Hikaru no go, Death Note and Bakuman are all elite manga complimented by this man's elite artstyle. I'm very happy to own his art book el blanc noir. I'm also very interested in the yoshitsune manga based on the artwork in said book.
While I haven’t read Death Note, All You Need is Kill will always be one of my favorite manga (controversial as that may be). You should definitely do this for Osamu Tezuka!
@@averypennington1506 I guess it's because people think the light novel is overall better. I agree with this, but that doesn't mean that the manga is bad, it's just more condensed. The light novel offers more details and the story is more fleshed out.
I'm reading/blogging about Bakuman on my website, and Obata's versatility as an artist in that series is just absolutely mindbending; he can do so much and so subtly. I'm excited to circle back to Hikaru no Go and Death Note to see his progression as an artist. This video is great.
Bakuman is still my favorite manga. Bought it as it came out throughout high school. I love the glimpse into the creation of a media I love and it makes you realize the difficulties that come with the making of comics. especially manga.
Takeshi Obata, along with Horikoshi, Murata and Inoue are some of my favorite manga artists. His art is so clean, sometimes even heavenly. I even bought a light full body poster from the art book.
I just finished Hikaru no Go, you can really see his art skill progress over time, just in time for Death Note and Bakuman to be two of the most beautiful series I've read
First? Yay? Also, Bakuman used to be my favourite Manga for a long time before I read The Breaker. I still own first two volumes of Bakuman and still think it's very underrated, both in visuals storytelling
I've followed all Obata's work with Oba and I knew about Hikaru No Go but I didn't realize his work went back so far. Reminds me of Rumiko Takahashi where their writing goes back a lot further than you expect.
Great video, I like this author, I'm a fan of Hikaru no Go, Bakuman, and Death Note. You should make a video about Mitsuru Adachi, creator of Cross Game. He made so many other great series that never been licensed in America and such an underrated author in the states.
I love Bakuman, at first the art was still trying to find it's voice but later as the series progresses it is one of the best looking piece of work in sequential art, although the story have it's ups and downs there is no denial that the creative duo, Ohba and Obata poured their heart and soul into the series. Eiji Nizuma is the GOAT!!!!!
I have loved Obata's artwork since I first read Hikaru no Go. It's so cool seeing his style develop over the course of that series, and I believe it's some of his best work to date aside from Bakuman (which I don't think he will ever top due to all the different styles of the various manga artist characters). There's a lot more space for his art to breathe when there's not paragraphs of dialogue in every panel, and the way he lays out scenes is just phenomenal, though it does lack his more fantastical side as on display in Death Note. I admit the one series I didn't know about was School Judgement - I'll have to check it out! I don't always like every series his name is attached to (beautiful artwork doesn't guarantee a great story), but I am always happy to give his work a shot because of just how pleasant it is to look at. Wish he'd put out a more recent artbook - "sai" and "blanc et noir" show off his work on Hikaru no Go and Death Note respectively very well, but it'd be nice to have one with some of his more recent work, Bakuman especially.
I love to hear people talk about Hikaru No Go, this is the anime that really got me into anime. I am just sad that they had the creator rush the ending.
He's a very influential mangaka (artstylewise) notice that a lot of manga and doujinshi artists start following his style. He's even more influential than Akira Toriyama (no one copy his style that much) and Eichiro Oda (only Fairy Tail is close to one piece). Also blue dragon ral grad was funny because Obata used to draw pretty Conservatively but in that one he drew a lot of ecchi stuff
Some info on the Japanese-only works that I found after some searching: - 500 kounen no shinwa (500 Light Year Myth) is set in the year 20xx, where humanity has abandoned Earth due to nuclear contamination. Yuko, the one human left behind, meets Orion, a robot who is distrustful of humans, and together they plan their escape from Earth. As Orion interacts with Yuko he starts to realize that maybe humans aren't all bad, though their spaceship runs into trouble... - Chikarabito is a biographical manga based on real-life brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana starting from their childhood and depicting their rise to sumo stardom. Also might be worth updating this video since Obata-sensei is now working on Show-ha Shoten 🙂
Death Note took me about a year to read, Bakuman took Me 7 Years 😅 (Completed it earlier this year), Platinum End I'm still on (I have Vols. 1&7) & as for Hikaru No Go I did watch the Anime a couple of months ago 🙂
Thank ya so much for the information, Obata is one of my favorite creative men in this industry. I didn't know he have so much one shots manga, & thanks to ya i will try to read them all.. keep the good work man.
