@@Kingsmoove5423 Super happy to hear that!! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a nice comment! I really appreciate it!! Best of luck with your comic!
@@MonitorComics As neat as this video is, it doesn't help me with the actual designing of the world I am hoping to make. Do you think you could help me out? If so, I'll send an invite to my Discord server where I am trying to get a manga started. I will need all the help I can get.
@@MonitorComics I am still in highschool, but I have already thought of an idea for an animated series I want to make. Do you think these concepts and laws can apply to a film medium, or are they slightly different?
So the Conclusion Tips 1. Choose your World 2. Where to Started the Story 3. Created the Laws 4. Created the Places 5. Created the Cultures 6. Ways of Speaking 7. Write the Worlds History 8. What's Your Characters Act 9. Take all Cliches and make it your own 10. Build your World Slow and Clever
One idea that I propose to all aspiring writers is to KEEP IT SUPER SIMPLE. Most people will watch a video like this and get bogged down under all the details and feel the need to micromanage them. When you keep your world building simple, it makes your overall story easier to understand, and everything else falls into place.
Yeah I agree. I personally don’t like reading or watching stuff that have super confusing worlds. If you are making a world in a story, explain things about the world little by little and keep it concise and simple to understand
World Building in One Piece are so amazing and great that most people wanna lived in that world. Also the concept of freedom and civilization are wonderful in One Piece
@@idkanymore4664 u would not. u would get raided by pirates all the time or you would live in poverty under the corrupt government. if u were a pirate u would most likely die from the marines or against other pirates. it’s still cool tho.
@@luucid5734 Yes, Berserk is a king of art. What I meant is that JoJo has very strong visual idendity cause frequently the color swap happens to fit specific mood.
One Piece and Made in Abyss are the most immersive worlds I've seen in fictional works yet. Both worlds want you to explore them and unscramble all the mysteries. They are not disposable locations where the characters do their thing, they are actually relevant to the story. You can't put the characters of these works into another world and expect to equally unfold themselves (well, maybe you could do that with Riko, because she loves to explore everything, but it wouldn't be the same without the Abyss). It's only possible in these respective worlds. And not only does it matter what the todays characters do... it's equally important and is a major motivation for our beloved characters, what the past characters did and why they did it. I love these works.
@@footy743 Titans inside walls. 50km walls that protect people. I think the underground aint special tho. But imagine you think ppl outside the walls are extinct. Then theres that Island lmao. Im bad at english soooo... im bad at explaining this.
@@julfikarsheikh1478 I have watched the anime. It’s been a long time so I won’t speak on it too much but I don’t ever see people bring up the world building.
Thank you for another great video! Appreciate it. Btw, would it be fine if you can make a detailed video on how to get your manga published on saturday am?
Thank you for taking the time to check out this video and leaving a nice comment! As far as Saturday AM goes, there isn't really a secret. I just entered the March Art Madness contest and they learned my name. I didn't make it far I got knocked out in round 2. Then I applied for the Summer of Manga Competition and got accepted. My one-shot ran in issue 106 and they assigned me an editor and asked me to create a series for them. It was pretty straightforward, just take advantage of their submission events and contests! Best of luck!
Nope. One piece world is just bigger, not better. People mistake those two things. Like people in the comments really compare One Piece to LOTR lol. In my opinion, even Naruto is as well as one piece : There is lore, myths (Rikudo), past events and war that are important for the present of the story (like the ninja wars), war heroes and mythical characters as well, geopolitique (kage cousil), a power system based on chakra, dead civilisation as well (like the Uzumaki clan) etc... Naruto’s world seems real and is pretty well developed throughout the story. I don’t see what One piece does so much better. Are there different languages in One piece for exemple ?
@@MartialArtsTechniquesideas stop downplaying one piece just because you like naruto.all of those things are in one piece and more, plus they are fleshed out more.
@@sinsfast5435 if you were paying attention you would see that I’m not downplaying One piece. I’m just saying that many manga as are good at world building including Naruto. But you are probably too fan to understand this kind of shades. You can’t say bs like "One piece is the best" just because there are a bunch of animal humans and a bit of geopolitics. It’s as good as the other, not better.
The worldbuilding for Houseki no Kuni is absolutely one of my favourites From Gems formed to fight Lunarians to protect themselves and eachother with it's history of the possible extinction of Humans and how the Admirabilis were there to witness the evolution of it all. And how the story would end up back at the very beginning of one creating a human once again. It all connects into something and even for a small type of worldbuilding it has so much meaning and depth to it and I hope one day I'll be able to create such a great world like this.
Could you go a bit more into detail for others who might be curious? Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and leave a comment I really appreciate it!
@@MonitorComics yeah of course. I was talking about how there tend to be two starting points for world design. one being based around your MC and other characters. Where you start smaller and build out filling in what you need. the second method being larger design into a smaller design. where you design around larger events and fill in characters later on.
Thanks for the video Monitor, I really need tips like these xd. In terms of my world building in my story it’s like the United States but if it was broken up into Islands (it serves an incredibly important part in the story but I’m still having trouble designing the islands).
