What Happened to My Hero Academia's Art Style?

[@ShonenOuji]

In case you’re wondering where it is, the Black Clover video is coming soon!

[@noonespecialtbh]

Are you going to cover JoJo's? It's longer than One Piece (from 1987 and likely to end in 2035). It's also had dramatic change, very dramatic. Part 1 looks very dated (good still) but then Part 7-9 look far, far better.

[@zemox2534]

Would you say the manga of jojo is better than the anime adaptations?

[@noonespecialtbh]

@@zemox2534 different for different parts, here's what I think: Phantom Blood anime > manga Battle Tendanvy anime > manga Stardust Crusaders anime < manga Diamond Is Unbreakable anime=manga Golden Wind anime > manga Stone Ocean anime

[@Avani_AizawaMha]

YEAHHHHH!!!!!

[@dushaunlewis7574]

TLDR: Horikoshi got more assistants to draw his books. Early on it was mainly himself doing the artwork but later he ammased a huge team (7-9 artists) to draw for him. Which explains why backgrounds, shading, panelling etc all imrpoved. Horikoshi himself admitted that he no longer needs to work on the art as much because his assistants handle all of that. I wish the assistants were recognized for their work because they are the main reason why the art looks so good. Here's a list of some of them: Kei Monri, Keisuke Ikeda, Taichi Mugino, Tatsuya Tanimoto, Rin Matsui, Yuuki Yoshida, Ryuu Horie, Hirofumi Neda, there's a few more that I'm forgetting though. At the end of each volume Horikoshi would credit his assistants and thank them for the sheer amount of work they do. Especially the assistant who works on drawing/designing the costume for his characters. It's pretty nice because a lot of mangaka don't do that. Kohei Horikoshi's art has improved over the years (you can tell by comparing his old sketches to his new ones), but for the manga he said that he mainly focuses on the writing with his editor. But if I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure he does do the covers himself. Kohei (and many other weekly mangaka) have a very effecient system for creating manga.

[@toonasag.beauty]

Cool

[@prajnaykataria3403]

Agreed, they draw very well and give the manga its magic!

[@alan_7390]

I imagine that even so he is still the one who directs everything and draws the characters.

[@jpbird8432]

He has like six assistants but not all of them draw or even work on the manga, some of them help him with his daily life chores, like laundry or the food, so he can focus on his work.

[@dani.1170]

i think it was all planned out from the beginning, psychologically. At fist its more plain, simple, and playful, then it gets more serious and exciting. Also how do manga artist each others their style?!

[@bluespark777]

Horikoshis art is genuinely legendary, one of my biggest inspirations as an artist

[@Howaboutyes11]

SOO reall❤❤

[@Yuriko-bh2vw]

same my artstyle is obiously my artstyle but has some inspiration from mha pokemon and jjk

[@smituna175]

Yes! I want to improve my style on my own, but I take inspo from Horikoshi’s shading and sense of perspective a lot! Not his art style itself, but his talent is what inspires me

[@EclipseRoseKat]

so true! i love the art style! thats why i started to draw a lot i liked the style so i learn how to do side photos ! not the best with side photos but it helping me a lot ! like anmie open mouths btw im not the best with that but the style is very helpful!

[@Ayaanra30]

And it was weekly is 100 times batter def one of the best artist out there rn

[@vianabdullah2837]

My Hero Academia is one of the few series where the art actually gets better each chapter. To the point where the anime is just not able to keep up.

[@zemox2534]

That is why I prefer manga over adaptations. Most anime adaptations fail to properly recreate the art style from the source material

[@Scarlet.Octopi]

@@zemox2534like Bungo stray dogs, they made the characters that actually looked good look bad, they also removed scenes that were important to the main character, it also happens they were made by bones just like mha

[@mikelandey]

Not to mention they then decide to split the studio in half early in the shows development to solely make movies no one’s asked for 🙃

[@willowboy_618]

This series is almost 10 years old so I think it was a little obvious to see somes changes to the art styles, but it's cool

[@Howaboutyes11]

RIGHTTTT ITSSS SOO AMAZINGG!!! THEY ATE AMZING FR

[@Cerri22PG]

Something I would love to point out is Horikoshi's facial expressions, for me they're one the biggest aspect of his artstyle and something that has inspired me a lot, he's able to show what a character is feeling perfectly just with small tweaks and changes to their faces, I think that's something that also has changed over the curse of the manga, in early chapters the expressions were a lot more cartoony and exaggerated, now even though we still have those, there's also the very subtle ones that are also able to convey as much emotions as the exaggerated faces

[@Not_Kaitlyn]

I love studying how he draws facial expressions. I love the big mouths and how expressive the eyes and eyebrows are.

