The Artstyle of Jujutsu Kaisen

Discussion and artstyle breakdowns around series author Gege Akutami's work is nothing new, however what is seldom discussed are the names that have marked the style for the anime portion of the series. So today let's delve into there work and more, in todays video!
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[@BigBootyBatman]

thats some bully magnet merch, im sorry

[@Langello0o]

I can kinda understand how people prefer season 1 art style but honestly, season 2 art style is just so much better for the season. People need to remember it’s about the animation. Not the single frames in screenshots

[@spider13593]

ONGGG

[@bailsbo]

Oh my god that is actually so true hahahaha

[@kotor1357]

I get your point, but even so, I liked sunghoo park's animation in S1 and JJK 0 more Take Sukuna vs gojo or Gojo vs Miguel compared to Toji and Gojo in S2 S2 is not bad by any standard, but I like S1's more

[@kiattim2100]

​@@kotor1357I couldn't finish season 1 because there was too many details on screen at once, it's especially worse during those yellow filter episodes and forests backgrounds with less contrast on characters. Comparing it to a Movie is not fair, as movie have more budget.

[@epsilon_music]

Season 2 has a much cleaner animation imo, and I love it.

[@bruceshmu]

I personally prefer the style of season 2 a lot more than season 1 and the trailer for the shibuya incident arc only makes it more true

[@imdoodlef]

Choso's shot was spicy 🥵🥵🥵

[@adammasterx5854]

@@imdoodlefalso sukuna’s shot at the end

[@leonscottkennedy007]

you mappa ass lickers forget sukuna shot 💀

[@bruceshmu]

@@imdoodlef yeah did my man choso right

[@AnimeKlipsOffical]

@@adammasterx5854 It was great but I would've preferred if it looked for like this:-kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGOygqF_nJaMl5Y&ab_channel=nickgraphics I mean Mappa's version ain't bad but it looks cartoony anyway other things as usual were top notch anyway excited for the new season :D

[@Sophia-pt8pu]

I like how season 2’s art style, specifically the first few episodes, is drawn in a more lighter and fun style compared to the first season. It puts more emphasis on how light the mood was and how the story wasn’t so dark and heavy compared to where it was heading in the future. If they keep this up for the Shibuya arc, besides consistently you can see it in a way do Geto and Gojo’s past seeping into the current events of the series.

[@TheChrillestSpot]

bro i love the way you break these down and rep the animators. this channel is a gem.

[@JoshQwerty]

real reminds me of anime ajay from back in the day

[@Morgen974]

@@JoshQwertyyeah i wish he comes back 🥹🥺

[@JoshQwerty]

@@Morgen974 he helps work on videos for totally not mark, who does anime reviews, the anime breakdown parts of the video come from animeajay!

[@crestofhonor2349]

I was surprised when people said the animation was worse this season and with the examples you gave and my personal experience I couldn’t figure out why. Then I remember people love overly detailed character art and assume that means good animation. Not to say S1 was badly animated in the slightest, it was very well animated and it got praised for a very good reason. I prefer S2 approach to character art with more simplified designs.

[@reezwave]

Same😌

[@kiattim2100]

Some even says that S2 is more childish because it has simpler artstyle. Insane

[@nichescenes]

I think it’s nostalgia bias and the need to pick a better of two things trying different things to their best. It’s like when people debate the game of the year and start using the most nit picky things to tear down one game over another when in reality they both are different and equally as good shining in their own way. Jjk season 1 needed the hyper detail and fast fluid action at the cost of The overused hate comment (composition) as if it must be perfect in all areas to get the acclaim it got. People still act like season 1 was mid and claim fans brought millions of copies for no reason. Yeah jjk competes in sales with one piece for no reason I’m sure 66/200+ chapters told me everything I need to know. I’m sure it wasn’t a set up and it’s all generic and all fans are wrong after they read it and I didn’t. Studios ha they put money in for mid material all the time. Sarcasm. Also the detail hyped season 1 for pixel counters. Season 2 needs the simple details for character acting and speedy production (even though all the pro camera angles make this just as time consuming.) overall we’re eating good and anime fans have never been this greedy and unfillable. If I watched this afternoons like I did dbz back in the day. I’d be blowing my mind in peak. It’s like the Naruto for kids but all the fights are good and every episode has a plot and pacing. We’re eating like kings and complaining like peasants.

[@strudelh]

They think a simpler art style = bad/poor quality. I mean look at Mp100, i's a simple artstyle yet it's animated beautifully. Plus the expressions get more attention.

