cornerofmadness

I have too many story ideas and no time to write.

I DID finish

ladyfest go me.

i'm still not feeling quite right. And I have that failure as a writer feeling going too. (not to mention I'm just so overwhelmed that nothing is getting done)

But I did get something done. Before I show you, one question for the anime/manga people in the audience, is there a better source of what marketing niche a manga fits into besides Wiki? (i.e. is it shonen, seinen, shojo etc...)

Introduction

In Japan, the youkai are the traditional supernatural beings. They tend not to be vampiric in nature, though some, like the Yuki-Onna, have a reputation for drinking life forces. While, there are many manga and anime that use youkai, it is rare for them to use the vampiric side of the demons’ natures.

However, there is a rich wealthy of vampire manga and anime that pull from the Western European and from Stoker’s Dracula. These books and animated series will be the ones examined for the purposes of this paper, specifically for the aspects of sex and power, two of the main themes of most vampire literature. In Japan, there still exists a strong dichotomy between the sexes and how manga and anime are marketed to them and this does effect how the vampire is portrayed. The main divisions are Shonen (teen boys), Seinen (adult males), Shojo (teen girls), Josei (women), yaoi (‘boys’ love, homosexual), and yuri (lesbian).

There is a predominance of vampire series aimed at the males. Those vampire series intended for the female market are not unexpectedly, vampire romances. Power and sex vary wildly in the series, most often based on these target audiences. This paper will examine all of the main divisions with the exception of yuri, which is a relatively small niche, and unlike many European vampire short stories that favor lesbianism, none were found in the manga that are available in English.

The Vampire Restrained

Thanks for all the help on my vampire novel. I'm still baffled how two pro editors, at least two writers groups and a handful of agents have looked at this and not tagged any of the stuff that just got tagged.

And I'm taking a page out of

wildrider's book. It's a very simple meme, such as I understand it, you get to see my world, one picture a day for a year. Expect to see my cat a lot. I have no kids so you get cat. But first