Say what you want about Horkoshi or MHA in general You gotta admit, the guy is an incredible artist. He has made some of the most polished and badass panel I have ever seen in a manga
SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL FIGHT OF MHA This guy has the balls to make the villain grow millions of hands as one of his powers. We know how much artists hate hands
@@_Kamura_ did'nt he Say he hated drawing shigaraki's hands to th e point of bursting in tears when failing to draw them and that it was the main reason shigaraki started to Wear them less often?
@@SMALLOW1512 I've heard that Horikoshi is a HUGE fan of drawing hands, which is why his work features hands so prominently beyond almost any other manga. (Overhaul, AFO, Shigaraki, Deku etc.) so it wouldn't really make much sense for Horikoshi to HATE drawing hands, if he WILLINGLY creates characters, storybeats, and a plot that revolves around hands. I assume it was some other author who hate hands (ESPEICALLY considering how breathtakingly good Horikoshi is at drawing hands too)
I’m so happy someone else is praising my hero academia’s art and final arc. Usually people say that it’s really bad but seeing someone actually go into detail in how the art complements the story and that the fights in the final arc itself are wild is such a breath of fresh air. Sure it could’ve been better but what we got is still good. And Horikoshi’s art just makes it so much better imo
@@chrishardin9774 That's because most people aren't writers, it's not their job to dictate where the story goes, but that doesn't mean they can't say if it's shit or not.
Being real the final arc is probs one of the best we've had in shounen lmao, it's a low bar but it only had maybe 2 major problems that being bakugo death and personally I wasn't a big fan of afo being the final villain. Everything else was good or even perfect at times especially togas ending
Tatsuki fujimoto and Naoki Urasawa are the kings of movie like paneling. Ik they’re popular but if you still haven’t read any works of theirs I highly recommend. Goodbye Eri plot is literally about making a movie.
I'll be honest my favourite art work Is in Tokyo ghoul re not Tokyo ghoul, re has such good art which has vastly improved from the start and around the later part it's just fantastic
My favorite part of Horikoshi’s art is how terrifying, unsettling, and horror esque it can be. He has so many panels like this. Shigaraki killing his father panel has to be my favorite example of this, as well as the panels of baby AFO and the one of toga about to stab baby uraraka.
This is a style that i have always loved as a graphic designer. It ads this sort of 4 wall breaking affect which can add perspective and 3d feeling to a 2d illustration
I've always wanted MHA to release an art book, but then thinking and looking back at each panels and volumes that I've been reading, I think MHA doesn't need an art book
His art just portrays so much emotion and action all at once which has made me cry too many times, even when i reread those chapters i can feel super emotional to the point of tears. Its really one of a kind and i am so happy to live in an era where i can read his stories TT
I'll be real, I don't like MHA and I constantly have to convince my friends I don't like MHA because my room, my devices and my shelves are FILLED with Horikoshi's art. You can criticize him for anything you want, but Horikoshi is a the only person who made me realize what it means to love an artist's work.
"I'll be real, I don't like MHA" and yet you still collect pieces based on Horikoshi's work. People like you are the absolute worst. If you don't like it, then don't engage with it at all. I don't like One Piece and therefore I don't collect any art based on Oda's work. Be consistent, hypocrite. Jesus.
"I'll be real, I don't like MHA" and yet you still collect Horikoshi's art. People like you are the absolute worst. If you don't like MHA, then don't engage with it at all. I don't like One Piece and therefore I don't collect art, merchandise or anything associated with it. Be consistent, hypocrite. Jesus.
"I'll be real, I don't like MHA" and yet you still collect art based on Horikoshi's work. Hypocrites like you are the absolute worst. If you don't like it, then don't engage with it at all. For example, I don't like One Piece and therefore I don't collect any merchandise associated with it. Be consistent. Jesus.
Horikoshi has the ICONIC power of making his drawings come to life and MOVE. It’s like you’re actually able to see the way the characters move and how they get from page to page.
says no one ever , his fights are so convoluted and are hard to read/understand most of the time , if u said smthn like that on say One Punch Man manga then yea that would be true
@@coadamolx0100 I think most people would disagree with you, just look at this comment section😂you’re entitled to your opinion ofc, even tho its a shit one.
