The Manga Works Kairosoft Co.,Ltd It's the manga artist experience you've been waiting for! Create a manga masterpiece and draw your way into the nation'… $4.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsIt's the manga artist experience you've been waiting for! Create a manga masterpiece and draw your way into the nation's heart. Start out as a fledgling manga artist in a small and empty room... Armed with only a single pen, draw the best manga you can and march proudly to the publishers to show off your work. Ideas are the lifeblood of a manga artist. Go out in search of inspiration and gather plot points, then stuff your manga full of creativity. Accumulate experience points and use them to train up your drawing, storytelling, and other skills. When you think you've created a great one-shot, take it to a publisher! If you manage to make the "editor from hell" smile, it might just be the start of a fruitful relationship. Produce the best manga the world has ever seen, and write your name down in history! * All game progress is stored on your device. Save data cannot be transferred between devices, nor can it be restored after deleting or reinstalling the app. Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games! Follow kairokun2010 on Twitter for the latest Kairosoft news and information. https://twitter.com/kairokun2010 Information Seller:Kairosoft Co.,Ltd Genre:Adventure, Simulation Release:Aug 11, 2016 Updated:Apr 09, 2024 Version:1.40 Size:65.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (7) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal tahzblade Well-Known Member Nov 27, 2012 252 0 0 #2 tahzblade, Aug 6, 2016 Last edited: Aug 6, 2016 I hope this is better than Kairosofts recent entries. Nekko Well-Known Member Nov 18, 2014 457 0 16 Tokyo-3 #3 Nekko, Aug 6, 2016 There doesn't seem to be any IAPs, that's a good start. StratAll Well-Known Member Dec 24, 2009 160 17 18 #4 StratAll, Aug 6, 2016 Can someone tell if this contains new gameplay mechanics besides what we get in Game Dev Story and Anime Studio? Because I'd probably pass on 'just a third reskin'. As a positive note, after a couple of years with 2 or 3 releases, these guys are pumping out games at almost one a week the last months. dib Well-Known Member Apr 22, 2011 307 0 16 #5 dib, Aug 7, 2016 It just saddens me that most of their best ideas seem to be saved for freemium lately. Want to play a pirate captain, sail the world, recruit a team of adventurers and conquer islands with RPG mechanics? How about flying and upgrading aircraft in simulated battles? Or fighting mechs and freaking Godzillas?! Only if you're willing to get stuck with soul sucking ads, mandatory online, premium currencies and an app riddled with spyware! Meanwhile, they started raising the price on their commercial apps for Lemonade Stand Story 2. You mean I can bake cupcakes _or_ krispie squares?! That's much cooler than PIRATES and FIGHTER JETS. I love Kairosoft and have never bemoaned the slow progression and loose experimentation around a single formula. I've bought nearly their entire IOS library to support them being one of the few commercial devs around. But it's really grating to see them putting so much more effort into 'free' games. geoelectric Well-Known Member Apr 22, 2010 464 22 18 San Jose, CA #6 geoelectric, Aug 7, 2016 The interface is pretty different from the older games--even more modernized than the last couple. There's also an interesting mechanic where you need to constantly be balancing work with non-work activities to generate plot points (inspiration), as well as mechanics around committing to creating content for ongoing series and meeting publisher requests and deadlines in general. I admit I haven't played enough Anime to know if some of that is there but this does seem pretty different than Magazine or Game, and different from what I saw of Anime. That one basic "four categories pump up over a session" mechanic is there but the framing is quite different. Rosso Well-Known Member Dec 17, 2010 236 12 18 #7 Rosso, Aug 8, 2016 I have played every Kairosoft game so far (haha, would like to know how many 100s of hours I have put into their games)... I really love this one!! After many misses (Superhero-free2play-from-hell?! brrrr...) this is finally an addictive game. Not much new in it, apart from the energy managment vs Plot Points, but a lot of fun. geoelectric Well-Known Member Apr 22, 2010 464 22 18 San Jose, CA #8 geoelectric, Aug 9, 2016 Did any of the other games have ongoing deadline management? I know there were the contracts in various of them, but I don't remember anything like keeping backup comics in the can in case a publisher rang. PROAPK Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2015 111 0 0 PROAPK CHANNEL #9 PROAPK, Aug 9, 2016 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel dedyp79 Well-Known Member Mar 21, 2013 168 0 16 #10 dedyp79, Aug 10, 2016 Is this game has landscape mode? geoelectric Well-Known Member