<p>It is common for an author to experiment with different genres, art, and media. But at the same time, it's also common that the same author uses different names for different demographics.</p>

<p>You should distinguish between the writer and the pen name he/she uses, and between individual authors and groups. CLAMP is a collective and they're changing its components periodically. On the other hand, Masashi Kishimoto is an individual author (that it doesn't mean that he hasn't any assistant).</p>

<p>Pseudonyms are common in this industry where we can have an individual author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumomo_Yumeka" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sumomo Yumeka</a> writing yaoi with this name, seinen manga using the pseudonym Mizu Sahara, and writing shoujo manga as Sahara Keita. Any pen name is clearly associated with a single demographic in this case, but the author herself actually write for different demographics. It is the same with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Akamatsu" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ken Akamatsu</a> (shounen) aka Awa Mizuno (hentai doujinshi), so it seems that where publishing constraints are very different, authors can use a pen name to differentiate their works.</p>

<p>Collectives and circles like CLAMP seems to explore different genres/demographics more freely with the same name, probably because the authority is shared among the members and the collective nature of the name is clear to readers.</p>

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<p>Assuming the mangaka is still licensed when their last work is finished, they would want to stay with the same magazine. If this magazine has a specific demographic (i.e, <em>Shōnen Jump</em> or <em>LaLa</em>), then their work would stay the same demographic.</p>

<p>So, more often than not, they stay the same demographic.</p>

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I'm not sure since I don't know much about this field, but I feel like "licensed" might be the incorrect word - maybe "contracted"?
atlantiza
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@antlantiza I'm don't think there is much of a difference, but I mainly hear the 'licensed' in regards to intellectual work such as: "He licensed me to make a slogan for his new product." Where as 'contracted' seems more physical, as in, "I got contracted to install his new cabinet." This might be solely opinion based, though.
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Ah, I was thinking of licensed like a driver's license - the government allows you to draw manga.
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<p>CLAMP writes for more than one demographic of manga--<em>Cardcaptor Sakura</em> is shoujo while <em>Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle</em> is shounen and <em>xxxHolic</em> is seinen.</p>

<p>Masashi Kishimoto, the author of <em>Naruto</em>, however, has only written for <em>Weekly Shōnen Jump</em>, implying that he has only written shounen.</p>

<p>Is it common for writers/writing groups to do what CLAMP does and write for more than one demographic or is it more common for them to do what Masashi Kishimoto does?</p>

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Is it common for a writer to write for more than one demographic?
# Is it common for a writer to write for more than one demographic?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-03-25
CLAMP writes for more than one demographic of manga--*Cardcaptor Sakura* is shoujo while *Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle* is shounen and *xxxHolic* is seinen.

Masashi Kishimoto, the author of *Naruto*, however, has only written for *Weekly Shōnen Jump*, implying that he has only written shounen.

Is it common for writers/writing groups to do what CLAMP does and write for more than one demographic or is it more common for them to do what Masashi Kishimoto does?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-04-03. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
It is common for an author to experiment with different genres, art, and media. But at the same time, it's also common that the same author uses different names for different demographics.

You should distinguish between the writer and the pen name he/she uses, and between individual authors and groups. CLAMP is a collective and they're changing its components periodically. On the other hand, Masashi Kishimoto is an individual author (that it doesn't mean that he hasn't any assistant).

Pseudonyms are common in this industry where we can have an individual author [Sumomo Yumeka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumomo_Yumeka) writing yaoi with this name, seinen manga using the pseudonym Mizu Sahara, and writing shoujo manga as Sahara Keita. Any pen name is clearly associated with a single demographic in this case, but the author herself actually write for different demographics. It is the same with [Ken Akamatsu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Akamatsu) (shounen) aka Awa Mizuno (hentai doujinshi), so it seems that where publishing constraints are very different, authors can use a pen name to differentiate their works.

Collectives and circles like CLAMP seems to explore different genres/demographics more freely with the same name, probably because the authority is shared among the members and the collective nature of the name is clear to readers.
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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-03-26. Score: 0
Assuming the mangaka is still licensed when their last work is finished, they would want to stay with the same magazine. If this magazine has a specific demographic (i.e, *Shōnen Jump* or *LaLa*), then their work would stay the same demographic.

So, more often than not, they stay the same demographic.
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2013-03-28): I'm not sure since I don't know much about this field, but I feel like "licensed" might be the incorrect word - maybe "contracted"?  
> **username_2** (2013-03-28): @antlantiza I'm don't think there is much of a difference, but I mainly hear the 'licensed' in regards to intellectual work such as: "He licensed me to make a slogan for his new product." Where as 'contracted' seems more physical, as in, "I got contracted to install his new cabinet." This might be solely opinion based, though.  
> **username_3** (2013-03-28): Ah, I was thinking of licensed like a driver's license - the government allows you to draw manga.  
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