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Aniway magazine Aniway is a stylish Dutch magazine about anime, manga & Japanese culture. They are very committed to promoting manga and anime in the Netherlands.
We recommend their forum for Dutch beginning artists.
online manga school Mangaschool houses several Dutch top artists as online teachers, offering lessons, tutorials and personal advice to help you improve.
manga tutorials Polykarbon is a site by an American artist with good tutorials on how to draw manga, plus some insights about life in japan and basic japanese.
manga tutorials This site offers an extensive list of short tutorials, covering every detail of drawing manga, plus useful insights from the artist.
how to draw manga A site from the makers of the "How to draw manga" books, contains basic lessons on drawing and CG colouring, plus sample pages of the books.
western mangaka Moderately useful drawing course and tips from UK manga artists. You'll find the German version at www.mangaka.de
screentones A nice source for screentones, also on deviantART. Caution: Many are intended for webcomics or scanned, certain image packs are inadvisable for printing(!).

Mangafique; Nederlandse manga tekenaars A large collective of Dutch self-publishing manga artists. The site contains info on events and exhibitions that Mangafique attends or organises.
Tea Tales publishes a 4-monthly original manga magazine. They take an admirably professional approach to publishing too. Impressive website.
Inspired by CLAMP, Neutral is a lively all-girl dojinshi circle publishing various kinds of shoujo manga. What we have in attitude, they have plenty in style.
Pegasi is a small circle with impressively good art and a gentle touch. Their focus lies on one-shot fantasy stories.
Celestial is a particularly well managed circle of varied genres, off to a good start.
OpenMinded is a well-organised circle with broad artistic influences, focusing on the shonen-ai genre. Some of their stories have mild erotic themes.
Lilting Daze is a circle of 2 girls who can be found drawing at many Dutch comic events.
A writer-artist duo publishing original stories in a nice shoujo style.
Cheesecake Studio is a large dojinshi circle that publishes anthologies with a mix of fan-works and original stories, shounen and shoujo.

Sweatdrop Studios Sweatdrop Studios is a collective of self-publishing artists in the UK, whose works are inspired by manga. They have published many titles over many years.
IndieManga Another small press manga studio based in the UK & Ireland. If you like our anthologies, you're bound to like the quality of their "Origins" anthology as well.
Itch Publishing Itch publishing is a friendly small press publisher of original manga and comics in the UK. Her site also provides good advice on writing and drawing stories.
Non-repro is an independently published magazine showcasing short stories by UK manga artists. A nice alternative to Tokyopop's former anthology contests.
Zenpop is a new and upcoming small press publishing group specifically for Irish manga artists.
Udon entertainment Udon is a professional Canadian studio whose artists are influenced by manga. They are best known for their Street Fighter comic series.

An awesome comic about a pack of wolves.
Tze-Ting, a.k.a. Tyara, is a well-skilled Dutch manga artist, who we occasionally meet at conventions. Her webcomic "Mage!" is particularly worth checking out.
Claire is a well-known artist in the Dutch manga scene. She is the in-house illustrator of Aniway magazine, and freelance illustrator.
Marlon Teunissen is a rare sight in the Dutch manga scene, but her professional art is well worth checking out.

Anime events agenda A handy calendar listing all anime conventions and J-pop related events in the Netherlands.
Tsunacon convention Netherlands, Januari, 1 day.
Conveniently located in the centre of the Netherlands.
Anime convention Netherlands, May/June, 3 days.
a.k.a. "animecon". Strict organisation and luxury. Also recommendable to first-timers and foreign visitors.
Abunai convention Netherlands, September, 3 days.
Similar to animecon but with more focus on socializing.
FACTS convention Belgium, October, 2 days.
Mainly a large indoors marketplace for Fantasy, Anime, Comics, Toys & Science Fiction. Anime in French.

online anime & manga shop Archonia is a popular European manga & anime webshop with a very large assortment. You can also order Howling Riot products from them.
online anime & manga shop A popular American manga & anime webshop.
Japan cult shop J-Store Berlin specializes in merchandise from Japanese culture; manga, Hello Kitty and Godzilla. It is also home to Hotate Books, publisher of German talents.