Hi man I was wondering if its 100 percent true that the berserk deluxe will fully be caught up to 40 or will it be cancelled also I'm thinking thinking getting gantz but there were rumours it will get the hardcover treatment any thoughts?
Already got a decent amount of his works but I'd like to add Bakuman and Platinum End as they seem to be right up my street. Thanks for the video. I'm loving your manga vids atm.
Thats Sakon the Ventriloquist OP is actually a demo TMS made to pitch the series overseas, they had a few of those for series like Saver Kids and the Red baron anime but TMS took them off their channel a few years ago and now they are mostly lost media. That video is a reupload from someone who must have downloaded it earlier.
You've put a lot of research and work into this video. Keep up the good work! You have such a passion when talking about manga and comics and it shows in every single one of your videos.
this is a really well explained video giving an insight about obatas career!!! i really love his art work so so much and this video is super enjoyable to watch. thank you !! death note is really so good
I love Hikaru no Go. It is one of my favourite mangas of all time. But I also a big fan of Takeshi Obas Art and other work. I hope they do a collection of his shorter works and oneshort in the near future. But for All you need is kill I really recommend the light novel. I must admit I even like it more than the manga.
Having the entiretynof Death Note in physicak volumes, I can confidently say that the series would not be so good without his masterful artworks. Beautiful chapter covers big scenes that hit you, the depiction of everyone's quirks and as well as the numerous metaphors depicted in abstract pieces (heavily present in platinum end). The Tennis scene wouldn't be nearly as memorable without the amazing paneling and artwork.
I always had problems with the portrayal of women in Deathnote and Bakuman but Obata's artwork has always been top notch. Also can't wait for the Araki Video. This is the year of JoJo. Cool Shock BT novel got announced yesterday I believe.
For those who think Death Note “fell off” in the second half only watched the anime, I’m sure. So many things were skipped and rushed in the adaptation that you wouldn’t know unless you read the manga.
L is definitely more "eccentric" or even "esoteric" than "eclectic". He'd have to be a frakensteinesque monster to be derived from a wide range of sources.
Hey, there! I've been watching your videos for a long time now and, since I know you're a big fan of Rumiko Takahashi, I would like to know if Mermaid Saga is a good option to start reading her works. Thanks!
hi, have you considered putting the title of the work on the screen as you speak about it, you dont need to if its too much or if it draws away from your talking
For how good his stories and artworks can be, i will never like the treatment obata gave to the character of Nakai in Bakuman. I felt too much empathy toward him
one of the worst mangaka in the industry right now, the characters have all the same design, for example the protagonist of death note and that crap of platinum end are the same on an aesthetic level. obata draws you clean and that's it, but it seems like a pre-done homework since he uses the same screens and even the same backgrounds for each of his comics and then the stories written by oba aren't exactly the best since they are trivial and boring (the worst they are platinum end and bakuman which from how many baloons it has seems to be an American comic from the 60s
Hikaru no go, Death Note and Bakuman are all elite manga complimented by this man's elite artstyle. I'm very happy to own his art book el blanc noir. I'm also very interested in the yoshitsune manga based on the artwork in said book.
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While I haven’t read Death Note, All You Need is Kill will always be one of my favorite manga (controversial as that may be). You should definitely do this for Osamu Tezuka!
Why is it controversial?
@@averypennington1506 I’ve heard some people say All You Need is Kill was bad. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone online like it as much as I did.
@@noahsong3865 haha oohhh. Well, I liked it too!