[@glacity]

Well said! I love studying Horikoshi's expressions for this reason! Ofc intense feelings are shown with extreme faces, but in the earlier volumes, even quieter emotions like unease and relief were portrayed with pretty exaggerated expressions. The expressions become more subtle as the manga progresses, but those are also amazing because the quieter expressions still manage to portray those feelings in a completely clear way, while feeling more human. Another thing that really inspires me about MHA's style is how Horikoshi draws hands! His author's comment for Vol. 2 says that he loves drawing hands because, beside the face, they're the most expressive part of the body. He's very purposeful about drawing them, and when I read that authour's note and started to see hands as "something expressive" instead of "something difficult to draw", they've somehow become *fun to draw.*

[@Cerri22PG]

@@glacity Oh yeah yeah totally, Horikoshi has being single handedly the one who made me not hate drawing hands. I love the fact he represents himself as a bunch of hands with eyeballs and stuff, it's very unique

[@mikelandey]

Horikoshi’s art style is truly one of, if not the best of this generations. It just feels like he puts so much time and effort into each panel, his art is just beautiful.

[@Howaboutyes11]

Rightt Like Hes so amzingg!! THE ANIMATION HAS IMPROVED TOP TEIR 😭

[@Bumblebee_Azii]

If you like pretty art you should check out Witch Hat Altier has some the best art I've ever seen in a manga, period. Not trashing on Horikoshi at all, witch hat is just mind blowing. Every single book as an award on it for its art and storytelling.

[@GayTrashPanda]

Personally I think that the toilet bound hanako-kun artstyle is the best, but horokoshi is awesome

[@twilight_potato]

While they're definitely not the same genre, I'd say Jibaku Shounen Hanako-Kun is up there, too, in the artstyle department. It's manga art is gorgeous.

[@Caca-yq2di]

@@Bumblebee_Aziiwitch hat atelier art style is incredible and the artistic choice in panelling and unique illustrations are even better. But it’s very hard to compare it to bnha art style because of how different the intentions are. Bnha is an action packed shounen and one of its strongest qualities is dynamics and edginess. The perspective work, lineart and poses are just top notch. Witch hat atelier gives off that pretty cottagecore fantasy feeling which is too different, and I’m not saying this as a bad thing but the faces in that art style are a lot more anime typical. I personally prefer Horikoshi’s art work for its animation-like dynamic liveliness and unique character design and the characters expressions

[@SamTheGumMan117]

I love how the backgrounds, characters, and other small detail things are so more crispy and stick out more to me than before this current artstyle feels like Horikoshi's best to me

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

In the SJ interview with tite kubo. Kubo stated "I WISH, I could do background like you" THIS IS TITE BITCHS the GOAT Horikoshi said it was because his characters couldn't stand out. They weren't as cool as kubos. And so he just drew the best backgrounds he could

[@SamTheGumMan117]

@@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu That's really fascinating

[@L451TH]

but i'm pretty sure he get more help from his assistents as well

[@Suited_Nat]

@@hollowify_tensa_zangetsuto be completely fair, artists are human, so ofc they have people they look up to, and aspire to get better with their own styles.

[@Suited_Nat]

@@L451THyeah he definitely does have a team, whether it’s for edits in such.

[@Speculector]

People can say what they want about the writing, even i don't like the direction it went, but there's no denying Horikoshi is one of the best manga-ka out there when it comes to drawing. His "quick doodles" he posts on his Twitter speak for themselves, they honestly blow me away sometimes.

[@nxfelibata2403]

my thoughts exactly 💯

[@ronan5642]

Comic creators & animators have to learn how to draw quicker to make up with the labor of drawing. It's honestly insane how good they can get at being both good at art *and* being fast at it

[@WieldMyWord]

​@@ronan5642 I wouldn't say mangaka's (or animators for that matter) are good at art, a lot of them barely know anatomy and proper perspective shots. If you compare it to western illustrators these "panels" dont stand a candle to what type of quality and render they can pull off + mangaka work mainly in black/white and then have a colorist after doing the job, etc. The biggest factor that matters for manga is the style and composition, because details are easily achieved today with digital drawing and screentones.

[@Awwhri]

I feel like Ochaco's face went through some change too. Her eyes are wider apart somewhat and she has far bigger lashes than before vs her older look.

