Thursday, June 26, 2008

Megatokyo - Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston

Megatokyo is by far one of the more popular webcomics out there, considering that it has been published and translated into several different languages.  Influenced by the Japanese animé/manga style, Megatokyo attracts animé lovers and gamers alike with their videogame references, incredible artwork and architectual designs for the background, and originality.  The webcomic uses a combination of the western style and Japanese style of 4 panel comic strips which reads in a "Z" fashion (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right).  The series starts with Piro and Largo wanting to get into E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo where they release news on the latest development of each gaming company's work) but failing to do so because they are not game developers themselves (I want to get into E3 as well...).The story truly starts when Piro drags Largo along to go to Japan for a short trip, but end up stuck there with no money to fly back to America.

Piro, who knows how to speak Japanese, ends up working at a bookstore (I believe, it's been a while since I've followed MT).  Largo, the more imaginative and crazy like friend, goes around trying to prevent an evil attack???  (Yeah, I'm not very far into the series since I actually read the first volume from borrowing it at the library).  At a certain point, the artist drops the 4 panel design to turn it more into a graphic novel that follows the format of a Japanese manga.  Humor, Action, and Fantasy are among the genres in the series as well as a bit of romance and drama.  I don't know what attracted me to this comic, but I'm guessing it's all those gaming references they put in there~

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I need like a translater to read that stuff, lol.