Oraclemanga’s Future

Hey there everyone, Tsuzuki here again!

The last few months Himi-chan has been slowly on the mend and we’ve done major thinking about how we will continue to work from now on. Her health is faring better and the ideas are flowing as always. We have had our ups and downs, but now we feel we are ready to make our announcement.

Oraclemanga, to the both of us, is now a doujin circle for fanmade and original stories as well as music. Each of us will be working on our individual projects for upcoming manga, light novels, novels as well as collaborative works. The group will submit illustrations and any other related content to any of the projects, personal or collaborative, on Oraclemanga. Oraclemanga will eventually open up to other artists to join, but will not be looking for submissions anytime soon. Oraclemanga will now show works from myself, Tsuzuki Shino, Himi  and Himitsu Productions.

What is Himitsu Productions you ask?

Himitsu Productions is a unit of two - Tsuzuki Shino and Himi  - for their collaborative works. This includes, but is not limited to, PGSM30, The Masterpiece of Hell, and other visual arts. Himitsu Productions also makes music with Tsuzuki and Himi having their own respective bands - Mitternacht and Vollmond. Both Tsuzuki and Himi use their own Vocaloids [Authentic], music making programs, and play their own instruments for it.

Current Doujinka
Himi
The main artist of the Himitsu Productions and doujinka. She has smaller manga projects alongside PGSM30 and Vollmond. She draws beautiful illustrations and manga, taking the time to make sure it is amazing.

Commission Himi

Tsuzuki Shino
The main writer for Himitsu Productions and literary doujinka. She has light novels ideas alongside the workings of The Masterpiece of Hell. She writes the storyboards and scripts for their collaborative manga. Her side band is Mitternacht.

Commission Tsuzuki

Projects and News
We are still working on PGSM30 and have been working out more of the story before we continue to release the manga pages. We have also decided to take up an original story while working on the doujinshi. Himi and I have wanted to work on an original free story to post on the web, but we had yet to device a compelling story until now. The story is being worked on and will announced closer to the time it is ready for release. PGSM30 and this original story will run simultaneously amongst our other individual projects.

A few other projects have been pushed back in favor of making sure we are making manga and light novel content correctly. Some titles for the stories have changed as well and will be removed from the working projects list. We are going to focus on the projects that will help Himi mend and keep both of us in high spirits as we tread towards our goal of getting published.

Just a few short months ago, we were commissioned to make mascots for the OKINAWA Comic-Con and Himi had been working on it. She has been livestreaming these sessions now that she is on the mend and we would love to see you join us! Once the commission is finished we will post the finished works here on Oraclemanga.

Himi’s Livestream Channel

We have changed our website hosting and are now on the weebly.com server. Our url has not changed and it is still under construction until we can get more content made. We have deleted our facebook page since we do not really use it. Our tumblr blog will be redone and match more of the content here on our DA page. Twitter is active and is still mostly run by Himi.

Thank you!
We cannot say thank you enough for continuing to support and watch us during this time of mending. Updates will be slow still until we fully get back on our feet, but every comment, favorite, watch, llama, and support we get from each and every one of you, means a lot to us. Himi will be moving in three months and there will be some downtime until she is settled.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

We hope to have your continued support as we continue on our way to make the best creative works we can possibly make!

Blog Content
This blog will now contain journals from our deviantArt page and images or photosets of our work so it is rebloggable.

-Tsuzuki

Programs + Fan Art Panel
Hey there everyone! This is Tsuzuki checking in on here once again!

At Comic-Con International, I was able to obtain Manga Studio EX [the full version after debut] for both Himi and myself! We’ll be able to make our dounjinshi even better than it was before and be able to use more features of the program. I was also able to get more information on the software itself and manga pages with more explanations about paneling and other things for us. All in all it was a good Comic-Con for us.

I was able to attend a panel on Fan Art as well. It was said to be something that can get you in trouble even if you aren’t making any profit off of it. But there are exceptions to this, most being for study purposes, not harmful to the series itself, and such. Unless you are making a lot of money to damage the profit to the actual producers of the work then you are most likely safe. There are people who look for this type of stuff and decide if it is or isn’t hurting them. Also, just drawing it seems to put you in a precarious position. So, those of you selling your “original” fanart should be careful. It has been over looked for a long time, but it may not always be that way. Style also comes into play with copyrights so trying not to cause confusion as to if your art is the official artwork is something to think about.

It’s grim to think about it, but it is something to think about when wanting to publish something. Most have said to only charge the cost to make it instead of what they think their work is worth. This may also keep you somewhat safe. All in all, if anything comes your way, you have to try and stay calm and be able to defend yourself in some way to avoid paying a bunch of money out later. Non-commercial is your safest bet is what I got from the panel, but that is an opinion.