[@Jace-vb9uz]

Yeah deku face changed to around season 4 it looks better lie Ngl

[@nicwatchesvids]

Ochaco's character design improved a ton overall

[@Agent-57]

@@Jace-vb9uz I mean he is still growing up, plus working out a lot so canonically it makes sense

[@Jace-vb9uz]

@@Agent-57 true

[@isisaphrodite3585]

Looks like she’s gained tons of weight in season 7.

[@sientense]

I picked up MHA manga because of TogaOchako arc spoilers, I just couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the panels, I had as little context as one who has given up on MHA 3 years ago, but just two pages of dialog between Ochako and Toga made me cry, just the emotions and composition inside frames pulled me in. That's amazing.

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

Ohh yeah, that arc was brimming with emotions. I was having chills while they confess through their fight. When Ochako told her her smile was cute and perfect? Got me teary

[@nagisamomoe125]

madoka magica manga is better

[@space.404]

same here 😂

[@charlieclimbs]

Honestly I really like how the art style developed overtime along with the story. Back at the beginning it felt like more of a lighthearted, cartoonish story about a hero ready to take on the world. I think that the art style reflected that really well. Then, as the villains got more powerful, the stakes got higher, and the childlike innocence that we saw in so many of the character interactions started to fade, the art started to change. The paneling, the detail on the character's faces, the overall darkening of the color pallette, it grew overtime to reflect the state of the world continuously growing more dire. Horikoshi really goes above and beyond every chapter and I'm so excited to see where the story goes from here, I really like where we're at in the story in chapter 420. BTW, I'm writing this before getting through much of the video so if a lot of my comment was already mentioned, sorry for the redundancy.

[@Townzie]

6:46 Regarding a different type of progression, Horikoshi got a lot better at coloring too.

[@ShonenOuji]

When I tell you synergy.

[@Howaboutyes11]

YESSS RIGHTTT they have improved so much!!

[@xXTigerWaveXx]

It’s clear that Horikoshi has gotten better over the years and I always thought the change in art style was because everyone was starting to get older and their bodies are just getting bigger.

[@kaitlynmorgan8097]

I feel like the line weight hasn't changed but the information he conveys with those lines has. Like in that cover with todoroki, the lines in his hair are flowing and curved. Now he draws them like tuffs of hair not long strands to convey shape and volume

[@belle3679]

The more Deku grows the more his looks mature, the more his world view matures the more shades of grey we can see… he’s not a child who sees the world in Good and Bad, Black and White, Hero and Villains, he’s starting to conceive more narratives.

[@nagisamomoe125]

nah he still sees the world in black and white. i wish he'd end up like sayaka miki from madoka magica but no, he is rewarded for his stupidity

[@yipipayayiii]

​@@nagisamomoe125 how tf you gonna compare him to sayaka when they don't have the same issue, and no he doesn't he literally tried to help villains bc he realised heros and villains are dark and light values with shades of grey, sayaka literally ended like a witch her ending was faling into despite 😭🙏 rewarded for his stupidity??? I doubt you even watched mha bc midoriya suffered WAAAY much more than sayaka but he didn't give up. sayaka did. comparing two characters who dealt with their struggles differently and calling the character who have delt with it positively stupid is insane work

[@nagisamomoe125]

@@yipipayayiii first of all ur wrong about sayaka. second of all deku is just a shit mc. he doesn't go through SHIT

[@yipipayayiii]

@@nagisamomoe125 "-you're wrong about sayaka!!" No I'm not sayaka is a tragic yet realistic character with a complex message sent thro her but at the same time it's easy to understand 💀 her ending is literally the consequences of her choices DESPIRE she literally spells it out for you in the anime, how is he a shit mc ? What is a good mc and a bad mc in your opinion? Bc to me he literally acts like madoka 💀

[@yipipayayiii]

@@nagisamomoe125 if you think he didn't go through anything you genuinely didn't watch mha you're just going with the hate train mindlessly I'm not gonna sit down and tell you everything he went through thru 7 damn seasons go search it or literally scroll a little through the comments

[@mintybagels]

i think its also important to point out how influenced by western comics his art is. a lot of the way he does inking has reallly become very influenced by some famous marvel artists same with his character design philosophy around hero design. it’s all very reminiscent of 90s and 2000s superhero comic styles

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

This. Remember Star and Stripe? She was almost lifelike

[@Chenso2099]

I think Horikoshi once got interviewed and he showed off one of his pens saying how he uses the same pen western comic artists use for his manga. It’s so cool.

