Top 10 Female Mangaka Who Draw The Coolest Guys
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Mar 6, 2011 22:49 JST
- Tags: Character Design, Comparison, Illustration, Mangaka, Rankings, Shonen, Shoujo
Manga fans supply a ranking of the lady mangaka they esteem as drawing the best looking male characters, a quite respectable ranking at that.
1. Hiromu Arakawa (FMA)
2. Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2)
3. CLAMP (XXXHOLIC)
4. Kazumi Yamashita (Wonder Boy)
5. Moyoko Anno (Sakuran)
6. Fumi Yoshinaga (Antique Bakery)
7. Chika Umino (Honey & Clover)
8. Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men)
9. Minari Endo (Maria Holic)
10. Akira Amano (Katekyō Hitman Reborn!)
See also the ranking for the male mangaka who draw the nicest girls.
Of related interest are all the mangaka who might not even register as women from the style of their illustrations.
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"8. Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men)"
Alleluia for Johnny Depp Jesus.
"2. Rumiko Takahashi 高橋留美子 (Ranma 1/2)" <- I face-desked at that.
voters/judges must have all been trolls... 何じゃこれ？ほんとう？これはじょうだんですね。
冗談じゃねよ
So in the end, no women can draw cool guys.
Thanks. Because none of those manga outside of FMA have badasses in them. Maria Holic? The LESBIAN manga? Yeah, some cool guys in that.
Pfft i lol'ed at topic.
The gravitas in some of the heavier moments in Antique Bakery would make a mockery out of the so-called 'manly' manga out there..
8. Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men)
This one deserves a higher rank for hurting my ribs over and over.
Rib joke?
*Thorn crown grows roses~
She also drew Arakawa Under the Bridge.
Some of the listed guys are the gender-confused types, which is fine for some folks, but not necessarily my definition of cool. I never really sat through FMA but I always thought the guys there in general looked cooler than the average anime ridiculous haired guy who looked like a chick, and that red trenchcoat Ed wears and Mustang's entire deal are pretty awesome looking. The Nazis may have been evil, but they had good fashion sense; it's a shame trenchcoat officer uniforms are kinda taboo now cuz the asshole powers in WWII used them.
By the way, does Minari Endo have another comic besides Maria Holic I dont know about? As far as I remember there's only one male isn't a trap, and while Father Kanae's priest outfit is awesome looking, he's just one character. Mariya himself is a trap, which I've noticed is a fetish for a lot of SC visitors, but isn't really what one would call a "cool" outfit for a guy.
>CLAMP
Maybe like ten years ago but their modern noodlepeople art for male characters is horrible.
I agree with this statement
Their art 'tall pole male charas' 99% are bishounen,
Well, for women they might be the 'ideal cool men'
I swear,their arms and legs are so...long!
No D.Gray Man :(
This, basically. I love her art. I thought for a second maybe she's not on the list because she draws men 'too feminine' but...Reborn is on the list...
What a slap in the face of Yana Toboso.
Oh man, this right here. I personally think that while CLAMP has nice art and they way they draw men is quite fine, Yana Toboso has way better anatomy. Plus, she draws her men slightly better in my opinion.
only know the first one, and I have to say agree, she did a good job.
Saint Young Men is in the list. All's right with the world.
wow, quite a surprise there. FMA beats KHR good. yes yes yes
Needs Hoshino Katsura (D.Gray Man).
Fukumoto! Where?
He makes the coolest guys ever!
For cripe's sakes. READ. FEMALE mangaka. FEMALE.
I'd prefer for heaven's sake though :D,, maybe the MANGAKA is a Trap ?
9. Minari Endo (Maria Holic)
really who knew>_<
"1. Hiromu Arakawa (FMA)"
Naturally.
"Men should be buff, and women should be va-voom!"
^Any mangaka who says this is deemed awesome in my book. (it's Hiromu Arakawa btw)
Ranma 1/2 was by a female?!wow
wheres goku (akira toiyama) or bleach or naruto??
wtf!!
FEMALE mangaka.
I agree with Hiromu Arakawa (FMA), though it's only the Art on Anime ( on manga it's not that good (COOL)... )
Needs more Accelerator.
What the fuck! wheres Kentarou Miura san! mother fuckers!
3. CLAMP (XXXHOLIC) become one of the best ? do you mean cool men characters ? I doubt it....
I think their works are 99% purely Bishounen and Pretty boys
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None of them have drawing as cool as Berserk!, Vagabond or Gantz...
The men in Gantz look horrible. They don't have good character designs and they aren't distinct or cool looking. Fashion/gear design =/= good character design.
They only sited xxxHolic, but CLAMP really does have some good male character designs. CLAMP has an eye for detail and even though they have a lot of pretty boys, they also have a wealth of larger and clearly more masculine men. I think the fact that they are willing to change up their style in each story speaks well of them. Now Rumiko Takehashi shouldn't be on this list. EVERYONE looks practically the same in her manga. Changing hairstyles doesn't mean you can design characters. And the Reborn cast looks great. I approve.
Nanae Chrono needs to be on this list. Peacemaker Kurogane, anyone?
I'm honestly surprised at Rumiko Takahashi and Minari Endo's placings on there.
Takahashi tends to draw samefaces for most of her male characters in all of her series. Minari Endo had more males in Dazzle than Maria Holic, so I don't see why she'd be known for M+H's men.
Fumi Yoshinaga ranked. All is right with the world.
no FMP ? for real ?
of that entire i've only seen FMA
Funny that as sexist as Japan is female comic book artists are much more accepted over there.
WHERE'S MATSURI HINO? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
What about Kazue Kato?
Good to know that the list is not dominated by bitches who are, although in denial about their homosexual tendencies, still draw men that look like women.
...I wonder what would happen if mangaka started drawing women who look like men....
AGAIN, No Itoh Mami.
No "Q Hayashida" on the list? What in the blazes...
Horrible ranking, there isn't even SDK...
Reborn is the coolest.
Finally I knew the reason why Reborn similar with BL manga.
At least Reborn is WAY COOLER than CLAMP with their trademark ( tall pole bishounen characters )