POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market We printed 50 copies of our home-grown Japanese version of Anonymous Comics. I wasn't that optimistic about sales, so we didn't want to burden ourselves with a huge pile we'd have to carry there and then carry back. But it turned out to be a pretty good number. We ended up selling somewhere around 25 copies, and got quite a positive reception from everybody. A couple of /b/tards, or ex-/b/tards dropped by, attracted by Boxxy. The vast majority were Japanese customers though, not surprisingly. Some ever knew about JapanAnon, and offered words of support, asking if we planned to come back for future Comic Markets. Most just seemed interested in the art, or thought it was a funny parody work. We made sure that website addresses and information were provided in the text, though, for when they read it in more detail. We got quite lucky in where we were positioned at the Market. While first-time circles usually get stuck into the narrow aisles, we got a table at the head of a column, AND near a major entrance to the hall, so lots of people could freely and comfortably pass by and take a look. One of the tables next to us was run by some Christian group. Since we'd registered ourselves as "religious criticism", we got put next to her. The lady there was actually very friendly, helped us out a lot with problems we had, and even asked questions about Scientology, Anonymous, and our message. She seemed surprised to hear Tom Cruise was a member of Scientology, and said she would look up more information online. Since she was against 'new age religions', she said she considered Scientology her enemy as much as ours. I hereby declare Operation WeabooMatsu to be successful. PS: Enclosed, here is Anonymous Comics: Japan, Issue 1 ------------------------- http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/3829359208_5093b89d6f.jpg ^^ This image seems to be too big to load ITT, but it's the cover, if you want to see it.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market Awesome guys! Thanks for the report. My Japanese isn't that great, but I laughed when I saw the comic. Good work! Keep it up!
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market AHAHAHAH EVANGELION, JESUS CHRIST. Awesome job, guys !! よくやったね！これは素晴らしい考えです。ナシュビールで、新しい考えを始まるといいと思います。日本アノンはとても創造的です。 勇敢に敵と戦い続きて下さい！ Also I'd love to have a few of those bitches to drop in the vicinity of the Japanese Consulate here in Nashville...
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market For those of us not versed in moon speak could we possibly get a translation of the comic?
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market The comic itself was actually bilingual, and had the English version of the Japanese text on each facing page. People will probably point out that certain details of the story don't match the R6 Implant story perfectly, but this version was already submitted for translation before we had time to proof it, so meh. ---------------------- Page 1: Hello, and thank you for reading Anonymous Comics. As you may know, we Anonymous have been protesting a cult called "Scientology" for more than a year. There are many reasons why we protest this group, but first, it is important to understand exactly what Scientology is. So, what is Scientology? This cult was created in 1953 by a science-fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard. He said that the world was filled with sickness and insanity, and Scientology was the only way to cure it. But what about the cause of all this sickness and insanity? How does Scientology explain the source of all the problems in the world? To understand that, we have to look back 75 million years, to an event the Scientologists call "Incident 2" or "The Wall of Fire"... Page 2: First there was nothing.... ...and then there was the first theta. With it, the universe was born. As more thetans appeared, so did different points of view, and different aspects of the universe. Time...space...energy...matter. All these and all we know exist because thetans agree they exist. Eventually, thetans came to live on Venus and on Earth... and still do today... It was not their choice to come to Earth, however. Page 3: That decision was a result of the actions of Xenu-- dictator of the Galactic Confederacy! Leader of the 26 stars and 76 planets, including Earth-- known at the time as Teegeeack. Over 178 billion lived on each planet. Its people looked like earthlings. As did their technology. Yet the people were unhappy. Xenu's time was growing short. He knew he must get rid of dissenters. With the assistance of psychiatrists, he summoned billions of citizens together under the guise of income tax inspections! Page 4: He paralyzed them, freezing them in alcohol and ethanol to capture their souls. ..and then loaded them into spacecraft-- which looked like Douglas DC-8 airplanes-- and sent them to Teegeeack (Earth). Helpless, the citizens were placed around volcanoes across the planet. Hydrogen bombs were lowered into the volcanoes' mouths... and then detonated simultaneously. There were many days of fire. The souls were blown into the air by the blasts and captured. Each soul--hundreds of billions of them--were forced to experience a psychic movie for 36 days which taught them many fake things-- about memories, god, the devil and more. These implant stations were in Hawaii and the Canary Islands. Page 