It was either 2008 or 9, when I was about 16. I was a big weeb and I tried to read every manga I got my hands on. But I was always a bit of an action oriented goblin, drawn to the shonen way of life. Words cannot describe the impact 20th Century Boys had on me when I found it. I always go out of my way to recommend it to people. It was complete when I found it, and I gobbled it all up in less than a month, and when the movies came out, I watched them too. I'd be lying if I said I remember everything about it, but the premise hit me like a ton of bricks, the back and forth between (at times) 3 or 4 time frames was always masterfully done, a lot of the scenes in the past talked about kids in a way that still felt relatable to me, even though I couldn't have lived a far away enough life from a japanese kid in the 60s. And don't even get me started on some of the panels. Man knows how to draw money shots. I can't believe I haven't checked out his other works yet, but this video really opened up my eyes that I absolutely should
That's awesome! Firsthand testimony that he really is as good at drawing kids as they say (referring to 19:10). Great to hear the vid is helping to make his other works look appealing too!
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You just make sure people know what happened here today
It was either 2008 or 9, when I was about 16. I was a big weeb and I tried to read every manga I got my hands on. But I was always a bit of an action oriented goblin, drawn to the shonen way of life.
Words cannot describe the impact 20th Century Boys had on me when I found it. I always go out of my way to recommend it to people. It was complete when I found it, and I gobbled it all up in less than a month, and when the movies came out, I watched them too.
I'd be lying if I said I remember everything about it, but the premise hit me like a ton of bricks, the back and forth between (at times) 3 or 4 time frames was always masterfully done, a lot of the scenes in the past talked about kids in a way that still felt relatable to me, even though I couldn't have lived a far away enough life from a japanese kid in the 60s. And don't even get me started on some of the panels. Man knows how to draw money shots.
I can't believe I haven't checked out his other works yet, but this video really opened up my eyes that I absolutely should
That's awesome! Firsthand testimony that he really is as good at drawing kids as they say (referring to 19:10). Great to hear the vid is helping to make his other works look appealing too!
A VIDEO ABOUT PEAK???????!!!?!!!?
My most requested mangaka to cover, to date