Naotoshi Shida: Artstyle Breakdown

Welcome! And today I'll be breaking down Naotoshi Shida's art style and what makes it expressive and unique. I hope you will find something interesting to take away :)
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[@antsupporter2426]

shida’s art is fluid and simple but can still be detailed and badass

[@paintbrush3554]

He also exaggerates foreshortening in his gestures alot and tend to make his impact effects circular

[@blipblop7565]

I love that effect. I also noticed Kishimoto, the creator of naruto, actually does that a lot too

[@TheLegendA51]

@@blipblop7565 wat? kishimoto isn't an animator tho?

[@basheerc.7245]

I can't wait to see Shida in the Moro Arc, if he returns. I could see Shida doing the Moro vs. UI Goku scenes.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yes come to think of it Shida's take on Moro would be very interesting. His aggressive style would really complement his design!

[@basheerc.7245]

@@forgottenrelics1197 hell yeah! Additionally, some of Toyotaro's work on Moro somewhat reminded me of Shida. Especially in the face; how Shida draws his smiles. I predict Super will return by December of this year or early next year. Hopefully sooner

[@kaizeramvs447]

@@basheerc.7245 December of this month?

[@basheerc.7245]

@@kaizeramvs447 December of this year lmfao.

[@gloudgree6618]

@@basheerc.7245 lol

[@openingdown3051]

The way he handles colors is absolutely great too. It’s so precise and sharp, but not in a way that seems blocky. It adds a lot of detail to, what are on their own, very simple shapes. As you said, the pointy and sharp shapes give a great, aggressive look that works beautifully for the quick and hard hitting action scenes of Dragon Ball.

[@demigodstudios]

He himself, makes smooth animations entire studio teams need to work together to get. It’s so unbelievably smooth you know it’s him

[@loganwilliams6594]

The transitions in animation from normal Super to his animation is so obvious

[@AsecasJavi]

It's so unbelievably smooth it has 0 impact

[@shorddy1668]

@@AsecasJavi Idk about that

[@AsecasJavi]

@@shorddy1668 I do

[@issabino9903]

@@AsecasJavi impact as in weight of the hits or in another sense?

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

His work on dragonball is my favorite of any artist in the entire series. The way he plays with dynamic camera angles is mindblowing. His work is easily recognizable and iconic.

[@GeteMachine]

That angularity seems to do wonders for Dragonball it often seems, and i like the way Shida makes character bodies look like they're actually flexible and able to move with their directions of motion.

[@DannyTheArtBoy]

As soon as I saw this I literally instant transmissioned to the video, this video was super informative, definitely one of your best videos, I am absolutely stoked to see what video u make next.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Mannn that makes me so happy to hear! Thank you so much :)

[@supersubatomicsonicgenerat4688]

Yes my favorite Animator

[@largemilk]

this channel is my favorite art class

[@GeteMachine]

Something I cant help but notice is just the look of Goku's hair in the shot for him punching Freeza. The way it looks there actually makes it look like it moves like hair, rather than it just being still and blocky all the time.

[@jasonone8726]

Yeah, I wish his hair moved like that again, it does in Broly, but not like that, sometimes not moving at all still, like when he charged at Broly a few times.

[@mechajay3358]

One of the best thing of Shida's work is how fulid and smooth his the art is while also looks very detailed.

[@crestofhonor2349]

I love it when animators draw on 1s and 2s

[@OXhuls]

what does that mean?

[@crestofhonor2349]

@@OXhuls animating on 1s means you draw every frame. Since 2D animation is done at 24fps, this means that there are 24 drawings every second. Drawing on 2s means that they draw on every other frame so that means that the animation is drawn at 12fps.

[@akil5695]

First of all congratulations on your 10k subs and second shida's art is always go to look at and he is still to this day considered a legend on the franchise

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thank you😀

[@modernwarrior24]

Love his art, super detailed and sharp. One of the best. Great shots and angles. Only gripe i have is his animation can be kind of hard to follow. Showing characters speeding up and slowing down. Compared to other animators.