5: Of the physical bodies remaining that survived the volcanic explosions, only a few survived. The thetan spirits-- suffering and confused from these events-- gathered by the thousands to these bodies and shared them. They still cling to them, and adversely affect the world. So, according to Scientology, these "Body Thetans" are the cause of every mental problem and sickness in the world. Scientologists believe that only they have the knowledge to treat these problems. Scientologists are only allowed to visit doctors who are members of the cult. And they are never allowed to speak to psychiatrists or psychologists; Scientology believe them to be evil and dangerous people. Page 6: This seems a little suspicious, don't you think? Of course, people who hear this story would probably never join the cult of Scientology. That is why the cult keeps this story secret from their members. Only after people have spent years studying Scientology classes and books, paying approximately US$159, 160 (or 14,863,140 Japanese Yen), are they told about Incident 2. At that point, they have already spent so much time and money in the cult that it would be very difficult and stressful to leave. Scientologists also know that the outside world would ridicule the Incident 2 story, and that is why they will always deny it when speaking to people outside Scientology. Thank you for taking the time to read our story. We hope to provide you with more useful information about the dangerous cult of Scientology in the future. If you wish to learn more on your own, please visit these links: ?????????????? Skeptic's Dictionary: Dianetics
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market sugoi ! motto okonai kara nihon. haha sorry for bad japanese, but keep it up guise.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market How do we credit this one? Does the drawfag have a nickname he wants us to use for this?
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market So good I'm not even going to rant about boxxxy. Seriously though, those comics are a damned good idea.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market The credits are: Writers - Trev6, zer0 Translator - Idealist Artist - zer0 Colourist - V I wanted to put all of it into a PDF, but those jews at Adobe want to make me pay to be able to do that. EDIT: also - lol,boxxy. The picture propped up on the table actually lured in most of the /b/tards.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market Thanks. Put that in the margin somewhere. Send me the full size images, and we'll sort out a PDF. I know plenty of open source jews.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market God bless those jews. I'll give you everything I've got, just give me a bit to collate it all.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market You guys are so full of win! Wish I could read Japanese just to know whats written in your manga. :3 I tried one myself sometime last year, but failed to bring it to an end. :/
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market That actually looks really good. Don't suppose you'd consider being on board for future JapanAnon comics? We accept overseas work happily.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market Japanons ROCK! Most excellent guise, comic is awesome, you were blessed with location-location-location! Oooo, and thanks fer the translations My 'Happy Dance' muscles getting a great workout this August!
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market One of the anime/manga series parodied in this manga has a peculiar relationship to that most famous Japanese cult, Aum Shinrikyo - now known as Aleph. That cult infiltrated government agencies, harassed critics, made sarin gas, tried to bring about the end of the world and then paid those those "new religious movements academics" Gordon Melton and James R. Lewis to come and defend them - you know the drill. The Evangelion anime started airing on TV a few months after this attack (the manga had already started), and its apocalypbic themes seemed to jive with what Japan had been going through. The US and UK distributor, ADV commented on it like this to Anime Insider magazine in 2004: As an important point of biography, Hideaki Anno had suffered from clinical depression for a time before he made Evangelion. Contrary to net lore, he was not still sick while making the series. His breakdown had happened while working on an earlier series. But he did use Evangelion to explore the depression after the fact.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market Are you kidding? Continue! That's awesome! DO WANT MOAR! I'll keep that in mind for the future as well. :3
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market We're more than pleased. Keep up the manga-game, it's awesome. Would like to have one Copy here in Berlin. Great stuff.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market We'll have a PDF for you, and everyone who does want, soon.
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market japanons - you bring proud smiles to anonymous! good work!
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market Some Japan-lulz in this and following posts: http://forums.whyweprotest.net/99-international-discussion/xenu-jp-34680/#post976414
Re: POST GAME: Aug. 16, Tokyo Summer Comic Market Can you make a second print run to sell to us poor weeaboos on this side of the pacific?