I absolutely loved All You Need Is Kill. People say that it should’ve been longer but I feel like it was the perfect length.
@@averypennington1506 I guess it's because people think the light novel is overall better. I agree with this, but that doesn't mean that the manga is bad, it's just more condensed. The light novel offers more details and the story is more fleshed out.
You forgot to mention that Platinum End's covers are all holographic!! 🤩🥳
I'm reading/blogging about Bakuman on my website, and Obata's versatility as an artist in that series is just absolutely mindbending; he can do so much and so subtly. I'm excited to circle back to Hikaru no Go and Death Note to see his progression as an artist.
This video is great.
Bakuman is still my favorite manga. Bought it as it came out throughout high school. I love the glimpse into the creation of a media I love and it makes you realize the difficulties that come with the making of comics. especially manga.
D Gray man's Creator was Obata's assistan
D great man is one of my absolute favorites!
D.Gray-Man is FIRE!!!
Wait really that’s pretty cool
@@InksManga IK, that's why allen looked like Hikaru in the first color page
That makes total sense.
Takeshi Obata, along with Horikoshi, Murata and Inoue are some of my favorite manga artists. His art is so clean, sometimes even heavenly. I even bought a light full body poster from the art book.
I just finished Hikaru no Go, you can really see his art skill progress over time, just in time for Death Note and Bakuman to be two of the most beautiful series I've read
First? Yay? Also, Bakuman used to be my favourite Manga for a long time before I read The Breaker. I still own first two volumes of Bakuman and still think it's very underrated, both in visuals storytelling
the breaker manhwa?
@@qb4097 yes.
@@rokudodamaza ah, cultured.
did you read the sequel too?
@@qb4097 Yes, yes I did
I never realized Bakuman was Obata! Might have to check it out.
I've followed all Obata's work with Oba and I knew about Hikaru No Go but I didn't realize his work went back so far. Reminds me of Rumiko Takahashi where their writing goes back a lot further than you expect.
Have you bought his artbook? Absolutely glorious....
Great video, I like this author, I'm a fan of Hikaru no Go, Bakuman, and Death Note. You should make a video about Mitsuru Adachi, creator of Cross Game. He made so many other great series that never been licensed in America and such an underrated author in the states.
Takeshi obata is the illustrator not author /lh
@@toadallytubular6122 oops you’re right,
I love Bakuman, at first the art was still trying to find it's voice but later as the series progresses it is one of the best looking piece of work in sequential art, although the story have it's ups and downs there is no denial that the creative duo, Ohba and Obata poured their heart and soul into the series. Eiji Nizuma is the GOAT!!!!!
I have loved Obata's artwork since I first read Hikaru no Go. It's so cool seeing his style develop over the course of that series, and I believe it's some of his best work to date aside from Bakuman (which I don't think he will ever top due to all the different styles of the various manga artist characters). There's a lot more space for his art to breathe when there's not paragraphs of dialogue in every panel, and the way he lays out scenes is just phenomenal, though it does lack his more fantastical side as on display in Death Note. I admit the one series I didn't know about was School Judgement - I'll have to check it out! I don't always like every series his name is attached to (beautiful artwork doesn't guarantee a great story), but I am always happy to give his work a shot because of just how pleasant it is to look at. Wish he'd put out a more recent artbook - "sai" and "blanc et noir" show off his work on Hikaru no Go and Death Note respectively very well, but it'd be nice to have one with some of his more recent work, Bakuman especially.
12:46 another one just last year in 2012
Obata-sensei has joined Matsumoto-sensei as my now two favourite mangaka. Thank you.
I'm currently reading bakuman and I love it!!! never read death note but I really enjoy Obata's art
I love to hear people talk about Hikaru No Go, this is the anime that really got me into anime. I am just sad that they had the creator rush the ending.