[@jasonone8726]

Yeah, I agree, I wish he'd slow his stuff down. MUI foot blast jumping off Jiren's blasts was great, reminded me of his fight with Piccolo, when he did the Kamehameha from his feet, but unfortunately not a lot noticed it, you have to put it in slow motion or pause to notice. Also when base Gogeta was avoiding Broly's attacks, some really great looking art of him, that goes by way too quick, it's even hard to even pause it to where you want it at.

[@professornova1236]

Yeah, I kinda had to replay the gogeta vs broly fight like 4 times so I could actually SEE what the characters were doing.

[@paintbrush3554]

Best dragon ball youtuber

[@ZARAHAnimation]

Man I LOVE your art style breakdowns! Definitely want more!!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thank you dude!

[@ZARAHAnimation]

@@forgottenrelics1197 Of course man!

[@fourthhorsemendeath218]

Butter smooth motion and detailed character shading. Really highlights each attack. Love Shida

[@thecool_dude7490]

Congrats on reaching 10k. I can’t believe a couple months ago u hit 5k.🎉🍾

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I know it's been wild, my goal was to hit the double-digits by the end of the year so this is a very early surprise. And thank you as well for your consistent support😁

[@sodraz7083]

Bro its crazy how fast your growing keep going nice video.

[@Zoro-go1mc]

one of the greatest

[@danyulogrady6590]

danyuldraws here, thank you so much for the shout out, I’ve learned and am still learning so much from your channel, it’s an absolute pleasure to view your content

[@zojirushi1]

Just found your channel recently and I love your videos! You’re severely underrated. Your content reminds me of AnimeAjay. There’s not that many youtubers covering dragon ball art and animation.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Awesome to hear! Glad you're enjoying the content :)

[@AfroZander5360]

It's always exiting when shida comes into play

[@wellt1875]

When you make these videos it helps me learn how to draw things so thank you.

[@misslackymackyx9033]

lol, Ultimate Muscle was my jam. I'm surprised to know he did those impressive scenes.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yep you would be surprised in general how many different series he has worked in! He has been very active over the years :)

[@OXhuls]

shida is the man. i really love his style of drawing but sometimes less is more. dont get me wrong. luffy gear4 or katakuri vs luffy, vergo vs trafalgar law or take anything from him. it is just superb animation. there is no way you can say its badly animated or the art is bad. but here is the buttt its shida style. he pushes to much detail in his work rhat the eyes can not comprehend it. mui goku surfing on jirens beams for example. you only see it on slow motion really. it doesnt mean that its bad that you have to rewatch a scene over and over again to see everything. but for the casual watcher his work goes unnoticed and the effort he put into his 2 minute animation are in vain. yet again one can argue is it really invain if he does it for his fans or the series he loves. well... i still get excited everytime i see shida stuff. great vid bro

[@loganwilliams6594]

Its something you can see in the Gogeta vs Broly fight too, there are so many detailed frames that are missed because of how fast paced his action scenes are

[@OXhuls]

@@loganwilliams6594 you feel me brother? its sad cause the human eye cant see everything. i watch dbz or db content almost daily so i see alot of details. but i hate it when work does not get appreciated enough. and i mean general work. not only animation wise

[@tolahostia]

could you do another video breaking down Yutaka Nakamura´s art style??

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I didn't plan to but it's not a bad suggestion :)

[@tolahostia]

@@forgottenrelics1197 Thanks for the replay, That fight in one punch man deserves an analysis.

[@snkenjoyer4989]

Shida makes such cool drawings.

[@MrAlwaystekken]

Shida is one of the best artists in the animated series and is the one who offers the most spectacular scenes in terms of animation. Unfortunately, however, it sometimes distorts the shapes too much.

[@ms.antithesis]

Noice

[@vinceamaro1382]

4:15 Someone on Twitter said that this drawing of 18 was done by an artist named 'Shida-esque' and the name says it all, art-wise.

[@dilaxia]

Finally at once it came .... Someone breaking down naotoshi shida

[@syronax__8736]

congrats on 10 k subs

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks man :)

[@Gaming_Hub_UK]

Shida is one hardworker. However I don't like it when he reuses animation again and again .

