Riddocum, hehe, when up mention that, you are requiring a person to have TWO gifts: (1) artistic ability AND (2) creative writing ability (smiling). I salute anyone who has the nerve! After all, it seems to be a very competitive business. A look in Media Play (movies and books store) will show the novice that there are just about as many anime movies as there any other genre (drama, action, etc.)! And there are books and magazine subscription galore. For the otaku out there, who may have a really good feel for this area, I suppose it might be easy (easier?) to come up with something that can compete. But still, hard! Perhaps one could make it web-based and work that way. At Dragon*Con this year, I went to several book publishing/writing seminars and publishing a book is a nightmare (from what we heard and talked about)!