For the story that I was writing, I had a story I was really happy with (still wip) but I realised I didn't have an amazing world, I took the setting of traditional Asia but that was it. I knew I wanted a fantasy world but I didn't know what to do. So for me (and for you), here's some advice or guides: - if you are lost on what to do, try exploring a perspective or theme, and then personifying it into a location. - you generally already have a setting in mind, but if you don't, just work on the story until it comes to you - Take the rules, systems, and laws of your world and make systems to fit them (example from attack on titan: big titans, how do we kill them, their napes, how do we get there, verticality, how do we do that, spiderman gear(because flying looks goofy and isn't technologically possible) boom, military equipment that is a staple for how characters traverse the world and survive in it) (I only just realised that he talks about aot in the video now I don't feel unique) - Taking inspiration is a good thing don't be scared of it. - History is your friend, there is so much more than medieval Europe, decide your tone and think of what personality it has and what setting would be best to sample - culture and politics are great for deciding alliances and enemies that's all I have, feel free to add more or thank me cause I'm an incredible person
You’ve got some amazing content. I was writing a manga with nothing but ideas and realized how many concepts i had missed out on while watching your videos and now feel a lot more excited in what’s to come
Thanks for another great video! I really enjoy your channel. One of my favorite examples of worldbuilding is The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin. Not a manga, I know, but one of the best literary fantasy novels I’ve ever read.
Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to leave a nice comment Devin! I really appreciate it! I'm super glad you recommended a novel for all of us to check out! I think we can all appreciate the intricacies that go into novel writing as comic artists! Some of the best stories came from novels after all haha. Thanks again for your support!
One Piece is the best in world building in fantasy and scaling of mechanics. It is not completely perfect but one of the best there is for shounen. It has nearly everything that meshes super well together and scales really well and stays consistent to itself.
As for me, Gintama's world building is one of the best! i love the worlds based on absurd ideas so much!:> Berserk and Gigantomakhia are also amazing! Miura is truly a master of worldbuilding
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a nice comment! I really appreciate it! As a fellow smooth-brainer, I'm glad this video could be useful!
I’m a bit late to this video, but it helped a lot! I love worldbuilding and this definitely helped. (Also, I think the series Re:Zero is really good in worldbuilding. But I might be biased because I see it as one of the best things ever)
Super glad to hear that! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment! I love Re:Zero as well! I've been super busy so I couldnt check out season 2 yet, but I plan to soon and then I will definitely reference it more in my videos haha
Thanks so much for this! The world I have is nowhere near as big as One Piece's, but it's a bit like the MCU. It starts off with one team of heroes, then branches off with other types of heroes that exists within smaller groups in the same world. This definitely helps me find a good balance to explore each story and how each hero came to be. Thank you for all your tips!
I want to achieve a worldbuilding as good as One Piece and Tower of God (my favorites). I love the concept of the main story of TOG being set in a GIANT tower, divided into three parts with unique floors and rulers for each one, that keeps the order. Each floor also has a density of Shinsu (TOG's "mana" and substitute of water and oxygen in the tower) that gets stronger as you climb the tower. There's a lot more about the TOG world too, but it's a lot to explain here. But my favorite is still One Piece, I love how bizarre and creative some islands are. Screw normal places, let's make an island made of Cake. Also, the concept of the OP world being divided by the red line, grand line and calm belt is really interesting and gives opportunity for crazy but pausible theories. My only fear is that I make a world so big that my story ends up taking years to finish (which is the case of TOG and OP) lmao. Great video!! :]
One Piece, the PINNACLE of world building for me. Absolutley amazing. Hje only one I can think of that rivaled it is Toriko. Too bad it got axed or ended because it too was amazing
One Piece has the best worldbuilding I’ve ever seen, recommend me some stuff which is comparable to it. A Sky Island above a skull, the 3 marine headquarters, one of which is in the middle of a giant waterfall, random giant human-like monsters near Thriller Bark which have not been explained for 12 years now, a country of toys, a kitty pirate who is actually a cyborg revolutionist. Brilliant stuff.
I’m not creative at all and don’t have much of a passion for storytelling or art so probably never gonna need this but thanks I will use this to make my unoriginal brain a little better
Nah man, u just gonna have to take that pen, and sit everyday drawing atleast for 30 mins, like that Ur creativity and art will improve, and maybe, you make a manga or comic one day
I can agree with one piece but I can't agree with Naruto because it's world is so small, They go from one village to another and that's it. And they reach their destination in just a few days. Naruto is mostly about the animation and story telling. The same for dragon ball, the original dragon ball had good world building but the Z and super have no good world building, they make traveling to planets look so easy, they reach one planet to another in a matter of seconds, it is about fighting and story telling only. I just don't agree with Naruto and db in terms of world building, other than that I enjoyed both of the shows .And I haven't watched aot so I can't say anything about it.
@@justaguywithastrawhat9293 sorry but you’re wrong about Z and Super. Z showed so many new locations like Snake Way, King Kai’s planet, Planet Zoom, World of the Kais, new locations of Earth, Babidi’s ship, new dimensions like the hyperbolic timechamber, Namek, Planet Vegeta, Other World, Hell and that’s excluding Super, which becomes even bigger. Attack on Titan has nothing on Dragon Ball’s worldbuilding, because (eventhough everything is explored) there are only 3 or 4 locations shown, while there’s so much symbolism, religion, locations and so many types of aliens and humans on earth that it in my opinion really comes close to One Piece. I haven’t finished One Piece YET, but I’ll see it for myself
I got a good one, a world where the main character with other unknown people get kidnapped to a facility providing soldiers for the war outside and the main cast figures out the meaning of their training and try to escape to freedom
in my project it is not a map I need to do, it is a entire system so multiples planets, moons, stations, possibly multiples suns, asteroids belt and things on them like cities, outposts, factories, villages, if I can make thing look logicals it could be a amazing world building but if I fail it is going to be horrible
@@poomipatlurkudom3883 i have it actually with other mangas in my pc i will definitely read it I've seen some manga panels i can tell the gore and the massive creatures and worlds will hook me up
Thanks for the tips. I am planning on making a manga and need tips for worldbuilding and power source. also got my free trial on skillshare, thanks for the 1month trial
In my opinion, JoJo has one aspect that makes its worldbuilding very interesting and that can be studied: The Invisible Force of Fate (Later Flow). Fate/Flow are inseparable from JoJo, as even some stands and stories don't work without it, like King Crimson, Rolling Stones, Wonder of U, Heaven Plan, Kira's BTD and his downfall.
