
Masashi Kishimoto’s blockbuster hit Naruto has just celebrated its 10th anniversary, and the release of a “premium fan book” to celebrate this brings with it some spectacular, and not so spectacular, artistic renditions of Naruto from other mangaka.
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Classic manga property Crayon Shin-chan is set to restart with a new mangaka, after the unfortunate death of creator Yoshito Usui.
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For those with a taste for colourful and anatomically meticulous illustrations of all manner of well endowed anime characters, mangaka 上山道郎 / Ueyama Michirou, is sure to be of interest.
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Hideo Azuma, a highly prolific mangaka who has been called “the father of lolicon,” has attracted a great deal of interest and no small amount of support with his scathing criticism of moeblob anime K-ON!
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The supporters of a ban on loli manga are attempting to brand opponents as mentally ill, whilst denying that any evidence is required for their proposed bans and suggesting it is ridiculous that fictional children do not enjoy the same rights as real ones.
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Versatile idol Shoko-tan has for some time be known as a talented artist, and now it appears she has decided to take things to the next level and become a mangaka proper; for her debut she will be illustrating a full-on one volume horror manga, 脳子の恋 / Nouko no Koi, with story by director Noboru Iguchi.
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Yoshito Usui, author of the famous manga Crayon Shin-chan, has been found dead on mount Arafune, apparently after a hiking trip gone wrong.
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Changes in style, readers and authorship, as well as change in skill, can all exert a drastic influence on how an illustrated work looks, sometimes to a rather extreme degree. Just how common this is is readily illustrated by the video comparisons below, which have ascended to classic status on Nico, with millions of views…
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Singer-seiyuu Marina Inoue (Gurren Lagann’s Yoko, Maria Holic’s Matsurika) has already had her impressive art skills displayed here before, and she seems to have developed quite a taste for drawing as new art of hers continues to come online.
Inoue seems to be coming closer to fellow otaku idol Shoko-tan’s level of artistic accomplishment, although not nearly as disturbing as Shoko-tan’s own guro artwork…
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Ero-mangaka SABE has died, at the untimely age of 41.
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Popular idol-seiyuu Inoue Marina, famous for numerous roles, such as Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann and Alicia from Senjou no Valkryia, seems also to have another side to her.
She can draw.
She may be reminiscent of another artistically inclined idol, but her illustrations are far more classy; it may also come as a relief to some to learn that she does not inlude guro art in her portfolio.
You can see her art below:
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- Author: linkinstreet
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: May 5, 2009 06:10 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Collections, Crime, Fraud, Mangaka, Marketing, Otaku, Sites, Yahoo!

Collectors have been shocked to discover a sustained campaign of signed goods forgery, with the perpetrator selling off his fraudulent handiwork as the genuine article.
The fraud appears to have been perpetrated on an almost industrial scale, with sales reaching a million yen a month ($10,000).
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