@@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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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!
Mushoku Tensei is a top tier when it comes to worldbuilding. from episode 1 the entire world just feels so real and interesting, and the creator of the manga even developed 2 different languages to fit in his story.
@@MonitorComics It's S tier when it comes to story and characters, but in worldbuilding I think, it's more on the generic side of isekai anime/manga. You could easily put the characters in another similar world and they would do the same. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful world but not as good as OP or Made in Abyss in my opinion.
@@blackharmonics4518 Compared to the majority of "starter town medieval town" isekai stories, Mushoku Tensei has a MUCH MORE fleshed out world I would personally say its FAR from generic. Most isekai series barely leave the starter town and if they do they just go to a generic forest, king's palace, etc I do agree that series like Made In Abyss have great worldbuilding. But at the end of the day, Made in Abyss is a fantasy series, so we should hope it has a cool world When it comes to Isekai the expectations are EXCEEDINGLY LOW because of all of the generic titles to come out in recent years. It definitely helps that Mushoku Tensei was one of the earlier light novels that took off around the time as The Familiar of Zero, WAY before the SAO isekai boom
@@MonitorComics Yes, I absolutely agree. Compared to other isekai titles out there, Mushoku Tensei is waaaaay above the others. Maybe it's not fair to compare it to straight fantasy titles like MiA. I really love MT, because of the characters and the storytelling, pace, etc. And it is really nice to see an isekai character actually travel around instead of just make a base in the spawn town. MT is one of the few anime I really appreciated the last few years (MiA is still my absolute no. 1 title)
@@blackharmonics4518 For sure! I don't know if you watched my recent video about Isekai anime, but its really interesting to think about how old MT is A lot of modern isekai authors credit MT for inspiring a lot of the character archetypes, story tropes, etc in modern Isekai anime It's really surprising how many of those series dont try to replicate the GOOD aspects though like trying to build a unique world, or making an interesting plotline or engaging characters I have no clue why so many isekai series copy each other creating the same generic "story" over and over again
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
@@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.
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.
Im currently working on a series and I think your video sums it up, no bullshit straight to the point, and even extra points for actually giving us the definitions for certain areas for world building uwu!
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.
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 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).
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.
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!
Recently came across your channel and been listening to a lot of your old videos. They’re so good! World building is so fascinating to me and it’s awesome to hear your tips on this topic. I’ve been sitting on several ideas and have just recently started to piece things together. Your videos have helped a lot!
I'm super happy to hear that! I kind of cringe looking back at some of my older videos because my speaking, audio quality, editing, and thumbnails have come a long way since then lol. I appreciate you checking them out though and taking the time to leave a nice comment! I really appreciate it! Best of luck with your project!!
@@MonitorComics Haha! I know what you mean. I had a comic book podcast for a little while and in the early episodes our audio was bad too and I was really nervous. But the cool thing is looking back and seeing how you much you’ve grown! #PlusUltra I honestly haven’t caught any of the audio issues you pointed out. The quality of your content outshines anything else 👍🏽 Quick question. I think I heard you mention some of your different work, but do you still have an ongoing manga series that you publish or are uploading somewhere?
@@Javier_Pichardo I appreciate that haha. Thanks fot taking the time to share all of that! I really appreciate it. I post all of my older works and projects on my Webtoons! If you search MonitorComics on webtoons you should be able to find them! My current published series is with Saturday AM but it debuts when their new mobile app is ready to drop. So far I have two chapters done and will be publishing bimonthly once the new app gets going! I post updates and process shots over on my Instagram!
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 actually made several concept arts about the world of my own fan made manga I'll make very soon. I'm doing it on paper as I don't have the hardware and software to go digital yet (plus my budget is meh) but I started out with a map regarding all the regions of this world (kind of like AOT in which the world map is basically like our world but with the world map upside down and inverted). Thanks for these tips btw!
