Yookoso! Welcome to my world everyone!

I'm Umeda Isao. I'm trying to make it as a mangaka in America. And it is here that I'll be putting up some of my ideas I have for mangas and/or animes. I would like everyone's opinion on them so if you have anything that could help improve my stories, please tell me! Your opinions will help me better myself as a mangaka.

So here's a little bit about myself:

Real Name: Noland Isao Kana'i Soga (yes it's a bit long ><)
Birthday: July 2,1990
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Resides in: Las Vegas, Nevada
Hobbies: Drawing and reading manga, watching anime, learning Japanese
Likes: Food in general, anime/manga xP, video games (especially racing games and RPG), stories that have a serious moral to them
Dislikes: Going to work T^T, being in a slump while working on ideas
Favorite Music: Anything that strikes my fancy :D
Favorite Musicians: Please refer to my last answer =w=
Favorite Seiyuus': Kikuko Inoue, Nana Mizuki, Aya Hirano, Mai Nakahara, Ai Shimizu, Shinichiro Miki, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita...and more ^^
First Anime Watched: Speed Racer XD
First Anime that made me an otaku: Initial D (lol)

*Sigh* The World Is A Cruel Place

Apparently there has been drama going on that we have an art thief here, taking people's work and claiming it as their own.

I'm sorry for the people who had their art stolen but...start watermarking your artwork guyz. I may not be a great artist but I sign all my drawings nonetheless. People have sent threats toward this person saying that, "if I catch you stealing my art, you're dead!"...these sort of things are unnecessary and could cause more problems. I don't know the "thief's" side of the story hence he/she isn't responding to the millions of comments/death threats.

What can we do, ya know? Everytime you put up your artwork, you're allowing the world to see it and when that happens expect this sort of thing too. Take precautions like what SiSero does; she puts a watermark on every artwork that is very noticeable, right in the center. It may ruin the picture but it's protected none the less.

Please to all my friends reading this; Keep being creative and protect your artwork.

Life: 07/29/09 | By: Umeda Isao | 0 comments | Tags: N/A

TAKAI~!!! O.O

I want to try and get into using copic markers for colored illustrations so I looked up the price at one of the only art shops that actually sells copic markers. I looked at the price for a 72 marker set for flesh tones and the cost..........at least $470!!! D8 That's like my whole paycheck man! That's freakin insane!!! DX

I want it but I don't have the cash for it T^T and they're out of stock until the end of August...*sigh* Guess I'm stuck with Crayola colored pencils until then.

Life: 07/27/09 | By: Umeda Isao | 0 comments | Personal | Tags: N/A

Funny OVA

Found the original OVA after I heard that it was dubbed. Funny as hell! XD

Life: 07/23/09 | By: Umeda Isao | 0 comments | Fullmetal Alchemist | Tags: N/A

A Little Poem Writing

So I was looking through some of my school work from high school and found a couple poems and thought I might share it with you guys. I want to enter one of them in for a challenge on poem writing. The first one is a bilingual poem combining Engli...

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Fiction: 07/22/09 | By: Umeda Isao | 0 comments | Personal | Tags: N/A

ROAD TRIP!!! XD

I'm gonna be heading out to Cali on Friday. Gonna be staying in Tustin...I wonder if they have any Japanese markets there? Anyway I can't wait to hit the road soon and get out of Sin City for a while! <3

Life: 07/19/09 | By: Umeda Isao | 0 comments | Tags: N/A