How to Draw Anime & Game Characters, Vol. 5: Bishoujo Game Characters [Paperback]

Tadashi Ozawa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2003 | Series: How to Draw Manga

Character design guidelines and drawing tips used by professional designers are compiled and presented in this guide to drawing anime and game characters. The authors, who are instructors of illustration and character design, impart the knowledge they have been using as educational material over the years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Graphic-Sha (September 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4766112768
• ISBN-13: 978-4766112764
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good book, February 26, 2004

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"brium" (ND, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Draw Anime & Game Characters, Vol. 5: Bishoujo Game Characters (Paperback)

The fifth book in this series basically brings all of what you learned in the previous books together with some new features. The beginning of this book is dedicated to character types, their common facial features, clothing, etc. The bulk of this book is dedicated to clothing including school uniforms, nightwear, job uniforms, beachwear, skiwear, kung fu costumes, and many more. They also go into small details such as bags, shoes, and guns.

That said, I must say that I really didn't get as much out of this book as I did the other ones. Everything was basically explained in more detail in the previous books. This does give you nice clothes and character types, but you can also come up with that stuff on your own. It's up to you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars charcater design guide, January 2, 2007

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Charsya Paul "Manga publisher/manga writer/ar... (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Draw Anime & Game Characters, Vol. 5: Bishoujo Game Characters (Paperback)

This book is pretty good! It has lots of sample shots of different scenes. This book gives you a rundown of girl personna's, their outfits, and them changing clothes. The content of this book includes:

Chapter one- What are bishoujo games?

1-1 Types of bishoujo games

1-2 Character roles

1-3 Individual character roles

The herione

The honor student

The cute, younger girl

The bad girl

The athletic girl

The princess

The sexy older girl

The smart aleck

The whole cast

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Chapter two: Bishoujo video game Character expressions

2-1 Making facial expressions distinctive

2-2 Desinging romance simulation game chaacters

2-3 Desinging bishoujo rpg characters

2-4 Desinging anime, action&combat game characters

2-5 What to include and what to leave out:

effective compositions

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Chapter three: Uniform and costumes

3-1 school uniforms

Sailor suits

blazers and jackets

summer uniforms

jumpers

cropped jackets

collars and pleats

novel uniform designs

gym suits

school swimsuits

3-2 Clothing for every occasion

3-3 combat game bishoujo

assorted costumes

3-4 Personal effects and props

Chapter four: Body lauguage

4-1 Gestures and facial expressions in combat scenes

4-2 gestures and mannerisms on campus

4-3 common gestures and mannerisms

Chapter five: designing posters

5-1 character numbers and key compositions

5-2 popular backgrounds

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Advice from a young creator

Even though this book is about game characters, it is still good for basic manga designs. I would definately recommend this book for those who have a little trouble with the concept of character design and personalities. It is also kid friendly! There is no nudity at all. However, I believe this book is more suited for those who are a little above beginner stage to intermediate. If this book isn't what you had in mind for character design, then try the "how to draw manga mastering bishoujo characters." It gives you a more extended list of girl characters as well as what they would wear and their hair styles. Both are good buys.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an amazing book, very helpful..., July 2, 2004

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Jessica Hogge (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Draw Anime & Game Characters, Vol. 5: Bishoujo Game Characters (Paperback)

Tho its the last vol. I bought it first as well as vol. 3 (which I found was not very helpful unless you know few body poses and/or alignment of body parts when poseing... big disappointment for me -_- but I must admit it was a little hepful on things like reaching, sitting, running, and stuff like that.) when i read this book, and scaned details of characters and thier body language I found few flaws. I was amazed at how much better it was compared to other books I own. Like in the other volumes it show mistakes of begginers and does them over show the corrected areas. It also gives ideas for clothes, backrounds where to place the character in the backrounds, differnt angles, acsseories characters use, emotions, body language, poses, costumes, characters used in some manga stories/comics, and personalities of the characters. I wish I could show you a picture I drew using this book alone and how much better it was compared to earlier drawings. Also I helped my older cuz. (who confesed she couldnt draw to save her life) draw an almost perfect pic. of a character from the book. Altho I gave just a few tips Iv picked up from other not so helpful books I didnt do much of anything, the book did it for me (so to speak). I must confess that im not begginer tho im still learning and this book lacks the beggining steps such as... how to draw facial body parts like the eyes, nose, or ears and other such beggining things even tho its the last vol. its supposed to be a reveiw sorta, so that dissapionted me cause somtimes I cant get it off the top of my head and steps make it easier to remember but besides that it is all around a great book even for some adv begginers. In conclusion I give it 5, even if it lacks a small skill or two, I think Tadashi Owzawa and his book earned a 5 for everything being just about perfect. ^_^ Oh by the way you should get this book, begginer or not.