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| How To Draw Manga Volume 39: Creating Stories (How to Draw Manga (Graphic-Sha Numbered)) (v. 39) | 
 enlarge | Author: Junichi Sugamoto
Publisher: Graphic-Sha
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 422206
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: English Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 140
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 4766113306
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.50952
EAN: 9784766113303
ASIN: 4766113306
Publication Date: April 29, 2007
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Product Description
Which one comes first, the story or the characters? Without the essential story, the vibrant illustrations at which you have excelled with the aid of the How To Draw Manga series, won't become a manga. It was once true that creating characters was the key element for a manga. Now, even if the illustrations are less than spectacular, the story is the key element. This unique book concentrates on the fundamentals of making a manga.
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A good how to create manga (but not how to draw manga) book. January 1, 2009
If you are looking for a book that teaches you how to create stories for manga, this may be it. I say "may" because the material in this book is not presented in the same interesting fashion as other books in the "How to Draw Manga" series, which may be a turn off. This is not to say that the material in this book is badly presented, or even uninteresting. However, if you are staring to create stories for manga, this book may be slightly overwhelming.
This book is divided into four chapters, and it covers character design, story design, panel layout, and production.
Chapter 1: Characters
o Creating the Protagonist
o The Protagonist is You!
o Filling the Protagonist with the Creator's Strengths
o Giving the Protagonist a Goal
o The Love Interest as the Creator's Ideal
o Pouring Your Personal Preferences into the Love Interest
o The Three Love Interests
o The Love Interest as the Protagonist's True Supporter
o Designing the Nemesis
o The Nemesis as the Most Hated Personality Type
o Cramming the Nemesis with Your Own Faults
o The Nemesis as the Protagonist's Perpetual Attacker
o The Ever-Important Supporting Cast
o The Protagonist's Supportive Sidekick
o Designing Likeable, Appealing Characters
Chapter 2: The Story
o Obsolete Plot Structures: Opening, Development, Twist, and Conclusion
o The Protagonist Reigns Supreme
o The Incident Starts with the Opening Scene
o Bring on the Opposition!
o Adding Mystery
o Multiple Climaxes
o Dropping Hints
o Sprinting toward the Climax
o The Battle with the Archenemy: The Climax
o Revealing the Theme at the Climax
o Down Pacing at the Climax
o Concluding with the Protagonist's Emotion
o Starting with the End
o Short Manga Scenario: At the Bottom of the Ninth with the Bases Loaded and Two Outs, A Single Hit Turns the Game around!
o Starting from the Point Most Distant from the Goal in Long Manga
Chapter 3: Concepts and the Panel Layout
o Manga Is All about the Concept
o Devising Manga-esque Concepts
o The Concept Saves the Protagonist
o The Concept as the Story's Concluding Element
o Designing Panel Layouts around the Concept
o Designing the Panel Layout According to the Protagonist's Emotional State
o Designing the Panel Layout to Make the Story Look Interesting
o Avoiding Jump Cuts in the Panel Layout Design
o Having One Key Panel for Each Two-Page Spread
o Rhythmic Panel Layouts
o Giving the Panel Layout a Distinctive Flair
Chapter 4: Genre and Artwork Production
o Genres Broaden with the Times
o Revamping a Genre to Give It a Fresh Flavor
o New Props to School-based Manga
o Well-constructed Sci Fi and Fantasy Worlds
o Fresh Characters for Sports Manga
o Knowing Historical Facts and Persons to Design
o Historical Manga
o Instructional Manga: The Importance of Being Properly Informed
o Stories with Clear Scenarios
o Using Words to Draw Pictures
o Spacing between Sentences
o Writers, Surprise the Artist
This book is a good instructional book on how to create stories for manga, but it wouldn't be my first choice. If you are starting to create stories for manga I would recommend Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels (a very detailed instructional book), or even Manga Pro Superstar Workshop: How to Create and Sell Comics and Graphic Novels (a quick reference book) over this one.
 Okay but far from concise August 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I admit some aspects from the book were helpful but I found it rather dull and not as informative as I had hoped it would be. It barely touches on the visual aspect of manga storytelling which is very different from writing a novel. I think this book is okay but rather lacking. I found Scott McCloud's Making Comics book to be far more helpful than this volume in the how to draw Manga series.
 Great November 21, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am very intrigued by what this author has to say about the creation of your character's (and nemesis') personalities. Basically, to make an original character, it should be your alter ego of your strengths, and the reverse goes for the nemesis. It goes into how to make fully rounded protagonists, antagonists, supporting casts, sidekicks, love interests, and how to make a good story based on page amount and how likely a novice artist will be hired.
I'm very impressed that the book has so much to say, as opposed to just look at. It really explains what it covers well, which the HTDM series sometimes falls flat at.
Just to let you know, a great companion for this book is "HTDM: Amazing Effects", it covers panels and getting published as well, but far more in depth ;D
An ok creating stories guide June 8, 2007
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
I was very excited when I finally got this book in a couple of weeks ago, when I saw the cover, I just knew this book would be awesome! But when I opened the book, I was a little disappointed. Unlike the other creating stories manga book I own by Mako itsuki, this had very little illustrations in it with lots and lots of text. Which is fine if you like that sort of thing, but since I have a short attention span, I need something that can keep me interested. This book isn't like Mako, her book reads more like a manga, this doesn't; It also have little snippets of other works from preveious manga artist's form various HTDM books, which I found to be a little annoying. Well let's get down to discussing this book shall we? This book basically covers the key fundamentals of creating the perfect manga story. It elaborates on how you should go about drawing the characters, the steps to brainstorming your story, The concepts and the panel layout, and the different genre to choose from when writing for your manga as well as the artwork production. Don't get me wrong, this book is actually packed full of very useful information, despite it's lack of creativeness in pictures. This book pretty much has it all from the protagonist to antagonist, to everything in between! This book also explains that if you wish to do a manga based on historical facts, even though you are putting in your own twist and humor, you need to get all the facts straight. All in all, I would rate this book a 4 for those who can really use this book for it's contents, I rated it a 3 since it isn't everything I expected it to be. I would definitely recommend this book for any beginner-advanced manga-ka out there. It will really help you guys out when you are perplexed when it comes down to how you should go about designing your characters based on their personna, looks, and role. I don't recommend this book if you are hoping this book will be similar to Mako itsuki's "Creating stories" book, you will be sorely disappointed. If you are looking for a book that teaches you about writing stories, then i recommend Shoujo manga techniques "writing stories: by Mako itsuki", that one explains the writing process just like the one by Junichi, and Shoujo manga techniques "drawing basics: by Hirono Tsubasa" is basically the companion to the first book I recommended. Other than that, buy this book, if all the info on the book apply to you. It will be a great advancement tool to add to your HTDM arsenal.
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