Stands also bring a lot for JoJo's world as Stands initial purpose is to explain records of supernatural activity like ESP, Gods, or Yokai. However, not everything is a stand as Ghost alley, Ghosts, and other paranormal activity exist.
@@abylaiashken2611 And you point doesn't make sense, jojo doesn't even hvae worldbuilding or any interesting worldbuilding in that matter, dude, since Araki basically makes shit up as he goes without much regard for consistency. Worldbuilding is a mess, like How did Dio even find out about the whole stand ascension thing. Vampires after Dio Death are non-existant like I said Araki makes things up without any care for consistency, The whole Giorno being the boss of an italia-wide gang thing is never mentioned again after it happens, or even the events of Rome in part 5. Little explaination to the alien virus Your trying to exaggerate one of Jojo bizarre strong points, it's worldbuilding is kinda shit and messy and have no consistency at all Literally any Jojo Bizarre fans would agree that worldbuilding is non-existent
I always suggest One Piece to anyone wants a perfect taste of work building It's just impeccable for something that grand None other came to exploring a world that has been established well in the start HxH came close but it's mostly gonna get explored due to circumstances
@@rampagepotato4307 I'm not that much familiar with the Indexverse, but Nasuverse in terms of world is actually to vague, but I like how cohesive it is in incorporating the lores of many heroes
@@kennethmendoza1350 I don't understand how you think Nasuverse as a world is vague. Isn't the fictional world the same as our world unless the author stated otherwise? That's why I love both universe. It uses the real world as a base to connect fiction with reality, invoking a sense of wonder in its readers. What guarantee do we have that a real-life Clock Tower didn't exist? That this Covid virus wasn't made by Gaia to cull Humanity's population?
just a reminder that: fantasy doesn't mean medieval nor middle earth. Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore.
Thank you, Monitor Comics! Trying to Worldbuild is new to me, so I needed a video like this! I'm still learning, so I might just look at this again as a reference!
If you want to make a good manga worldbuilding, dont just take inspiration from mangas. Fantasy/ scifi novels sometimes have the best worldbuildings. I enjoyed mangas but my brain has been streamed with worldbuilding inspirations after reading Dune, Song of Ice and Fire, The Foundation, Hyperion, etc.
Real life actually had the best worldbuilding in anime. I mean look at the details of earth and the solar system. Too bad it was overshadowed by the show's bad story and characters.
Oooohhhh!!!! What monitor comics replied to meeee aaaaaa ok actually I don't get cool youtubers comment back soo yeah actually I am fanyou tips are freakkkkin awesome thankyou then bye
Yo recomiendo hacer un dibujo de bajo presupuesto, tipo cartoon (como cuando dibujan personajes chibis para detallar lo importante) y darle los detalles necesarios para luego hacerlo abiertamente. Como cuando en one piece muestran mapas, una islita con nubes y una raíz. Suficiente.
I would just like to point out that one of the biggest challenges in terms of world-building is if you are setting your world as a parallel to ours. like if your world is like our real world except people have superpowers. what makes this difficult is now you have to worry about, well, the rest of the world and not just a country. you have to be prepared for things like economic struggles, how the media would be affected, possible changes in laws, religions and cultures and accurate geographies, and so much more. this is why Bleach is a pain, world-building-wise, since it just revolved around Japan. not even Japan, but just Karakura town, which is even fictional. it's like "oh hey the world is about to end" but no one, and I mean no one, around the world is none the wiser. stories like Dr. Stone, Jujutsu Kaisen, and BNHA are the prime examples of real-world parallel shonen
my tip would be if you are not prepared to think about international politics and all I mentioned above, then try to make your story affect only a small part of your world. like Demon Slayer. the story only revolves around Japan and what's better is that it's set in a time when the internet/mass media is not a thing yet. so you don't have to worry about things like mass panic, or the threat escaping to another country (although they could, but the plot was built so that the villain has an incentive to stay and take care of things himself)
Which is why I never thought One Piece is the pinnacle of worldbuilding. Creating a fictional world parallel to ours is many times harder than creating a new world altogether.
When it comes to the races, i feel like diverse races are encouraged more than planet of hats. I'm not saying planet of hats is a bad thing, it just needs great detail as to why this society is so monolithic. My world of alien robots come in all kinds of models, shapes, sizes, and even functionality since there is no "right" or "wrong" to what a robot should look like. All kinds of sci fi media has unique designs of robots, screen faces, wheel footed/legged, levitating, glorified roombas, almost humanoid, Inhumanoid, visor eyes, cyclops, mouthless, talking in beeps, heads on the chest, quadruple arms, helmet headed, bulky, slender, etc. My works is kinda like Transformers but the designs are more derivative of Bayformers.
