Foreign Involvement in the Anime/Manga Industry

[AU_Gundam MK II]

I just want to know if there has been any foreign involvement in anime/manga. Like say, an American penning a certain manga series, a foreigner contributing to the storyline, or such. No, I'm not asking for how certain historical or mythical figures from other cultures have wound up in anime. I'm talking producers, mangaka, and story conceptualizers.

Or mech designers. Which now leads me to the only one I know: Syd Mead. The guy who made the awesomeness of Turn A really had some good shoes on his feet and I honestly feel he should be recognized for this.

[Destiny_Gundam]

Well, there's all the Koreans that do most of the actual animation.

Only other notiable names I can think of off hand is Stan Lee, who, among other things, co-oped with the Shaman King mangaka to make Ultimo (Stan himself is in it naturally. He commits seppuku on the 3rd page).

[AU_Gundam MK II]

Well, there's all the Koreans that do most of the actual animation.

Only other notiable names I can think of off hand is Stan Lee, who, among other things, co-oped with the Shaman King mangaka to make Ultimo (Stan himself is in it naturally. He commits seppuku on the 3rd page).

WTF!?

Well, would the Filipino involvement in One Piece be considered?

[Kenji]

Stan Lee committing seppuku... That makes me actually want to see this manga!

But, yeah, there's an increasing amount of Korean and Chinese (or Taiwanese?) involvement, but I'm not sure beyond that... certainly nothing consistent or worth calling a trend.

[Destiny_Gundam]

Stan Lee committing seppuku... That makes me actually want to see this manga!

There was a sneak peek of it in the September 08 edition of Shonen Jump. I wasn't sure which was funnier. The fact that Stan kills himself, or the fact that he joyfully shouts "HARAKIRI!" before he does it.

Damn it Stan...

Hm... What else... Well, Hanz Zimmer and Mark Mancina did the music to Blood+. The Prague Symphony Orchestra did the music for Karas. There's also a few english bands who do opening or endings for some animes.

You might count the Animatrix or Gotham Knight, but that's really more of a case of anime involvement in American material, not vice versa.

[Teki]

Big O Season 2 Financed by Adult Swim, Gundam wise have Sid Mead doing principle Mech design (he also did various things for Yamato 2520), and IGPX was heavily North American finance are one that first come to mind.

[Recon 5]

Well, in Japan anime and manga are simply general terms for cartoons and comics respectively, so a REMOVED-localized Superman cartoon and comic would be a "foreign anime" and a "foreign manga" respectively.

Korean "manga" is known as "manhwa" and is considered a separate genre from the Japanese works.

[Antares]

Involvement varies, I think. Music is the most noticable feature, I suppose. Destiny_Gundam mentioned that too.

I am unclear as to how much foreign involvement takes place in series that are set in a European context, like say Le Chevalier D'Eon. And then there is this coming up: http://www.first-squad.com/ .
It's hard to say which way it works influence-wise or in actual involvement.
EDIT: ANN seems to suggest First Squad has Russian producers.

[Sleepneeded127]

Afro Samurai was made almost entirely by American Companies besides the animation studio (?Madhouse i think?)

and soon Stan Lee of Marvel Comics will be writing and up coming Manga series. i dont remember the title but it is not based on any of marvel' works
plus there are a few manga works based of Marvel characters

[One Big Hullabaloo]

For producers, Xegapain was produced by Microsoft.

Another one, does the PSN thing with Xam'd count?

[Sume Gai]

sony is a japanese company so no I don't think it does

[X10A-Freedom]

Well witchblade is the one that come to mind for me its been jumping back and forth between the US and Japan for a long time.

Oh and i almost forgot this little gem http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... t-tv-anime yeah thats right IRON MAN and WOLVERINE ANIME im almost more excited to see the anime then the second Iron Man movie and Wolverine Origins the key word is almost. Personaly Iron Man and X-Men are the best but i still cant wait to find out who the other three series are going to be about.

[AU_Gundam MK II]

Well witchblade is the one that come to mind for me its been jumping back and forth between the US and Japan for a long time.

Oh and i almost forgot this little gem http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... t-tv-anime yeah thats right IRON MAN and WOLVERINE ANIME im almost more excited to see the anime then the second Iron Man movie and Wolverine Origins the key word is almost. Personaly Iron Man and X-Men are the best but i still cant wait to find out who the other three series are going to be about.

Hmm, I thought they are going to do more than just five. Well, I think we can expect Spider-Man again, though Hulk comes to mind as well.

[Windknight]

I beleive Gerry Anderson was involved in making an anime (the Japanese love thunderbirds and all his other works), but demanded they pull his name from it after they chucked out all his input in favour of a Generic Crappy Anime series with his name stamped on it in the hope it would sell.

[Shea]

Big O Season 2 Financed by Adult Swim, Gundam wise have Sid Mead doing principle Mech design (he also did various things for Yamato 2520), and IGPX was heavily North American finance are one that first come to mind.

He also designed the Turn A Gundam. (One of my favorites.)

[Yuusha Tokkyu Might Gaine]

...Dose G-Saviour being made by a bunch of Canadians count?

[Shea]

...Dose G-Saviour being made by a bunch of Canadians count?

Kinda...

Even though G-Saviour was a flop, I still love it for what it tried to be.

[dreacon]

Big O Season 2 Financed by Adult Swim, Gundam wise have Sid Mead doing principle Mech design (he also did various things for Yamato 2520), and IGPX was heavily North American finance are one that first come to mind.

He also designed the Turn A Gundam. (One of my favorites.)

Call me a Katoki fanboy but, i wasent too big on Syds work with Turn A. Then again, i've always had a thing for not messing with whats broken (I.E. The V-Fin getting replaced w/ that goofy Mustache. Then again, thats my only Turn A pet peave)

Now what i wonder about is the Big O, season 2. That was made almost entirly just for Cartoon Network. Was there any non J involvment there?

[Destiny_Gundam]

Ah, that reminds me. You could count Powerpuff Girls Z.

[Yuusha Tokkyu Might Gaine]

I was thinking of Batman Gotham Knight too.