Manga Mania Magical Girls and Friends: How to Draw the Super-Popular Action fantasy Characters of Manga |  | Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 25996
Media: Paperback
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0823029689
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5352242
EAN: 9780823029686
ASIN: 0823029689
Publication Date: September 29, 2006
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Product Description
* ChristopherHart writes the worlds top-selling art instruction books--more than two million in print!
* Strong girl characters empower girls everywhere Sailor Moon. Card Captor Sakura. Magical Girl Rayearth. Theyre magical girls, and theyre some of the biggest names in manga. Magical girls, ordinary schoolgirls given superpowers, are hugely popular in Japan and the United States. Now Christopher Hart shows fans everywhere how to draw these manga shoujo faves. Faces and body proportions, action poses, costumes, expressions, transformations, special effects--theyre all here, all in Harts distinctive step-by-step approach. So are magical fighting boys and everybodys favorite, the cute, furry manga mascots. Hart demonstrates how to create funny mascots, magical boys, fighting teams, and supporting characters, plus how to design layouts. Magical girls show us that we all have special powers deep inside--now Manga Mania: Magical Girls and Friends let those special drawing powers reveal themselves at last!
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 This is great December 3, 2008
J. Paul (Ma, USA)
Just what i was looking for my daughter is starting to really draw. I hope she likes it as much I do, if not, won't be much of a loss since I will take over. Great details, lot of variety and instruction in an easy to read and follow way.
This book is kawaii!!! November 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book!!! It has fantastic art work and is very helpful. This one of Christopher Hart's best books besides Chibi and Furry.
My mother says this is an awesome book and I recomend it for you!!!
 I dont really Hart this book. August 15, 2008
T. williams
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Manga mania magical girls and friends: how to draw the super popular action fantasy characters of manga is really just a book i can turn to for refrence. When it comes to the magical girls costume, he does not tell you as much as you would need to know. He says somthing like, to make it look like a school uniform. I don't like that. I want to see more pizzaz, more color, more style. But thats just me. Over all, this is a great book. But if you want to know how to draw a magical girl uniform filled with everything i mentioned above, I suggest reading up on your manga(Sailor moon, Card captor Sakura, Tokyo mew mew, etc.)
This is a must-have, and that's coming from a Hart hater. June 26, 2008
Troy Tucker (Florence, SC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've never been fond of Chris Hart's books. The illustrations tend to be overtly generic with very little detail in my eyes, so I tend to push them to the side when I'm scanning the local bookstores for new art books and How to Draw tutorials. However, when this one came out, the cover caught me by surprise. THIS was Hart's work?
Well, in truth, it wasn't. Hart only did maybe five to six pages of drawings while the rest were done by a legion of other artists. Artists who I believe have a much stronger grasp of composition and balance than Hart does. (If I remember correctly, it was Nao Yazawa who created the most breath-taking images.) For those who grew up watching Sailor Moon as a kid, the nostalgia will hit you like a train, but in a good way. Everything about this book was pure classic.
The instruction is mostly visual, as in while there is text I certainly didn't need to read it. It's easy to pick up and easy to practice the techniques the artists are trying to teach. I highly recommend this book, as it is one of the few non-Japanese books where the drawings truly feel authentic.
Great for Ideas August 24, 2007
DragonLady (Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is GREAT for getting ideas; the anatomy parts are not anything particularly spectacular, but it's great for getting ideas and concepts going, as well as what to DO with these ideas. I recommend it for those who like fantasy and/or the 'Magical Girl' genre
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