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For those who love what creators had to say, I had a chance to speak to the talented Monty Oum, creator of RWBY, at New York Comic-Con 2013 and asked him about what he would tell aspiring talent who want to make it big with anime/manga-inspired works in America. This is what he had to say. You can apply this to all areas of life.

“I’ve been following so many artists and I know that all of us are doing it all over the world. There’s nothing really stopping you. We get criticism about that sometimes, like “We shouldn't be allowed to make this.” Honestly, everyone’s been doing it and everyone’s wanted to do it. We’re just the ones that took it to the next step and putting it in motion. If you want to do it, you already know what you want. You got characters, you got a story you want to tell. Take that step up. Sure, there’s probably an animator that’s got the same ideas. Just get things into motion because that’s what I did. If you’re an artist, chances are maybe someone’s looking at your designs because that’s what I did. I looked at an artist and I said “I want to take your work and make it a moving character.” So it’s really a case of making things happen. Just do it.”

You can read the rest of the interview I had with Monty Oum. He’s one of the most passionate people I have ever spoken with.

Let this advice motivate you every year for as long as you live. Like Monty’s deviantART tagline says, just keep moving.

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