i always adored how horikoshi drew hands, it's weird to say but they're really cute to me, and when i saw an old interview where horikoshi said he admired mike mignola's work and hellboy something just clicked in my head like, "oh, so that's why the hands are squarish in heroaca"
lie again... the emotional beats of the story have been hitting well but thats mostly due to the story, audio, and music the animation quality is still sooo inconsistent and just underwhelming in comparison to its current shonen peers
@@Day416If you don’t like Bakugo that’s completely fine I just finished watching the anime for the first and it took me up until Deku’s fight with A1 to start liking Bakugo… unfortunately that’s literally near close to the end of the show but still
My friends got me into the fandom two years ago, left four months after I got invested but they never realized I had, and still mock it all the time. It’s sad honestly bc they left because of the fan base when the show and manga are phenomenal works and the plot and characters are amazing
I want him to tackle horror after mha. With the detail and the creepy and disgusting body horror I’ve seen in some of his art, he’d kill it in the horror genre I’m also starting to see a trend with media made in one country gaining inspiration and being influenced by another being very well regarded or popular. MHA and CSM taking off and being inspired by ‘MURICAN entertainment. As well as Canada with Scott pilgrim being inspired by anime and games (especially nintendo games), some GOW games with some of the action being inspired by some over the top Japanese games, and even movies like last wish and spiderverse having some similarities to the action in anime and mostly being stylized after American and some Japanese comics
Banger video as always. Impressed by your research, I looked into the MHA author and didn't find some of that stuff. The rise of the art and how many people are involved in the complete project, it's hard to wrap your head around. Cheers
To all the "haters" I would just say: try to sit for 15-20 hours drawing and thinking about a thing. For years. Anyone who had put their everything into something knows not to bash someone else´s effort through cheap hater comments. Also, this man failed so many times before becoming big... others would have given up halfway. What makes Horikoshi remarkable is his willpower to reach his goal in highest possible quality. With so many characters cramped into such a huge story, there´s no wonder some aspects are not that well done. It was not humanly possible to keep the story branching out forever and give each character enough time, just to make everything perfect - and on a tight weekly basis. I am glad someone is praising his artwork like this and points out the most important thing - the art is over the top and deserves nothing but respect.
I always love MHA art as always and lovely stuff Edit: I am still a fan of his work and glad to see someone recap his hardwork and history. I feel so bad in later arcs for the anime and manga plot due to the pressure Horikoshi has been pushed in by The fandom but the art evolution of every mangaka is insane
I’m kinda shocked you didn’t mention the fact horikoshi favourite thing to draw is hands and how he feels they can tell so much without saying anything.
Horikoshi's art was what really got me into the series to start, and it's been my favourite part of the series ever since. It's the main reason why I'll always advocate that the manga is better than the anime. Don't get me wrong, the anime has some of the best animation in modern anime, as well as an extremely impactful and memorable soundtrack, but it just can't top the way horikoshi draws those single and double page spreads during the most pivotal parts of the series.
Bruh, I would be geeked if Horikoshi made a horror manga with the style and flair he has, especially if body horror. I remember Horikoshi drawing the AFO origin flashback and thinking he transformed into Katsuhiro Otomo because the pages looked like they were straight out of Akira.
Horikoshi is a legend, I don't know how he managed to draw like this weekly. With artists like Gege and Fujimoto breaking and having to adopt simpler/rougher artstyles to keep up with their schedules/comfort, I don't know how he managed. It's unreal.
i feel like the thing that helps the manga be alot easier to read is the same thing that make some of the fights in the anime kinda underwhelming, you take a manga like jjk for example and theres alot of action from page to page which ultimately translates alot better to an anime, meanwhile mha tends to focus alot more on big massive swings and attacks that sometimes take up pages all on their own. leading to much less interesting direction for the anime overall. though i dont think this is the only reason i think it might play some part in it.
That's a solid take honestly Over time I always noticed how the choreography seems... sluggish? There isnt really many instances of multiple exchanges in quick succession, its mostly a large scale attack after large scale attack from what I can remember.
@@twistvaldez okay so, imo. MHA fights don't have a lot of choreography. Like the most choreographed fight was Deku vs Bakugo 2 in Season 3 But what makes MHA fights so good is the emotion and hype factor behind them. The spectacle and such is so much that at some point, you're not someone reading the manga You're part of the world, cheering for the hero to win
Great video! Horikoshi's art has always been spectacular and his use of expressions and shading is next level for a near weekly mangaka. With that being said I do still prefer the anime honestly. The art direction and atmosphere is absolutely weaker and less consistent, but for me the music and voice acting brings the story to life in a way that makes it even more enjoyable to experience. Plus, the actual character design and animation itself is still really solid overall, so there's still a lot of evident passion from Bones to adapt it. It's just a shame that the most immediately noticeable aspect can be so weak at times, since it overshadows all the fantastic aspects.
Horikoshi's art is so damn amazing that I'm finally ACTUALLY committing to completing a physical manga set. I'm going to start buying 1-2 volumes of MHA whenever I can!
It's really bizarre to see a manga like Jujutsu Kaisen with subpar art get a premium anime adaptation from Mappa. Then we get MHA, where the manga's art is sublime, but the anime adaptation from Bones can be rather inconsistent and generally fails to capture the detail Horikoshi pours into the pages. One gets critically acclaimed solely for its animation, the other is frequently criticized for not having better animation. Jujutsu Kaisen is objectively less nuanced that MHA in just about everything, yet people seem to dislike MHA more for some reason. It's unfortunate to know people simply value the animation aspect more than everything else and will overlook the flaws a series has because animation go brr. Imagine a world where Jujutsu Kaisen didn't have Mappa animating it. Would people really value the series as much as they do now because it doesn't have any flashy animation to entertain them? MHA has its own share of flaws, but it never really deserved all the hate it got. Horikoshi definitely deserves his flowers for his hard work.
