Show me your style!

I think I figured out why some people don't like Manga and Anime; It not that they're "Terrible People" or "Haters". It's a matter of taste, in art-styles that is. I love Manga but not every single manga in the world. I'll admit, Some manga looks-alike. It's true. Some manga rely on the styles of other artists to result in a manga that has a different story, but identical/similar art stytles.

A good example of this is seen in the manga "Fairy Tail". The artist studied under "One Piece" creator Eiichiro Oda and showed that in his manga style. "Fairy Tail" looks similar to "One Piece" in art style, Even though they have completely different story lines. Another example is seen in the manga "O-parts hunter". The artist of "O-parts hunter" is the twin brother of Masashi Kishimoto, The creator of super-popular "Naruto". At first "O-parts hunter" looked very similar to "Naruto" (the artist are twins...). But as time grew, "O-parts hunter" developed it's own style and different from it's brother comic "Naruto" Not just in storyline but in art.

I will admit some manga art can look very cheap, where there's few details that differentiate itself from other manga. This happened to me when I was showing my manga sketches to my sister's friend. She smiled and replied "It looks easy". I didn't like her too much after that comment... Here's a manga that defintely has alot of style.

MANGA REVIEW: Jojo's bizarre adventure

Story and art: Hirohiko Araki

You could not get more stylized than this ladies and gentlemen. It's inking is by traditional medium (fountain pen) and it's toning medium is very traditional, No computer's were used! The manga is old so toning was done by cutting it out by an X-acto knife!
The story here is from part 3 of Jojo, "Stardust crusaders". It's about the main character Jotaro Kujo and his friends trying to find a 100-year old Vampire, DIO who wears the body of his great-great grandfather Johnathan Joestar. They use special guardian spirits or "Stands" to fight other enemy stand users all to find and defeat DIO. The story is crazier than you think. Each enemy encounter is whacked out with different abilities, insane scenarios (like a whole ship being the stand?) and a mix of stylized violence.
As for the art it's very unique. The characters are drawn super masculine with flamboyant and anatomically incorrect poses. The line art is highly detailed to clothes and the environment. Really detailed! Almost photogenic! The toning is especially stylized and super detailed. It's often used for lighting and shadow on the characters and setting. If you see how he does up a super shiny car with just lines and toning, your mouth will drop. A very big factor in this series is it's use for inspiration. Without "Jojo's bizarre adventure", there would be no "Shaman King" and definitely no "Yu-Gi-Oh!". The artist themselves said how they were inspired by Jojo, but notice how they didn't just rip-off the art and story but subtlety incorporated it. Though I believe that Jojo was inspired by "Fist of the North star". Then again, so was "Dragonball Z". Never the less it's still a series worth seeing. Just be mindful how hyper violent it can get...