Well, it probably won’t, but it couldn’t
hurt.
This is Comic Koubou (コミック工房 Comic Workshop), a new 3DS download-only app for easy manga
creation. It’s obviously not as high-end as software like Manga Studio or Clip Studio
Paint, and you probably won’t see a lot of published manga artists
releasing pieces they drew on their 3DSs, but for light-hearted sample of what
the process is like, it doesn’t look so bad.
The software allows for the basics – free panel
division, basic tools for speech and text bubbles, vertical and horizontal text
placement, pens, brushes, and tones – as well as digital platform benefits like
layers (up to 5 simultaneously), copy/paste, and the ever essential undo/redo
function.
Manga created in Comic Koubou can be saved in a JPEG format to the 3DS SD memory
card and can transferred to PC or uploaded to the internet. Although it’s being
released on the 3DS, the software does not support 3D display. Pages also have
a maximum size setting of 896 x 896 pixels, which is obviously far under the preferred size for heavy hitters, but then again, heavy hitters probably already have their own preferred software.
Comic
Koubou is on the light end of the spectrum when it
comes to image creation software, but it does make relatively good use of the
hardware. Touch panel technology is definitely the way to go for drawing programs,
but still, it woulda been nicer if they’d release it on the Wii U.
Comic
Koubou is scheduled for release on the Japanese
Nintendo eShop on January 15th for ￥800 (US$7.62). No
word on an international release.
ニンテンドー3DS｜コミック工房 [Nintendo]
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