YES! THIS! Horikoshi is one of my biggest inspirations, and has seriously influenced so much of my recent art style. I started on the anime because I fell in love with the characters, but then I read the manga for the first time and was BLOWN AWAY. I can only hope that I can one day capture expression, little character details, and compositions the way he does. People seriously don't talk about it enough, and it frustrates me to no end
Even with my problems with the story, I've always really enjoyed the art of the mamga ever since I started reading. The most recent arc has my jaw on the floor whenever I read it in terms of visuals. Both MHA and DanDaDan are the two shounens that got me wondering how they come out WEEKLY looking this good. On the topic of the anime, though I'm sad that the art direction and the visuals in general past season 2 are typically average, but I'm not really disappointed since making a 2 cour anime every year alongside a film for years on end is incredibly tough. Bones may be the studio behind the series, but it's specifically Bones Studio C that does both the show and movies, meaning they got to split this team up everytime they produce a season and a film at the same time. Many of the people who gave the first few seasons their interesting visual quirks like the more sharp/manga accurate character designs and stuff would go to work on the films instead. If you want to see how MHA would look at it's best, just look at the films, since they have better production which leads to more consistently higher quality animation and art direction (the BG art is such an upgrade it's crazy). And the sakuga highlights like the ones by Yutaka Nakamura are insane too.
Thank you. Finally, somebody on TH-cam who has a full video on My hero's work that isn't just complaining about its weak points. I honestly think this one of the better war arcs don't get me wrong. There's a lot that can be done to make it way better, but it's honestly great
2:03 Akamaru Jump is a special issue of the Jump family of magazines, which are incredibly popular. I'd be pretty surprised to find it was lost media considering that in Japan there's entire buildings dedicated to store old manga magazines for collectors to buy. Why people lie on twitter for clout he just was the only or one of the few to mention this particular issue in the Western side of the internet.
I'm so glad i have been able to witness Horikoshi art change during mha. Especially in the manga. I'm currently waiting to buy the manga. Oh also there are some good fan animations you can see now. That potray the manga well.
I’ve been waiting for so long for someone to just talk about the art in Shonen Jump. Many have talked about Oda (because of course he’s worth analyzing), but Horikoshi, Tabata, Suzuki, Gege… MAN. WSJ has artists with such creativity behind the series. There’s rarely a case where the art is forgettable. I could talk about the topic for ages. And I see no video essays about these guys. Which is a shame. Black Clover isn’t weekly anymore because the schedule messed Tabata’s health, but on god his designs, ways to draw effects and how he applies the Rule of Cool is just amazing. The Berserk and Bleach inspirations seep through the pages and the way he makes you feel emotion hits different. Horokoshi you already talked about but you can go so much further (beyond) with it. Suzuki is just… like watching an action film. You aren’t reading manga, you are watching Monty Oum fight scenes. I can go on about this but honestly it’s better experiencing it. Bring popcorn use a big screen. And Gege, dude. He’s not my favorite artist but he manages to make scribbles look appealing and by scribbles I mean there isn’t a single artist in existence who doesn’t put thought onto every line drawn. 90% of the time WSJ is worth reading because of just the visuals. I always take a peek at new series. I always can learn something new. So yeah, if you appreciate art, pick a random chapter from My Hero Academia, Black Clover, Sakamoto Days, Jujutsu Kaisen… or anything, really. I have personal recommendations for chapters with exceptional art too.
Hii, I just love your videos, I'm not an illustrator or anything, just a manga reader and I wish you could do some video about Kishimoto Drawning style, his angles and perspectives, thank you, keep the good work 🙌🙌
@@oplap6269 tbh I’m willing to wait for five years for Toei animation to work on the few final seasons of my hero cause Horikoshi’s manga art needs justice
I love the range of Horikoshi's art too. He has these amazingly animated-feeling panels, bursting with energy and bursting out of the page. Meanwhile, my favorite panel is this simple panel where Shigaraki is reveling in the disintegration of Jaku City. It's so basic, but he just looks so FREE. I think about it a lot; that panel is my Roman empire lmao. It made it clear to me why Re-Destro would just hand over his revolution - rare does one see an ideal so flawlessly physically incarnate.
Horikoshi is the goat when it came to his art style that it made me bloom inspiration everytime I read the manga, I kinda wished him and Toei Animation would do a collab on a project somehow cause they would be cooking
I have always thought my hero academia's art was top tier, as an aritst myself i've been praising it to everyone who knows mha.😂 BUT THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO ME, THIS MAKES ME FEEL HEARD SO THANK YOU. I want to be able to draw actions and dynamic poses like horikoshi one day. Also I normally follow the story from the anime but i guess it is time i switch to manga completely, huh?
dude when i saw the frames for AFO with his normal face for the first time, i was genuinely shocked. like- i had found it on pinterest and when i read the description i out loud went "MHA?!??!" like i was flabbergasted. hornswaggled even
I did drop MHA in the third last ep of season 2 but before that? It was amazing. And the art in the manga is too good. And when I came back, it got better and better and now the finale. Love MHA.
5:33 It’s amazing that it doesn’t matter what fandom you’re in or how toxic it is you can always count on everyone hating bones. And for a good reason.