Hey. @Monitor Comics, I'm planning on writing a manga that involves a lot of death of characters. Do you think you could explain how to make emotions in writing feel more natural? The manga has the main character face the death of his younger brother. I've tried writing out storyboards of how I want the death scene to go. But it feels so artificial when I try to write it, do you have any tips or advice for writing scenes like this in stories?
And naruto’s past backstory is exactly why you should think it out and not write as you go in my opinion the kaguya storyline sucked and also took away from what naruto started as a character
What is good start to make a shonen or isekai manga because I’m planning to make a manga I have a idea on the shonen and isekai genre but I don’t know what I’m going to do first between both of those
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! At the end of the day, the choice is yours. Personally, I feel like Isekai are REALLY overdone right now so yours might get lost in the crowd. The same can be said about anything though, shonen included. It all comes down to execution. If you can make the isekai or shonen feel fresh then you'll be on the right path. I can't give you a straight answer, just see which idea you like more and run with it! Good luck!
Monitor Comics I think my isekai is good idea to make first because I don’t see or read other manga just like my idea what I have now and thank for replying
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This video had help me I wrote down all the tip so I can get a better understanding of my world for my comic/manga
@@Kingsmoove5423 Super happy to hear that!! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a nice comment! I really appreciate it!! Best of luck with your comic!
@@MonitorComics As neat as this video is, it doesn't help me with the actual designing of the world I am hoping to make. Do you think you could help me out? If so, I'll send an invite to my Discord server where I am trying to get a manga started. I will need all the help I can get.
is there anything more on the map comment?
@@MonitorComics I am still in highschool, but I have already thought of an idea for an animated series I want to make. Do you think these concepts and laws can apply to a film medium, or are they slightly different?
‘One piece’ and ‘tower of god’ s world building is insane and what I aspire to be able to create, or at least create something half as good
Happy to see someone say Tower Of God and I know this isn’t much I believe you’ll be able to create something as good 👍🏾
made in abyss > tower of god
Avatar, Warhammer 40k, Lord of the Rings, Game of thrones, Wheel of Time and Mistborn are all amazing as well.
@@namiboy787 Nah
@@namiboy787 No one but you brought up MIA. I like them both but there’s so reason to state your opinion here
So the Conclusion Tips
1. Choose your World
2. Where to Started the Story
3. Created the Laws
4. Created the Places
5. Created the Cultures
6. Ways of Speaking
7. Write the Worlds History
8. What's Your Characters Act
9. Take all Cliches and make it your own
10. Build your World Slow and Clever
One idea that I propose to all aspiring writers is to KEEP IT SUPER SIMPLE. Most people will watch a video like this and get bogged down under all the details and feel the need to micromanage them. When you keep your world building simple, it makes your overall story easier to understand, and everything else falls into place.
Great advice! Thank you for taking the time to share your insight!
Yeah I agree. I personally don’t like reading or watching stuff that have super confusing worlds. If you are making a world in a story, explain things about the world little by little and keep it concise and simple to understand
World Building in One Piece are so amazing and great that most people wanna lived in that world. Also the concept of freedom and civilization are wonderful in One Piece
DUDE- I WANNA BE IN ONE PIECE SO BAD.
Idk anymore depends on where you live I guess cuz one piece would be ass 💀
yeah imaging being a normal height dude and find out some "people" are over 10 ft tall I would be terrified
I wanna live in hxh or pokemon world
@@idkanymore4664 u would not. u would get raided by pirates all the time or you would live in poverty under the corrupt government. if u were a pirate u would most likely die from the marines or against other pirates. it’s still cool tho.
One Piece: King of world building
HxH: King of power systems
Jojo: King of unique character designs
You might as well call JoJo King of Visual Style/Artistic Sense and One Piece King of Long Term Storytelling.
@@abylaiashken2611 I think berserk has the best art imo
@@luucid5734 Yes, Berserk is a king of art. What I meant is that JoJo has very strong visual idendity cause frequently the color swap happens to fit specific mood.
jojos character design is trash
@@abylaiashken2611 i think the climber has best art
One Piece and Made in Abyss are the most immersive worlds I've seen in fictional works yet. Both worlds want you to explore them and unscramble all the mysteries. They are not disposable locations where the characters do their thing, they are actually relevant to the story. You can't put the characters of these works into another world and expect to equally unfold themselves (well, maybe you could do that with Riko, because she loves to explore everything, but it wouldn't be the same without the Abyss). It's only possible in these respective worlds. And not only does it matter what the todays characters do... it's equally important and is a major motivation for our beloved characters, what the past characters did and why they did it.
I love these works.
World Building TIp: Learn from One Piece.
FACT
AOT and one piece has best world building
TRUE. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
Aot has 3 walls underground city ocean and another town in the other side ain't so special
@@footy743 how is it not special?
@@eunoiaaa_ tell me how 3 walls underground city ocean and another city is so special
@@footy743 Titans inside walls. 50km walls that protect people. I think the underground aint special tho. But imagine you think ppl outside the walls are extinct. Then theres that Island lmao.
Im bad at english soooo... im bad at explaining this.
One Piece is the King of Worldbuilding.
TRUE
I’m a huge One Piece fan but O gotta say Toriko does a really good job too.
Unrivaled
@@julfikarsheikh1478 You’re entitled to your opinion but Naruto is nowhere near the king.
@@julfikarsheikh1478 I have watched the anime. It’s been a long time so I won’t speak on it too much but I don’t ever see people bring up the world building.