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
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
Wow I just found your channel and you’re literally perfect I’ve been thinking about making a story but this is like my first time actually taking it serious and doing something about it and you and yourself channel are so helpful thank you so much
This video really helped me out!!!!!!! I’m trying to get better at storytelling and this definitely helped me get better direction. Lol I just write stories no drawing so I’ll get someone else to do that part
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!
Something to add which was something I've learned along the way in terms of worldbuilding in regards to your own story: 'build the character within the world, don't build the world around a character'. It sounds like common sense but this is partly how to avoid creating mary sue characters while creating a more believable setting as well making your characters 'fit' into the world. And if I'm being honest, world anvil discord taught me a lot about the subtleties of worldbuilding and how to keep the information open to new possibilities instead of making something so specific. Like with One Piece, Oda most certainly did not create the entire thing from the very start. He built up on it over time as he went through the story to a point he has such an extensive worldbuilding that works within the context of the story. The lesson to get out from that is not to go overboard with worldbuilding especially when you're trying to write a story because the rest of the tips on this video goes naturally as you progressed through it. But yes, maps. Make a map. As someone who does too much worldbuilding and not enough writing, maps are your bestfriend with worldbuilding. Even just blobs of where things go is enough to start off with.
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!! :]
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
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
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.
@@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
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
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
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
How did you get better at digital art? I want to start making comic but I don’t know how or what to do and I personal suck at any backgrounds so I’m scared it would be appealing I’m not the best at art but I’ve came up with so many different stories and I want to put some out there
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?
@@badreddinebelabed9156 what’s wrong with Naruto ? You probably one of those who think One piece world is as good as Tolkien world lol. Naruto did a very great job with his world building, just like One piece.
@@badreddinebelabed9156 if you have a problem Ith Naruto world building more than Jojo were there is not a huge world building, then it’s you who must have read only few mangas.
Naruto worldbuilding is okay, the author should have just waited until boruto to introduce the aliens. Aliens fit in more with Boruto aesthetic of scientific ninja tools and radical cults.
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.
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.
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!
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
@@MonitorComics You're welcome. I'm not the most alert reader and have been trying to understand worldbuilding in stories. It's something I find hard to see in many shows and wonder if it's my fault for not being able to see it. I've asked for suggestions before but getting told to go and read the entire State Wars and LOTR collection isn't really the most pleasant experience. These and One Piece are also franchises where the worldbuilding is very pronounced in my opinion. It made me wonder if worldbuilding exists in every/the majority of the non-fantastical shows. Thank you for the Slice of Life example tho, my favorite SoL, March Comes In Like a Lion has the main character constantly switching from one fictionalized irl Japanese location to another which are labeled as month towns (March city, June town).
@@Eterrath All good! I'm glad my video could be helpful! And I love March Comes In Like A Lion lol. Worldbuilding does exist in every story. Some stories like those in the adventure or fantasy genre tend to capitalize on it the most. With slice of lives for example you could worldbuild by having several locations like you said (school, home, friends home, town over, beach, amusement park, local cafe, etc)!
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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 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.
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
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
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.
World Building TIp: Learn from One Piece.
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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!
Mushoku Tensei is a top tier when it comes to worldbuilding. from episode 1 the entire world just feels so real and interesting, and the creator of the manga even developed 2 different languages to fit in his story.
FOR REAL. MUSHOKU TENSEI IS S TIER
@@MonitorComics It's S tier when it comes to story and characters, but in worldbuilding I think, it's more on the generic side of isekai anime/manga. You could easily put the characters in another similar world and they would do the same. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful world but not as good as OP or Made in Abyss in my opinion.
@@blackharmonics4518 Compared to the majority of "starter town medieval town" isekai stories, Mushoku Tensei has a MUCH MORE fleshed out world
I would personally say its FAR from generic. Most isekai series barely leave the starter town and if they do they just go to a generic forest, king's palace, etc
I do agree that series like Made In Abyss have great worldbuilding. But at the end of the day, Made in Abyss is a fantasy series, so we should hope it has a cool world
When it comes to Isekai the expectations are EXCEEDINGLY LOW because of all of the generic titles to come out in recent years.