He might not be an amazing writer, but he is definitely one of the absolutely best manga artists of shonen jump's whole history. Pairing Horikoshi's art with a good story like FMA or Fire Punch would surely be instant success.
What really sells mha’s art for me is just how colourful, shapely, and just,,, malleable things look?? The character designs are so fun and balanced each in their own way. It’s like playing with art dolls just looking at it? It’s really hard to explain. It’s like having a whole colour palette and having fun mixing characters together
Yeah my first thoughts about it were that they looked so squishy. And not in a bad way. I meant that they actually look like things that would be well, squishable. Like actual organic things. It’s so cool how they’re clearly 2d but they look and seem so real despite being far from it as well.
I don’t feel as harsh as a lot of others when it comes to Bones. They always keep the characters consistent, and you can’t say that with Naruto, Dragon Ball, or One Piece. They add unique exclusive contents when they can. Sure, it would be great if all shows looked like AOT but that show was a product of great sacrifices.
I don't think the animation was the problem, for me it was care towards impactful scenes is inconsistent most of the times, the fight b/w Lemillion and overhaul aswell as Shigaraki and that stress dude are one of the most butchered scenes in the show and those were my favorites in the whole series imo, it's very unfortunate
Horikoshi has always been one of my favorite artists. Bro's use of panelling and angles are absolutely ridiculous
And when he colors it it’s like candy for my eyes his art is ridiculously amazing
lmaoo my pfp is the same as yours
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@@frontiersmodel4781 Ah, I see you're man of culture as well
Say what you want about Horkoshi or MHA in general
You gotta admit, the guy is an incredible artist. He has made some of the most polished and badass panel I have ever seen in a manga
Horikoshi's hands are really admirable. He was definitely flexing hard when Deku stopped throwing punches and started flicking his fingers.
absolutely. as an artist, his art has always stuck out to me, but the way he does hands is what amazes me. one of my favorite artists of all time
SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL FIGHT OF MHA
This guy has the balls to make the villain grow millions of hands as one of his powers. We know how much artists hate hands
@familyguysofunny1933 I'm pretty sure horikoshi made shigaraki because he loves drawing hands or that's what I hear
@@_Kamura_ did'nt he Say he hated drawing shigaraki's hands to th e point of bursting in tears when failing to draw them and that it was the main reason shigaraki started to Wear them less often?
@@SMALLOW1512 I've heard that Horikoshi is a HUGE fan of drawing hands, which is why his work features hands so prominently beyond almost any other manga. (Overhaul, AFO, Shigaraki, Deku etc.) so it wouldn't really make much sense for Horikoshi to HATE drawing hands, if he WILLINGLY creates characters, storybeats, and a plot that revolves around hands. I assume it was some other author who hate hands (ESPEICALLY considering how breathtakingly good Horikoshi is at drawing hands too)
The Overhaul panel made me swerve to the side when I was reading the manga IT FELT LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO GRAB ME
Ayo 😂
not even the fourth wall can save you!
I’m so happy someone else is praising my hero academia’s art and final arc. Usually people say that it’s really bad but seeing someone actually go into detail in how the art complements the story and that the fights in the final arc itself are wild is such a breath of fresh air. Sure it could’ve been better but what we got is still good. And Horikoshi’s art just makes it so much better imo
Except no one disliked the art lol it's the story people have problem with
@@sael5084most people don’t even know what they want from the story
@@chrishardin9774 That's because most people aren't writers, it's not their job to dictate where the story goes, but that doesn't mean they can't say if it's shit or not.
@@Risky_roamer1 This 👆
Being real the final arc is probs one of the best we've had in shounen lmao, it's a low bar but it only had maybe 2 major problems that being bakugo death and personally I wasn't a big fan of afo being the final villain. Everything else was good or even perfect at times especially togas ending
At the end of the final battle, when nothing is left but rubble...
A hero's voice calls out in shock;
"HOLY SHIT, JACK MIDORIYA?!?"
*"I Am Here"*
@@zmetroplayz2456 *I AM YOU*
@@tortugitadechocolatebrancothat’s Itadori’s line
I forgot Jack existed it
@@Xzypu jack itadori son of jack misoriya
Horikoshi’s art and paneling feels like a movie. It’s so impressive and was definitely the thing that got me into it.
Tatsuki fujimoto and Naoki Urasawa are the kings of movie like paneling. Ik they’re popular but if you still haven’t read any works of theirs I highly recommend. Goodbye Eri plot is literally about making a movie.
@@codydoodles2Sakamoto days has amazing panelling as well, especially wen the old man shows up.
a lil bit oot, but i suggest you to see usogui. i'm not sure if toshio sako's style of panneling is movie like or not, but it's just damn crazy
@@codydoodles2I agree if you're talking about old fujimoto, the "one" from chainsaw man part 2 is terrible
I'll be honest my favourite art work Is in Tokyo ghoul re not Tokyo ghoul, re has such good art which has vastly improved from the start and around the later part it's just fantastic
My favorite part of Horikoshi’s art is how terrifying, unsettling, and horror esque it can be. He has so many panels like this. Shigaraki killing his father panel has to be my favorite example of this, as well as the panels of baby AFO and the one of toga about to stab baby uraraka.
terrifying sounds like an overstatement
and studio Bones just fucks it up
Fr those specific images gave me chills
@@kasiy2712 I don't think you read the manga, because it really is NOT an overstatement.
i heard hes planing to make a horror manga after he finish mha
4:10 I love how his hand reaches over the panels.