[@nichescenes]

@@strudelh Yeah, i guess its ok. Some people just arent that into animation. I know my fam watch it with me and they don't notice no matter how I tell them that the animation changed and the show is fluid and they don't even notice if an anime has lots of great shots and fluid fights all they know is that certain shows bore them more than others and I cant tell if the not so well animated shows matter to them. Its why I think studios go for quantity over quality since most don't care and the complainers are just loud minority and they complain even when things are good. Like people who call jjk season 1 and 2 bad animation and mid story etc...they don't care to dig into the show's story and think the power system is too complicated. If it was simple they'd just claim its trash due to simplicity etc. Cant win so why try.

[@fireballq2]

I'm in love with the new season two art style, it looks really clean and smooth

[@Tojiii]

I loved the first season art style the most.

[@Asuith]

For my taste characters were too simplified in Past arc, but after Shibuya trailer I think they found some middle-ground which I absolutely love.

[@El_Mince]

This might sound a but weird but I really love you and this channel. You and AnimeAjay were my inspirations to get into animation. Thank you.

[@nkiyama8437]

really interesting video, i really liked the last bit about volumetric, but simplistic art. i've always found these kind of choices especially eye catching, and both naruto and jin roh stood out to me the most. now i understand why)

[@Magni4cent_Pose]

Superb video! I always enjoy the way you break down artstyles, it's actually helped me improve quite a bit on drawing.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

aye thats great to hear, thank ya!

[@josesosa3337]

👍

[@samhiguma]

I couldn't explain why exactly or technically I liked this season more, you just did, nice!

[@kenny995]

I enjoyed the art of the first season and Jujutsu Kaisen zero, but I am absolutely in love with the art of season two. Something about it just suits the anime, and the subject of the arcs so much better. I was absolutely captivated.

[@thomasffrench3639]

I do like the new artstyle more, but part of me wants it to be consistent, because season 1 just looks like JJK to me. I have only read the manga, but I love when animators reinterpret the art style of the source material, because it just makes it look distinct, and it makes things easier to animate.

[@itsjustvin7630]

We watching season one I realized that if it isn't a fighting scene I was going to be bored of it

[@user-og6pb6dd5p]

*Character Designer

[@anotheryoutubeuser]

What are you on about? Season one's character designs are harder to animate than season two's, especially on a tight schedule available to the production team.

[@bbxxccgg7016]

That’s funny cuz s1 was anything but consistent 😭

[@thomasffrench3639]

@@bbxxccgg7016 I was saying that the style of season 2 doesn’t look consistent with the style of season 1 at a glance.

[@lowdistortion]

Goat analysis is back.

[@landmindssoul4636]

I really do miss the old style. I think it just felt more gritty but i appreciate the decision to make the style simple. You have to think about that in animation.

[@valerio2259]

Gege's style kinda reminds me of tite kubo's early style a little bit.

[@ryanchristenson1059]

I understand Gojo’s Limitless more than I understand art, so this video was super interesting, and it was obvious you put a lot of work into it!

[@JFHomehr]

it's hard to believe your videos are most often less than 15min long, it's packed with so much informations :D I love it.

[@notminijer1121]

Please upload more (if you can). I love your content your videos are always a treat to watch and I stop what I'm doing to see them. You've gotten me to love and appreciate art/animation so much more.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

i'll try haha, ive had some personal stuff come up over the last couple of months, as well as a big project i was commissioned with earlier this year, so getting out content has been tougher :(

[@jimmyorgenkaccrow4961]

@@forgottenrelics1197 MAPPA is overrated, imo. The quality of their animation is so MID that they are not on par with Ufotable or Bone Studio.

[@vinceraineing]

I still like the artstyle in the first season a little bit more

[@PyromaniacalChicken]

i always love when anime use a very consistent and natural approach to lighting and shadows a la jjk s2. gleipnir also did that very well.

[@hawshimagical]

as a learning artist, through sheer trial-and-error, i noticed that the most consistent way to set up a drawing, of any shape, is to start with straight angular paths. japan adapted to this by simplifying their character designs to better resemble that. but the artists of this series expand on that idea, making it look more like a style and less like a "speed strategy". i like it. as for the lighting change, at first glance i want to like season 2's better, but the character animations have that "tv series" quality, where the storyboards and keyframes are very prominent, even in the best animated moments. it looks like it still favours the more intense shading. more freeform changes in posing would take better advantage of the smoother lighting. 6:16 being a very big example. thats like 7 completely seperate drawings but they look near-identical…but its still about 7 whole drawings they had to make. its not "less work" or lazy, its definitely a choice. missed opportunity to add a little more variety like tilt and physics, because theres so little shading and detail to worry about.