[@nagisamomoe125]

MHA TRASH, MADOKA MAGICA FOR LIFE

[@ノットライラクス]

all might is a very good example of this. the moment i saw him i was like "ITS A BIRD.. ITS A PLANE.. NO, ITS SUPERMAN"

[@small_and_dangerous2068]

I’ve always loved Horikoshi’s art style, simply for the fact that he can make realistic proportions and still have it have the anime feel by giving the characters distinct features. He’s also amazing at using his understanding of anatomy to convey feeling from his pages. Sometimes there doesn’t have to be any words on the page to get the mood across, it’s all told perfectly through the characters’ poses and facial expressions. He’s also able to take creative liberty and make funny and out of proportion drawings to get humor or over dramatic moments across. He’s one of the greats in the industry imo!

[@nagisamomoe125]

it's shame that the character designs are shit tho

[@LainIsR0tt3n]

@@nagisamomoe125They’re not tho. His character designs are very well made, every character has its own unique feature and none of the characters feel the same. They all have their own unique twists to them, even background characters that appear once and never again.

[@nagisamomoe125]

@@LainIsR0tt3n you don't know what good character design is

[@nagisamomoe125]

@@LainIsR0tt3n it's too plain, like NOT in a good way

[@LainIsR0tt3n]

@@nagisamomoe125 I’m pretty sure YOU don’t know what good character design is.

[@Not_Kaitlyn]

I love Horikoshi's use of hatching. You can really feel the texture of the objects.

[@toya2368]

Horikoshi's art style is definitely my favourite!!! The characters, costumes, battles, backgrounds, all of it happens when it matters as well as when it doesn't. He's the goat!!!!!

[@TeaWithHobbits]

I believe one of the best ways for an artist to improve is to use this iterative drawing method, drawing the same thing/character over and over but making small changes to test how it looks altogether. It's a pretty intuitive method, but it seems to work great!

[@toongamer2810]

Huh, I've never heard of this. Thank you for the suggestion

[@Maria-7z1u6]

I’ve associated the more straight lines from early chapters with ‘thinner’ and less muscular characters. Idk how to explain it but to me, once Izuku and the others started getting their lines ‘rounded’ (sorta) they felt more strong and muscular. Kinda like how when you start working out the muscles won’t be pointy but round. Idk

[@CresentMoonVideos]

Honestly, his art style is such a HUGE inspiration on me. So much so that I've noticed myself tweaking my style to add in elements from his. It's soo gorgeous to look at and I love it so much.

[@Inexxxxx80]

Samee

[@lorenzojevaz2644]

I think its also good to call out the use of toning in the newer chapters, and the use of effects makes everything look more detailed aswell.

[@OtakuNewsSource]

Really good video. I also appreciate that you used the official pages for MHA instead of fan scanlations because the latter can be really ugly to look at and ruin Horikoshi's art. My favorite thing with Horikoshi is probably whenever he does page spreads. There's always so much detail put into them that makes them look amazing. I honestly didn't even notice the lack of background in the early portion of the manga, but I'm glad that was pointed out given that it really shows how much emphasis was put on the characters themselves. It kinda reminds me of Tite Kubo and how he draws Bleach later on with backgrounds not being a top priority.

[@nagisamomoe125]

madoka magica manga is better

[@Koopa.2000]

​@@nagisamomoe125 bro stfu ive seen you over the whole comment section and you either saying this or bs about the character design, go touch some grass

[@funloop]

Personally, I want to believe that when the anime came out, it helped solidify Hori's artstyle. Also, one character you can tell went through a drastic artstyle change is Koda (Anima, the one who talks to animals). He went from jagged almost stone like to a softer face monster, almost like an Understale character.

[@DanielGear.Videos]

Something I really like is how Horikoshi uses '3D' a little more, like when Endeavor punches through the lines/panels of the manga, some powerful blows distort the lines in a certain way... I think it's very immersive...

[@racecarbecauseracecarbackw1508]

I personally believe the art style reflects the growth and depth of the story collectively. Partly why deku looks so different is to reflect what the story has done, where it’s at, and how it’s affecting all of them.

[@Bulkawithrage]

The thing that i noticed is that everything drawn in his style (especially in the latest chapters) has thickness. The simplest example- lips and mouths ( i guess its the most noticeable in Bakugos expressions). While other mangas draw them as flat objects, like a piece of paper glued to the face just to make the reader to understand is it a smile, or angry expression , Horikoshi gives it thickness. It’s not “just a smile” or just an opened circle-mouth to show who is speaking. No, you can see, if not understand, the muscles of the face, teeth, lips and so on. Everything has thickness. Shoes again. Not flat - every layer has thickness, there s not just left and right of the layer- but also up and down. It’s bodies, cloth, arms( have you seen those last chapters? It left me speechless!) And again, fingers and arms also have thickness. Some may draw them as cylinders, Horikoshi makes it look more like parallelepipeds with rounded corners. And this “squareness” again somehow makes it to point out its thickness too. eyebrows are not just lines- they have it in them too and so on so on so on. These thicknesses make layering pop out, catch your eye not just give you a knowledge that there are layers, just believe it- you see it yourself.