Thank you for another great video! Appreciate it. Btw, would it be fine if you can make a detailed video on how to get your manga published on saturday am?
Thank you for taking the time to check out this video and leaving a nice comment! As far as Saturday AM goes, there isn't really a secret. I just entered the March Art Madness contest and they learned my name. I didn't make it far I got knocked out in round 2. Then I applied for the Summer of Manga Competition and got accepted. My one-shot ran in issue 106 and they assigned me an editor and asked me to create a series for them. It was pretty straightforward, just take advantage of their submission events and contests! Best of luck!
One Piece is the ideal when worldbuilding.
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Nope. One piece world is just bigger, not better.
People mistake those two things. Like people in the comments really compare One Piece to LOTR lol. In my opinion, even Naruto is as well as one piece :
There is lore, myths (Rikudo), past events and war that are important for the present of the story (like the ninja wars), war heroes and mythical characters as well, geopolitique (kage cousil), a power system based on chakra, dead civilisation as well (like the Uzumaki clan) etc...
Naruto’s world seems real and is pretty well developed throughout the story.
I don’t see what One piece does so much better.
Are there different languages in One piece for exemple ?
@@MartialArtsTechniquesideas stop downplaying one piece just because you like naruto.all of those things are in one piece and more, plus they are fleshed out more.
@@sinsfast5435 if you were paying attention you would see that I’m not downplaying One piece. I’m just saying that many manga as are good at world building including Naruto. But you are probably too fan to understand this kind of shades.
You can’t say bs like "One piece is the best" just because there are a bunch of animal humans and a bit of geopolitics. It’s as good as the other, not better.
@@sinsfast5435 what is done better in One piece lol ?
The worldbuilding for Houseki no Kuni is absolutely one of my favourites
From Gems formed to fight Lunarians to protect themselves and eachother with it's history of the possible extinction of Humans and how the Admirabilis were there to witness the evolution of it all. And how the story would end up back at the very beginning of one creating a human once again. It all connects into something and even for a small type of worldbuilding it has so much meaning and depth to it and I hope one day I'll be able to create such a great world like this.
great video, I would like to add that picking if your starting from your characters or your world is a big difference of how you design your setting
Could you go a bit more into detail for others who might be curious? Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and leave a comment I really appreciate it!
@@MonitorComics yeah of course. I was talking about how there tend to be two starting points for world design. one being based around your MC and other characters. Where you start smaller and build out filling in what you need. the second method being larger design into a smaller design. where you design around larger events and fill in characters later on.
@@OniBoiXD Great points! Thank you for taking the time to elaborate!
Thanks for the video Monitor, I really need tips like these xd. In terms of my world building in my story it’s like the United States but if it was broken up into Islands (it serves an incredibly important part in the story but I’m still having trouble designing the islands).
Sounds awesome Rekter! Thank you for your continued support I really appreciate it!!
@@MonitorComics No problem! You always have the best tips when it comes down to both story and art so thank you for the helpful videos!
Hey reketer start a blog for practice even I did
For my anime world no pictures like a book
Sounds amazing honestly dude
For the story that I was writing, I had a story I was really happy with (still wip)
but I realised I didn't have an amazing world, I took the setting of traditional Asia but that was it. I knew I wanted a fantasy world but I didn't know what to do.
So for me (and for you), here's some advice or guides:
- if you are lost on what to do, try exploring a perspective or theme, and then personifying it into a location.
- you generally already have a setting in mind, but if you don't, just work on the story until it comes to you
- Take the rules, systems, and laws of your world and make systems to fit them (example from attack on titan: big titans, how do we kill them, their napes, how do we get there, verticality, how do we do that, spiderman gear(because flying looks goofy and isn't technologically possible) boom, military equipment that is a staple for how characters traverse the world and survive in it) (I only just realised that he talks about aot in the video now I don't feel unique)
- Taking inspiration is a good thing don't be scared of it.
- History is your friend, there is so much more than medieval Europe, decide your tone and think of what personality it has and what setting would be best to sample
- culture and politics are great for deciding alliances and enemies
that's all I have, feel free to add more or thank me cause I'm an incredible person
Thank you
You’ve got some amazing content. I was writing a manga with nothing but ideas and realized how many concepts i had missed out on while watching your videos and now feel a lot more excited in what’s to come
That's awesome to hear!! Thanks for taking the time to share! Best of luck!
Magi's worldbuilding is also amazing
TRUE
Thank you, your videos always help me a lot with my webtoon
Of course! I'm super happy to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to leave a nice comment! Best of luck with your webtoon!
Thanks for another great video! I really enjoy your channel. One of my favorite examples of worldbuilding is The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin. Not a manga, I know, but one of the best literary fantasy novels I’ve ever read.
Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to leave a nice comment Devin! I really appreciate it! I'm super glad you recommended a novel for all of us to check out! I think we can all appreciate the intricacies that go into novel writing as comic artists! Some of the best stories came from novels after all haha. Thanks again for your support!
One Piece is the best in world building in fantasy and scaling of mechanics. It is not completely perfect but one of the best there is for shounen. It has nearly everything that meshes super well together and scales really well and stays consistent to itself.
Very well said!!
As for me, Gintama's world building is one of the best! i love the worlds based on absurd ideas so much!:>
Berserk and Gigantomakhia are also amazing! Miura is truly a master of worldbuilding
Great picks! Thanks for taking the time to share!
Gintams world is quite limited tho and you do not really explore anything outside of earth much.
