You managed to create an incredibly high-quality video because you cross-referenced and intertwined different sources to provide us with an in-depth synthesis of Urasawa's creative process. You truly deserve more recognition for this. I'd love to see you do something similar for Shin'ichi Sakamoto or Inoue.
Thank you, really appreciate this! I've already got Inoue on my to-do list, I'm a fan of his work too. I've seen Sakamoto's art around a lot and think it's really cool. I've been meaning to read his work, so I'll keep this one in mind for a longer term video. Thanks for the suggestion!
It was either 2008 or 9, when I was about 16. I was a big weeb and I tried to read every manga I got my hands on. But I was always a bit of an action oriented goblin, drawn to the shonen way of life. Words cannot describe the impact 20th Century Boys had on me when I found it. I always go out of my way to recommend it to people. It was complete when I found it, and I gobbled it all up in less than a month, and when the movies came out, I watched them too. I'd be lying if I said I remember everything about it, but the premise hit me like a ton of bricks, the back and forth between (at times) 3 or 4 time frames was always masterfully done, a lot of the scenes in the past talked about kids in a way that still felt relatable to me, even though I couldn't have lived a far away enough life from a japanese kid in the 60s. And don't even get me started on some of the panels. Man knows how to draw money shots. I can't believe I haven't checked out his other works yet, but this video really opened up my eyes that I absolutely should
That's awesome! Firsthand testimony that he really is as good at drawing kids as they say (referring to 19:10). Great to hear the vid is helping to make his other works look appealing too!
This is such a well informed, detailed, and in depth analysis of my favorite mangaka Urasawa-san. Thank you so much for this! I haven't read all of his work and had no idea he had so many more. I love that Naoki played by the rules until he saw others break them ; he was such a rebel and pioneer and it was fascinating to see what inspired him for Monster (which i watch semi-annually). I loved that he always stuck by his work and stayed dedicated to his own story. He never sold his soul for mainstream fame. Also love thr clips from Manben talking about his approach to characters and facial expressions is so fascinating. It's inspiring. His characters are so realistic that you feel like they all exist in some world. Anyways, Great video, editing, and format. It was super engaging and can't wait for more.
Great video, finally some decent yt recommendations. It's interesting to hear the challenges Urasawa faced especially with Monster whose premise is instantly gripping. I never realized the Fugitive connection but it makes perfect sense in retrospect. One of the most "eccentric" things about Urasawa is that he maintains a public persona in contrast to the "cult of anonymity" that's remained so pervasive among mangaka to this day. I really commend him for his work and his openness towards speaking about the industry.
Thank you! I found Urasawa's maintenance of a public persona to be very interesting too. Especially after learning that he identifies more with characters on the sidelines rather than those who are more influential. His desire to document and preserve as many teachings as he can is extremely strong.
one of my fav channels rn! really love all the videos you put out, esp ones like these that cover the development behind manga/games. tysm for the awesome videos, always excited to see a new one in my feed :D
Thanks a lot, really appreciate it! Hopefully I've already got another mangaka video out you might be interested in and can check out. And more to come!
Thank you for this video, to be frank with you I've just been getting into Naoki Urasawa's body of work and this served as a good guide to learn more about him as an artist and his creations I think this is a really nice video, keep up the good work ^_^
This video was absolutely fascinating... Stories are my passion and learning about the people who write my favourite stories .... own stories, is amazing! And you do all that studying while all we have to do is sit back and watch. you do all that work for us, , so thank you . Brilliant absolutely brilliant.
Naoki is like "I have this idea but I do NOT want to draw it" and then Nagasaki rolls up and is like "You sure about that, bitch?"
doyouknowhowlongivebeenwaitingforthis
You just make sure people know what happened here today
Mr. Keaton, Yawara, Happy!, Monster, 20th Century Boy, Pluto, Billy Bat, Asadora are my Favorite!
Utterly foul that this doesn’t have more views
I appreciate this, thanks! UA-cam's always slow to test out/push my vids to new audiences, so hopefully it starts to pick up over the next few days.
Yes! dammit !
Your videos deserve millions of views ✊✊
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You managed to create an incredibly high-quality video because you cross-referenced and intertwined different sources to provide us with an in-depth synthesis of Urasawa's creative process. You truly deserve more recognition for this. I'd love to see you do something similar for Shin'ichi Sakamoto or Inoue.
Thank you, really appreciate this! I've already got Inoue on my to-do list, I'm a fan of his work too. I've seen Sakamoto's art around a lot and think it's really cool. I've been meaning to read his work, so I'll keep this one in mind for a longer term video. Thanks for the suggestion!