[@Grayson-Winchester]

The art style is marvel comic like with manga flair

[@ShonenOuji]

Definitely a lot of similarities to western comics.

[@mrkaji8913]

And the anime is the western animated series adaptation in anime filter

[@adelrayleyxx]

probably bcs horikoshi rlly loves star wars so many scenes are inspired from the comics

[@ABCodeX]

Don't take this the wrong way, but I thought this video is a pretty mixed bag, leaning more into the negative side imo. You should do a little more research on how manga production or any other type of production is done. Horikoshi has many assistants compared to other mangaka, which is why we start to see more detailed backgrounds. This is the case for most manga with detailed backgrounds; here's a rule of thumb for manga (and any media in general): if it looks too good for a weekly release, a bunch of people worked on it.

[@dushaunlewis7574]

Yeah a lot of people don't understand this which is sad. They believe that the mangaka does all the work which is a very uninformed take, making manga is a team effort.

[@diandre2530]

Gonna be a long wait before that MHA art book drops. I need to see all his color work put together

[@remmborn8154]

12:25 the biggest change for deku is his pupils, horikoshi draws them different now

[@rogerleo4654]

Would love to see one these videos about Blue Lock. Not sure if you've read it, but it is an artistic spectacle, and has so much flair and style for a sports manga, it's actually impressive. Great video 👍

[@S.lege7484]

Thank this kind of videos are my favourite hope you make more

[@ShonenOuji]

Thank you so much!

[@paulopagliarinigrams8103]

man, i can't wait for this guy to make a video about the art style in the gushing over magical girls manga

[@Darkblazer789]

NO HATE BUT I THINK BONES COULD HAVE INCREASED THERE BUDGET TO MHA SEASON LIKE IT'S TOP ANIMES BUT ANIMATION IS KINDA GOOD NOT BEST, ALSO IF YOU READ THE MANGA YOU CAN THAT HORIKOSHI MANGA CHAPTER ARTS ARE WAY GOOD THAN ANIMATION ITSELF

[@uwayn9829]

Even if they increase it, not possible. No studio would be able to adapt this much detail in art

[@nagisamomoe125]

@@uwayn9829 may i introduce you to shaft?

[@justaloserrr]

Finally! I always wanted a video on hrak(hero academia) art style!! Thank you so much for creating it!

[@nagisamomoe125]

homura tamura has better art than this dog sh!t

[@jayveeruzforce2322]

Oho, Loved to learn this 🔥 For me, I think BNHA was really upbeat and full of energy for the first few arcs, But the change in tone came after *Chisaki arc* ---After which Horikoshi changed the tone and style of his manga to be more 'dark, grimmy, political, etc' which affected his art, Which got more detailed yet isnt as *_'Fun' or 'full of life and energy'_* as they used to be, Which is probably a reason why many think his art deteorioated, Cause it doesnt feel as lively as it used to be (still pretty intense and dynamic thou)

[@justaloserrr]

Sensei had also said he thinks about his speech bubbles a lot now. He carefully places speech bubbles.

[@Forcommentingpurposes]

I do think in part it’s the way manga tends to be written: the beginning books readers in with introductions of characters and really cementing designs for the later story. While the later chapters are dedicated to the actual story since the characters largely stay the same; we’re not being introduced to main characters again, we know what they look like and so more effort can be put into backgrounds or objects. Just something I’ve noticed in long ongoing series I personally read and is kinda the standard across the board

[@ghjjhbi]

9:46 did bro just roast my guy twice ☠️

[@-Quinchysan]

I love Horikoshi's artstyle! Its so beautiful, also credits to the other people who helped made the manga!! It's really amazing work. They all are talented🖤 And, you did amazing at explaining the details, and everything else!

[@dani.1170]

I LOVEEE THEIR ART SO MUCH, they need to be applauded always

[@thegreattate08]

Out of every manga I've read Horikoshi definitely has the best art style in my opinion. The characters and backgrounds are gorgeous

[@RatTheDev]

Nice vid dude, keep up the good work!

[@ShonenOuji]

Thank you!

