MEGATOKYO

'''Megatokyo''' is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston, debuting on August 14, 2000, and then written and illustrated solely by Gallagher as of July 17, 2002.^[2] The style of its writing and illustrations is heavily influenced by Japanese manga. ''Megatokyo'' is available gratis on its official website, with updates on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. It is among the most popular webcomics,Alexa traffic rankings regularly show Megatokyo.com in the top 8,000 most popular sites[1], compared to PvPOnline.com which ranks in the top 4,000[2], and Penny-Arcade.com which ranks in the top 2,000[3] and is published in print by CMX. Sales of the comic's print editions rank it as the best selling original English-language manga.^[3]
Set in a fictional version of Tokyo, ''Megatokyo'' portrays the adventures of Piro, a young fan of anime and manga, and his friend Largo, a video game enthusiast. The comic often parodies and comments on the archetypes and clichés of anime, manga, dating simulations and video games, occasionally making direct references to real-world works. ''Megatokyo'' was originally presented in the gag-a-day format, with continuity of the story a subsidiary concern. Over time, it focused more on developing a complex plot and the personalities of its characters. This transition was due primarily to Gallagher's increasing control over the comic, which led to Caston's controversial removal from the project.^[4]^[5] ''Megatokyo'' has received praise from such sources as ''The New York Times'',^[6] while negative criticism of Gallagher's changes to the comic has been given by sources including Websnark.^[7]^[8]

History

''Megatokyo'' began publication as a joint project between Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston, Internet acquaintances and, later, business partners. According to Gallagher, the comic's first two strips were drawn in reaction to Caston being "convinced that he and I could do [a webcomic] … [and] bothering me incessantly about it", without any planning or pre-determined storyline.^[9] The comic's title was derived from an Internet domain owned by Caston, which had hosted a short-lived gaming news site maintained by Caston before the comic's creation.^[10] With Caston writing the comic's scripts and Gallagher supplying its artwork, the comic's popularity quickly increased,^[11] eventually reaching levels comparable to those of such popular webcomics as ''Penny Arcade'' and ''PvP''. According to Gallagher, ''Megatokyo'''s popularity was not intended, as the project was originally an experiment to help him improve his writing and illustrating skills for his future project, ''Warmth''. comiket dreamin' Fred Gallagher comments on ''Megatokyo's'' originally experimental status, and mentions that the ''Megatokyo'' books have been translated into German, Italian, French and Polish.
In May 2002, Caston sold his ownership of the title to Gallagher, who has managed the comic on his own since then. In October of the same year, after Gallagher was laid off from his day job as an architect, he took up producing the comic as a full time profession.^[12] Caston's departure from ''Megatokyo'' was not fully explained at the time. Initially, Gallagher and Caston only briefly mentioned the split, with Gallagher publicly announcing Caston's departure on June 17, 2002.² On January 15, 2005, Gallagher explained his view of the reasoning behind the split in response to a comment made by Scott Kurtz of ''PvP'', in which he suggested that Gallagher had stolen ownership of ''Megatokyo'' from Caston. Calling Kurtz's claim "mean spirited", Gallagher responded:^[5]

"While things were good at first, over time we found that we were not working well together creatively. There is no fault in this, it happens. I've never blamed Rodney for this creative 'falling out' nor do I blame myself. Not all creative relationships click, ours didn't in the long run."

Four days later, Caston posted his view of the development on his website:⁴

"After this he approached me and said either I would sell him my ownership of MegaTokyo or he would simply stop doing it entirely, and we'd divide up the company's assets and end it all.
This was right before the MT was to go into print form, and I really wanted to see it make it into print, rather [than] die on the vine."