[@zoejaira1812]

I really love the new artstyle, every scene looks incredible

[@i_am_an_Adulttt]

Been waiting for this bro Im an aspiring mangaka and animator and yoir videos help a shit tonne,bless up🖤

[@greatdaze5603]

THE KING IS BACK !!!!!!!

[@user-pt5cl2ro6f]

Not a lot of people make a video about my obsession with art styles, so I really appreciate this. I don't watch jjk but I when I stumbled upon a season 2 content one day, I had a whiplash because it resembled the art style of the artists I'm trying to achieve. So I immediately searched up the artist and added them to my list, lol. They all basically have the same choices in common: Simplistic shading, Dimensional, and NOSTRILS. AHHHHHHH, I LOVE NOSTRILS (goes feral). That sounds weird, but for me, it's the perfect solution to wanting to draw noses, but neither as lines or dots nor as fully defined noses. So, nostrils!

[@rahnsivave]

Loved this video dude! Thank you for all your effort!!! ♥️🔥

[@bruniojunior445]

great great great video man. helped me get inspired, thank you for this, really!

[@blackdiamond2253]

This is the first time I have encountered this channel, and all I can say is: I need more.

[@judecrimson7567]

Good analysis brother

[@somebody1170]

I like all art styles so far… no matter if s1, s2 or manga.

[@forte4450]

Bro great video glad this showed up in my reccs. I think this lighting change in particular makes sense given the kind of exaggerated summer qualities of this arc in particular

[@xgoom1234]

Great video!

[@xblade149]

Love your channel

[@paintcookies]

I really admire your videos. You literally get me through my day whenever I'm bored. Much love to you, ForgottenRelics 🙏

[@forgottenrelics1197]

thank you very much man, that means a lot :)

[@godzillakingofkaiju6366]

I really love your channel, it’s so interesting to get a peak behind the curtain and get an idea of how our favorite anime were brought to life. I’m not sure if you take requests but I would love if you did an animation breakdown for Neon Genesis Evangelion because that’s an aspect of the show I haven’t seen people talk about in the way that you talk about animation

[@Sigma.cheese]

Definitely helping inspire future artists with these amazing breakdowns! Keep it up man!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

thank you and will do!

[@taylormontgomery708]

Cool video! Thanks for breaking everything down :)

[@forgottenrelics1197]

thank ya!

[@zahramachi4713]

love how you go in-depth on the artstyle🎉 keep going ❤❤❤

[@forgottenrelics1197]

thank ya :)

[@rajdeepsamra3030]

What a video bro. Amazing analysis!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

thanks man!

[@penguin4357]

Another W vid by forgotten relics (when u reviewing Trigun stampede animation?????🥺🥺🥺)

[@forgottenrelics1197]

if i'm honest i never got around to watching it hahaha

[@penguin4357]

Bro is missing out on peak 🙏🙏🙏🙏😔

[@forgottenrelics1197]

@@penguin4357 yeahh been watching one piece lately haha, might put that on hold soon and catchup with all the other shows that have been droppin lately

[@lunarluxe9832]

I just started watching jjk thanks for this vid

[@forgottenrelics1197]

no probs man

[@bolturshu]

Amazing video, subscribed 👍

[@masasuzuki1762]

What does your process for analyzing an art style like this look like? I wanna break down my favorite artist's style to study it!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I guess its a lil different every time, but usually i'll try and pull up multiple pieces of an artists/animators work from a variety of shows, and see what particular trait stands out. Maybe its a unique way of shading or posing. I'll then go into photoshop and just start breaking stuff down (usually with the face) and see what stands out. Then compare and contrast it to other shows :)

[@i_am_an_Adulttt]

Ayeeeeeee,let's go!!!

[@Mr.Scriblzz]

IVE ALWAYS LIKED YOUR ANALYSES!!! ALSO IVE BEEN DOING REDRAWS ON MY CHANNEL LATELY

[@Dogflamingo]

The difference in styles is very noticeable if you look at the shot of Gojo with his blindfold on in the latest shibuya arc pv, I don't think the 1st season would have drawn his blindfold with such little highlighting. Also, the style of shading felt much "sharper" (for lack of a better term) in S1. In particular, at 6:18 in this video and ~7:13 in episode 5 (when geto turns to the girl) the shading used for geto's face feels so much rounder and less angled as if they were have drawn with long brush strokes. I don't know if that's just a single director/animators choice tho

[@user-pt5cl2ro6f]

Wait, what are you trying to prove 😭. Everyone already knows the art styles are different. And if you actually watched the video, you would know the directors are different and that's why the style is different.

