Manga Moods

Use this book to learn how facial expressions look and change on manga characters, to learn Japanese phrases, and to learn about the Japanese writing systems and how to express the different characters on paper.

Manga Moods, Too is the long-awaited sequel to Saori Takarai's best-selling Manga Moods: 40 Faces + 80 Phrases, which features kawaii female characters putting on their funniest faces while teaching clever Japanese expressions. The bishoujo are back, and this time they're joined by an equal number of good-looking guys. Not only that ... they're actually talking to one another! Each of the facial expressions is labeled with the English and Japanese words for the mood being, along with Japanese conversational phrases and their translations. The phrases are romanized for easy learning, and at the back of the book you’ll find handy charts of the hiragana phonetic alphabet that you can use to transcribe the romanized words into authentic Japanese writing.

Japanese comics, called manga, have influenced cartoon artists and animators all over the world. Simple lines and exaggerated features mark its distinctive style, making it easy to replicate in this step-by-step guide.

Presents step-by-step instructions for creating manga drawings of boys and young men, including details of their faces, hair, hands, arms, feet, legs, footwear, and clothing.

Presents step-by-step instructions for using differences of pose and facial expression to reveal differences of personality and feeling in manga drawings of both female and male characters.

This accessible and inviting how-to guide provides the necessary techniques for drawing manga mecha, weapons, vehicles, and accessories, including armored robots, robotic vehicles, battle suits, crash helmets, spy goggles, ninja headwraps, fighting gloves, power gauntlets, throwing daggers and stars, swords, cannons, hand blasters, finger lasers, hover boats, super bikes, flying cruisers, and armored vehicles. Each manga feature is accompanied by step-by-step sequences and a finished example. Examples have been drawn from different manga sub-genres to provide the most complete overview possible.

Undead samurai! Possessed Buddhist priests! The reanimated corpses of geisha brides! Lafcadio Hearn's classic Japanese ghost stories receive a Manga University makeover in this collection of 17 tales of terror, each lavishly illustrated with ethereal, bone-chilling artwork by Japanese horror specialist Maki Miyamoto. Compiled and first translated into English more than a century ago, this is the definitive compendium of Japanese tales of the supernatural.