It definitely helps that Mushoku Tensei was one of the earlier light novels that took off around the time as The Familiar of Zero, WAY before the SAO isekai boom
@@MonitorComics Yes, I absolutely agree. Compared to other isekai titles out there, Mushoku Tensei is waaaaay above the others.
Maybe it's not fair to compare it to straight fantasy titles like MiA.
I really love MT, because of the characters and the storytelling, pace, etc. And it is really nice to see an isekai character actually travel around instead of just make a base in the spawn town. MT is one of the few anime I really appreciated the last few years (MiA is still my absolute no. 1 title)
@@blackharmonics4518 For sure! I don't know if you watched my recent video about Isekai anime, but its really interesting to think about how old MT is
A lot of modern isekai authors credit MT for inspiring a lot of the character archetypes, story tropes, etc in modern Isekai anime
It's really surprising how many of those series dont try to replicate the GOOD aspects though like trying to build a unique world, or making an interesting plotline or engaging characters
I have no clue why so many isekai series copy each other creating the same generic "story" over and over again
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
AOT and one piece has best world building
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Aot has 3 walls underground city ocean and another town in the other side ain't so special
@@footy743 how is it not special?
@@audisuuu 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.
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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.
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!
Im currently working on a series and I think your video sums it up, no bullshit straight to the point, and even extra points for actually giving us the definitions for certain areas for world building uwu!
I'm happy the video could help! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
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!!
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!
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
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
Super happy to hear that!! Thank you for checking out the video and taking the time to leave a nice comment! Best of luck with your project!
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!
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 ?
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!
Magi's worldbuilding is also amazing
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Recently came across your channel and been listening to a lot of your old videos. They’re so good! World building is so fascinating to me and it’s awesome to hear your tips on this topic. I’ve been sitting on several ideas and have just recently started to piece things together. Your videos have helped a lot!
I'm super happy to hear that! I kind of cringe looking back at some of my older videos because my speaking, audio quality, editing, and thumbnails have come a long way since then lol. I appreciate you checking them out though and taking the time to leave a nice comment! I really appreciate it! Best of luck with your project!!
@@MonitorComics Haha! I know what you mean. I had a comic book podcast for a little while and in the early episodes our audio was bad too and I was really nervous. But the cool thing is looking back and seeing how you much you’ve grown! #PlusUltra
I honestly haven’t caught any of the audio issues you pointed out. The quality of your content outshines anything else 👍🏽
Quick question. I think I heard you mention some of your different work, but do you still have an ongoing manga series that you publish or are uploading somewhere?
@@Javier_Pichardo I appreciate that haha. Thanks fot taking the time to share all of that! I really appreciate it. I post all of my older works and projects on my Webtoons! If you search MonitorComics on webtoons you should be able to find them! My current published series is with Saturday AM but it debuts when their new mobile app is ready to drop. So far I have two chapters done and will be publishing bimonthly once the new app gets going! I post updates and process shots over on my Instagram!
0:32 oh cool! I've really needed these types of videos! The inking stuff i mean. Thanks for the sponsor man!
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!
That's awesome to hear! I'm glad this video could help! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
I actually made several concept arts about the world of my own fan made manga I'll make very soon. I'm doing it on paper as I don't have the hardware and software to go digital yet (plus my budget is meh) but I started out with a map regarding all the regions of this world (kind of like AOT in which the world map is basically like our world but with the world map upside down and inverted). Thanks for these tips btw!
Sounds awesome! Best of luck!
@@MonitorComics Thanks :)
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.
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
Wow I just found your channel and you’re literally perfect I’ve been thinking about making a story but this is like my first time actually taking it serious and doing something about it and you and yourself channel are so helpful thank you so much
I'm super glad to hear that! Thank you so much for the nice comment! Best of luck!
