Higashimura Akiko / 東村アキコ (Mama ha Temparish)



Nananan Kiriko / 魚喃キリコ (Strawberry Shortcakes)




Nishimata Aoi / 西又葵 [left/bottom] & Suzuhira Hiro / 鈴平ひろ [middle] (Navel)


Random idol [left] & Noizi Ito [right]


Nakamura Hikaru / 中村光 (Sei☆Oniisan)

Odama Namie / 尾玉なみえ (Mako-chan no Lip Cream)

Umino Chika / 羽海野チカ (Hachimitsu to Clover)

Anno Moyoco / 安野モヨコ (Sugar Sugar Rune)

Aoki Ume / 蒼樹うめ [middle] (Hidamari Sketch)

Sakurai Norio / 桜井のりお(Mitsudomoe)

Sakura Momoko / さくらももこ (Chibi Maruko-chan)

Tateshima Yuuko / 立島夕子 (guro doll artist)

Hatsuki Kyou / 葉月京 (CROSS and CRIME)

Ippongi Bang / 一本木蛮 [25 years ago] (The Hero Kojiro)





CLAMP

Omake.
Tagame Gengoroh / 田亀源五郎 (“gay erotic artist”)



I find inexplicably your vehement dedication to putting down Hirano Aya [and Haruhi] every chance you get. I understand Haruhi earning your animosity, but I can not yet fathom why you direct such animosity towards Hirano.
Giving respect where is due, I still admire your dedication and eloquence for the task.
Or is it simply that my sarcasm-meter is broken?
What we need is a real life Chika Ogiue.
I think that this is as close as you're ever going to get.
http://i44.tinypic.com/fenkaf.jpg
Noizi Ito for the win! Roughly my age and draws hot loli art... She's the perfect woman.
The cute China-Girl is never 28 years old!
She's probably like one of this 2ch beauty's who complains about to be too fat and so on, only to hear sweet words from always horny guys like me.
Noizi Ito is win :}
Nakamura Hikaru doesn't belong to this thread. She's not sexy, but damn kawaii.
Come to think of it, none of 'em fits in this thread...
What, no Akira Gatjou?
what? no Kaoru Mori?
Marry me, Nakamura.
i don't care what the internet says they are hot in majority!
Waaa! I love Sugar Suger Rune! Hehehe, I'm glad the mangaka is such a elegant woman.
Whoa, Sei*Oniisan is drawn by a woman.
Holy shit, Suzuhira Hiro's weirdness is hypnotizing.
It's like she's ugly and attractive at the same time.
Cruel as it might sound, being ugly is a good way to focus your efforts on other things...
‘Those who have lost faith in the prospect of sexy mangaka’ - Why would we have? Most of these girls pass with flying colours!
When will we finally see a pic of Kawashta Mizuki??
I never knew if Hiro Suzuhira is a woman... or is it? She has... well, kinda mannish face.
i want inugami kira's photo
I've never heard of that Nananan girl, whoever she is, but she is gorgeous. I love her hair.
Random idol??? lol isnt that Aya??
who the hell.. is THAT random idol??? LOL !!!!!!!
MOKONA APPAPA FTW
Sakurai-sensei is mai waifu.
LOL @ the random idol... dont care how many ppl hate her i'd still destroy her vaginal area with my stick of justice.
You have shattered my dreams, CLAMP. ;_;
Sugar Sugar Rune's mangaka looked so wise/mature in that kimono :)
Jeez and I thought Nozi Ito was a guy.
I'd fuck most of them. specially the "random idol". ;)
It's cool to finally see the Clamp crew for the first time...
Thank-you and DAMN you for that omake! I knew from experience that that last pics always had a horrific visual raping of the mind and I thank you for covering it... but foolishly; I had to take a gander into that madness and pardon me, for I must be going now to pour some bleach into my eyes
Yuu Watase is hot AND tall. And she seems to be obsessed with rape...
ULTIMATE TRIFECTA!!!!
agreed. Watase IS hawt
Clamp!? Surely you jest, Artefact! =P
I wonder what Kojika's mangaka looks like?
And what about the assistants of mangaka. I heard that Akamatsu Ken has two girls that assist him with his manga and I have a gut feeling that they wouldn't be ugly.
Aya Hirano scribbled on some napkins or rough paper to make stick figures once.
can not unsee omake who's the random idol?
Dunno, but she's fat and has a big forehead....and she's mai waifu.
*facepalm*
Aya Hirano :3
Ooh this is nice. I love seeing the people responsible for such great works. I read all of their little side comments in the manga and get to know them better through that. There are still quite a few that I wanna get to know what they look like.
