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NataliaBatista

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I'm a Swedish mangaka, active since 2006. Member of the Swedish mangaka group Nosebleed Studio. My manga Sword Princess Amaltea har been published in Sweden, USA, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic. I have made more than 1600 pages of manga, most of them published in books or anthologies and some of them online. I also teach about manga, storytelling and comics, and organize zine events and comic projects for the community.
  • My homepage： http://natalia.batista.se
  • My Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/nataliasmanga/
  • My Youtube： http://www.youtube.com/MangaNatalia
  • Nosebleed Studio： http://www.Nosebleed-Studio.com
  • Sword Princess Amaltea： http://www.SwordPrincessAmaltea.com
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  • Work Place：Malmö,Sweden
  • Gender：Female

Life Event

  • 06/2007 GradutatedfromtheComicArtSchoolinMalmö,Sweden Graduated
  • 02/2010 Mjau!publishedinSweden
  • 09/2013 SwordPrincessAmalteavol1publishedinSweden
  • 03/2018 SwordPrincessAmalteapublishedbyTOKYOPOP

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  • Favorite music

    Metal + Electronic + Viking

  • Future goals

    Never stop making manga

  • What you eat when hungry

    Pasta!

  • Software

    CLIP Studio Paint

CREATOR RANK CREATOR NataliaBatista 4 years ago
How I got a Japanese manga editor Part 2

I landed in Japan in March 2010 with my sister and my friend, meeting up our mutual friend M who had lived in Tokyo for 2 years. She guided us around and we did a bunch of fun things like onsen bath, Fuji-Q Highlands, etc.

Then came the day of my planned meeting. My friend M was to be my interpreter at the meeting, and my sister and our friend was to tag along. M instructed us all to wear black, as that is more a business color.

We arrived early (too early!) and entered the Shueisha building. We had to wait in the entrance hall where they had booths for editors and artists to meet at, just like you can read about in Bakuman. During our wait, we could overhear the meeting between an artist and an editor. The editor gave their opinion on the artist's namu and then stood up an left. Very interesting...

After some time, editor Y greeted us. She had even learned a Swedish phrase to greet us properly, haha. So kind. We expected the meeting to take place in the entrance hall, but then she invited us up to their editorial office instead!!
So, we all took the elevator up to the Ribon editorial level. While doing so, the elevator stopped at Shonen Jump's level too. We all felt an epic aura of the place. How many famous creators had not stood in this elevator!? We where starstruck!

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CREATOR RANK CREATOR NataliaBatista 4 years ago
How I got a Japanese manga editor Part 1

In 2010, I was planning my first visit to Japan for the first time. I had just finished my kitten manga Mjau! for a Swedish publisher, and decided to take the chance and send it to some Japanese publishers, to see if I could book a meeting.

I sent the first book (a small one with only 64 pages) to 8 publishers and magazines in Japan. I also included a letter about me and the manga and asking for a meeting, all in Japanese (I studied Japanese for 2 semesters at the University, but I also had a bunch of friends with Japanese knowledge to help me a lot with the letter!).

Four of the publishers replied in email, and out of them there was two that said yes to a meeting, but only one of them replied to my email response. It was editor Y (I will disguise their names) at Shueisha's Ribon, one of Japan's biggest shojo manga magazines. We booked a meeting and I planned my trip to Japan!

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