It wasn’t said persay that it was a terribly bad thing to do fanart, but it wasn’t necessarily a good thing in some cases. Fanart one way or another, support or financial gain in some way, is infringing copyright in some way or another. It is unavoidable, but to show our support for series and characters it will continue. Fans are what makes something popular and well loved!! Let the support continue!

But enough the serious stuff! We are going to commence work on PGSM30’s next page once Himi gets her Manga Studio EX in the mail - which should be within the week! Debut has been very buggy for Himi as of late, so we’ve decided to wait for EX to get to her and work on the next page then. Let’s cross our fingers for speedy mail! We will do our best to get the page out on time with this lovely new program. For now we are working on the chibi collabs between Himi and myself. A second one is already in progress.

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Previous Important News + Projects

Upcoming Project
We are currently working on producing another web comic for everyone to see. It’s titled User Error and will be full of humor and your favorite social media websites. The sketches and general story are being laid out and this project will be produced alongside PGSM30. We hope you will enjoy this manga just as much that one. The dates have not been finalized yet, but we will be sure to let you all know!

Sneak Peek of the characters

Sailor Moon’s coming back, 2013!!
As some of you have already heard there is going be a new Sailor Moon anime in 2013!! This is absolutely amazing! All of our childhood nostalgia shall be upon us! It is the best news to hear as we continue on with our dounjinshi. You can read more about here and here! This is very exciting and we can’t wait for it come out!! This more than enough motivation for us to keep on going and we hope is for everyone else as well!!!

Himi found a blog that has the live broadcast of the announcement of the new anime. It’s all in Japanese and it is a live talk sessions with Usagi and Mamoru’s voice actors as well as a producer from Kodansha. The group that posted it said they will try to sub it soon.

Ms Dream Blog

The jist of the conversation is how nostalgic Sailor Moon is for everyone, even the announcer of the panel is a fan [he had his own manga there on display]. Usagi’s voice actor even talks about the sessions she had with the others and how she auditioned for the part of Usagi. Mamoru said he didn’t take an audition from what I translated.  Usagi’s voice actor also mentions her other role as Misato in Evangelion very briefly. In the middle of the broadcast they connect to a live concert for Momoiro Clover Z at Japan Expo in France. The talk cast interacts with them for a bit before bidding them farewell and continuing their cast talk.

It is said that the producers of this new anime are all Sailor Moon fans and there is talk of a new character being made. Also there is going to be new merchandise coming for this new series. Buyers beware of anything that comes from Hong Kong, the knock offs, because it was mentioned early in the talk that there were a lot of them made when Sailor Moon came out and shipped to various places. Please make sure what you are buying is authentic so we can support Sailor Moon even more. Naoko Takeuchi wrote a small message for the producer to read at the end and she is overjoyed that their is so much response to it already and that there are still fans for her series even though most of them are now grown adults. Usagi’s voice actor read her message.

This is the jist of some of the highlights from the video. If there’s anything else wants me to figure out if the subbing doesn’t go up as fast, let me know. I will do my best to translate it for you!


Current Project
Cover || Page 1 || Page 2 || Page 3 

Queen Serenity sealed an evil force within the Moon Kingdom at the cost of her Senshi and the three guardians of the Moon. That force was long since forgotten by the New Moon Kingdom: Crystal Tokyo in the 30th Century. Little did they know, the entity had been touched by Chaos during Sailor Moon’s epic battle one century before. The Dark Entity’s Generals are hard at work finding the individuals needed to release their master. Their search has led them to America; just the place Princess Lady Serenity is secretly going to be studying in.

Now it is a race against time to fight off the Dark Entity’s forces with never heard of Senshi that the Kingdom had long since logged as Legends. Will Princess Lady Serenity be able to lead these new Senshi and vanquish the Dark Entity before it’s too late?

Until then, be on the lookout on our DA pages and here as well for more of our ideas and artwork!


-Tsuzuki Shino

Sailor Moon’s coming back, 2013!!
Hey there everyone! This is Tsuzuki checking in on here once again!

As some of you have already heard there is going be a new Sailor Moon anime in 2013!! This is absolutely amazing! All of our childhood nostalgia shall be upon us! It is the best news to hear as we continue on with our dounjinshi. You can read more about here and here! This is very exciting and we can’t wait for it come out!! This more than enough motivation for us to keep on going and we hope is for everyone else as well!!!

<b>EDIT:</b> Himi found a blog that has the live broadcast of the announcement of the new anime. It’s all in Japanese and it is a live talk sessions with Usagi and Mamoru’s voice actors as well as a producer from Kodansha. The group that posted it said they will try to sub it soon.