Production

''Megatokyo'' is usually hand-drawn in pencil by Fred Gallagher, without any digital or physical "inking". Inking was originally planned, but dropped as Gallagher decided it was unfeasible.''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 11 ''Megatokyo'''s first strips were created by roughly sketching on large sheets of paper, followed by tracing, scanning, digital clean-up of the traced comics with Adobe Photoshop, and final touches in Adobe Illustrator to achieve a finished product.''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 148 Gallagher has stated that comics were traced as a result of his sketches being "way too messy to use without tracing them first".''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 18 Largely due to tracing, these comics regularly took six to eight hours to complete. As the comic progressed, Gallagher became "better at drawing things with fewer scribbles and construction lines", causing him to drop the tracing step in comic creation.''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 42 Gallagher believes "that this eventually led to better looking and more expressive comics".
''Megatokyo'''s early strips were laid out in four square panels per strip, in a two-by-two square array — a formatting choice made as a compromise between the horizontal layout of American comic strips and the vertical layout of Japanese comic strips.^[14] The limitations of this format became apparent during the first year of ''Megatokyo'''s publication, and in the spring of 2001, the comic switched to a manga-style, free-form panel layout. This format allowed for both large, detailed drawings and small, abstract progressions, as based on the needs of the script.^[15] Gallagher has commented that his drawing speed had increased since the comic's beginning, and with four panel comics taking much less time to produce, it "made sense in some sort of twisted, masochistic way, that [he] could use that extra time to draw more for each comic".''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 105
''Megatokyo'''s earliest strips were drawn entirely on single sheets of paper. full page, part 2 Following these, Gallagher began drawing the comic's panels separately and assembling them in Adobe Illustrator, allowing him to draw more detailed frames. This changed during ''Megatokyo'''s eighth chapter, with Gallagher returning to drawing entire comics on single sheets of paper. Gallagher has stated that this change allows for more differentiated layouts, full page in addition to allowing him a better sense of momentum during comic creation.
Gallagher has occasional guest artists participate in the production of the comic, including Mohammad F. Haque of Applegeeks.[4].

Funding

''Megatokyo'' has had several sources of funding during its production. In its early years, it was largely funded by Gallagher and Caston's full time jobs, with the additional support of banner advertisements. A store connected to ThinkGeek was launched during October of 2000 in order to sell ''Megatokyo'' merchandise, and, in turn, help fund the comic.^[16] On August 1, 2004,^[17] this store was replaced by "Megagear", an independent online store created by Fred Gallagher and his wife, Sarah, to be used solely by ''Megatokyo'', although it now also offers ''Applegeeks'' and ''Angerdog'' merchandise.
Gallagher has emphasized that ''Megatokyo'' will continue to remain on the Internet free of charge, and that releasing it in book form is simply another way for the comic to reach readers,^[18] as opposed to replacing its webcomic counterpart entirely.^[19] Additionally, he has stated that he is against micropayments, as he believes that word of mouth and public attention are powerful property builders, and that a "pay-per-click" system would only dampen their effectiveness. He has claimed that such systems are a ''superior'' option to direct monetary compensation, and that human nature is opposed to micropayments.^[19]

Themes and structure

Strip #619 demonstrates ''Megatokyo'''s style and several of the comic's themes. It depicts Piro, Largo, Sonoda Yuki and Nanasawa Kimiko.

Much of ''Megatokyo'''s early humor consists of jokes related to the video game subculture, as well as culture-clash issues. In these early strips, the comic progressed at a pace which Gallagher has called "haphazard", Take a Trip to Megatokyo IGN interview with Fred Gallagher. often interrupted by purely punchline-driven installments.^[21]^[22]^[23] As Gallagher gradually gained more control over ''Megatokyo'''s production, the comic began to gain more similarities to the Japanese shōjo manga that Gallagher enjoys.^[24] Following Gallagher's complete takeover of ''Megatokyo'', the comic's thematic relation to Japanese manga continued to grow.
The comic features characteristics borrowed from anime and manga archetypes, often parodying the medium's clichés. common gripes Examples include Junpei, a ninja who becomes Largo's apprentice; giant monsters based on Godzilla; the Tokyo Police Cataclysm Division, which fights the monsters with giant robots and supervises the systematic destruction and reconstruction of predesignated areas of the city; fan service; a Japanese school girl, Yuki;''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 51 and Ping, a robot girl.''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 156 In addition, Dom and Ed, hitmen employed by Sega and Sony, respectively, are associated with a Japanese stereotype that all Americans are heavily armed.''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 13 Other characters include Seraphim and Boo, the "conscience enforcement agents" of Piro and Largo, respectively, who try to assist their clients in making morally correct decisions while Asmodeus, Piro's "anti-conscience", attempts to undermine their efforts.
Characters in ''Megatokyo'' usually speak Japanese, although some speak English, or English-based l33t. Typically, when a character is speaking Japanese, it is signified by enclosing English text between angle brackets.^[25] Not every character speaks every language, so occasionally characters are unable to understand one another. In several scenes, a character's speech is written entirely in rōmaji Japanese to emphasize this.
''Megatokyo'' is divided into chapters. Chapter 0, which contains all of the comic's early phase, covers a time span in the comic of about six weeks. Each of the subsequent chapters chronicles the events of a single day. Chapter 0 was originally not given a title, although the book version retroactively dubbed it "''Relax, we understand j00''".^[26] Chapter 0 began during August 2000, with chapters 1 through 7 beginning in June 2001, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter one November 2001, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter two October 2002, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter three April 2003, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter four February 2004, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter five November 2004, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter six September 2005, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter seven and June 2006, Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter eight respectively. The ninth and most recent chapter, entitled "''over1o4d''", began in April 2007. Start of ''Megatokyo'' chapter nine