[@toadsaage7711]

I think you should do one on Mashima’s art stye. Fairy Tail in specific since that’s where his art underwent the most change and improvement

[@liamruiz3196]

Yeah a Mashima art style video would be awesome! I think his art style is one of the most underrated ones out there

[@stevenbrown4001]

Yeah, I agree. You can see in Edens Zero that he retained the newer art style he used for fairy tail. I like the other artists art style for 100 years quest too, since Mashima only writes the story and story boards for that one.

[@parvaati]

Horikoshi went from a solid artist to one of the best WSJ has ever seen. It’s been incredible seeing his development as an artist and why I can’t imagine people not reading the manga alongside the anime.

[@Limit02]

I’ve always loved the sorta pseudo 3d look of Horikoshi’s art

[@NAYOBULL]

my biggest inspiration I just love how clear it is

[@zerokura]

Hm make me want to reread Crazy Zoo again and see how his art changes because they are the same, just more animals he draws. We also get like alot of characters from Crazy Zoo and we get characters styles from it. Sad he had to rush the circus arc I would love to see the Zoo animals fighting dinosaurs in a museum. Just pictures a bakugo lion spining like a drill attack a T-rex or a three horn. That would be cool.

[@Am_Cookie2436]

Bro cranked it up to 11. But he does have a massive team of artist that help him with all the drawing, so they deserve recognition too

[@uwayn9829]

The art is so good lately no studio would be able to adapt it well, just like berserk

[@nagisamomoe125]

may i introduce you to shaft?

[@Chief_066]

He looks like his art style got better as the characters matured

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

6:56 "they aren't dramatically different" well yeah of course not. That's just how improvement works, slowly but surely. Once an artist has an art style the next road is to solidify that and continue honing your foundations so that no matter how your style changes it'll never look wonky. 7:35 so he...improved? lol It basically all comes down to milage. He sharpened his skills in hatching, values, anatomy, shape design (especially this), and perspective and viola! Well rounded art! I wished u showed more of the cover pages Hirokoshi does (like the vigilante Deku bc his hatchlines there was a good example as well) and other big spreads from the war, since u already disclaimed spoilers. But oh well As for what a think abt his stye. I think the word "boxy" or "angular" fits well lol, he uses his lines well to show 3 dimensionality. I really love his hands and overall anatomy, I like observing muscles - more specifically forearms, biceps, triceps, the whole arm basically lol - as well as hands from diff artists. I recommend Hirokoshi to beginners for studying since shapes with actual angles (clear beginnings and ends) are easier to understand and emulate even if it doesn't fit with your style rather than rounder shapes (which leads to uncertainty most of the time - which is different from fluid lines, I wanna clarify).

[@ziiia]

horikoshi has been SUCH a serious inspiration to me, his line work and paneling is so important i hope he gets the legacy he deserves

[@sparo_art]

Lovely video ! It's a bit of a shame thought that you didn't talk about how his style changes depending on what and who is drawing :o What I thing is so interesting is how he adapts to different characters, All Might with the black shading, NightEye and Jeanist looking so ridiculously long, Stars and Strips coming out of a comic book, I believe it's pretty iconic of his work

[@sampzi]

Let me tell you one thing I absolutely adore with his style. His understanding of hands and how often he uses them! They have detail and are very lifelike on how they act on the panels. I wish I could draw hands like him! 😅

[@menchita]

"Spoiler warning" over an image of Touya, now that was subtle... 😂😂😂

[@thuytrangbuivu2943]

I love Horikoshi's art style. More importantly, his art style is really close to how I would like to draw my own characters. And I am always amazed with how much details and beautiful coloring he has put into his artworks. Love all of them actually >

[@snowflake_18]

Although I dropped MHA long ago, I still follow Horikoshi and sometimes check in on the manga JUST for the art style alone. No matter how my opinion on the story has changed I'll always be grateful to MHA for pushing my own art and inspiring me and my artstyle. Hori's art is freaking beautiful with his designs, new linework, shading, detailing, backgrounds, COLORING with his color spreads! I loved seeing it evolve over the last few years. Too bad studio Bones isn't able to adapt it into the anime as properly because it would be a breath-takingly beautiful anime if it were, no doubt about it. Edit: I think one thing he's gotten better at are action scenery, idk why but perspectives and intensity are so much better in recent panels I've seen. Maybe expressions too, more cleaned up I think

[@thevenom2731]

Just go back to following the Story itself. It got better.

[@zolline]

I adore his art so much

[@prophit7105]

I’ve been searching my whole life to find this channel T-T

[@nighttimestalker]

It got better lol. I love how the tone of the characters change as the series goes on. Look how they look in both demeanor expression after the PL war and vs before hand. You can easily see how it left them all changed and scarred for the rest of their life.