Apr 22, 2010 464 22 18 San Jose, CA #11 geoelectric, Aug 11, 2016 I believe it's portrait only. There's no rotate option in settings. dib Well-Known Member Apr 22, 2011 307 0 16 #12 dib, Aug 12, 2016 What _did_ ever happen to rotation in these games? I liked using landscape in other ones like the arcade sim. Desertking24 Well-Known Member Feb 21, 2014 95 0 0 #13 Desertking24, Aug 12, 2016 After the few kirosoft burns...I want to wait for a review...I'm not sure if this will be good enough to not only spend money on but also use up my memory.....the sacred memory. orangecan Well-Known Member Aug 9, 2011 2,000 150 63 #14 orangecan, Aug 12, 2016 I just played the Anime one which was on sale and enjoyed it but it felt a bit like diminishing returns on the game Dev theme to be honest. The only KS game I really fancy at the moment is the train one - sounds a bit different.... yeah yeah Well-Known Member Jun 2, 2009 173 8 18 #15 yeah yeah, Aug 13, 2016 Are people burned out with the recent Kairosoft games or is this game not any good? I was hoping to hear more feedback. Shadowking2214 Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2012 533 0 16 None #16 Shadowking2214, Aug 20, 2016 This game hooked me like Game Dev Story did the very first time I played it, I haven't experience that in a long time. I love it geoelectric Well-Known Member Apr 22, 2010 464 22 18 San Jose, CA #17 geoelectric, Aug 21, 2016 For me it's that it establishes you as the main character. The others, at best, had you as a manager among many but this puts you as the cartoonist. It's very engaging. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Can someone tell if this contains new gameplay mechanics besides what we get in Game Dev Story and Anime Studio? Because I'd probably pass on 'just a third reskin'. As a positive note, after a couple of years with 2 or 3 releases, these guys are pumping out games at almost one a week the last months.
It just saddens me that most of their best ideas seem to be saved for freemium lately. Want to play a pirate captain, sail the world, recruit a team of adventurers and conquer islands with RPG mechanics? How about flying and upgrading aircraft in simulated battles? Or fighting mechs and freaking Godzillas?! Only if you're willing to get stuck with soul sucking ads, mandatory online, premium currencies and an app riddled with spyware! Meanwhile, they started raising the price on their commercial apps for Lemonade Stand Story 2. You mean I can bake cupcakes _or_ krispie squares?! That's much cooler than PIRATES and FIGHTER JETS. I love Kairosoft and have never bemoaned the slow progression and loose experimentation around a single formula. I've bought nearly their entire IOS library to support them being one of the few commercial devs around. But it's really grating to see them putting so much more effort into 'free' games.
The interface is pretty different from the older games--even more modernized than the last couple. There's also an interesting mechanic where you need to constantly be balancing work with non-work activities to generate plot points (inspiration), as well as mechanics around committing to creating content for ongoing series and meeting publisher requests and deadlines in general. I admit I haven't played enough Anime to know if some of that is there but this does seem pretty different than Magazine or Game, and different from what I saw of Anime. That one basic "four categories pump up over a session" mechanic is there but the framing is quite different.
I have played every Kairosoft game so far (haha, would like to know how many 100s of hours I have put into their games)... I really love this one!! After many misses (Superhero-free2play-from-hell?! brrrr...) this is finally an addictive game. Not much new in it, apart from the energy managment vs Plot Points, but a lot of fun.
Did any of the other games have ongoing deadline management? I know there were the contracts in various of them, but I don't remember anything like keeping backup comics in the can in case a publisher rang.
What _did_ ever happen to rotation in these games? I liked using landscape in other ones like the arcade sim.
After the few kirosoft burns...I want to wait for a review...I'm not sure if this will be good enough to not only spend money on but also use up my memory.....the sacred memory.
I just played the Anime one which was on sale and enjoyed it but it felt a bit like diminishing returns on the game Dev theme to be honest. The only KS game I really fancy at the moment is the train one - sounds a bit different....
Are people burned out with the recent Kairosoft games or is this game not any good? I was hoping to hear more feedback.
This game hooked me like Game Dev Story did the very first time I played it, I haven't experience that in a long time. I love it
For me it's that it establishes you as the main character. The others, at best, had you as a manager among many but this puts you as the cartoonist. It's very engaging.