5:14 glad to see girls last tour was put as a ref up there :)
Yesss! A great anime for sure!!
@@MonitorComics mhm
I fell in love with your channel, it's really helpful for us beginners
I'm super happy to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to leave a nice comment! I'm glad my stuff can help!!
This video really helped me out!!!!!!! I’m trying to get better at storytelling and this definitely helped me get better direction. Lol I just write stories no drawing so I’ll get someone else to do that part
Sounds awesome! I'm glad to hear this helped! Best of luck!
Amazing content. Thanks for putting in the leg work for us smooth brained world creators xD
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!
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!
Woah man, such an early stage to get a sponsor. Congrats!
Thank you so much i really appreciate it!
@@MonitorComics You're welcome :D
Another amazing example of world building is star wars. There's a reason so many people love it
Kumo desu ga is one series I’d say that has absolutely amazing world building.
It goes really in depth on basically every aspect of the world
Best piece of worldbuilding is the world itself
Good point! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
Something to add which was something I've learned along the way in terms of worldbuilding in regards to your own story: 'build the character within the world, don't build the world around a character'. It sounds like common sense but this is partly how to avoid creating mary sue characters while creating a more believable setting as well making your characters 'fit' into the world.
And if I'm being honest, world anvil discord taught me a lot about the subtleties of worldbuilding and how to keep the information open to new possibilities instead of making something so specific. Like with One Piece, Oda most certainly did not create the entire thing from the very start. He built up on it over time as he went through the story to a point he has such an extensive worldbuilding that works within the context of the story. The lesson to get out from that is not to go overboard with worldbuilding especially when you're trying to write a story because the rest of the tips on this video goes naturally as you progressed through it.
But yes, maps. Make a map. As someone who does too much worldbuilding and not enough writing, maps are your bestfriend with worldbuilding. Even just blobs of where things go is enough to start off with.
Amazing advice! Thanks for taking the time to share all of that!!
One piece has best world building and all though it’s not a manga but a WEBTOON tower of god I think as well
Good choices! Thank you for taking the time to share!
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 ✨
I am blown away you made a video about world building and didnt mention berserk at all
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
Nice! Super glad to hear that! Best of luck and enjoy the Skillshare courses!!
glad you brought up Attack on Titan, it has my favorite worldbuilding
Yess, Attack On Titan is amazing!
When It comes to world building, I can't get enough of one piece, legend of Zeld, and elden ring
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
Bro your videos have help me so much I can't even tell in this one single comment thanks you.
Can you do character, world, setting analysis videos?
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
great advice trying to start my own anime and you the first one to example perfect for me. keep up the work
I'm super glad to hear that! Thank you for taking the time to check this video out! I'm happy it could help!
An anime I think has great worldbuilding is Fullmetal Alchemist, everything makes sense and generally feels like a believeable world.
FACTS. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts!
@@MonitorComics no problem!
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
My fav world building for me
One piece
Toriko
Hxh
Gachiakuta
Dragonball
Fairy tale
Berserk
Yuyu hakusho
Naruto
Great choices!
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!
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
Thank you for making this video.
My pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to check it out and leave a comment!
Your channel is not just good it's amazing
Thank you so much I really appreciate that!!
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 !
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!
Great video! Probably my favorite so far
Super glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
TORIKO is one of the best Worldbuilding in anime and manga history
Yeah, it's on par with One piece
Awesome video .. thank you for all your content .. very insightful and inspiring
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
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
Can you make a vid about characters personality?
I will add it to the list of upcoming topics! Thank you for taking the time to leave a video suggestion!
How did you get better at digital art? I want to start making comic but I don’t know how or what to do and I personal suck at any backgrounds so I’m scared it would be appealing I’m not the best at art but I’ve came up with so many different stories and I want to put some out there
next video many could be tips to split up chapters?
Thank you for taking the time to leave a video suggestion! I will definitely add it to my list of upcoming topics!