[@TheOneTrueErica]

Really love this analysis. I couldn't pin down the exact changes in Hori's art, though I knew they were there. It's great to have this breakdown of the subtle evolution of some of the aspects of his style. I'd love it if you tackled other long-running series like Fruits Basket, Bleach, and Hunter x Hunter.

[@siberiasian]

pretty sure his artstyle is my favorite ever in manga

[@biazacha]

The word I was waiting for you to say is: graphic. The way everything looks so crisp and clean is because Horikoshi have a wicked good sense of shapes and how to use them to convey ideas, that’s why he could get away with less shading, background or line weight variety, he thinks like a designer and that translates to the crucial points of his work being super appealing to the average consumer.

[@zemox2534]

The art of mha has gotten better and better. It looks more detailed and stylised. Horikoshi Is an excellent artist. Also his covers are not bsd so stop criticising him!

[@triangularsphere]

You bring up the line work but you don’t bring up how much more confident the lines have become! The anatomy is different too.

[@ShonenOuji]

How would you say the anatomy is different?

[@triangularsphere]

@@ShonenOuji imo the heads seem more balanced, like in relation to shoulders. (Obviously they’re gained muscle but I think it goes beyond that- the heads have gotten wider too and izuku’s cheeks have changed sm.) the mouths are drawn smaller now for the most part and the anatomy is a bit less exaggerated. (Ofc you mentioned that with the hair and eyes, but the eyes are drawn super different, not just the change in size) For example look at the panel where izuku is running to save bakugo from the sludge villain, super cartoony. Compare that to him lunging forward here pbs.twimg.com/media/EkHaOnuVcAATqG4?format=jpg&name=large I hope this doesn’t sound rude I really love this video! I’m just super passionate abt art lol

[@kachow2461]

@@ShonenOujiproportions just seem better and more realistic/consistent tbh

[@yui3886]

@5:54 that’s not Horikoshi’s illustration, that’s done by Betten Court.

[@natanatosadeliciosa]

ochako has changed a lot too, i think it is because she looks much like deku.

[@chickensalad3535]

It matured and became even more beautiful.

[@what1fun1v3rs3]

i'd like a video on the anime next be nice to hear your thoughts on it

[@Telkkinzzz-art]

I was thinking the same thing that it looks similar in skill to murata I just love how well it mix with so many other manga characters like murata

[@MVB0606]

A lot of the grey screen tones and better backgrounds while horikoshi definitely improved on that front he has said his assistants handle a lot of that stuff because he hates drawing it. Which is him underselling himself bc he still crushes backgrounds. But as his manga grows he gets more and better assistants which is another reason why the backgrounds get so much better. Love horikoshi!!!

[@zenone9698]

You should do video on Shaman King art style video.

[@ShonenOuji]

Ask and you shall receive.

[@Sxren29]

Honestly I love both the show and the manga one thing I have noticed is that as deku matures there’s a lot more range 9f colours/shades as well as the perspective on villians horikoshis art style is something I’d love to learn one day it’s such a plain but detailed look

[@davionwest9300]

I want horikoshi to make another series like my hero but definetly knowing it's going a different direction for a reasonable reason

[@zerokura]

Read his older series Crazy Zoo I believe that's the English name. But that's were Gang Orca came from and the lady momo did those Ad training with plus more animal base characters. It about a lady who want to be a Zoo keeper than she get work at a zoo were the animals get people forms because the own is a curse bunny man. He want to make his Zoo the best Zoo so he break the curse. The fights are fun and all the characters are nicely drawn. He also have another manga that got canceled where the hero have like a shadow skill hm kind of like dark shadow but hero if I remember have a midoria look to him. Just ya look at some of his older series before my hero they are all fun reads.

[@davionwest9300]

@zerokura yea I love his old stuff well because it's not my hero academia we're talking here but alot of stiff from the series that he made he took slot off stuff and made my hero out of it as well as him making the story a new one but gets me thinking about Jack midoriya, maybe that could just be dekus father if horikoshi ages the old deku design he had before making izuku fully fledged out

[@zerokura]

@davionwest9300 there also that spin off ve-ge-aunty that was I think drawn by a different person but still have his style and take place like 7 years before my hero. We get to see fat gum working for the police and easerhead being a student also how stain got his face mess up. Good series and the anime should be coming this year I think I saw.