Woah man, such an early stage to get a sponsor. Congrats!
Thank you so much i really appreciate it!
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This video had help me I wrote down all the tip so I can get a better understanding of my world for my comic/manga
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Amazing content. Thanks for putting in the leg work for us smooth brained world creators xD
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I’m a bit late to this video, but it helped a lot! I love worldbuilding and this definitely helped.
(Also, I think the series Re:Zero is really good in worldbuilding. But I might be biased because I see it as one of the best things ever)
Super glad to hear that! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment! I love Re:Zero as well! I've been super busy so I couldnt check out season 2 yet, but I plan to soon and then I will definitely reference it more in my videos haha
Small correction: Code Geass isn't a manga series. It's an anime original
yeah ur right but the anime got adapted to manga
You're right! I forgot that the manga came after. Thank you for correcting me!
Wait really?!
@@MonitorComics wait there is a manga of code geass?
@@SamuraiGintoki4 Yes! After poking around I think there were about 5 different manga spin offs that came out after the anime
Thanks so much for this! The world I have is nowhere near as big as One Piece's, but it's a bit like the MCU.
It starts off with one team of heroes, then branches off with other types of heroes that exists within smaller groups in the same world.
This definitely helps me find a good balance to explore each story and how each hero came to be. Thank you for all your tips!
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Best piece of worldbuilding is the world itself
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0:32 oh cool! I've really needed these types of videos! The inking stuff i mean. Thanks for the sponsor man!
I want to achieve a worldbuilding as good as One Piece and Tower of God (my favorites).
I love the concept of the main story of TOG being set in a GIANT tower, divided into three parts with unique floors and rulers for each one, that keeps the order. Each floor also has a density of Shinsu (TOG's "mana" and substitute of water and oxygen in the tower) that gets stronger as you climb the tower. There's a lot more about the TOG world too, but it's a lot to explain here.
But my favorite is still One Piece, I love how bizarre and creative some islands are. Screw normal places, let's make an island made of Cake. Also, the concept of the OP world being divided by the red line, grand line and calm belt is really interesting and gives opportunity for crazy but pausible theories.
My only fear is that I make a world so big that my story ends up taking years to finish (which is the case of TOG and OP) lmao. Great video!! :]
Having it take years means it's gonna be well thought out and enjoyable
Good luck with your project .. sounds very exciting
Same! I love tog’s world building a lot ✨
One Piece, the PINNACLE of world building for me. Absolutley amazing. Hje only one I can think of that rivaled it is Toriko. Too bad it got axed or ended because it too was amazing
Great choices! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts!
Agree about toriko
@@rajsaha7885 One piece and Toriko, best world building
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One Piece has the best worldbuilding I’ve ever seen, recommend me some stuff which is comparable to it. A Sky Island above a skull, the 3 marine headquarters, one of which is in the middle of a giant waterfall, random giant human-like monsters near Thriller Bark which have not been explained for 12 years now, a country of toys, a kitty pirate who is actually a cyborg revolutionist. Brilliant stuff.
Toriko
I fell in love with your channel, it's really helpful for us beginners
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Taking all the aspects you talked about into account. I have to say fire punch is an absolute master class in world building.
Great example! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
I’m not creative at all and don’t have much of a passion for storytelling or art so probably never gonna need this but thanks I will use this to make my unoriginal brain a little better
Glad this video could help! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! Best of luck!
@@MonitorComics thanks
Nah man, u just gonna have to take that pen, and sit everyday drawing atleast for 30 mins, like that Ur creativity and art will improve, and maybe, you make a manga or comic one day
@@osam4470 Good advice!
One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto and Attack on Titan really have the best world building in manga history
I can agree with one piece but I can't agree with Naruto because it's world is so small, They go from one village to another and that's it. And they reach their destination in just a few days. Naruto is mostly about the animation and story telling. The same for dragon ball, the original dragon ball had good world building but the Z and super have no good world building, they make traveling to planets look so easy, they reach one planet to another in a matter of seconds, it is about fighting and story telling only. I just don't agree with Naruto and db in terms of world building, other than that I enjoyed both of the shows .And I haven't watched aot so I can't say anything about it.
@@justaguywithastrawhat9293 sorry but you’re wrong about Z and Super. Z showed so many new locations like Snake Way, King Kai’s planet, Planet Zoom, World of the Kais, new locations of Earth, Babidi’s ship, new dimensions like the hyperbolic timechamber, Namek, Planet Vegeta, Other World, Hell and that’s excluding Super, which becomes even bigger. Attack on Titan has nothing on Dragon Ball’s worldbuilding, because (eventhough everything is explored) there are only 3 or 4 locations shown, while there’s so much symbolism, religion, locations and so many types of aliens and humans on earth that it in my opinion really comes close to One Piece. I haven’t finished One Piece YET, but I’ll see it for myself
@@moro-og-739 Fair enough
I am blown away you made a video about world building and didnt mention berserk at all
Your channel is not just good it's amazing
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I got a good one, a world where the main character with other unknown people get kidnapped to a facility providing soldiers for the war outside and the main cast figures out the meaning of their training and try to escape to freedom
great advice trying to start my own anime and you the first one to example perfect for me. keep up the work
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in my project it is not a map I need to do, it is a entire system so multiples planets, moons, stations, possibly multiples suns, asteroids belt and things on them like cities, outposts, factories, villages, if I can make thing look logicals it could be a amazing world building but if I fail it is going to be horrible
Sounds awesome! Thank you for taking the time to share that with us! Best of luck!!