Main characters

Main articles: Main characters of Megatokyo

:''The authors of ''Megatokyo'' chose to use "Surname–Given Name" order for characters of Japanese origin. The same format has been maintained here so as to avoid any confusion regarding these characters.''

Piro

'Piro', the main protagonist, is an author surrogate of Fred Gallagher. Gallagher has stated that Piro is an idealized version of himself when he was in college. i'll take my art back now A news post by Fred Gallagher in which he states that the character "Piro" is an idealized version of himself (Gallagher) when he was in college. As a character, he is socially inept and frequently depressed. His design was originally conceived as a visual parody of the character Ruri Hoshino, from the ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' anime series. An interview with Fred Gallagher His name is derived from Gallagher's online nickname, which was in turn taken from Makoto Sawatari's cat in the Japanese visual novel ''Kanon''. ''Megatokyo'' Panel at Akon 13
In the story, Piro has extreme difficulty understanding ''Megatokyo's'' female characters, making him for the most part ignorant to the feelings that the character Nanasawa Kimiko has for him, though he has become much more aware of her attraction. Gallagher has commented that Piro is the focal point of emotional damage. ''MEGATOKYO'''S FRED GALLAGHER An interview with Fred Gallagher at THE PULSE

Largo

'Largo' is the comic's secondary protagonist, and the comic version of co-creator Rodney Caston. As the comic's primary source of humor, he is an impulsive alcoholic who speaks L33t fluently and frequently. A technically gifted character, he is obsessed with altering devices, often with hazardous results. Gallagher designed Largo to be the major recipient of the comic's physical damage. Largo's name comes from Caston's online nickname. ''Megatokyo'' Panel at Akon 13 Largo seems to be entering into a relationship with Hayasaka Erika, at present.

Hayasaka Erika

is a strong-willed, cynical, and sometimes violent character. At the time of the story, she is a popular former Japanese idol (singer) and voice actress who has been out of the limelight for three years, though she still possesses a considerable fanbase. Erika's past relationship troubles, combined with exposure to swarms of fanboys have caused her to adopt a negative outlook on life. Gallagher has implied that her personality was loosely based around the ''tsundere'' (tough girl) stereotype often seen in anime and manga. finding kimiko Gallagher comments on Kimiko being of original design.

Nanasawa Kimiko

is a Japanese girl who works as a waitress at an Anna Miller's restaurant. The story puts forth that she is an aspiring voice actress who sometimes finds herself too shy or insecure to take on roles. Kimiko is a kind and soft-spoken character, though she is prone to mood-swings, and often causes herself embarrassment by saying things she does not mean. Gallagher has commented that Kimiko was the only female character not based on anime stereotypes. finding kimiko Gallagher comments on Kimiko being of original design.

Tohya Miho

is an enigmatic and manipulative young goth girl. She is drawn to resemble a "Gothic Lolita", and is often described as "darkly cute," with Gallagher occasionally defining her as a "perkigoth."Gallagher, Fred. ''Megatokyo'' Volume 1. Dark Horse Books, 2004. Pages 90 and 154. Miho often acts strangely compared to the comic's other characters, and regularly accomplishes abnormal feats, such as leaping inhuman distances or perching herself atop telephone poles. Despite these displays of ability, it is hinted at that Miho has problems with her health. Little is revealed in the comic about Miho's past or motivations, although Gallagher states that these will eventually be explained. ''Megatokyo'' Panel at Akon 13

