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Anyone else think that Akamatsu's manga artwok is far superior to that of the anime? I thought the anime girls looked almost creepy at times with their pale, overly round features.
>> Anonymous
forget pale, overly round features. The animators took the excellent character desgins, and gave all of them fat-fuckin' faces.
>> seliquist
don't forget inconsistant proportions.
>> Anonymous
It happens when you've got to draw 1,000's of frames with a nagging deadline and restricting budget.
>> Anonymous
People say his artwork looks generic, but I say its generic done perfectly.
>> Uzumaki
This is usually the case.
>> Anonymous
>>172825
It's usually a matter of detail though. In this case, the anime artists seriously altered the character models in very bad ways.
>> Anonymous
Can we see some more Akumatsu manga style?
>> Anonymous
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Yeah gotta agree with you there. I first watch the anime. Then about two month later I started reading the Manga, and after the manga I saw the anime version of Naru and thought, "Who the fuck is that suppose to be?"
Pic anime versions to show how much they fail.
>> Anonymous
I don't think the anime designs are that bad. Character design has never been a flaw in Akamatsu's work. It's... well, pretty much everything else that he sucks at.
>> Anonymous
The anime never made me horny at all. But the manga did, and often. I submit that the manga is the victor of this contest.
>> Anonymous
>>172854
Maybe if the manga had had nipples. I know there's issues in Japan but if you can't (or won't) draw nipples it kind of kills things for the rampant nudity.
>> The Great OP
>>172855

I dunno I think the simplicity of the art is probably it's greatest virtue. Leaves a lot to the imagination ;)
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>>172849
Actually, that's one of the few GOOD anime pictures of Love Hina. I own all three artbooks, and I can tell you there's MUCH worse stuff out there.
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>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
>>172885

There's a couple of different artists who handled the art for the anime artbooks. Anything drawn by Uno himself is fine--or at least it sticks to the character designs he came up with. But there's a couple of other guys who draw the girls' facial proportions all fucked up, leaving like 7 tons of babyfat on their cheeks and having their noses point the wrong way. That's the bad stuff.
>> Anonymous
>>172789
Artwork and story is superior to the anime. Really, I rarely get snobbish about this kinda stuff but the Love Hina anime really disapointed me. The art books are quite nice though.
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Personally, I love Akamatsu's style and I think it's great. I won't try to make an arguement about 'story' but one thing I've noticed is that Akamatsu is fuckin' great at organizing his frames to make his manga flow as easily as possible. As far as I'm concerned, he's a master at this. I've seen many other manga that were so poorly organized, or just used all square frames, that I just couldn't bring myself to read them completely.

I think this pic was by Akamatsu, or maybe one of his assistants.
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>>172967
Ah! You noticed that too! I mean, I found myself easily able to understand things but also amazed by the complex yet simple way he made things in the comic flow.
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>>172967
Im pretty sure it was an assistant, same as this one.
>> Anonymous
Akamatsu = gamer. Mostly H-love-sim games. His panels are laid out to tell an in-game story. The man's a genius.

Love Hina anime art was bad, but I had to simply stop watching Negima anime because it was so fucking painful.

Negima manga art is fucking incredible. Now if they would just get the hell off Namek with the tournament storyline.

The background art is pretty neat too. His assistants have taken to modelling the whole of Mahoro academy, rendering it, and then inking the renderings for the sake of continuity.
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Until someone digs up those supposed Sailor Moon H-doujins that Akamatsu did, we'll have to rely on Akamatsu's assistants to provide the detailed nudity.

Although I did hear that Ken will sometimes draw small portions of his assistants' work.
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>>172987
The tournament ended a while ago dude.
>>172988
From this doujin?
>> mark
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Does anyone know where this came from?
Looks like Akamatsu's work.
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>>172993
It's a short doujin from the adult section of Magi's website. It involves three of the BoF girls as dickgirls.

http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~magi/index.html
>> Anonymous
>>172849
Wow same for me. Watched the anime first, then read the manga, and then when I saw the anime again I couldn't believe my eyes how fucking ugly it was.
>> Anonymous
Akamatsu is nothing if not absolutely formulaic.

But the thing of it is, he's got the formula down so well it actually comes across as decent storytelling. Case in point, Negima.
>> Anonymous
>>172991
Yep, that's the one.
>> Anonymous
Love Hina anime art was great. I loved the series.

And let me tell you I don't care if you all hate it or not. Losers usually hate everything that's successful.
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>>173119
Your logic fails. ITT we are extolling the virtues of a wildy successful manga created by a very accomplished author/artist.
>> Anonymous
One thing I love about Akamatsu is the rate at which he improves. Compare Love Hina volume 1 and 14, and there's a noticable difference. Even a comparison between Negima #1 and #11(In English) shows improvement. I'm not really sure if it applies to Love Hina, but Negima's panels during fight scenes are packed with information, and I find myself looking at a single panel for tens of seconds before moving to the next one, lest I find myself going "Wait, what the hell just happened? When did he/she get in that position?" To me, this is a plus. More action in less pages.

Since the appearance of Mei, references to Motoko, and seeing an unmistakeable Seta in #10, I've been waiting for a fucking crossover. I want it to happen, but I have the feeling it would crush the story.

>>172967
Does somebody have this in a larger size?
>> Anonymous
>>173119
Wrong. If you really didn't care at all you wouldn't even bother saying it. Fuck you.
>> pseudonym
Here's a larger size.

http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~magi/menu.html
>> FUCK YES. Anonymous
>>173525

Thanks a ton! Not just for the picture, but the site, too! Is all this done by the swirly-eyed guy in the background of the "Crying Akamatsu" pic on the back of every Love Hina book?
>> Anonymous
>>172993

He also goes under CU_Little, as you can see on his site, but yes, both names are Akamatsu's assistant.
>> Anonymous
>>172888
Who's the one on the right?
>> Anonymous
>>173552
Uh, Shinobu?
>> Anonymous
>>173560
don't think so her tits are to big
>> Anonymous
>>173583
Motoko already recieved that bird from her sister, and her hair isn't as long as it is before she cut it, but not short either, so this must be set during the epilogue, four years later, at which time Shinobu looks just like that.
>> Anonymous
>>173585
Oh yeah, I forgot about the epilouge thanks for the enlightenment.
>> pseudonym
All the other pictures on this site can't compare with this stuff. Akamatsu and MAGI are the best.