Sure it takes an extremely long period of time to develop your skills but that depends on how much you notice your mistakes. It varies from person to person. Once you've gained drawing experience sketching can take no less than 5 minutes. So supposely the more you draw and notice your mistakes the faster you will learn.
I can see female artist being able to maintain a healthy appearance while being able to draw sufficiently. It would just be simple time management. I'm sure they allow time for themselves while being able to work.
As for drawing, you can really sketch nicely for 5 minutes when you're really experience...
But as with a Manga... It's a different case, and it is which I am curious of. You can't make a page and a follow-up script from your previous release in just 5-minutes or so. It takes awfully a lot of time and effort just to make a single page with all the sketching, etching screen tones, filling up backgrounds, corrections, typesetting and lots more. It's very stressing, and you know what they say, stress makes you look older.
you've never seen a good artist work where they just flow. and they aren't alone. they've got assistants to help with backgrounds, tone, effects, etc.
Lots of creators of manga have assistants. They proof read the dialogue, type it up, cut it out, and paste it in the word bubbles. Other assistants draw certain parts or all of the backgrounds, especially highly complex, detailed, or perspective heavy illustrations that the author may not have time or the expertise to do.
Either way, they have to make about 24 pages per month to stay on track, and it is stressful and time consuming.
@22:26
It is because when assistants get a lot of experience from a Mangaka, he/she starts her own career as a Mangaka also.
Why is it that you assistants quitting is considered the norm?
Yeah, assistants are very essential, but also it's very irritating and frustrating when they quit on you. Sometimes they quit midway before finishing the next release and your left with all the stuff.
It is not a glamorous profession.
Can't just be talented, gotta be sexy as well.
Fricken Noizi Ito. I don't have a crush on you AT ALL.
...So there.
random idol [left] lol... oh sankaku you...
Random idol wwwwww.......
shokotan? don't forget Inoue Marina. and Nagano Mamoru...
Hmmm....I'll read the manga if it is good. Without having to worry about their looks.
But...the looks can easily be the "icing on the cake".
i lol'd at kanon cosplay
I cried at kanon cosplay
If a mangaka's looks were positively correlated to the quality of their manga, Bleach might've been the coolest manga around.
I am still intrigued with the lady mangakas...
I know that to become a mangaka, you at least have to love what you're doing and of course passion...
But also you need a lot of time and skill, which is what I'm curious of. Could it be that they're rich/"can-afford" people that they have so much time to do those stuff?
I know there are women that really do it as a full-time job, but I'm particular with the likes of Xià Dá and some of the girls above. For being a girl-girl, they need a lot of rest and also they need to go out and stuff to buy make-ups and get cute clothing. I mean, you have to have all the time in the world to have a part for doing the manga seriously...
I dunno, I'm just curious, need more info and opinions please.
Sure it takes an extremely long period of time to develop your skills but that depends on how much you notice your mistakes. It varies from person to person. Once you've gained drawing experience sketching can take no less than 5 minutes. So supposedly the more you draw and notice your mistakes the faster you will learn.
I can see female artist being able to maintain a healthy appearance while being able to draw sufficiently. It would just be simple time management. I'm sure they allow time for themselves while being able to work.
Taking criticism from others is important too... It's one of the best things an artist can receive.
If you read the side comments in manga, the mangaka often talk about they're stressful life, and submitting works at the deadline. They like the work too.
