| Captain Tsubasa [message #346506] |
Wed, 21 June 2017 15:56  |
Kenneth M. Lin
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https://middle-edge.jp/articles/I0001245
This manga from Shonen Jump was attributed to making soccer popular in 1980s
and many J-Leaguers grew up reading this manga.
However, the author really had troubles drawing adults and the characters
started to look weird and in wrong proportion once they reached high school.
All the characters have tiny heads and disturbingly long limbs.
Take a look.
Ken
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| Re: Captain Tsubasa [message #346507 is a reply to message #346506] |
Wed, 21 June 2017 16:40  |
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Originally posted by: Bobbie Sellers
On 06/21/2017 12:56 PM, Kenneth M. Lin wrote:
> https://middle-edge.jp/articles/I0001245
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> This manga from Shonen Jump was attributed to making soccer popular in
> 1980s and many J-Leaguers grew up reading this manga.
>
> However, the author really had troubles drawing adults and the
> characters started to look weird and in wrong proportion once they
> reached high school. All the characters have tiny heads and disturbingly
> long limbs.
>
> Take a look.
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> Ken
You certainly have that correct, Looks like an early attempt at
bishonen's tall and slender look. Maybe other folks took something from
it.
bliss
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bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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| Re: Captain Tsubasa [message #346608 is a reply to message #346507] |
Wed, 21 June 2017 17:40 |
Kenneth M. Lin
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"Bobbie Sellers" wrote in message news:oielcq$3m6$1@dont-email.me...
On 06/21/2017 12:56 PM, Kenneth M. Lin wrote:
> https://middle-edge.jp/articles/I0001245
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> This manga from Shonen Jump was attributed to making soccer popular in
> 1980s and many J-Leaguers grew up reading this manga.
>
> However, the author really had troubles drawing adults and the characters
> started to look weird and in wrong proportion once they reached high
> school. All the characters have tiny heads and disturbingly long limbs.
>
> Take a look.
>
> Ken
You certainly have that correct, Looks like an early attempt at
bishonen's tall and slender look. Maybe other folks took something from
it.
bliss
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bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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I read Captain Tsubasa in 1980s when the characters were in grade school. I
recently came across recent iteration of the manga (it's still going on) and
it looks like the children's heads were transplanted to some aliens's
bodies.
It makes me wonder if the editors would dare to make suggestions because the
author is so popular.
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| Re: Captain Tsubasa [message #346978 is a reply to message #346506] |
Thu, 22 June 2017 11:00 |
Kenneth M. Lin
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"Kenneth M. Lin" wrote in message news:oieiqg$qhf$1@dont-email.me...
https://middle-edge.jp/articles/I0001245
This manga from Shonen Jump was attributed to making soccer popular in 1980s
and many J-Leaguers grew up reading this manga.
However, the author really had troubles drawing adults and the characters
started to look weird and in wrong proportion once they reached high school.
All the characters have tiny heads and disturbingly long limbs.
Take a look.
Ken
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This is peculiar as when the series began, they had some adult characters
(parents, coaches, refrees, ...) and they looked quite normal.
One remark said that height-to-head ratio is now 16. 8 is excessive so the
heads are drawn very small now. In some gag manga goes as low as 2 so the
character's head is the same length as the body.
And those giant baggy shorts!
BTW, this is a really funny website that covers a lot of manga subjects. I
started reading from the first post and I noticed a lot of "how was the
final episode of such-and-such manga" posts. I am seeing a lot of stuff
from 80s when I used to subscribe to Shonen Jump.
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| Re: Captain Tsubasa [message #346979 is a reply to message #346506] |
Thu, 22 June 2017 12:07 |
Kenneth M. Lin
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"Kenneth M. Lin" wrote in message news:oieiqg$qhf$1@dont-email.me...
https://middle-edge.jp/articles/I0001245
This manga from Shonen Jump was attributed to making soccer popular in 1980s
and many J-Leaguers grew up reading this manga.
However, the author really had troubles drawing adults and the characters
started to look weird and in wrong proportion once they reached high school.
All the characters have tiny heads and disturbingly long limbs.
Take a look.
Ken
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Here's another page from the same website...
https://middle-edge.jp/articles/I0001872
Where it "Panasonic Newsroom Japan" is a portrait of a soccer player. From
this drawing you can see that the author tends to draw the lower body really
big, although feet are quite small. In this instances knees begin where the
pants end so everything below is the lower legs that comprises almost half
of the character's height.
He's doing the same with the arms so upper arms are short but forearms are
excessively elongated. It's almost as the author starts to draw normally
but loses track of his perspective. This could be due to some vision
problem.
I read somewhere that the author of Fist of North Star has vision problems
and he only on see with a foot in front of him. I am guessing that someone
must be doing layouts for him so his figures are still proportional,
although it's too bulky on upper bodies.
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