The Shonen Manga series should always have interesting stories, attractive characters and thrilling battle scenes to stand out in the competition, but one of the things that most fans will notice faster than anything else is the work of art. Some cartoon artists adhere to certain styles or aesthetics about the entire series, but there are some people who have changed their works greatly in the story process, and there are several reasons why this can be true.
On the other hand, adapting other styles can help to reflect the atmosphere of the series. Most of the shonen stories are getting darker and mature, so the work can help to convey the seriousness of the situation. On the other hand, it is not a secret that a cartoon writer is often given a very strict deadline to complete the work every week. This can also affect the design of the character and the environment. Nevertheless, it is time to take a closer look at some of the popular SHONEN MANGA series, which has experienced a sharp change in art style since the beginning.
bleach
From the comic visuals to a smooth, sophisticated and capricious design
Tite Kubo, a huge and influential author bleachThere were always tricks in drawing a character that seemed much more mature and realistic than what I could often see in most SHONEN comics. But in the early issue bleachIn particular, HUECO MUNDO ARC, KUBO often used a very original and comedy facial expression to give a little light feeling before it became too dark in this series, and still had a very comic visual aesthetics that could still be collected from Ichigo and his friends.
Kubo's work began to change as the steak began to rise. In terms of the character itself, it became clear that Kubo was going for a much clearer and more sophisticated style. bleach. This can be seen most clearly in Fullbring Arc, which feels like a Seinen cartoon than SHONEN, and considering how much characters look very realistic, KUBO will continue to follow this template style until the end of the thousand year of blood war.
Jojo's bizarre adventure
Araki
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Comics Artist: Hirohiko Araki
Considering that the animation has been a little over 10 years, it's easy to forget that Araki actually missed it. Jojo's bizarre adventure For more than 30 years until this point, there is no sign of slowing down. for Jojo 's In the late 80's, when North Star's fist It is reasonable why many Araki characters seemed to look like a much larger and more cruel bodybuilder than ordinary humans.
Araki will eventually continue this style until he reaches part four. The protagonist began to appear much thinner and colorful than Jonathan, Joseph, and Jotaro. A representative example of this is GIORNO in Part 5, and it looks a bit more realistic thanks to the enormous details of Araki's body ratio with other members of the Bucciarati team. Some of Phantom Blood may seem like a rough cartoon, but reading the chapter of Steelball Run feels like a glimpse of the artbook of the Renaissance artist.
Slam dunk
Takehiko inoue has become a master that describes fast and fluid movements with his work.
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Cartoon artist: Takehiko inoue
Slam dunk It is a famous series with lovely characters and inspiration messages, but it took some time to finally arrive by the author, Takehiko inoue. This does not suggest that art is in it Slam dunk Most cartoon artists were bad. It started with a more basic style where some characters could feel more exaggerated and how they moved and acted in the court.
As the series continues, it begins to be clear that inoue is much more focused on his character's realism. This resulted in an illustration that honestly dropped the jaw, considering how much work worked in how many tasks were done to make the character's muscles and body ratio feel like a real athlete. today, Slam dunk Over time, it has improved, especially one of the brilliant examples of the series, especially related to the art style.
Titan attack
Isayama actually strengthened the work when AOT began to take off.
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Comics Artist: Hajime Isayama
There have been a debate for a long time Titan attack It can be considered a shonen, and considering how violent and dark it is, it is still published in the SHONEN magazine and can be applied technically. Very successful animation adaptation Titan attack One thing that prevented cartoons from reaching the success of the mainstream was a work of art. Isayama himself says that his work is still an amateur for too ambitious series, in addition to the surprise 2 -page spreads that still seem amazing.
once Titan attack Nevertheless, I started to get some steams, but ISayama's work was improved not only in his character, but also by much more detailed and sophisticated, as well as his leap and boundaries by his environment. This clear example is that Isayama was able to describe Marley's country late in the story. There are not many rough buildings and trees, and I feel like a realistic area that I really lived because I tried to show even the smallest details. At the end of this series, ISAYAMA had a lot of terrible panels who did great things to convey how high the steak was.
Jujutsu kaisen
The sudden change of art of some theories JJK reflects the character's own view of the world.
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Comics Artist: GEGE AKUTAMI
that Jujutsu kaisen The cartoon contains one of the most bold shifts in the art style that can be seen in SHONEN, and there are many debates about whether the work of GEGE has been better, but it can be seen how much it has changed. In the early story arc, the cartoons still contain quite rough aesthetics, which helped each wizard and curse to feel different and unique in the design, but there was still a slightly slow and mud action scene.
After the Shibuya incident Arc, everything has changed completely. When many characters, including Itadori themselves, began to look very different, his current features were much wider and much older than before. The character's freezing frame may not have been seen as attractive as before, but this minimum art style helped the action because it gave a much more fluid and natural feeling when the character moved. This sudden change may have been possible for GEGE to follow the harsh deadline, but some fans have seen it as an itadori own mental state and seeing how to see the world with a darker light after Shibuya incident.
My hero
At the end of MHA's running, Horikoshi became the best artist at SHONEN.
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Comics Artist: Kohei Horikoshi
My hero This is a rare example of the SHONEN series, which has already begun with an amazing artwork, but it has reached a larger height until longer lasts. At first, Horikoshi's character was well known to be very wide and young, and the series gave a little more aesthetics than many other series at that time. Once the students of Deku and 1A have begun to confront the actual villains, especially in Deku, it will not be forever because the work of art is noticeably darker and much more detailed than before.
Deku may have started as a hero of a cowardly and naive inquiry, but after hundreds of appearance, his appearance has completely changed, and he has a much more serious facial expression with more solid clothes that reflect his way of thinking at the time. Horikoshi also started everything with his double page spread. In particular, when receiving a significant upgrade of the design in relation to the villain, the art style began to start a noticeable change.