Plot

''Megatokyo'''s story begins when Piro and Largo fly to Tokyo after an incident at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The pair are soon stranded without enough money to buy plane tickets home, forcing them to live with Tsubasa, a Japanese friend of Piro's. When Tsubasa suddenly departs for America to seek his "first true love", the protagonists are forced out of the apartment. Tsubasa leaves Ping, a robot girl PlayStation 2 accessory, in their care.
After their eviction, Piro begins work at "Megagamers", a store specializing in anime, manga, and video games. His employer allows him and Largo to live in the apartment above the store. Largo is mistaken for the new English teacher at a local school, where he takes on the alias "Great Teacher Largo" and instructs his students in L33t, video games, and computing. The "Tokyo Police Cataclysm Division" hires Largo after he manipulates Ping into stopping a rampaging monster, but they soon dismiss him for failing to contain a riot.
Early in the story, Piro meets Nanasawa Kimiko at an Anna Miller's restaurant, where she is a waitress. Much later, Piro encounters Kimiko outside a train station, where she is worrying aloud that she will miss an audition because she has forgotten her money and railcard. Piro hands her his own railcard and walks off before she can refuse his offer. This event causes Kimiko to develop an idealized vision of her benefactor, an image which is shattered the next time they meet. Despite this, she gradually develops feelings for Piro, though she is too shy to admit them. Later on in the story, Kimiko's outburst on a radio talk show causes her to suddenly rise to idol status. Angered by the hosts' derisive comments about fanboys, she comes to the defense of her audience, immediately and unintentionally securing their obsessive adoration. The stress of the audience's focused attention overwhelms Kimiko, and she lashes out at Piro when he tries to defend her.
Meanwhile, Largo develops a relationship with Hayasaka Erika, Piro's coworker at Megagamers. As with Piro and Kimiko, Largo and Erika meet by coincidence early in the story. Later, it is revealed that Erika is a former pop idol, who disappeared from the public eye after her fiancé left her. When she is rediscovered by her fans, Largo helps thwart a fanboy horde and offers to help Erika to deal with her "vulnerabilities in the digital plane". Erika insists on protecting herself, so Largo instructs her in computer-building.
Finally, the enigmatic Tohya Miho frequently meddles in the lives of the protagonists. Miho knows Piro and Largo from the "Endgames" MMORPG previous to ''Megatokyo'''s plot. She abused a hidden statistic in the game to gain control of nearly all of the game's player characters, but was ultimately defeated by Piro and Largo. In the comic, Miho becomes close friends with Ping, influencing Ping's relationship with Piro and pitting Ping against Largo in video game battles. Miho is also involved in Erika's backstory; Miho manipulated Erika's fans after Erika's disappearance. This effort ended badly, leaving Miho hospitalized, and the Tokyo Police Cataclysm Division cleaning up the aftermath. Most of the exact details of what happened are left to the readers' imagination.

Books

''Megatokyo'' was first published in print by Studio Ironcat, a partnership announced in September 2002.^[27] Following this, the first book, a compilation of ''Megatokyo'' strips under the title "''Megatokyo Volume One: Chapter Zero''", was released by Studio Ironcat in January of 2003. ''Megatokyo Vol 1 Chapter Zero'' at Amazon.com According to Gallagher, Studio Ironcat was unable to meet demand for the book, due to problems the company was facing at the time.^[28] On July 7, 2003, Gallagher announced that Ironcat would not continue to publish ''Megatokyo'' in book form.^[29] This was followed by an announcement on August 27, 2003 that Dark Horse Comics would publish ''Megatokyo Volume 2'' and future collected volumes, including a revised edition of ''Megatokyo Volume 1''.^[30] The comic once more changed publishers in February of 2006, moving from Dark Horse Comics to the CMX Manga imprint of DC Comics.^[31]
As of June 26 2006, four volumes are available for purchase, with volumes 1 through 3 printed by Dark Horse and volume 4 by DC. These books have been translated into German, Italian, French and Polish. comiket dreamin' Fred Gallagher comments on ''Megatokyo's'' originally experimental status and mentions that the ''Megatokyo'' books have been translated into German, Italian, French and Polish. In July 2004, ''Megatokyo'' was the tenth best-selling manga property in the United States.^[32] During the week ending February 20, 2005, volume 3 reached third place in Nielsen BookScan,^[3] its highest ranking as of August 2006, making it the best selling original English-language manga.³

★ ''Megatokyo Volume 1: Chapter Zero'' (''Megatokyo'' vol.1 1st ed.) ISBN 1-929090-30-7