@@MonitorComics Thanks ! I am trying my best !
my favorite mangas in world building: BERSERK, ONE PIECE, HXH, BLACK CLOVER and AOT
Great choices!
You gotta read Toriko
@@poomipatlurkudom3883 i have it actually with other mangas in my pc i will definitely read it I've seen some manga panels i can tell the gore and the massive creatures and worlds will hook me up
@@embereclipse634 The world building in Toriko is on par with One piece
@@poomipatlurkudom3883 True!
Another amazing example of world building is star wars. There's a reason so many people love it
Thanks for the tips. I am planning on making a manga and need tips for worldbuilding and power source. also got my free trial on skillshare, thanks for the 1month trial
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In my opinion, JoJo has one aspect that makes its worldbuilding very interesting and that can be studied: The Invisible Force of Fate (Later Flow). Fate/Flow are inseparable from JoJo, as even some stands and stories don't work without it, like King Crimson, Rolling Stones, Wonder of U, Heaven Plan, Kira's BTD and his downfall.
Stands also bring a lot for JoJo's world as Stands initial purpose is to explain records of supernatural activity like ESP, Gods, or Yokai.
However, not everything is a stand as Ghost alley, Ghosts, and other paranormal activity exist.
Great points! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and adding onto the discussion!
Sorry but Jojo has no worldbuilding full stop Araki makes shit up with no planning at all, worldbuildingn isn’t jojo strong point
@@rcnemesis7645 didn't care I addressed my point
@@abylaiashken2611 And you point doesn't make sense, jojo doesn't even hvae worldbuilding or any interesting worldbuilding in that matter, dude, since Araki basically makes shit up as he goes without much regard for consistency.
Worldbuilding is a mess, like How did Dio even find out about the whole stand ascension thing. Vampires after Dio Death are non-existant like I said Araki makes things up without any care for consistency,
The whole Giorno being the boss of an italia-wide gang thing is never mentioned again after it happens, or even the events of Rome in part 5. Little explaination to the alien virus
Your trying to exaggerate one of Jojo bizarre strong points, it's worldbuilding is kinda shit and messy and have no consistency at all
Literally any Jojo Bizarre fans would agree that worldbuilding is non-existent
Imo maybe one piece has the most complex world building but ATLA has the most beautyful
TRUE! Thank you for taking the time to share!
When It comes to world building, I can't get enough of one piece, legend of Zeld, and elden ring
My fav world building for me
One piece
Toriko
Hxh
Gachiakuta
Dragonball
Fairy tale
Berserk
Yuyu hakusho
Naruto
Great choices!
Wow I rly needed worldbuilding tips and then you uploaded 😅
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@@MonitorComics np
Great video! Probably my favorite so far
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Very informative. Thankyou for this video.
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Just found this channel today, already watched 5 videos. These are amazing, thank you very much!
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Underrated is understatement for you. Really dude you are much better than some 1 Millions TH-camrs.
I really appreciate that!!
@@MonitorComics Please make a video regarding, How to make a good Villain organization ?
@@cantplayval Thank you for the video suggestion I will add it to my list of upcoming topics!
@@MonitorComics Thank u very much. Hope you will soon reach 1 Million Subs
I always suggest One Piece to anyone wants a perfect taste of work building
It's just impeccable for something that grand
None other came to exploring a world that has been established well in the start
HxH came close but it's mostly gonna get explored due to circumstances
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Lmao. Indexverse and Nasuverse sends their regards.
@@rampagepotato4307 I'm not that much familiar with the Indexverse, but Nasuverse in terms of world is actually to vague, but I like how cohesive it is in incorporating the lores of many heroes
@@kennethmendoza1350 I don't understand how you think Nasuverse as a world is vague. Isn't the fictional world the same as our world unless the author stated otherwise? That's why I love both universe. It uses the real world as a base to connect fiction with reality, invoking a sense of wonder in its readers. What guarantee do we have that a real-life Clock Tower didn't exist? That this Covid virus wasn't made by Gaia to cull Humanity's population?
Yes been waiting for a new upload. Appreciate the video
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@@MonitorComics woohoo let's go Momitor!
Awesome video .. thank you for all your content .. very insightful and inspiring
Love your content
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Hunter x Hunter and One piece have the best Worldbuilding
Great choices! Thank you for taking the time to share!
unrelated but im obsessed with the way u say past
LOL thank you! That’s the first time someone has ever complimented me for that haha
I need this so bad omg.. finally i've found some good tips for my manga😭😭👍👍
I'm glad to hear that! I released a part 2 to this video a few weeks ago!
@@MonitorComics Good to hear that😄 I'll watch it soon after this video
Thanks I really needed this
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just a reminder that: fantasy doesn't mean medieval nor middle earth. Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore.
Thank you for taking the time to clarify!
Really helpful vid appreciate it
Thank you so much for this video!!!!
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This is the best part of manga for me, Worldbuilding for me has the be the top priority for creating a decent story for me to be immersed in
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@@MonitorComics no prob, using your videos helps me alot on my own manga
There are too much spoilers 😕.
Just as good as I thought it would be
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Oda's world is at Tolkien's world levels. It's just incredibly carefully made.
No, you lie hard there
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@@MartialArtsTechniquesideas nah u are the one who's lying
Nah bro, no one can reach Tolkien’s level at anything
@@eiren4044 im not gonna say it’s better, but it’s certainly comparable
Thank you, Monitor Comics! Trying to Worldbuild is new to me, so I needed a video like this! I'm still learning, so I might just look at this again as a reference!