This is a style that i have always loved as a graphic designer. It ads this sort of 4 wall breaking affect which can add perspective and 3d feeling to a 2d illustration
Someone who does this very well is furudate
Yeah, that's what he said in the video...
Shoto and Dabi’s fight is what really made me realize that Horikoshi’s art is goated and MEGA underrated.
It’s my favorite episode
It’s my favorite episode
My art style is actually based of Horikoshi. What a legend
The one that has the best design.
You learned from the master 😂😎👍🏽
Same! I love how he does expressions and hands so much 🥰
Same.
Love the pfp
I've always wanted MHA to release an art book, but then thinking and looking back at each panels and volumes that I've been reading, I think MHA doesn't need an art book
His art just portrays so much emotion and action all at once which has made me cry too many times, even when i reread those chapters i can feel super emotional to the point of tears. Its really one of a kind and i am so happy to live in an era where i can read his stories TT
I'll be real, I don't like MHA and I constantly have to convince my friends I don't like MHA because my room, my devices and my shelves are FILLED with Horikoshi's art. You can criticize him for anything you want, but Horikoshi is a the only person who made me realize what it means to love an artist's work.
Can't blame you, his art work are way too good
"I'll be real, I don't like MHA" and yet you still collect pieces based on Horikoshi's work. People like you are the absolute worst. If you don't like it, then don't engage with it at all. I don't like One Piece and therefore I don't collect any art based on Oda's work. Be consistent, hypocrite. Jesus.
"I'll be real, I don't like MHA" and yet you still collect Horikoshi's art. People like you are the absolute worst. If you don't like MHA, then don't engage with it at all. I don't like One Piece and therefore I don't collect art, merchandise or anything associated with it. Be consistent, hypocrite. Jesus.
"I'll be real, I don't like MHA" and yet you still collect art based on Horikoshi's work. Hypocrites like you are the absolute worst. If you don't like it, then don't engage with it at all. For example, I don't like One Piece and therefore I don't collect any merchandise associated with it. Be consistent. Jesus.
If you don't like MHA, why are you collecting art based on Horikoshi's work?
This just reminded me I have a whole sketchbook filled with MHA fan kids I drew when I was 10. Thanks.
Horikoshi has the ICONIC power of making his drawings come to life and MOVE. It’s like you’re actually able to see the way the characters move and how they get from page to page.
says no one ever , his fights are so convoluted and are hard to read/understand most of the time , if u said smthn like that on say One Punch Man manga then yea that would be true
@@coadamolx0100 I think most people would disagree with you, just look at this comment section😂you’re entitled to your opinion ofc, even tho its a shit one.
manga > anime
Horikoshi’s art style has always been an inspiration to me, his detail is amazing and stylization is awesome. love it.
Horikoshi art this final arc has been on a whole other level
i always adored how horikoshi drew hands, it's weird to say but they're really cute to me, and when i saw an old interview where horikoshi said he admired mike mignola's work and hellboy something just clicked in my head like, "oh, so that's why the hands are squarish in heroaca"
5:26 This aged well, they are COOKING
lie again... the emotional beats of the story have been hitting well but thats mostly due to the story, audio, and music the animation quality is still sooo inconsistent and just underwhelming in comparison to its current shonen peers
My only advice to a new MHA fans: read and watch the anime but dont read people's oinion about it on the internet, just dont
Well .... i dont like 3 characters in the manga and unfortunately they main characters so like yeah
@@Day416deku bakugo and who else
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@@Day416If you don’t like Bakugo that’s completely fine I just finished watching the anime for the first and it took me up until Deku’s fight with A1 to start liking Bakugo… unfortunately that’s literally near close to the end of the show but still
My friends got me into the fandom two years ago, left four months after I got invested but they never realized I had, and still mock it all the time. It’s sad honestly bc they left because of the fan base when the show and manga are phenomenal works and the plot and characters are amazing
I want him to tackle horror after mha. With the detail and the creepy and disgusting body horror I’ve seen in some of his art, he’d kill it in the horror genre
I’m also starting to see a trend with media made in one country gaining inspiration and being influenced by another being very well regarded or popular. MHA and CSM taking off and being inspired by ‘MURICAN entertainment. As well as Canada with Scott pilgrim being inspired by anime and games (especially nintendo games), some GOW games with some of the action being inspired by some over the top Japanese games, and even movies like last wish and spiderverse having some similarities to the action in anime and mostly being stylized after American and some Japanese comics
Banger video as always. Impressed by your research, I looked into the MHA author and didn't find some of that stuff. The rise of the art and how many people are involved in the complete project, it's hard to wrap your head around. Cheers
Even they have no nose or cartoonic look, You can still see the artistic evolution
ngl coggsie's editing style n video concepts remind me a lot of Verdis Joe, would be cool if they collabed or hungout on livestreams or something
That’s fr, both great creators
People can hate on MHA all you want despite its flaws but you can never,and I mean NEVER hate on the artworks in the manga
Horikoshi's hatching has always been my fave.