★ ''Megatokyo Volume 1'', 2nd ed. ISBN 1-59307-163-9 (published March 21 2004)^[34]

★ ''Megatokyo Volume 2'' ISBN 1-59307-118-3 (published January 22 2004)^[35]

★ ''Megatokyo Volume 3'' ISBN 1-59307-305-4 (published February 2 2005)^[36]

★ ''Megatokyo Volume 4'' ISBN 1-4012-1126-7 (published June 21 2006)^[37]

★ ''Megatokyo Volume 5'' ISBN 1-4012-1127-5 (published May 23 2007)^[38]
In July 2007, Kodansha has announced that it will publish a Japanese language edition of Megatokyo in 2008, in a silver slipcased box as part of Kodansha Box editions, a new manga line started in November 2006. Depending on reader response, Kodansha expects to publish the entire Megatokyo book series. ^[39]

Reception

The artwork and characterizations of ''Megatokyo'' have received praise from such publications as ''The New York Times''⁶ and Silver Bullet Comics.^[40] Some critics, such as Eric Burns of Websnark, have found the comic to suffer from "incredibly slow pacing", unclear direction or resolutions for plot threads, a lack of official character profiles and plot summaries for the uninitiated, and an erratic update schedule.^[7] Burns also harshly criticized the often uncanonical filler material Gallagher employs to prevent the comic's front page content from becoming stagnant,^[7] such as ''Shirt Guy Dom'', a punchline-driven stick figure comic strip written and illustrated by ''Megatokyo'' editor Dominic Nguyen. Following Gallagher taking on ''Megatokyo'' as a full-time occupation, some critics have complained that updates should be more frequent than when he worked on the comic part time.^[7] Update schedule issues have prompted Gallagher to install an update progress bar for readers awaiting the next installment of the comic.
''Megatokyo'''s fans have been called "some of the most patient and forgiving in the webcomic world." During an interview, Gallagher stated that ''Megatokyo'' fans "always [tell] me they are patient and find that the final comics are always worth the wait," but he feels as though he "[has] a commitment to my readers and to myself to deliver the best comics I can, and to do it on schedule," finally saying that nothing would make him happier than "[getting] a better handle on the time it takes to create each page." Upon missing deadlines, Gallagher often makes self-disparaging comments. Poking fun at this, Jerry "Tycho" Holkins of ''Penny Arcade'' has claimed to have "gotten on famously" with Gallagher, ever since he "figured out that [Gallagher] legitimately detests himself and is not hoisting some kind of ''glamour''."^[44]
''Megatokyo'' is often praised for its character designs and pencil work, rendered entirely in grayscale.^[45]^[46] ''Megatokyo Volume 3'' Booklist review Conversely, it has been negatively criticized for perceived uniformity and simplicity in the designs of its peripheral characters, which have been regarded as confusing due to their similarities.^[47]
While ''Megatokyo'' was originally presented as a slapstick comedy, it began focusing more on the romantic relationships between its characters after Caston's departure from the project. As a result, some fans, preferring the comic's gag-a-day format, have claimed its quality was superior when Caston was writing it.^[8] Additionally, it has been said that, without Caston's input, Largo's antics appear contrived.^[7] Silver Bullet Comics regards ''Megatokyo'''s characters as convincingly portrayed, commenting that "the reader truly feels connected to the characters, their romantic hijinks, and their wacky misadventures with the personal touches supplied by the author".^[40] Likewise, Anime News Network has praised the personal tone in which the comic is written, stating that much of its appeal is a result of the "friendly and casual feeling of a fan-made production".^[45]
Gallagher states early in ''Megatokyo Volume 1'' that he and Caston "didn't want the humor … to rely too heavily on what might be considered 'obscure knowledge'." An article in ''The New York Times'' insists that such scenarios were unavoidable, commenting that the comic "sits at the intersection of several streams of obscure knowledge," including "gaming and hacking; manga … the boom in Web comics over the past few years; and comics themselves".⁶ The article also held that "Gallagher doesn't mean to be exclusive … he graciously offers translation of the strip's later occasional lapses into L33t … [and] explains why the characters are occasionally dressed in knickers or as rabbits".⁶ The newspaper went on to argue that "The pleasure of a story like ''Megatokyo'' comes not in its novelistic coherence, but in its loose ranginess".⁶
As of 2007, ''Megatokyo'' has been nominated in at least one category for every year that the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards has run. It won Best Comic in 2002, as well as Best Writing, Best Serial Comic, and Best Dramatic Comic. The largest number of nominations it has received in one year is 14 in 2003, when it won Outstanding Environment Design.^[52]