It was either 2008 or 9, when I was about 16. I was a big weeb and I tried to read every manga I got my hands on. But I was always a bit of an action oriented goblin, drawn to the shonen way of life.
Words cannot describe the impact 20th Century Boys had on me when I found it. I always go out of my way to recommend it to people. It was complete when I found it, and I gobbled it all up in less than a month, and when the movies came out, I watched them too.
I'd be lying if I said I remember everything about it, but the premise hit me like a ton of bricks, the back and forth between (at times) 3 or 4 time frames was always masterfully done, a lot of the scenes in the past talked about kids in a way that still felt relatable to me, even though I couldn't have lived a far away enough life from a japanese kid in the 60s. And don't even get me started on some of the panels. Man knows how to draw money shots.
I can't believe I haven't checked out his other works yet, but this video really opened up my eyes that I absolutely should
That's awesome! Firsthand testimony that he really is as good at drawing kids as they say (referring to 19:10). Great to hear the vid is helping to make his other works look appealing too!
This is such a well informed, detailed, and in depth analysis of my favorite mangaka Urasawa-san. Thank you so much for this! I haven't read all of his work and had no idea he had so many more. I love that Naoki played by the rules until he saw others break them ; he was such a rebel and pioneer and it was fascinating to see what inspired him for Monster (which i watch semi-annually). I loved that he always stuck by his work and stayed dedicated to his own story. He never sold his soul for mainstream fame. Also love thr clips from Manben talking about his approach to characters and facial expressions is so fascinating. It's inspiring. His characters are so realistic that you feel like they all exist in some world. Anyways, Great video, editing, and format. It was super engaging and can't wait for more.
Thank you, really appreciate the support! I'm glad to hear the video was so enjoyable, it's very motivating!
Great video, finally some decent yt recommendations. It's interesting to hear the challenges Urasawa faced especially with Monster whose premise is instantly gripping. I never realized the Fugitive connection but it makes perfect sense in retrospect. One of the most "eccentric" things about Urasawa is that he maintains a public persona in contrast to the "cult of anonymity" that's remained so pervasive among mangaka to this day. I really commend him for his work and his openness towards speaking about the industry.
Thank you! I found Urasawa's maintenance of a public persona to be very interesting too. Especially after learning that he identifies more with characters on the sidelines rather than those who are more influential. His desire to document and preserve as many teachings as he can is extremely strong.
one of my fav channels rn! really love all the videos you put out, esp ones like these that cover the development behind manga/games. tysm for the awesome videos, always excited to see a new one in my feed :D
Wow thanks a lot! 🙏 I'm glad they've been enjoyable. It's honestly very motivating to hear, I appreciate the support!
that's a really good video !! Great timing too since I started 20 Century Boy two days ago :3
Thank you!! Great timing indeed lol 👆
This is excellent you have aproached it with a lot of nuance and depth. This is exactly the type of video essays I am always searching for. Thank you
Thanks a lot, really appreciate it! Hopefully I've already got another mangaka video out you might be interested in and can check out. And more to come!
please keep making videos genuinely I have been blown away by this video. You have created something really special. @CorvuSphere
This was a great video man, so glad I got it on my feed :))
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you!!
I didn't know this channel, I haven't seen the video yet but I already like it.
Hope you enjoyed!
fantastic video that deserves more views. keep goin'
Appreciate the support, thank you!!
Thank you for this video, to be frank with you I've just been getting into Naoki Urasawa's body of work and this served as a good guide to learn more about him as an artist and his creations
I think this is a really nice video, keep up the good work ^_^
Thank you, this is very motivating to hear. I'm glad it proved useful for your journey through Urasawa's works!
This video was absolutely fascinating...
Stories are my passion and learning about the people who write my favourite stories .... own stories, is amazing!
And you do all that studying while all we have to do is sit back and watch. you do all that work for us, , so thank you . Brilliant absolutely brilliant.
Really appreciate these thoughts, thanks a lot!! I'm glad to hear you're finding so many of my videos enjoyable, it's very motivating!
WE NEED MORE BILLY BAT
Urasawa is a visionary in the way he plans his stories
Great video!
Thank you!!
Me: *thoroughly enjoying the essay*
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Me: Is that Professor Layton music?!
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A VIDEO ABOUT PEAK???????!!!?!!!?
My most requested mangaka to cover, to date
48:35 made me shit my pants
Classic Billy
0:23 tell me you're a zoomer without, no hate but that sounds weird, in Rock?
If you're referring to the sentence structure of that line, I think that's just my engineer side showing. I can't communicate well and all.