To all the "haters" I would just say: try to sit for 15-20 hours drawing and thinking about a thing. For years. Anyone who had put their everything into something knows not to bash someone else´s effort through cheap hater comments. Also, this man failed so many times before becoming big... others would have given up halfway. What makes Horikoshi remarkable is his willpower to reach his goal in highest possible quality. With so many characters cramped into such a huge story, there´s no wonder some aspects are not that well done. It was not humanly possible to keep the story branching out forever and give each character enough time, just to make everything perfect - and on a tight weekly basis. I am glad someone is praising his artwork like this and points out the most important thing - the art is over the top and deserves nothing but respect.
I so fucking agree, he's my inspiration
I wanna buy all the volumes of his manga just to admire his art up closely
I always love MHA art as always and lovely stuff
Edit: I am still a fan of his work and glad to see someone recap his hardwork and history.
I feel so bad in later arcs for the anime and manga plot due to the pressure Horikoshi has been pushed in by
The fandom but the art evolution of every mangaka is insane
I just amazed and in love with horikoshi art style especially the way he draws his hands, mouth, and his perfect angle are the best in my opinion
I’m kinda shocked you didn’t mention the fact horikoshi favourite thing to draw is hands and how he feels they can tell so much without saying anything.
Horikoshi's art was what really got me into the series to start, and it's been my favourite part of the series ever since. It's the main reason why I'll always advocate that the manga is better than the anime.
Don't get me wrong, the anime has some of the best animation in modern anime, as well as an extremely impactful and memorable soundtrack, but it just can't top the way horikoshi draws those single and double page spreads during the most pivotal parts of the series.
I love the fact that you said he never draws tongues and two pannel afters you see a tongue 👅( 0:50)
Bruh, I would be geeked if Horikoshi made a horror manga with the style and flair he has, especially if body horror.
I remember Horikoshi drawing the AFO origin flashback and thinking he transformed into Katsuhiro Otomo because the pages looked like they were straight out of Akira.
dude every time one of his videos comes out I AM HYPED
Horikoshi is a legend, I don't know how he managed to draw like this weekly. With artists like Gege and Fujimoto breaking and having to adopt simpler/rougher artstyles to keep up with their schedules/comfort, I don't know how he managed. It's unreal.
3:09 Man, missed opportunity to put Endeavor in there! That would have been hilarious! Good video btw.
Kubo and Horikoshi are my favorites because their art panels are iconic to remember
i feel like the thing that helps the manga be alot easier to read is the same thing that make some of the fights in the anime kinda underwhelming, you take a manga like jjk for example and theres alot of action from page to page which ultimately translates alot better to an anime, meanwhile mha tends to focus alot more on big massive swings and attacks that sometimes take up pages all on their own. leading to much less interesting direction for the anime overall. though i dont think this is the only reason i think it might play some part in it.
That's a solid take honestly
Over time I always noticed how the choreography seems... sluggish?
There isnt really many instances of multiple exchanges in quick succession, its mostly a large scale attack after large scale attack from what I can remember.
@@twistvaldez okay so, imo. MHA fights don't have a lot of choreography. Like the most choreographed fight was Deku vs Bakugo 2 in Season 3
But what makes MHA fights so good is the emotion and hype factor behind them. The spectacle and such is so much that at some point, you're not someone reading the manga
You're part of the world, cheering for the hero to win
@@mani_bhai_101 I agree with that Deku vs Bakugo rematch take honestly. It was the one most choreographed fight i rememebr that wasnt movie exclusive
Great video! Horikoshi's art has always been spectacular and his use of expressions and shading is next level for a near weekly mangaka. With that being said I do still prefer the anime honestly.
The art direction and atmosphere is absolutely weaker and less consistent, but for me the music and voice acting brings the story to life in a way that makes it even more enjoyable to experience.
Plus, the actual character design and animation itself is still really solid overall, so there's still a lot of evident passion from Bones to adapt it. It's just a shame that the most immediately noticeable aspect can be so weak at times, since it overshadows all the fantastic aspects.
I've never read the mha manga, but ive always been amazed by Horikoshi's art. As a beginner artist this stuff is genuinely amazing.
when I first saw horikoshis art I was genuinely flabbergasted. something about his art style makes me want to jump out of joy.
These videos are single-handedly reviving my passion for manga
Ah yes, the clear, indisputable perfect inspiration for Mineta
Its so good to the point i cant even make out what im looking at,its just THAT amazing.
The way he draws flames is 🔥.
Finally someone talks about this cuz it’s crazy how this man has been consistent with his art for 11+ years now
As for the thumbnail art, we just had that episode animated yesterday lol
Horikoshi's art is so damn amazing that I'm finally ACTUALLY committing to completing a physical manga set. I'm going to start buying 1-2 volumes of MHA whenever I can!