[@Dogflamingo]

@@user-pt5cl2ro6f I think you replied to the wrong comment? I wasn't trynna prove anything, I agreeing with the points in the video. I just wanted to highlight some changes that I noticed (though I think the point about "sharper" shading is a moot point since it's not a season wide change)

[@omniframe8612]

2:21 in regards to that particular shot. Gojo is older in that scene so him having thiner less robust hair i think is the implication as opposed to him in season 2 where he’s a teenager in 2007

[@alonsonic]

This channel is just something else. Thank you for the hard work! Love this so much. Could you review some of the newer episodes of bleach?

[@egsir]

The fact that Hakuyu Go team is most probably involved it amazing

[@Xgy33]

Excellent

[@geminiistu]

Yessss realism! It's looks natural and you will look at the most important parts and details.

[@syedfarhan6990]

i dint even realize the change until people started pointing it ouy

[@user61696]

The 2nd season is so intense I didn't see the difference until people started to mention it lol

[@lateapathy]

season two feels like its a little more movie-like, like the chainsawman anime, which feels nice

[@AUSTIN.F]

Mikio Ikemoto great at detailed art without many lines. Also Great video!!! 🎉

[@user-pt5cl2ro6f]

I love Ikemoto's lineart sm

[@AUSTIN.F]

@@user-pt5cl2ro6f Yup👌😎

[@tzoannapolo4086]

I honestly prefer the season 2 art style more. The season1 artstyle is also pretty good, but it was way too detailed when it came to fightscenes. If you use a simpler artstyle for fightscenes, then the picture will look cleaner

[@AutumnOwlex]

Amazing video, wanted to see you cover the artstyle change for season 2. By any chance will you cover the Scott Pilgrim animated series?

[@mechajay3358]

This art style change has been an improvement for this season.

[@lynca2205]

The change in art style was very apparent by the start of S2 so I was feeling conflicted on how to feel about it. Sometimes it’s not that it was bad and more of I’m not used to the changes esp after receiving the first season very well. Thanks for breaking it down in this video

[@DopeThug]

2:05 that was uncalled for

[@HereFei]

Oh i thought they made design much simpler to improve fighting scenes since the whole season will be alot of fighting. I didnt know they changed directors.

[@LJay_4eva]

The director of s1 (sung hoo park )left the studio to start his own studio.

[@lorenzorizzi864]

​@@LJay_4evato be honest he has never been an employee of Mappa to begin with. It was just a freelancer that completely prioritized a single studio. Kinda like shida for toei

[@LJay_4eva]

@@lorenzorizzi864 yeh ik

[@catnoirlover1719]

​@@lorenzorizzi864to think imo he does it better

[@DarkGamerA]

yeah now i know why i liked season 1 visuals more

[@rockstar1103]

It would be cool if you could breakdown Taguchi's artsyle.

[@SeraphTech]

I miss the season 1 animation for real

[@galaxybrainkid1222]

S1 and JJK 0 were waaaay better. Itadori vs. Choso really underscored it.

[@Cypress_animation]

It's still mostly the same staff, same animators as season 1 with a few new people involved. All that changed is Sung hoo park and the art style.

[@wormHD]

I don’t watch your videos much anymore (i was therealgamer7 with the vegeta pfp) but I appreciate you branching out to other shows. The main reason I stopped though is not because I was bored but actually because I wanted to avoid spoilers for anime I didn’t watch yet. Do you think your videos have any spoilers for the shows you cover?

[@forgottenrelics1197]

if it's an animation centered video, it usually does, although for an artstyle breakdowns like these then nah

[@chasecummings1529]

I still prefer season 1 and jjk 0 movie’s art style but that doesn’t mean anything is wrong with this new approach imo

[@reezwave]

Love to see you back dude. I love this new art direction of jjk s2, it's a huge upgrade imho. Cus the image is clearer than ever, and the characters and the background are also easy to distinguish between each other unlike s1. (Not saying s1 is bad at all by the way, it's far from bad as a matter of fact. It's just not my cup of tea)

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks man and definitely agree! Loving the new direction under Goshozono

[@orewing]

I'll admit I was hesitant when I learnt that the director would be changing for season 2, but seeing the result put my concerns to bed pretty quickly. The focus on lighting, colour, and character animation over detail in design has really done them favours with regard to the overall visual appeal. I really enjoyed the flashback arc and I'm super excited to see how Shibuya turns out!