[@davionwest9300]

@zerokura yea, hearing all of this is making me to do alot of research all over again but deep dive even deeper for sure, he is an inspiration and I'm drawing because of horikoshi

[@zerokura]

@@davionwest9300 wonderful remember dig deep and Plus Ultra!! Heehee

[@kami_artzhi]

Imma just say, the best art in whole of shonen jump

[@fairlyheart3lumenhistoire20]

And my best character is actually Izuku❤❤😊

[@hellohumansss]

half way through the series, Hori did change from hand drawn to using digital, that's when we start seeing more details in the work

[@freaks9759]

I feel like the irises of the characters especially izukus get bigger and more detailed which makes a huge impact on how the character looks overall and i think the eyes get a bit tinier. It just all gets more human and balanced

[@damianmonke3922]

I haven’t read the manga but the only thing I’ve noticed really is that it got more detailed. I don’t think the raw barebones of the style has changed at all. The eyes and angles are still pointy.

[@nameblbsoh]

To answer your question, the artstyle simply evolved, like a Pokémon :3

[@DarkinBladeGaming]

Horikoshi is an absolute madman. He'll go straight from Toga's hordes of twice clones to All Mights intricate, constantly changing armor, to All For One's final form which gets 5 DOUBLE SPREADS for his fight with Bakugo, all of this with no breather chapters in between. It's actually worrying when you take into account news of his health

[@sleepnow3053]

I adore his artstyle

[@Avani_AizawaMha]

dude, ive been wondering the same thing ever since I saw season 7-

[@rowen7894]

People always question what happens to art like My Hero, and JJK, and why it changes, yet they never question how much JoJo changes

[@ittybittykibibyte]

Something I've noticed is that his style recently looks more,, chibi? Like, the foreheads appear bigger and the space between eyes and mouth much less somehow

[@CASSYUDD]

I feel like when the characters got more rounded on like their joints and chins, they looked a lot younger (especially Deku, Uraraka, Tsuyu, Kirishima, Bakugou, and Denki), which is probably what brought up the theory that after Deku was rewinded by Eri in Deku v. Overhaul to the point where he looked slightly younger after.

[@scribblecloud]

ok im so sorry but 6:55 hot take but the right cover looks kinda bad 😭i cant really describe exactly why, something about the shapes seeming inconsistent and wonky, mixed with the very soft blurry shading and the almost non existent looking outlines and very little contrast it looks so weird to me

[@nan_master1040]

i agree, i was about to write the exact same thing

[@kachow2461]

Yea I always thought that cover was a little odd looking lol

[@toongamer2810]

Hes always been my biggest inspiration for art, since the manga came out. His ability to mix comic and manga art styles so seamlessly while also adding his own flair, his insane character design process, the complexity of the designs and costumes, the linework, the masterful shading and use of black, it's all the work of an outstanding artist. Even the backgrounds blow me away. Particularly when (SPOILERS) Deku breaks through Shigaraki's mind gate in the recent chapters and the buildings are seen being shattered inside his head with a piercing light. Everything is so dynamic and blocky in his style, but he balances it out with such good knowledge of everything else he's doing. I can't say enough about this man. Top 5 mangaka of ALL TIME.

[@MaxV2002]

Just wanted to say that the art style goes with the story, it's the reasons of the changes so the story deserves to be mentioned a bit

[@Chiffawndue]

I feel like this is the closest a show has looked to the comic/manga. I expected it to look a bit different. Where the essence of the original style is still there, but they were redone for animation purposes to make it easier and more consistent

[@yisaphobe]

i saw a tweet pointing out how horikoshi isn’t a suspect of Same Face Syndrome and i couldn’t agree more, specifically his female characters are all so diverse and unique.

[@thesimpostor6251]

I feel like you missed mentioning the heavy use of hatching and cross hatching more, with the variation in screen tones being darker and more blacks on the page. Folds in cloths also rely more on hatching rather than pure linework, which adds more depth. I also believe as of the last 30ish chapters, the linework particularly with the villains are more "wavy" in a sense which conveys their chaos more. I know you don't typically talk about colouring but I think it goes without saying that Horikoshi while he has a "main" style of colouring he's definitely branched out into a number of colouring techniques and styles, sometimes dependent on the vibe he wants to evoke

[@tumbke]

Stage 2 just sounds like he hired more assistants lol

[@randomgoats]

Deku's design changes also just look like he's growing older, which is cool.

[@kubixoon9]

Maybe you could do the video about Muratas art style?

[@ShonenOuji]

Definitely on the list.

[@Denkisnr1fan]

I really really love horikoshi's art and he inspired me to start drawing humans because i used to draw only animals and other creatures i am so glad i got into the world of my hero academia the only thing that dissapoints me is the my hero community and its s reason why a lot of people hate the series (hehe sorry for the complete nonsense i am bad at explaining etc.)

[@maxsunshine]

the new art style is god tier