Since I saw a Horikoshi's comment at the end of one episode in the manga saying that *he LOVES drawing hands* ... I knew the power of this man 😭
I'm glad someone is actually acknowledging this
some of the panels with all for one in the final arc are actual insanity nightmare fuel
Bro's videos are so W how doesnt he have more subs and views tf
Bro never misses w these short n sweet uploads. Keep killing it dawg.
It's really bizarre to see a manga like Jujutsu Kaisen with subpar art get a premium anime adaptation from Mappa. Then we get MHA, where the manga's art is sublime, but the anime adaptation from Bones can be rather inconsistent and generally fails to capture the detail Horikoshi pours into the pages. One gets critically acclaimed solely for its animation, the other is frequently criticized for not having better animation. Jujutsu Kaisen is objectively less nuanced that MHA in just about everything, yet people seem to dislike MHA more for some reason. It's unfortunate to know people simply value the animation aspect more than everything else and will overlook the flaws a series has because animation go brr. Imagine a world where Jujutsu Kaisen didn't have Mappa animating it. Would people really value the series as much as they do now because it doesn't have any flashy animation to entertain them? MHA has its own share of flaws, but it never really deserved all the hate it got. Horikoshi definitely deserves his flowers for his hard work.
YES! THIS!
Horikoshi is one of my biggest inspirations, and has seriously influenced so much of my recent art style. I started on the anime because I fell in love with the characters, but then I read the manga for the first time and was BLOWN AWAY. I can only hope that I can one day capture expression, little character details, and compositions the way he does. People seriously don't talk about it enough, and it frustrates me to no end
I love when people acknowledge Horikoshi’s art style and panels. It’s so great and he’s really admirable.
Bro got me feening for upload like a crackhead
Even with my problems with the story, I've always really enjoyed the art of the mamga ever since I started reading. The most recent arc has my jaw on the floor whenever I read it in terms of visuals. Both MHA and DanDaDan are the two shounens that got me wondering how they come out WEEKLY looking this good.
On the topic of the anime, though I'm sad that the art direction and the visuals in general past season 2 are typically average, but I'm not really disappointed since making a 2 cour anime every year alongside a film for years on end is incredibly tough. Bones may be the studio behind the series, but it's specifically Bones Studio C that does both the show and movies, meaning they got to split this team up everytime they produce a season and a film at the same time. Many of the people who gave the first few seasons their interesting visual quirks like the more sharp/manga accurate character designs and stuff would go to work on the films instead. If you want to see how MHA would look at it's best, just look at the films, since they have better production which leads to more consistently higher quality animation and art direction (the BG art is such an upgrade it's crazy). And the sakuga highlights like the ones by Yutaka Nakamura are insane too.
"Im just waiting for Jack Midoriya to come save the day" got me dying😂
Thank you. Finally, somebody on TH-cam who has a full video on My hero's work that isn't just complaining about its weak points. I honestly think this one of the better war arcs don't get me wrong. There's a lot that can be done to make it way better, but it's honestly great
His art is amazing, I adore his sketches he posts to Twitter. Amazing stuff, I'm in awe everytime
bro, i love how you deliver mha and horikoshi art to the audience, you deserve more sub bro
thank you for always putting up the music that you use in your videos
i love these videos sm wish there were more
Goated video, horikoshi is my fav artist rn next to akutami
i love the art sm, art like this always catches my attention
Coggsie uploads, day gets better
The funny thing is, Horikoshi always impressed by his assistant skill saying "damn you're good" in his tankoubon
2:03 Akamaru Jump is a special issue of the Jump family of magazines, which are incredibly popular. I'd be pretty surprised to find it was lost media considering that in Japan there's entire buildings dedicated to store old manga magazines for collectors to buy. Why people lie on twitter for clout he just was the only or one of the few to mention this particular issue in the Western side of the internet.
you lowkey good at the shit u do, never fail to deliver, keep it up brodie 🙏
I'm so glad i have been able to witness Horikoshi art change during mha. Especially in the manga.
I'm currently waiting to buy the manga.
Oh also there are some good fan animations you can see now. That potray the manga well.
Bro has to make a horror manga after this, it would go SO hard with his art
I’ve been waiting for so long for someone to just talk about the art in Shonen Jump. Many have talked about Oda (because of course he’s worth analyzing), but Horikoshi, Tabata, Suzuki, Gege… MAN. WSJ has artists with such creativity behind the series. There’s rarely a case where the art is forgettable. I could talk about the topic for ages. And I see no video essays about these guys. Which is a shame.
Black Clover isn’t weekly anymore because the schedule messed Tabata’s health, but on god his designs, ways to draw effects and how he applies the Rule of Cool is just amazing. The Berserk and Bleach inspirations seep through the pages and the way he makes you feel emotion hits different.
Horokoshi you already talked about but you can go so much further (beyond) with it.
Suzuki is just… like watching an action film. You aren’t reading manga, you are watching Monty Oum fight scenes. I can go on about this but honestly it’s better experiencing it. Bring popcorn use a big screen.
And Gege, dude. He’s not my favorite artist but he manages to make scribbles look appealing and by scribbles I mean there isn’t a single artist in existence who doesn’t put thought onto every line drawn.