He's a very influential mangaka (artstylewise) notice that a lot of manga and doujinshi artists start following his style. He's even more influential than Akira Toriyama (no one copy his style that much) and Eichiro Oda (only Fairy Tail is close to one piece). Also blue dragon ral grad was funny because Obata used to draw pretty Conservatively but in that one he drew a lot of ecchi stuff
Some info on the Japanese-only works that I found after some searching:
- 500 kounen no shinwa (500 Light Year Myth) is set in the year 20xx, where humanity has abandoned Earth due to nuclear contamination. Yuko, the one human left behind, meets Orion, a robot who is distrustful of humans, and together they plan their escape from Earth. As Orion interacts with Yuko he starts to realize that maybe humans aren't all bad, though their spaceship runs into trouble...
- Chikarabito is a biographical manga based on real-life brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana starting from their childhood and depicting their rise to sumo stardom.
Also might be worth updating this video since Obata-sensei is now working on Show-ha Shoten 🙂
I just finished reading all you need is kill (art by takshi)
And then this popped up
Death Note took me about a year to read, Bakuman took Me 7 Years 😅 (Completed it earlier this year), Platinum End I'm still on (I have Vols. 1&7) & as for Hikaru No Go I did watch the Anime a couple of months ago 🙂
I doubt that in 24 episodes they’ll cover the entirety of platinum end, maybe more like half... Great video btw! I learned a lot :)
One of the best thing about his works is the covers. All of his covers look fucking amazing
Thank ya so much for the information, Obata is one of my favorite creative men in this industry. I didn't know he have so much one shots manga, & thanks to ya i will try to read them all.. keep the good work man.
All You Need is Kill was one of the first manga I ever read in one sitting. Loved it even though now it doesn’t seem as spectacular.
Can’t believe I never knew the Death Note creator also did Hikaru No Go.
The art style on Hikago near the end actually looks identical to Deathnote
Hi man I was wondering if its 100 percent true that the berserk deluxe will fully be caught up to 40 or will it be cancelled also I'm thinking thinking getting gantz but there were rumours it will get the hardcover treatment any thoughts?
You’d have to ask Dark Horse, I don’t have any insight into the industry itself.
Already got a decent amount of his works but I'd like to add Bakuman and Platinum End as they seem to be right up my street. Thanks for the video. I'm loving your manga vids atm.
Wow, never looked into his older work (pre Death Note). His art has evolved so much!
Thats Sakon the Ventriloquist OP is actually a demo TMS made to pitch the series overseas, they had a few of those for series like Saver Kids and the Red baron anime but TMS took them off their channel a few years ago and now they are mostly lost media. That video is a reupload from someone who must have downloaded it earlier.
Thank you for these videos Ryley. Gotta say, I love Mashle. Thank you for recommending it. More power to you sir!
Dang Hikaru no Go was one of my best teenage memories :’)
Hikaru No Go is the first manga series I ever completed! Absolutely loved it, and would love to learn to play Go!
Takeshi Obata is a drawing legend !
Haven't read Platinum End yet but Bakuman is so good I doubt it could be outdone.
I'm so happy seeing your channel growing this fast :)
the death note black edition looks cool as fuck
You've put a lot of research and work into this video. Keep up the good work! You have such a passion when talking about manga and comics and it shows in every single one of your videos.
All You Need Is Kill is my favorite of his, I love it, it's too bad no one ever talks about it when mentioning obata
Takeshi Obata could illustrate the telephone book, and I'd still buy it.
Funny you post this as I'm currently finishing up Hikaru No Go! Underrated series!
this is a really well explained video giving an insight about obatas career!!! i really love his art work so so much and this video is super enjoyable to watch. thank you !! death note is really so good
Picked up blanc et noir a few days ago and I'm already in love with it :)
Find these videos so interesting, can’t wait for more
Please do more artist, author’s & series guide’s!
i love this theme of video. and you did it so well! ty for your work
This was such high-quality informative content! I look forward to seeing more manga author guides.
I love Hikaru no Go. It is one of my favourite mangas of all time. But I also a big fan of Takeshi Obas Art and other work. I hope they do a collection of his shorter works and oneshort in the near future.
