Happy Birthday, Kubo-sensei!
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lydamorehouseAccording to someone on Tumblr (so, you know, a GOOD source,) today is Tite Kubo's birthday. He's 36, which makes him EXACTLY a decade younger than me. If you have no idea who I'm talking about, Kubo-sensei is the writer/illustrator of Bleach, aka my fannish obsession. You may also wonder why I always add the honorific -sensei. He's was not *my* teacher (though, yes... in a way...), but mangaka (Manga writers) are always addressed with -sensei.
Can you imagine if we did something like this in the US/UK? The day after my first novel came out, you would change how you referred to me FOREVER. I wouldn't just be Lyda, I'd be Lyda-author (if we were close, and Morehouse-author, if not so much.) Except, I wouldn't be allowed this title in Japan, being a mere author of novels. This honorific would be the exclusive purview of people like my friend Christopher Jones.
Can you imagine respecting the comic book/graphic form that much? That you'd get to have a new honorific. My father had to get a Ph.D. to get the title "Dr." which, being an American, he often eschews in favor of his informal nickname "Mort." But, in another place, mangaka get an honorific bestowed on them JUST FOR PUBLISHING COMIC BOOKS.
How f*cking awesome is that??
Though, the title MAY go away after Kubo-sensei retires, I'm not sure. It may only apply to an active mangaka. Which is also weird to consider, given the voitale nature of publication both here and in Japan.
Anyway, the point is, happy birthday to a guy I have never met, but whose work I admire greatly.
I think I will celebrate Kubo-sensei's birthday by writing my own original fiction for a while and then play around in his universe this evening. But, then again, maybe there will be cake. There should always be cake.
Can you imagine if we did something like this in the US/UK? The day after my first novel came out, you would change how you referred to me FOREVER. I wouldn't just be Lyda, I'd be Lyda-author (if we were close, and Morehouse-author, if not so much.) Except, I wouldn't be allowed this title in Japan, being a mere author of novels. This honorific would be the exclusive purview of people like my friend Christopher Jones.
Can you imagine respecting the comic book/graphic form that much? That you'd get to have a new honorific. My father had to get a Ph.D. to get the title "Dr." which, being an American, he often eschews in favor of his informal nickname "Mort." But, in another place, mangaka get an honorific bestowed on them JUST FOR PUBLISHING COMIC BOOKS.
How f*cking awesome is that??
Though, the title MAY go away after Kubo-sensei retires, I'm not sure. It may only apply to an active mangaka. Which is also weird to consider, given the voitale nature of publication both here and in Japan.
Anyway, the point is, happy birthday to a guy I have never met, but whose work I admire greatly.
I think I will celebrate Kubo-sensei's birthday by writing my own original fiction for a while and then play around in his universe this evening. But, then again, maybe there will be cake. There should always be cake.
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Date: 2013-06-27 05:40 am (UTC)--Ptr. Frank Gosar...
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Date: 2013-06-27 12:17 pm (UTC)It should apply to everything! No, wait, this could be either a really cool thing or suck. So many of us in the US change jobs so much. Would I be stuck with Scry. Lyda (when I was a secretary) or, I don't know pz delv. Lyda (when I delivered pizzas)?
Yeah, of course, it only makes sense for the vocations and careers.
(And I'm glad you signed your name, Frank. I can NEVER remember your LJ handle.)
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Date: 2013-06-27 06:57 pm (UTC)Oh, and to me, you are always Wrtr. Lyda Morehouse...