90% of the time WSJ is worth reading because of just the visuals. I always take a peek at new series. I always can learn something new.
So yeah, if you appreciate art, pick a random chapter from My Hero Academia, Black Clover, Sakamoto Days, Jujutsu Kaisen… or anything, really. I have personal recommendations for chapters with exceptional art too.
I feel bad for Bones. They gotta fuckin ANIMATE every frame dabi is on-screen
Not to mention the guy is crazy fast at drawing 😭
All this cool art just for the anime to completely butcher it
Hii, I just love your videos, I'm not an illustrator or anything, just a manga reader and I wish you could do some video about Kishimoto Drawning style, his angles and perspectives, thank you, keep the good work 🙌🙌
bones has been improving
Only took 7 seasons
@@animesubway7433 Exactly. And the improvement was mild.
@@oplap6269 tbh I’m willing to wait for five years for Toei animation to work on the few final seasons of my hero cause Horikoshi’s manga art needs justice
Its times like these where I want multiple adaptations of a manga- I want something like Berserk but it's actually better and not worse
@@MonstrumAsylum Y e s
Ths video perfectly encapsulates all the glazing horikoshi deserves
Now I understand why MHA are so toxic towards the anime because the manga art style is truly next level
I love the range of Horikoshi's art too. He has these amazingly animated-feeling panels, bursting with energy and bursting out of the page. Meanwhile, my favorite panel is this simple panel where Shigaraki is reveling in the disintegration of Jaku City. It's so basic, but he just looks so FREE. I think about it a lot; that panel is my Roman empire lmao. It made it clear to me why Re-Destro would just hand over his revolution - rare does one see an ideal so flawlessly physically incarnate.
Horikoshi is the goat when it came to his art style that it made me bloom inspiration everytime I read the manga, I kinda wished him and Toei Animation would do a collab on a project somehow cause they would be cooking
Dude kohei is my favorite artist, like he's so good. Literally my rolemodel
I have always thought my hero academia's art was top tier, as an aritst myself i've been praising it to everyone who knows mha.😂 BUT THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO ME, THIS MAKES ME FEEL HEARD SO THANK YOU. I want to be able to draw actions and dynamic poses like horikoshi one day. Also I normally follow the story from the anime but i guess it is time i switch to manga completely, huh?
bro ur content is too underrated, such a hidden gem :).
He says that Horikoshi refuses to draw tongues but then shows a panel that has Shigaraki's tongue sticking out. And it also shows stains tongue.
great art deserves a great video! thanks for pouring over it.
also the deku tree joke absolutely floored me
dude when i saw the frames for AFO with his normal face for the first time, i was genuinely shocked. like- i had found it on pinterest and when i read the description i out loud went "MHA?!??!" like i was flabbergasted. hornswaggled even
I did drop MHA in the third last ep of season 2 but before that? It was amazing. And the art in the manga is too good. And when I came back, it got better and better and now the finale. Love MHA.
Yoo great video, now I feel better about having bought 33 volumes
5:33 It’s amazing that it doesn’t matter what fandom you’re in or how toxic it is you can always count on everyone hating bones. And for a good reason.
He might not be an amazing writer, but he is definitely one of the absolutely best manga artists of shonen jump's whole history. Pairing Horikoshi's art with a good story like FMA or Fire Punch would surely be instant success.
The art is so good that the anime can't keep up
Horikoshi is one of the most briliant artist that I have seen in years... when BNHA ends, the manga industry is going to lose one of his pillars
wait this video has just made me realise that horikoshi literally never draws tongues
Tsu:
Some of those cover pages:
I remember horikoshi saying he cant keep up with the animated show but honestly its the other way around
What really sells mha’s art for me is just how colourful, shapely, and just,,, malleable things look?? The character designs are so fun and balanced each in their own way. It’s like playing with art dolls just looking at it? It’s really hard to explain. It’s like having a whole colour palette and having fun mixing characters together
Yeah my first thoughts about it were that they looked so squishy. And not in a bad way. I meant that they actually look like things that would be well, squishable. Like actual organic things. It’s so cool how they’re clearly 2d but they look and seem so real despite being far from it as well.
@@fishbol478 yeah exactly! They look tangible physically, something round and squishy you could actually hold
Art is fr so fire and it's so true that I would read each and every panel really slowly just to admire the art.
I don’t feel as harsh as a lot of others when it comes to Bones. They always keep the characters consistent, and you can’t say that with Naruto, Dragon Ball, or One Piece. They add unique exclusive contents when they can. Sure, it would be great if all shows looked like AOT but that show was a product of great sacrifices.
I don't think the animation was the problem, for me it was care towards impactful scenes is inconsistent most of the times, the fight b/w Lemillion and overhaul aswell as Shigaraki and that stress dude are one of the most butchered scenes in the show and those were my favorites in the whole series imo, it's very unfortunate
Nah, Mappa killed aot for me
yeah aot pre mappa
animation is okay for me, but war in anime was wayyy better in the manga 100 percent
i wouldnt care if they made us wait 2 or maybe even 3 years for it to look like season 4 or 3