The editorial staff of Jump Square have accused the new generation of aspiring mangaka that they don’t put enough effort into drawing “cool” male characters.
From their Twitter account, in this case written by veteran editor Masahiko Ibaraki:
We’ve got a lot of followers who are looking to become mangaka, and there’s something I noticed about their works – I’d like to write a bit about what we’ve noticed.
It’s about art – there seem to be few people who can draw cool looking men. Especially their faces. People who can draw a man who looks cool to other men, with a sense of sex appeal. Are there no rookies about who can do that…
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Looking at recent contributions, everyone can draw cute girls. But however you look at it they put no effort into men. I suspect those who can draw cool men will command the next era in manga (though this is an exaggeration). Keep trying!
It seems the impact of the moe boom continues to be felt.
Of course, all the virgins of sankaku complex don’t see where’s the problem as long as they can see 8 year old girls with massive boobs.
Need more Gintoki.
There definitely needs to be more cool male leads.
ah…this is just normal, since most mangaka are male…well that would be hell of a weird thing if they were to draw male X male..
look at the world, it is full of females, inspirations
Define ‘cool looking’ men.