But for All you need is kill I really recommend the light novel. I must admit I even like it more than the manga.
Amazing video. We need more of this even if we have to wait 2-3 months for a new one 😉.
your videos are always great and super informative, keep up the amazing work!
Hikaru no Go is to this date still my favourite manga of all time, terribly under-recognised work
Agreed!!
Such a sick idea for a series, more please!!
Fantastic video mate.
One of the greatest manga artists of all time
Such an informative video! I'd love something like this for Urasawa or Matsumoto
Love these kinds of vids
bakuman, one of my first mangas and largely underrated
Man I really need to read Bakuman.
Loved this video! Looking forward to more of these creator guides :)
Having the entiretynof Death Note in physicak volumes, I can confidently say that the series would not be so good without his masterful artworks. Beautiful chapter covers big scenes that hit you, the depiction of everyone's quirks and as well as the numerous metaphors depicted in abstract pieces (heavily present in platinum end).
The Tennis scene wouldn't be nearly as memorable without the amazing paneling and artwork.
I didn't know Takeshi obata made other works man they should release in English
The deathnote musical is super good! Defiantly recommend listening to it
Ima bea real, Bakuman is really underrated tbh
I always had problems with the portrayal of women in Deathnote and Bakuman but Obata's artwork has always been top notch. Also can't wait for the Araki Video.
This is the year of JoJo. Cool Shock BT novel got announced yesterday I believe.
I was drawing every shonen jump character in a single giant foam paper cardboard and I placed light yagami among shonen jump villains
I heard that Yuusuke Murata worked as a assistant on Hikaru no go
Hikaru no Go ❤
I really love these types of videos!
For those who think Death Note “fell off” in the second half only watched the anime, I’m sure. So many things were skipped and rushed in the adaptation that you wouldn’t know unless you read the manga.
I see you Battle Royale Deluxe Edition. I've given up on ever getting 4 and 5.
L is definitely more "eccentric" or even "esoteric" than "eclectic". He'd have to be a frakensteinesque monster to be derived from a wide range of sources.
Anyone kinda wish this was the araki or inoue video 🥲
love that death note shirt, where'd you get it?
Hot Topic in 2005
@@omnibuscollector ok thanks
Hey, there! I've been watching your videos for a long time now and, since I know you're a big fan of Rumiko Takahashi, I would like to know if Mermaid Saga is a good option to start reading her works. Thanks!
6:08 Sakon deez nuts?
Is there a way to contact you be email or something for a question about collecting that’s pretty specific
i cant believe ral grad came out AFTER death note.
Only other thing I would mention is his artbook
This was only meant to cover his sequential manga
I loved Hikaru no Go
Will platinum end have a box set?
When will the deathnote one shot come out in physical copy in English here in the us
hi, have you considered putting the title of the work on the screen as you speak about it, you dont need to if its too much or if it draws away from your talking
Where did you get that shirt? It's awesome
Hot Topic in 2005.
Bro where did you get that shirt
Hot Topic in 2006
where can I find that shirt
Hot Topic circa 2005
So is platinum's end worth reading for a guy who likes Death note, jojo, shaman king and naruto?
Yeah it's no deathnote or bakuman, but still a decent manga.
You are forgiven for reminding me of that Netflix atrocity
im planning to start learning japanese and I'm gonna get all of his untranslated works when i do
12:45 huh?
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💯👍
For how good his stories and artworks can be, i will never like the treatment obata gave to the character of Nakai in Bakuman. I felt too much empathy toward him
He didn’t write it
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one of the worst mangaka in the industry right now, the characters have all the same design, for example the protagonist of death note and that crap of platinum end are the same on an aesthetic level. obata draws you clean and that's it, but it seems like a pre-done homework since he uses the same screens and even the same backgrounds for each of his comics and then the stories written by oba aren't exactly the best since they are trivial and boring (the worst they are platinum end and bakuman which from how many baloons it has seems to be an American comic from the 60s