[@geminikid]

One of the first things I noticed watching season 2 was how smooth and clean the animation looked. I feel like the style of season 1 was a tad generic and hindered the animation a bit making it look kinda choppy or muddy from time to time so I really really love the changes they made. It looks insane.

[@angelodilullo7591]

Can we get a One piece gear 5 analysis? Love your vids, great work 👍🏻

[@monotzukokuureshii]

i have always liked kind of art style like in jjk s2 you can also see similar art style in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , mirai , the boy and the beast, summer wars. the reason why i think s2 art style fit s2 is cuz of the vibe of scary ,weird yet summer nostaliga we got fully from this art style if you want to understand what i mean by that watch the above movies i listed there is no art is better than one in art industry. art is all about personal preference so its really disrespectful to say one is better than another instead of saying i prefer this and that while people cant probably draw even a stick and also they dont understand how hard drawing is , you will only understand it only if you are an artist and in the community im saying this as an small local artist

[@keb7777]

Can you do a video on the animation of overlord? I’ve always been curious as to why the animation of the series dramatically declined after season one, and the more frequent use of CG.

[@carloscauan7967]

Overlord's animation was never that good, in all honesty. Character designs way too detailed, not to mention S2 and S3 came out in the same year, and during that same year the team was also working on Cardcapto Sakura

[@keb7777]

@@carloscauan7967 season ones animation was solid though, and season four didn’t really have an excuse.

[@-OUS_J]

Yeah

[@forgottenrelics1197]

ye

[@-OUS_J]

@@forgottenrelics1197👍

[@toffe5729]

as a fnaf fan the sudden pop in of MXES was surprising in a JJK video LMAO

[@eixenI]

Please do this for chainsaw man! I really think Tatsuki Fujimoto's style is so refined and unique just like GeGe's and I'd love to see a researched video on his artstyle as well!

[@Amaterasu360]

I did enjoy the silence!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

respect

[@Monkey_Eat_Banan]

This guy can find the needle in the haystack.

[@loligerpoper5998]

One video and im hooked Found a channel to binge through🤤 Edit There are mostly db videos😢

[@SenZenZero]

"You-fo-table" made me laugh 😂

[@mikailozsaglam2648]

Would be nice if you reacted to some dokkan battle animations

[@sledgetable172]

5:25 “shi FUU to-ji” lmao Jokes aside, I wish blue lock’s s2 would follow the same strategy as jjk s2, since blue lock s1 was just a stills slideshow and needs way more actual animation

[@Screw064]

Rlly had no reason to watch this but I’m glad I did lol I don’t even kno what part sucked me in but this shit felt like it was teaching me something I could use which I’m definitely not gonna do😭

[@RexVergstrong]

2:17 I have not read JJK yet but that image and a lot of others remind me a lot of Togashi's style.

[@epnlvr9790]

He is a big fan of Togashi so that explains that

[@forgottenrelics1197]

@@epnlvr9790 ahh makes sense, Togashi was the first artist I thought of when i saw his work!

[@grqfes]

5:04 and we can see with Todgey

[@variangaming8559]

Definitely got the FNAF reference. Nice 👍

[@forgottenrelics1197]

EPIC

[@R6___XW]

I prefer s1 style

[@notime2583]

I like the looks of the anime, jjk manga is great but i find the art to be really rough and sketchy a lot of panels have too much lines and rough shapes making kinda hard to look, i prefer a much more clean shapes and lines

[@rojeriofumasa]

I'm not the biggest fan of highlights in general so S2 is a delight to me Specially with that character animation

[@thenosid951]

it looks way better than the manga anyway

[@KayEVUM]

What kind of brushes do the animators use?? I want to create a similar effect but am unsure if its anything special [something that's not a simple round brush].

[@1_phsr]

0:10 what’s the background music Shi hard ??

[@nikomurdoch]

flcl mentioned

[@parfaitcell3067]

Devilman crybaby got the simplest shading

[@heisenberg3206]

4:02

[@user-ce6wd3oo8s]

I feel like i do really miss gojo in season one art style with the very strand hair and detailed clothing folds which for me made his character design better not to say season two gojo was any less good.. its just my opinion since that kind off made jjk's anime style more recognisable for me but season two is just as good and the character detail simplicity does give room for way better fight sequence animation so im not complaining

[@Sitz_Krieg]

What is the background music the guitar solo at 2:57

[@casuals.3.19]

Should be on the description just check each one to see

[@dylan6386]

A good comparison would be the fan made Sukuna versus Jogo arrow scene compared to how it’s shown in the s2 trailer, the fan made version seems to be a bit closer to s1 art style than s2😅

[@user-og6pb6dd5p]

Because It looks like The manga panel but colored