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Summary: A Must Have
Review: If you are at all interested in drawing Manga, this is absolutly the book to have. It shows examples from all different genres.
Though it would be frustrating for some one who is just starting out drawing because it does not illustrate step by step instructions. With that said, I believe that if you've already got the hang of drawing simple figures than this is the book for you!
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Summary: Manga... Riiiiiiiight
Review: I'm not a huge Manga fan, but I am an Anime fan. (There is a difference) The only reason I bought this book is because it's the only one I can get like it in my area. If you read the back it gives a miss leading idea about what the book is about. It has NOTHING in it on how to draw Manga. Just gives you vague ideas and references. It really does speak to you like you already know what your doing (I'm very green, nuff said). I would only recommend it for someone who is already skilled at drawing and knows what their doing. Other wise, avoid this book at all costs. There are much better books on this topic out there. Besides, his style is to American to look Manga. And that's pretty sad.
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Summary: Amazing, Compeling and Completly Helpful
Review: Compelling and helpful. Once you pick it up, you wont want to put it down. This book comes complete with a "How to" section for: Basics, Body Anotomy, Eyes, Hair, Kids, Teens, Creatures/Pets, Elves, Robots, Mutants, Sameri, Fairies, Bad/Good guys, Dragons and more!Great book for all ages, If your a beginner or long time artist, no matter the genre you fancy, this will help. It gives complete details and step by step illistrations that will make you want to draw everytime you read it. Also helps with: Shadowing, Clothing, Settings, etc. etc. etc. With Western and Manga outlooks, also a section in the back of job descriptions if "you want to be cartoonist". I got this book for christmas after begging for it when I read the other reviews, hope this is helpful and all expectations are met. This book met mine and suprised me with even more. Very Informative, highly Suggested, in my opinion, fully deserves its 5 stars.
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Summary: Very nice.
Review: Well, this book was of upmost use. My 'manga' drawing skills are a complete wreck, but now that I have this thingy, I've gotten considerably better. Many people expect this to be an step-step how to draw book, but guess what? No book is. What I found very useful was that he used many styles of different manga. And what was most useful was that he teaches you how to make up your own style in drawing, which in my opinion, is what drawing is all about. This was definately worth it.
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Summary: Manga Mainia
Review: ...
Well I have to say that this is my first manga book, and this book has helped me out alot. I seem to like their elf/scienceficion/ fantasy/dragon section, and their tips at the back of the book. What I don't like is that it doesn't have much on hands. I hate how they inked the picutes, and could hardly see their eyes on the ones they inked. Other wise it was great. I would recomend a book that has more detail. This book still hasn't helped me with drawing folds....
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Summary: Just my opinion
Review: I find the "bad boys" section to be rather lacking. All the guys look comic bookish, and they don't have a picture that looks like Hiiro Yui! The "drop dead gourgeous babe" section is rather..odd. For example, my when my friend looked at the teenage valley girl pic, he was like," is that a man?" The elf section is terrific, but it is only a few pages long. Not enough about shading, you might like it if your a shounen anime type person though. I recommend other manga books if you want your manga art work to be less american, and have better noses.
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Summary: 'Manga Mania' from an otaku's prespective...
Review: I was very disappointed in this book.
The drawings in this book are very American-anime looking. They have large eyes, small noses and the general idea, but the influence over it is just too American to fully convey the Japanese style. Also, the stunning colors that are used in Japanese animation are lacking from the colored images in the book. They are very block and, well, American-anime looking. They attempt to describe different Japanese-character personalities as well and, in my opinion, do so quite poorly. Anime characters usually have little quirks about them that make them unique and lovable, and this book makes them appear very one-sided. It even describes distinctly American personalities that are rare in actual anime.
If one is searching for this type of book, I would recommend searching a bit harder for Japanese imported books. They would be much more helpful if anime is what you're aiming for.
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Summary: Not really a how-to...
Review: I picked up this book to broaden my manga How-To liberary, and I like it very much. It isn't a good place to start because it only gives very basic (and somewhat incomplete) directions on how to do the actual drawing, but what it DOES give you is a broader view of the different styles of manga. How do characters look in shôjo mangas (comics for girls), how do characters look in shônen mangas (comics for boys), what's the visual differences between good-guys and bad-guys, dynamic poses, story-genres in mangas, shading, clothing and robotic designs. It's all here, but this book is more about ideas and inspiration, not a "draw like this, then add..." how-to.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I got this book for my brother for a christmas present and it's great. The art mey be done by an american and it mey not look all like anime but is close enough! It shows you how to draw characters, shading, perspective, etc. It even gives examples of teh different between Western style comics and Japanese style. A must get book for novices! =)
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Summary: first sight
Review: I think this book is fantastic with its unique practice characters. Many begining artists will love learning how to be a japaneze comic book maker. remember this; no one can out beat a manga artist.
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