Which is your favourite artist of samurais??

Azraelito · Post by **Azraelito** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:33 -0700

my favourite of all time is Hiroshi Hirata, he is so incredible,he is the Barry windsor Smith of Samurais.

When I see a page of Hirata for me is a screenplay or a picture for a museum..is so realistic,so high-detailed that you see it and you say how does he do it??the horses and the armors are so detailed and so perfect that when I see it another time I am still impressed with all the details and movement that are in the page...

I hope and I pray DH or Viz,license his musashi miyamoto manga!!!and all his works over this four decades!!

Apart from Hirata...

I also love Takao Saito Ryoichi Ikegami,Tetsuo Hara,Jiro Taniguchi and Goseki Kojima...

as always my english sucks!!

the artist that I never see so much to talk about samurais but I know is incredible is Inoue Noriyoshi...

Angelcake the Fox · Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:24 -0700

I think you forgot someone.

Takehiko Inoue, the artist behind Vagabond......he actually won the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award about 5 years ago for that one. Rather surprising, since before Vagabond he was mostly famous for drawing basketball manga.

Goseki Kojima is definitely a classic, being 1/2 of the 'golden duo' and all. He even made some original graphic novels based on Akira Kurosawa movies.

Hiroshi Hirata I agree with you 100%. I've begun reading Satsuma Gishiden and have finished two volumes. I love his ability to use calligraphy in his art, and his ability to switch various art styles seemingly on a whim. He uses the highly relatistic gekiga style, more dynamic manga styles, even editorial cartoon-style charicature! I'd love to be able to see a manga by him based on an original story by him.

Ryoichi Ikegami.....now there's a guy who's absolutely brilliant. This man's highly detailed (and sexy) artwork is something I can only dream to achieve. Alot of people don't know this, but he also is behind Spider-Man: The Manga......he both drew the art AND wrote the stories (one of the few manga he actually wrote himself).

As for Tetsuo Hara.....yeah, he's good. Although to me he's best known for Fist of the North Star than drawing samurai.

bebop5 · Post by **bebop5** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:34 -0700

Goseki Kojima

Azraelito · Post by **Azraelito** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:54 -0700

Inoue mmmmmmmmmmm yes...he is such an artist and has an excellent storytelling...but I never like him like writer...I didnt like the last volume of slamn dunk,in particularly the last 3 chapters!!!

and vagabond is better than slamn dunk but...it is a bit boring to me...

nothing personal

Angelcake the Fox wrote:
As for Tetsuo Hara.....yeah, he's good. Although to me he's best known for Fist of the North Star than drawing samurai.

yeap I know but...I really love the art in Hana no Keiji anda Kagemusha...I mentioned it because I am a fan of hokuto no ken!!!

I hope someday they license Souten No Ken in the States...so I can buy it...because gutsoon broke up and it only release 3 or 4 volumes!!

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:55 -0700

For artwork, it is Hirata.

For clarity of storytelling, it is Shirato Sanpei.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:32 -0700

Just so that he is not forgotten or left out....
Kogaratsu's Marc Michetz

Fanfan · Post by **Fanfan** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:47 -0700

Kogaratsu and don't forget the wonderful Tako

Thomas Froehling · Mon Feb 12, 2007 13:30 -0700

I loved Kogaratsu (and still do, although the story has changed dramatically);
Tako is one of the stories I had to read three or four times to fully understand (assuming I now have understood it....), but it's wonderful.

What about the "Kwaidan" series by Jung Henin? Has anybody read that??
Ok, it's not typically samurai, but the story is very well written and drawn..

Fanfan · Post by **Fanfan** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:29 -0700

I have only watched the old Kwaidan movie... very aesthetic