Quote from Highway-STAR
Akira has the best art I've
ever seen in my life. Otomo-sensei has an unparalleled, powerful, vivid and cinematic style like no other artist in the industry.
I agree
I wish they'd re-release the coloured versions they brought out in the early 90s though, they're so much better done than Sandman and Constantine and other crappily-coloured-yet-genius things from that era, and such a hassle to track down 2nd hand...
it's like reading the film, but with the story actually making sense
I'd put Blame and Blade of the Immortal for technical drawing. You can follow those tunnels round all night
I haven't read all of Death note yet but that'd be in my top ten too; a lot of manga artists (even the guy who drew Blame) can't colour as well as they can draw cos they're mainly used to black and white, (most manga covers for things like Bleach annoy me cos the colours are too over the top and don't fit the drawing quality) but the death note colour pages are pure loveliness.
Fullmetal Alchemist is the best thing for getting facial expressions I've read; and I love the crazy round building designs in Naruto and the fights in Bleach, when they just dissolve into lines and ink splatters but still look polished and stylish and you can always tell what's going on.
I've been holding back on reading Ghost in the Shell because I don't like what I've seen of the character designs; I preferred the way they looked in the anime. MInd you the designs in Kenshin annoyed me too at first but it was so cool that I got used to them.. so might give it a try
Oh and Tekkon KInkreet
is awesome in every way..