References

1. Start of ''Megatokyo'' (strip #1)
2. the other brick Fred Gallagher's news post announcing Caston's departure.
3. ''Megatokyo'' Reaches Number 3
4. The truth about ''Megatokyo''? Rodney Caston's version of the events surrounding his departure
5. more largos?? Fred Gallagher's view of Rodney Caston's departure.
6. CHRONICLE COMICS; No More Wascally Wabbits
7. You Had Me, And You Lost Me: Why I don't read ''Megatokyo''
8. The Official Time-Waster's Guide v3.0
9. ''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 6
10. 20 Questions with ''Megatokyo'' Interview with Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston accessed through archive.org
11. American Manga Breaks Out
12. full time jitters A news post by Fred Gallagher in which he mentions that he has been laid off from work, and announces that he is now working on ''Megatokyo'' full-time.
13. more largos?? Fred Gallagher's view of Rodney Caston's departure.
14. Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston's reasoning for the square panel layout
15. 1:1.5 Fred Gallagher details the change of panel layout.
16. we have t-shirts… Fred Gallagher announces first ''Megatokyo'' store.
17. learning to fly Fred Gallagher comments about Megagear's launch status.
18. ''Megatokyo'' goes to Tokyo – interview with Fred Gallagher
19. Interview with Fred Gallagher
20. Interview with Fred Gallagher
21. ''Megatokyo'' Strip 45
22. ''Megatokyo'' Strip 51
23. ''Megatokyo'' Strip 85
24. the other brick
25. ''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 33
26. ''Megatokyo'' book one, pg. 5
27. ''Megatokyo'' Press Release (8/2/2002)
28. Fred Gallagher On The ''Megatokyo'' Move
29. re: ''megatokyo'' book 2 Fred Gallagher announces that Studio Ironcat will not publish ''Megatokyo'' volumes 2 and above.
30. Megatokyo joins Dark Horse Comics Fred Gallagher announces ''Megatokyo'''s move to Dark Horse Comics.
31. ''Megatokyo'' changes publishers to DC Comics / CMX Manga
32. ICv2 Looks at Manga Channel Shift
33. ''Megatokyo'' Reaches Number 3
34. Darkhorse's product details on Volume One
35. Darkhorse's product details on Volume Two
36. Darkhorse's product details on Volume Three
37. CMX Manga's product details on Volume 4
38. Gallagher's blog on Megatokyo.com
39. Kodansha to Publish Megatokyo in Japan – 7/10/2007 – Publishers Weekly Calvin Reid
40. ''Megatokyo'' v4 Review
41. You Had Me, And You Lost Me: Why I don't read ''Megatokyo''
42. You Had Me, And You Lost Me: Why I don't read ''Megatokyo''
43. You Had Me, And You Lost Me: Why I don't read ''Megatokyo''
44. The Doujinshi Code
45. ''Megatokyo'' Volume 1 Special Review
46. Manga Review: ''Megatokyo'' Volume 1
47. Comic World News
48. The Official Time-Waster's Guide v3.0
49. You Had Me, And You Lost Me: Why I don't read ''Megatokyo''
50. ''Megatokyo'' v4 Review
51. ''Megatokyo'' Volume 1 Special Review
52. Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards (official site)

External links

''Fan translations''
★ Dutch ★ Finnish #1 ★ Finnish #2 ★ French ★ German ★ Italian ★ Japanese ★ Norwegian ★ (Brazilian) Portuguese ★ Serbian ★ Spanish ★ Interlingua

★ The ''Megatokyo'' website

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★ The ''Megatokyo'' Forums

★ Dark Horse Comics, previous book publisher of ''Megatokyo''.

★ DC Comics imprint, CMX Manga, current book publisher of ''Megatokyo''.

★ Fredart, other art by Fred Gallagher.

★ Rcaston.com, blog of Rodney Caston.

★ '' article at Comixpedia, a webcomic wiki

★ ''Megatokyo'' discussion on Webcomicsreview.com

Fan sites

★ Wikitokyo, an unofficial wiki dedicated to information about ''Megatokyo''

★ Reader's Guide to ''MegaTokyo'', lots of information on ''Megatokyo'' plot and characters

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