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yeah it has became somewhat formulaic but I still love his work :)

[@hotchocolate8008]

Well that's probably due to major time-constraints from Toei, as he is exclusively a toei animator, unlike other animators which are mostly freelancers. I do agree he's kinda repetitive, but his movie works are god-tier, with completely original shots, but he does have his little animation ticks here or there.

[@sefguitar]

I think even he repeats some variations he has his own signature, when he animates you know it's him, I really love his work 😍 in the dbs broly he also made some new animations 🔥

[@zojirushi1]

Who’s your favorite dragon ball animator of all time?

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Hhmm probably Masaki Sato, while his work in terms of movement wasn't anything out there his style on the other hand is my favourite and has had a big influence on me! Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru and Naotoshi Shida are also amongst my favourites :)

[@forgottenrelics1197]

​@@thiccjerry5232 Some great picks! And one way I've been able to tell Nakatusuru is the spacing between the eyes, it's a little more than most animators and it is a very consistent trait throughout his old and new work. His style of ears is also another way :)

[@forgottenrelics1197]

@@thiccjerry5232 I wouldn't say it's my personal favourite artstyle but I still don't mind it. I also briefly went over his portion in ep 95 of Z for the last video and the frieza he drew in that episode however was excellent!

[@jasonone8726]

MelonAdder Nakatsuru was a character designer? You forgot to mention the one from GT.

[@daejonmoody3304]

I clicked for ultimate muscle stayed for the great content! Thank you!

[@ItsGiddo]

NAOTOSHI SHIDA MASTERCLASS !!!!

[@mohamedmiloudi6455]

well here is a good story i watched 3 mn of the video and i hit like then i finished the whole video and end up pressing the like bottun again so it's removed so my friend I wish i can like this twice

[@aero2423]

It looks good that’s all I know

[@supersubatomicsonicgenerat4688]

Wait what anime is that 0:39

[@jasonone8726]

"Ultimate Muscle"

[@supersubatomicsonicgenerat4688]

@@jasonone8726 Thanks

[@craigime]

nice video man

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks!

[@ledbygitimate1273]

With His Art It Makes You Realize How Painful The Blows Are

[@artofmarcos1992]

Damn bro, tht "noise" effect in the background is really jarring.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yeah I didn't realise that until I exported it. In adobe premier it didn't look as sharp and sort of faded into the background😅

[@L3THA1]

his dragon ball super broly art style was my fav artstyle out of his and anyone elses i have seen

[@Eru_3ru]

I think the Goku vs Frieza shot might be a homage to Ashita no joe

[@thebessst4809]

Great vid

[@forgottenrelics1197]

cheers mate :)

[@zeallexandre]

🐐

[@kennethdavy4051]

Love shida When ever I’m watching n I see his work come up, you know it’s about to go down 😭👌🏿 He does some other work, though you embtioned you would only look at dragon ball, I would watch your input on his work on one piece, or even that avengers anime he did 👌🏿

[@andrewcelestino6875]

You should do one for Yuya Takahashi!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I've thought about it but I have elaborated on his artstyle a fair bit in the past like with the "Why Yuya Takahashi is a legend" video. So I don't know what new points I could present 🤔

[@jasonone8726]

You should do a video on Naoki Tate or maybe Shintani's designs.

[@jamessicard1705]

One thing I noticed is that some of his shots on Broly 2018 have almost 1 to 1 similarities to action shots in One Piece

[@EnoYaka]

I like shida a ton, that goku and frieza punch is superb.. sometimes I feel simple is better though, with that recoom picture I felt Yamumuro's design was better.

[@bharadwajkk6823]

Him and Tate ah my God tier

[@xhale671]

Can you talk about the one animator who Animated the Goku vs Cell battle (the good part) I forgot his name I think it was Iwabe maybe. He animates the pokemon anime now

[@danjlee0814]

Keisuke Masunaga

[@EIDiabeetus]

He simple when need be and detailed when need be. Love his Goku vs. Freeza on Super.

[@suckerhat]

Speaking of art and animation In the old time animation was made with paper So how did they in-between?

[@sparktaylor8489]

They still did in-betweens with paper.