It depends on the mangaka and how skilled they are I suppose. Like Yuu Watase always seems to have it together and can juggle 3 series at once. And then you've got other mangaka that just love talking about their hobbies and other manga they're reading. There are also a few that are friends with each other(I always find those amusing). In general, they do seem to enjoy the work. And pretty much all of them have assistants. Some have up to 3 or 4 assistants to help do backgrounds, tone, etc. so it's not like they have to do all the work themselves.
It always seems to me that without assistants quite a few mangaka would go insane. I've heard those deadlines are quite tight. As for the article, I wouldn't be shocked if a female mangaka didn't look as good irl as she did in a magazine. How the hell do you watch your weight, and keep your skin clear while doing stressful work like that ?
You really don't sleep, do you?
Sure is random in here. Ahem.
Mangaka wives would be interesting. Akamatsu's models for him. Yabuki's(ex) cheats on him. Mr HiatusXHiatus has "Sailor Moon" as his wife.
Regardless I still love their work.
Me too...And that's all there is to it...
Let not the image of a mangaka's physical frame be a negativity to one's mind...
It is their work and the 2D legacy they will leave when they are no more that truly that matters...
Mostly old "average" girls but not all that bad really.
noizi-chan is kinda sexy IMO^^
scroll down for bikinis!
Uguu!!
cool moe milfs
Pahahhah!
*And don't click the BONUS.
*And _make sure_ to click the BONUS.
There, fixed it for you.
Just keep the brain bleach handy :P
Click and fap. And voilá! You are all gay now.
Click and run.
You've confused me. Do I click or not? x_x
Click it for the lulz.
Had you not told me not to I wouldn't have clicked the omake link.
MY EEEEEYYYYEEEEESSSSSS!!!
cool name and avatar :)
This may very well be the first time that the Chinese wins over the Japanese on Sankaku Complex. Sexy female mangaka. Who would've thought.
Yeah, if you some could remember this article.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/04/22-year-old-loli-impersonator/
There was also a Japanese loli impersonator but that girl was 22 year old. While Xià Dá is 28 years old that looks fifteen years younger than her age.
That first photograph of Nananan Kiriko is remarkably classy.
Yeah, kind of struct me while scrolling down. She looks like the real Torako from Yotsuba&!
@ Ichiro Ino 19:26 :
Oh, you're right! I _thought_ I'd "seen her somewhere before."
In this collection, most are cute/pretty, some are just okay, and a few are "do not want".
Sakurai Norio was a girl? Didn't know that...
Most of them don't look that bad actually.
But it's amusing that the artist for the ugly Chibi Maruko-chan is not one of them =P
Everybody click on the word "Omake"
in the bottom.
Almost all Japanese women are beautiful. They don't even have to try!
i would shake the hand of hidamari sketch's mangaka, and then hug her. god bless, it's so awesome.
random idol?? HAHAAHAHA Artefact really hates Aya-chan
wow aoki ume looks like that?
oh well. still love hidamari sketch regardless.
it's not like you're looking at da vinci while you're looking at the mona lisa. pretty drawing pretty is just a coincidence.
Really? I see no a caterpillar in there.
Also the one who draw top 10 Seinen manga is a women!?
Well, I'm okay with this since Hiromu Arakawa is a "she" and she draw awesome shonen manga like FMA.
every female in Japan is sexy
noizi ito is a she???!!!
omg
some of them are a dick worth
Random Idol?! Curse you Sankaku!
For anyone who has meet Ippongi Bang...
She's a nut, and I mean that in a good way, that was about 15 years ago. She's funny... and sexy and most likely a bit on the kinky side. The photos above are not good, I remember her looking a lot better in person.
Haven't thought of her in a long time.
Many of these girls above are quite cute. CLAMP is scary thou. :(
"Sexy Female Mangaka Compared"? What are you talking about? "Female Mangaka Compared" at best. If these are sexy, I wouldn't want to see non-sexy ones.
Wow! Higashimura Akiko looks gorgeous on the first picture! She's sexier than many gravure idols out there! However, the 2nd picture is disappointing... She looks very different without the make-up.
hahaha. don't ignore her [random idol]