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"Great reference point for beginners.", After recently purchasing this book, I am quite pleased with the nature of it's explanations. The first section of the book is about basic technique and a look at how to pose a character naturally. The rest of the book is basically a bunch of well drawn images you can use to hone your skills.

Remember, it's practice that makes a good artist. Use the sample images in the book and try to recreate them exactly. The more you do it, the easier it becomes.

"A must have item", This book is great, i've gotten several books on how to draw anime and this is the best i've seen. The level of detail and the well explained text and example is just the best buy i've done on this matter.

"Exactly what a beginner needs.", I bought this book because, obviously, I wanted to learn how to draw anime character. Instead of going straight into it, this book has you draw basic pictures first(i.e. boxes, connect the dots, faces.) which is what a person needs to draw well. After gradually building in difficulty, amatuer drawings are displayed and critiqued for the learners benefit. All in all, everything is layed out well and the mission is accomplished.

"Helpful", This is helpful in understanding the actual process of drawing and how its done is explained well.

"total waste of money!!!", this book was not helpful at all!!!i had just recently got into manga and anime drawing so i thought that this book would be helpful to me you know with the title being "basics for beginners" and all. all it did was show me useless information.all it does is show you characters made out of these weird rectangle type things only and then the finished project (but thats all no hair no clothes no nothing), instead of step-by-step directions on everything. if you are a beginner i would highly reccomend NOT, i repeat NOT getting this book!!! it confused me and didn't actually show me how to draw anything!!!if your a beginner and don't know where to start, your not alone!!! although this is the first book i ever got on the whole anime subject i would suggest some other how to draw manga books but definately not this one. try how to draw manga ultimate manga lessons volumes 1-6 and more how to draw manga volumes 1-4. believe me if you want, if you think diferently and want to try it any way be my guest but in my oppinion it's a total waste of money!!! hope this helped!!!

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"....yawn...", When I 1st picked this book up I was rather excited...only to be dissapointed.the only reason that I gave it 2 (instead of 1) stars was because I found the page on head angles and body proportions rather helpful. And thats about the only thing you'll find of much use(and it's only 1 page!).The book has you drawing cubes to break down the body when circles and cylinders are much faster, easier, and far more effective. There is also no section on how to do hair or hands,and a very bland,unhelpful section on eyes.just"how to's" for generic characters.NOT a must buy,so dont waste your money.


"Perfect for beginner", This book has really helped me build skills in manga drawing. Out of the 20 or so books I've purchased for manga instruction, this is by far my favorite. Vol 2 (Expressing Emotions) is also a great find - definitely pickup both.

"A Best Buy", THis is a defenatly the best how to draw manga book i've ever bought. although it is hard to understand at the begining of the book(especailly if your a beginer) it moves along quickly and gets easier to understand. i was very good at drawing manga, but this book defianatly helped me make it much better.if anyone wants to learn or refine their skills, i recomend this book.

"Think 3-Dimensional", Ozawa covers parts of the body he deems important (head, feet, hands, eyes, hair) and the rest of the book focuses examples of 15 character-archetypes on the head and whole character body shown in different views giving a lot of examples of various character types. You get to know different ways of drawing the hair, eyes, nose, and other details while learning various tips. He even has a nice section on character arrangement for a pin-up and a critique section of artists with various skill levels.

The approach of this book to drawing is in a different manner than the typical drawing book. He doesn't go into sections on how to draw specific sections of the body such as the hips, arms, etc. He starts you off drawing the whole body and getting you into the mindset of critiqueing your own drawing and improving it. He also gets you into thinking of your characters in terms of 3D. Some people may be detered by this and others may not.

The highest form of nudity in this book is the wire frame and nothing further. An excellent book for younger artists.

"Very Educational", Well to start off,I have had this book for years since it first published,and I still use it till today.

Basically this book is not exactly for the absolute beginner to drawing manga but it gives an outline of what to look out for and what kind of techniques an individual can use when drawing manga.Its not a step by step book as others have stated and can be really fustrating for the beginner looking to improve their drawing but can't seem to find the instructions to do so.And for the more advance,this book can serve as a reference and some what a critic in your drawings.I've used the book as a way to measure the quality and level of my drawings by comparing the illustrations presented by tadashi.And till today I find the book very useful and educational,as it had taught me how to keep an eye out for details.(yes the book does tell you so)Its not easy to draw manga but this book made the learning and starting process easier.Though I wished that it could have a lot more step by step details,perhapes so that the readers can grasp the concept of drawing manga better.Overall I recommend this book to anyone who wants to start drawing manga or those who wants to improve ther drawings.