[@suckerhat]

@@sparktaylor8489 it is kinda almost impossible to do with paper though Also i found out they don't do it in paper lol 💀

[@sparktaylor8489]

@@suckerhat there's nothing special about in-betweens they are still just drawings whether digital or hand drawn. They are simply drawings that help with motion. The only real difference is that most in-betweens are shown for a lesser amount of time compared to keyframes and are usually not as on model or refined as a key frame.

[@zeno_sama9733]

And come to think that there are people who hate hes art style...

[@theddbigdawg]

shida vs takahashi

[@jasonone8726]

Shida - Animation Takahashi - Art

[@Cloudx0x]

Honestly, I enjoy Ryo Onishi a lot more. Whilst Shida is great, to me, his animation can be a bit stationary and or and tad stiff. Take for example Goku's fight with Hearts. When Goku was flying past the buildings, it looked extremely weird, especially when Goku was close to a building yet looked the same exact size of it. Or better yet, Vegito vs Zamasu. Those kicks Vegito was delivering had no weight and seemed so stiff in movement. Ryo Onishi should have a break down. Yuki Hayashi also. And yes, I know this was an artwork breakdown. But an animation breakdown of those guys would be awesome.

[@jasonone8726]

The stiffness might be down to Yamamuro's designs.

[@Cloudx0x]

@@jasonone8726 I would agree. But it's the same way in other shows he works on.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Personally, I never got the feeling of stiffness from his work, but that's just me :) And thank you for the suggestions!

[@Cloudx0x]

@@forgottenrelics1197 No problem dude.

[@earth355]

If you draw can you teach us drawing?

[@efraingonzalez3106]

Due to body mechanics Frieza landed the harder hit

[@GeekedOutNeckbeard]

Shida is literally the BEST animator on the Super animation team. He is the reason I continued even watching that shit show called Dragonball Super. His fluid animation was exciting for me to see! And Yuya only being allowed stills was disappointing. If only they cancelled Super, and then gave it time to breathe, give Yuya and Shida the project to be directing the animation and designs... I can only imagine how orgasmic watching the original Z-style with the modern Shida animation.. My favorite animation from him wasn't even the Canon series, but Goku vs Hearts, where he does the kamehameha.. The best looking kamehameha I have ever seen!

[@jasonone8726]

"If only they cancelled Super and then gave him time to breathe" Huh? Super has been off air for 3 years now 😂

[@beerps9543]

@@jasonone8726 You know what he means, he just said if they allowed for an arrangement of different artists and got the staff in a way that it can replicate the movie, more of a seasonal anime. Plus he still does promo art and aforementioned movie came out 2 years ago, technically only 2 years of off-time which even then isn't true.

[@heavenlyprecious5838]

Bro,the dbs movie broly artstyle was made by shintani,not shida......

[@soursalt698]

shida was a key animator for broly, shintani was the animation director

[@Just-A-Bit]

Hey

[@lewis3778]

First

[@ms.antithesis]

😟

[@supersubatomicsonicgenerat4688]

Dude Nobody cares

[@forgottenrelics1197]

missed again friend😌

[@ms.antithesis]

@@supersubatomicsonicgenerat4688 i do care quite a lot. I use to get first 😢

[@Lizurd249]

he's too good... not good, best

[@danjlee0814]

great video but the background is extremely distracting

[@herrscherofisaf5592]

Needs to be renamed: *When Jesus did Animation and his Holy Style - Blessed from God*

[@nunyaxyz]

Sex is what that art is

[@Hexstylee3]

Bro that vhs snow static background is so annoying .

[@bopperart9470]

I also dislike the Dbs style, you don’t like it for all the same reason as me, yes someone who gets me!

[@jasonone8726]

There's many people for the last almost 18 years now, that hates Yamamuro's modern designs.

[@hankosanko]

goku and golden frieza i didnt like at all. i do like most of his other stuff

[@jasonone8726]

Why? It was a great shot.

[@Zoular]

I really like his style for Dragon Ball, but really dislike it in One Piece. Animation feel too over exaggerated there

[@jay-lz8zn]

Noice