The Best Shoujo Artists

Manga isn't always about the art but it's a huge plus for any savvy manga fan. Here are a few of my personal favourite mangakas. I am purely looking as art and the storytelling.  So in no particular order we have:




Kisara from Dear by Fujiwara Cocoa,
I swear I only like the art

• Peach-Pit - Lolita Loving Duo

Comprised of Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara, they probably have the most detailed character design and fashion I've ever seen, making use of lots of full body shots to showcase this. Their female characters such as Hinamori Amu, has a an infinitely extensive wardrobe of Punk/Goth Lolita whereas Amu's sister wears Sweet lolita clothes. To add to this, they have a good measure of bishies to oggle over coughTsukuyomiIkutocough.

• Ichinose Kaoru - Elegant character design

I like her for pretty similar reasons to Peach-Pit. Her characters have a dainty, delicate feel and look to them. It's hard to explain but I was blown away at how pretty 2d characters look when I started reading Mishounen Produce.

Shugo Chara AMV

Random post but I was just procrastinating on youtube (since schoolwork is physically impossible to complete unless I'm at some kind of library) and I stumbled upon one of my favourite anime music videos back in 09 when I was really getting into manga.

I jumped on the bandwagon pretty late since I went to a white washed school and it was only in high school (13 - 17 yrs my country has no middle school) when I started to really get in to manga.

This AMV helped solidify my growing love for manga and Shugo Chara was the first one I really got into. I want to review it some day since I got a couple of volumes of it sitting on my bookshelf though. What's stopping me is the fact that I was a noob back then and I've taken off my rose-coloured glasses, I'm afraid that the manga I loved so much is going to effectively be a dissapointment once I review it.

Anyhow if you plan on watching the anime, I suggest you skim over the Shugo Chara Doki season and try to skip the fillers and skip most of Shugo Chara Party.

Enjoy the AMV :)