Miss Dream’s Blog

The jist of the conversation is how nostalgic Sailor Moon is for everyone, even the announcer of the panel is a fan [he had his own manga there on display]. Usagi’s voice actor even talks about the sessions she had with the others and how she auditioned for the part of Usagi. Mamoru said he didn’t take an audition from what I translated.  Usagi’s voice actor also mentions her other role as Misato in Evangelion very briefly. In the middle of the broadcast they connect to a live concert for Momoiro Clover Z at Japan Expo in France. The talk cast interacts with them for a bit before bidding them farewell and continuing their cast talk.

It is said that the producers of this new anime are all Sailor Moon fans and there is talk of a new character being made. Also there is going to be new merchandise coming for this new series. Buyers beware of anything that comes from Hong Kong, the knock offs, because it was mentioned early in the talk that there were a lot of them made when Sailor Moon came out and shipped to various places. Please make sure what you are buying is authentic so we can support Sailor Moon even more. Naoko Takeuchi wrote a small message for the producer to read at the end and she is overjoyed that their is so much response to it already and that there are still fans for her series even though most of them are now grown adults. Usagi’s voice actor read her message.

This is the jist of some of the highlights from the video. If there’s anything else wants me to figure out if the subbing doesn’t go up as fast, let me know. I will do my best to translate it for you!

Upcoming Project
We are currently working on producing another web comic for everyone to see. It’s titled User Error and will be full of humor and your favorite social media websites. The sketches and general story are being laid out and this project will be produced alongside PGSM30. We hope you will enjoy this manga just as much that one. The dates have not been finalized yet, but we will be sure to let you all know!

And lastly, we’d love to thank everyone for supporting PGSM30!! We can’t thank you enough!

Current Project

Cover page

Queen Serenity sealed an evil force within the Moon Kingdom at the cost of her Senshi and the three guardians of the Moon. That force was long since forgotten by the New Moon Kingdom: Crystal Tokyo in the 30th Century. Little did they know, the entity had been touched by Chaos during Sailor Moon’s epic battle one century before. The Dark Entity’s Generals are hard at work finding the individuals needed to release their master. Their search has led them to America; just the place Princess Lady Serenity is secretly going to be studying in.

Now it is a race against time to fight off the Dark Entity’s forces with never heard of Senshi that the Kingdom had long since logged as Legends. Will Princess Lady Serenity be able to lead these new Senshi and vanquish the Dark Entity before it’s too late?

Until then, be on the lookout on our DA pages and here as well for more of our ideas and artwork!


-Tsuzuki Shino

Hey there everybody Tsuzuki here!

Himi just finished the first paneled page for our dounjinshi! Be sure to take a look! The next page will be released July 15th. Stay tuned!

-Tsuzuki

Hey there everybody Tsuzuki here!

Himi just finished the illustration page for our dounjinshi! Be sure to take a look! The paneled pages will start on July 1st. Stay tuned!

-Tsuzuki

Gallery Change + Addition
Hey there everyone! This is Tsuzuki checking in on here once again!

We added some works from the older version of sugarRUSH that we were working on last year and the beginning of this year. The story has taken a drastic turn from the content within the pages, but it was great practice for our artist, Himi Abe. We are still working on this project and it is once again in its brainstorming and scripting stage. The characters remain and you can see some of their updated looks on my DA page or Himi’s page. We hope you enjoy looking at our ideas while you wait for the next page of PGSM30!

We rearranged our gallery a bit so that our ideas and first drafts of our works are in their own folders and our current projects are featured in the main gallery as well as their own folder. We hope this helps everyone find what they are looking for in our gallery faster!


Website Plans
We have decided that the website will become a hub for linking all our social media websites until we have have more original content to offer. Once things have settled down a bit it will be revamped for this purpose and will help all of you keep in touch with us where ever we are on the web!


Current Project


Queen Serenity sealed an evil force within the Moon Kingdom at the cost of her Senshi and the three guardians of the Moon. That force was long since forgotten by the New Moon Kingdom: Crystal Tokyo in the 30th Century. Little did they know, the entity had been touched by Chaos during Sailor Moon’s epic battle one century before. The Dark Entity’s Generals are hard at work finding the individuals needed to release their master. Their search has led them to America; just the place Princess Lady Serenity is secretly going to be studying in.

Now it is a race against time to fight off the Dark Entity’s forces with never heard of Senshi that the Kingdom had long since logged as Legends. Will Princess Lady Serenity be able to lead these new Senshi and vanquish the Dark Entity before it’s too late?


Until then, be on the lookout on our DA pages and here as well for more of our ideas and artwork!


-Tsuzuki Shino