Being Salaryman
Two American friends mysteriously transported to Japan, reborn as office workers. Uses the isekai 'Truck-Kun' trope for cross-cultural comedy.
Showcase
Our Baby Is Strange - The Comic Script Breakdown
It's JoJo's Bizarre Toddlers. Born into a Korean family, but he is a little special. A shonen one-shot with comedic undertones.
A Boy Named Dorothy - The Comic Script Breakdown
Dorothy is a wanted man ('Enemy of the State') investigating illegal human replication. A dark fantasy seinen manga.
Essential Guides
How to Make a Manga in Google Docs
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of writing a manga in Google Docs — pages, panels, action, dialogue. No drawing software, no expensive tools, just plain text.
How to make a Manga and find an artist
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of writing a manga in plain text, using the script Barnicus made in real time by Pistol Taeja.
The Free Comic Script Template & Manga Template In Google Docs
A free comic script template for Google Docs — pages, panels, dialogue, and a ready-to-go Mangaplay/Fountain++ sample. Open, copy, start writing.
How do I use it?
Mangaplay Studio runs wherever you write. Pick the surface that fits — your scripts move with you.
Desktop App
Windows and Mac, coming soon. Native app, offline-first, your files stay on your machine.
Google Docs
Free Chrome extension. Write in a Google Document and see panels render in the side panel as you type.
Web App
A standalone editor and storyboard viewer in your browser. No install, no sign-up. Exports to Final Draft, Fountain, FadeIn and PDF.
Mobile
Android and iOS, coming soon. Same script, in your pocket.
How do I use Mangaplay Studio with Google Docs?
Pistol Taeja has left a full onboarding guide here to walk you through, step-by-step to create your very own story.
This 1-minute YouTube walkthrough shows you how to get started in Google Docs.
What Users Say
"Very nice extension, greatly improves the writer / artist pipeline, good stuff."
"Very well put together extension great for rough drafts and storyboarding manga and comics. Takes a little bit of learning but provides a nice guide for how all the text commands work so as long as you are willing to do some reading and practice can become a nice tool."
About the Creator
Built by Pistol Taeja, a manga writer who created Mangaplay while working on A Boy Named Dorothy.
Tired of maintaining separate formats for artists, writers, and screenplay readers, he built a single tool that turns a plain-text script into visual storyboards instantly. Every showcase project on this page was written and storyboarded in Mangaplay.
Are you writing a screenplay? Try out Fountain+
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