Ninja & Samurai Portrayal

By Naho Fukagai

This volume introduces characters appearing in historical manga, anime, etc. in a fun format, to help out struggling artists who need historical references for ninjas and samurai. The end of the book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4766115309
• ISBN13: 9784766115307
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Japan Publications (JP)
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

It's really cool

I really like the different nijas it has...i like the evil ones better...Buahaha

Very useful book

I recieved this book the day it was released and I must say it was quiet helpful. I truthfully don't recommend it for beginners. It shows several ninja and samurai, in several manga styles, from different eras and things they wore. It also expains a few "how to not" ways for various clothing or positions. Overall a great book! I loved it. I recommend you have somewhat of an idea how to draw poses because a lot of the poses are a little more flexible than most normal human poses. It has some pages on how to draw various ninja and samurai weapons.

This Book is SUPER Neat if your a NINJA Manga Artist!

I got this book yesterday, I looked over it and read it. This book, I must say, helped me with drawing ninjas and it showed me all the different types of ninjas and their weapons. The chapters are as followed: CHAPTER 1: Ninja Portrayal Iga Ninja Koga Ninja Fuma Ninja Kunoichi Drawing eyes Assorted Eyes Hand Basics Various Ninja costumes Ninja props Other Ninja weapons CHAPTER 2: Ninja in Motion Running Peering Down Leaping Combat Arobatic Movements Concealment Throwning Shuriken Using the Shinobigatana Hand Holding a Shuriken and Hand After a Shuriken is released CHAPTER 3: Ninja Portrayal Samurai 1 Samurai 2 Bushi Ronin Toseinin (Gambler) Busho in Oyoroi Yoroi Musha (Warrior in Armor) CHAPTER 4: Samurai in Motion Walking Running Kneeling Wielding a Swords Striking and Being struck Sword Makeup Swordmanship, Samurai-Style Foot, Feet Hakama CHAPTER 5: Varying Characters Design Kabuki-style Samurai Shounen Manga-style Samurai Japanese Princess Military Chieftain in Skin and Fur Armor Military Chieftain in Dragon Armor Ninja Kunoichi (Female Ninja) Characters Comparison Chart CHAPTER 6: Assorted Scences Samurai Princesses Military Chieftains Ninja Artist Proflie