Awesome! Thank you for your constant support and engagement Azariah! I really appreciate it! Best of luck!
If you want to make a good manga worldbuilding, dont just take inspiration from mangas. Fantasy/ scifi novels sometimes have the best worldbuildings. I enjoyed mangas but my brain has been streamed with worldbuilding inspirations after reading Dune, Song of Ice and Fire, The Foundation, Hyperion, etc.
Very true!! Thank you for sharing that insight and providing some great examples!
Also might add Discworld, the wheel of time, and Malazan book of the fallen
Real life actually had the best worldbuilding in anime. I mean look at the details of earth and the solar system. Too bad it was overshadowed by the show's bad story and characters.
Very true!!
Very informative.
Yess new upload
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Thanks for the video
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You rock my dude
Thank you!
Loveeee it this vido is op
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Oooohhhh!!!! What monitor comics replied to meeee aaaaaa ok actually I don't get cool youtubers comment back soo yeah actually I am fanyou tips are freakkkkin awesome thankyou then bye
oh yeah, now *this* is what i need to see
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next video many could be tips to split up chapters?
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Really, really good and helpfull video
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so dark souls
Subbed.
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aight bruh this is the guy that trains the main character to be strong then gets no credit when he strong asf
LOL
Yo recomiendo hacer un dibujo de bajo presupuesto, tipo cartoon (como cuando dibujan personajes chibis para detallar lo importante) y darle los detalles necesarios para luego hacerlo abiertamente.
Como cuando en one piece muestran mapas, una islita con nubes y una raíz. Suficiente.
Idk why I was recommend this but ok pretty useful
LOL I'm happy you decided to watch it and enjoyed it!
I would just like to point out that one of the biggest challenges in terms of world-building is if you are setting your world as a parallel to ours. like if your world is like our real world except people have superpowers. what makes this difficult is now you have to worry about, well, the rest of the world and not just a country. you have to be prepared for things like economic struggles, how the media would be affected, possible changes in laws, religions and cultures and accurate geographies, and so much more. this is why Bleach is a pain, world-building-wise, since it just revolved around Japan. not even Japan, but just Karakura town, which is even fictional. it's like "oh hey the world is about to end" but no one, and I mean no one, around the world is none the wiser. stories like Dr. Stone, Jujutsu Kaisen, and BNHA are the prime examples of real-world parallel shonen
my tip would be if you are not prepared to think about international politics and all I mentioned above, then try to make your story affect only a small part of your world. like Demon Slayer. the story only revolves around Japan and what's better is that it's set in a time when the internet/mass media is not a thing yet. so you don't have to worry about things like mass panic, or the threat escaping to another country (although they could, but the plot was built so that the villain has an incentive to stay and take care of things himself)
Which is why I never thought One Piece is the pinnacle of worldbuilding. Creating a fictional world parallel to ours is many times harder than creating a new world altogether.
This is great
Thank you so much I really appreciate it!
Hi I am making manga
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Middle earth has the best world building
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Best manga/anime world building? Legends of the Galactic Heroes hands down.
When it comes to the races, i feel like diverse races are encouraged more than planet of hats. I'm not saying planet of hats is a bad thing, it just needs great detail as to why this society is so monolithic. My world of alien robots come in all kinds of models, shapes, sizes, and even functionality since there is no "right" or "wrong" to what a robot should look like. All kinds of sci fi media has unique designs of robots, screen faces, wheel footed/legged, levitating, glorified roombas, almost humanoid, Inhumanoid, visor eyes, cyclops, mouthless, talking in beeps, heads on the chest, quadruple arms, helmet headed, bulky, slender, etc. My works is kinda like Transformers but the designs are more derivative of Bayformers.
Sounds cool!
I would say Attack on Titian, Full Metal Achemists Brotherhood to name a few.
Great examples! Both series have AMAZING worldbuilding! Thanks for taking the time to share!
Title is what I needed alone, lol
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Hey. @Monitor Comics, I'm planning on writing a manga that involves a lot of death of characters. Do you think you could explain how to make emotions in writing feel more natural? The manga has the main character face the death of his younger brother. I've tried writing out storyboards of how I want the death scene to go. But it feels so artificial when I try to write it, do you have any tips or advice for writing scenes like this in stories?
And naruto’s past backstory is exactly why you should think it out and not write as you go in my opinion the kaguya storyline sucked and also took away from what naruto started as a character
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what if my world is a galaxy? How will I make a map of it? And do I have to make maps for each planet that they visit?
I'd say do whatever helps you keep track of everything and visualize it! All of this stuff is just meant to benefit you!
If it helps, then go for it!
@@MonitorComics ok thanks 👍
What is good start to make a shonen or isekai manga because I’m planning to make a manga I have a idea on the shonen and isekai genre but I don’t know what I’m going to do first between both of those
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! At the end of the day, the choice is yours. Personally, I feel like Isekai are REALLY overdone right now so yours might get lost in the crowd. The same can be said about anything though, shonen included. It all comes down to execution. If you can make the isekai or shonen feel fresh then you'll be on the right path. I can't give you a straight answer, just see which idea you like more and run with it! Good luck!
Monitor Comics I think my isekai is good idea to make first because I don’t see or read other manga just like my idea what I have now and thank for replying
I love intellectual diversity!
Is it bad world building if your lead grows up in a part of the world that the government tries to cover up?