Very informative. Thankyou for this video.
I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
I love lord of the rings, one piece and Magi’s worldbuilding
Just found this channel today, already watched 5 videos. These are amazing, thank you very much!
I'm glad they could help! Thanks for taking the time to leave a nice comment!
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!
There are too much spoilers 😕.
Can you make a video about forshadowing
I'll add it to the list! Thanks for taking the time to leave a video suggestion!
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?
New subscriber! Love your stuff! I’m a screenwriter and it’s so great to see your content 🤟🏻
I really appreciate that! Happy to have you!
Anyone else get excited when they saw magi in the beginning??
Wow I rly needed worldbuilding tips and then you uploaded 😅
I'm glad to hear that haha. Thanks for checking the video out and taking the time to leave a comment! I really appreciate it!
@@MonitorComics np
I've been waiting for a video like this thanks
Super glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
The best worldbuilding that I have seen so far is one piece, jojo's bizarre adventure, naruto & avatar the last airbender
If Naruto is a top for You, it means You haven't seen a lot of mangas/animes 😂
@@badreddinebelabed9156 what’s wrong with Naruto ? You probably one of those who think One piece world is as good as Tolkien world lol. Naruto did a very great job with his world building, just like One piece.
@@badreddinebelabed9156 if you have a problem Ith Naruto world building more than Jojo were there is not a huge world building, then it’s you who must have read only few mangas.
Naruto had good world building until halfway through the war arc when almost everything was disregarded
Naruto worldbuilding is okay, the author should have just waited until boruto to introduce the aliens. Aliens fit in more with Boruto aesthetic of scientific ninja tools and radical cults.
Really helpful vid appreciate it
Underrated is understatement for you. Really dude you are much better than some 1 Millions UA-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
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!
Yes been waiting for a new upload. Appreciate the video
I appreciate the support! Thank you for taking the time to check it out and leave a comment! I really appreciate it!
@@MonitorComics woohoo let's go Momitor!
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.
Love your content
Thank you so much Nathan! I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a nice comment!!
Thanks I really needed this
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I plan on making some vampire type of manga somthing like that van hellsing film or that old anime hellsing
Sounds awesome! Thank you for sharing and for stopping by to watch this video! Best of luck! I'm a huge sucker for vampire stories
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!
Very informative.
This video really helped
I'm glad! Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Thank you so much for this video!!!!
Of course! Thank you so much for checking it out and taking the time to leave a nice comment! I really appreciate it!
Just as good as I thought it would be
I really appreciate that! Thank you so much!!
For me GinEiDen put world building to an another level
Idk why I was recommend this but ok pretty useful
LOL I'm happy you decided to watch it and enjoyed it!
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
Thanks for the video
Of course Kavi! Thanks for checking it out and taking the time to leave a comment! I really appreciate it!
Thanks for the great video.
Of course! Thank you for checking it out and taking the time to leave a nice comment! I really appreciate it!
@@MonitorComics You're welcome. I'm not the most alert reader and have been trying to understand worldbuilding in stories. It's something I find hard to see in many shows and wonder if it's my fault for not being able to see it. I've asked for suggestions before but getting told to go and read the entire State Wars and LOTR collection isn't really the most pleasant experience. These and One Piece are also franchises where the worldbuilding is very pronounced in my opinion. It made me wonder if worldbuilding exists in every/the majority of the non-fantastical shows.
Thank you for the Slice of Life example tho, my favorite SoL, March Comes In Like a Lion has the main character constantly switching from one fictionalized irl Japanese location to another which are labeled as month towns (March city, June town).
@@Eterrath All good! I'm glad my video could be helpful! And I love March Comes In Like A Lion lol. Worldbuilding does exist in every story. Some stories like those in the adventure or fantasy genre tend to capitalize on it the most. With slice of lives for example you could worldbuild by having several locations like you said (school, home, friends home, town over, beach, amusement park, local cafe, etc)!