, of course. Even before the summer Comiket.
August 26th, 2008 at 12:54 am
[...] by Akiraman on August 26, 2008 Akibablog and Gigapet report the 1st Strike Witches doujin Manga that is not an Ero-Manga or Hentai contents, I think [...]
August 26th, 2008 at 4:36 am
[...] where copyright laws are loosened up a bit. (Via Giapet.) Speaking of Gia, she has news of a Strike Witches doujinshi by members of the Strike Witches [...]
August 27th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
This reminds me of the ‘official doujinshis’ made by Fumi Yoshinaga for Antique Bakery, dedicated to the FYG fans of the series… ^^;
August 27th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
usagijen: Yeah, Yoshinaga and Maki Murakami are the two BL artists I was thinking of when I wrote this :)