The Complete Guide to Drawing Action Manga: A Step-by-Step Artist's Handbook

Hello, first and foremost, this is a review from a mangaka (manga artist). I am a self-taught webcomic manga style artist who publishes my own webcomics for almost 3 years now. And until now, I am being honest that I am still an amateur in drawing action poses. Here are some points that I can put out from this book. 1. This book is originally printed as Japanese. Ive been wanting to purchase this for so long but the price is higher, you check it out on ebay at a price of 30$ and above. So seeing that this book is now translated and printed in English, and is way much cheaper with the same content on it. This is a jackpot for me. 2. Contents seems a little advance, but this is a how-to-draw manga book and not just pose references, you will definitely learn a lot from this, (such as perspective, good way of using panel shots or focus line, hair movement, the use of speedlines, blurring effect, dynamic poses, and even expressions are tackled here. 3. Martial arts such as grappling, judos were also shown in a little here. Different weapons too such as nunchucks, spears, sword, hammer poses etc etc. You will also find a tracing samples that you could practice on. So for an advance digital manga comic artist like me, I highly recommend this book to be added to your learning tools if you are serious in learning MANGA style action poses.

Buy it! Like the title says, this is exactly what,you expect it to be. It teaches you the basics of human anatomy and proportions, how to create dynamic fighting stances, how to show the impact blows amd pain, how to clothe figures in action scenes, how to panel, how to drag environment so damage and more. The art style here is more realistic and I feel that whats taught here can be more broadly applied than with other similar books.

Got this for a comic idea and to practice drawing poses. I had bought a book that was supposed to be for how to draw hero’s and it was all about history and not drawing. I love the fact this book is about art and not a history lesson about hero’s

Love that it’s way thicker than most anime drawing books but sucked that it’s torn cover. Things happen but overall it really is what my teenager has been looking for for Christmas

I got this book because I wanted to learn how to draw action poses something different from what i usually draw and it’s a lot harder but it takes time but I’m glad I got this to help me in different types of action poses

This guide is very well written and has great explanations for its professionally drawn poses and facial expressions. I love following the instructions and trying difficult poses. One of my favorite is the anime character carrying another on his back. This book is 5/5

This publication came in handy for a model I was developing.

Great price and variety with easy to follow directions that allow you to also trace along. Perfect gift for my 13 year old nephew.

Muito bom para quem quer aprimorar suas habilidades em anatomia.

Oro para los mangaKas que no se conforman con diseñar sus personajes sino que también quieren verlos en acción.

Awesome book. If you want references for action poses get it.

Sehr detailliert werden hier die einzelnen Elemente eines Actoin Mangas aufgezeigt und von den wichtigsten Basics bis zum entscheidenden Movement erklärt. Sehr gut finde ich auch die einzelnen Practisesheets und die Blog Notes in denen die wichtigsten Tips und Hacks separat aufgeführt werden. Ich kann dieses Buch nur empfehlen!

Very well illustrated and guided book for begginers