Why Yuya Takahashi is a legend

[@Texshy]

Gohan looked lame and flat through all of DBS until that one shot of him charging in Kamehameha in Takahashi's style. Actually looked like the Gohan I remembered from the Buu arc.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yep I felt the same way

[@radicallaruby]

It also doesn't help that they made the odd decision of making his bang come out only when powering up. He often looks like a weird short haired Vegeta. While Tarble and Cabba look more like Gohan than Gohan.

[@jasonone8726]

Radical Drive In the the Super manga, we don't see his bang at all.

[@cherryguy9802]

Ikr!

[@jaysaiyajoestar1220]

kinda agree, but NOSTALGIA AS FUCK

[@grapes9h5]

Takahashi is Omniversal tier. He saved Super for me.

[@huh5950]

Exactly, gave some of the best moments

[@seasesh4073]

DBS have been criticized a lot and rightfully so, i'm sure a lot of you are aware to the reasons why it is. but around the ToP arc people just had it with the show pacing and animation and i can 100% confirm he single-handedly saved the show

[@JomarsYT]

actually, he saved super xd, fuck off yamamuro garbage design and move on

[@grapes9h5]

@@JomarsYT 🤨 what?

[@Korrupto-097]

Man I really wish Takahashi to make the characters design sheets for dragon ball super when it comes back

[@VitalXeno]

He made krillin look like krillin

[@fw_z3r0]

No way....

[@Korrupto-097]

Yes krillin in all dragon ball super looked like a little kid and for some reason it got more short but when Takahashi drew him he looked like the krillin from the cell saga

[@vaporouselm9932]

@@Korrupto-097 Krillen was swole in cell saga

[@Allik_k]

@@vaporouselm9932 yeah

[@turbotrup96]

Hell, he drew Goku properly while otherwise Goku'd often have that confused face expression with out of proportions features and upper body area.

[@modernwarrior24]

4:37 Holy crap that's like night and day. If only every episode looked like the left photos. People forget the art plays a big role in how memorable and rewatchable episodes are.

[@Rexog90]

The Kabba in the right look like he was drawn by me,. Definitely not a good thing, lol.

[@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked]

He should be lead character designer.

[@KyokujiFGC]

@DevilMarioProductions Which is insane, since DBZ is such a valuable property, and there's no reason to cheap out the way they did. Just greedy and shows Toei doesn't give a shit.

[@haydent6751]

He does a fantastic job. If only the entire series had been able to contain his artstyle. Hopefully he has much more influence when the series returns.

[@jackthegreek6092]

Honestly if the series just adopted Shintani's style I think we would see a lot more stars. Karasawa would be very interesting.

[@goatgeta6549]

Shintani + Takahashi

[@raajjyotideb4081]

@@goatgeta6549 + Shida= Masterpiece

[@prosterdbz9663]

@Josh Lee money... that would bring them a lot of money

[@mathieul4303]

@@jackthegreek6092 I'm not a big fan of Shintani style, too soft

[@asianasyano]

His style is eye candy in Super since most of the series' shading and art isn't super duper good.

[@openingdown3051]

I honestly love how Takahashi almost completely removed highlights on the skin, and how he paid attention to how the sides of the nose scrunch up when characters’ eyebrows are down in a position indicative of them being angry. His poses are fluid and dynamic, and the noses tend to appear over the sides of the faces or mouths, and the hair, while accurate to Dragon Ball’s style, is animated fluidly and tends to have great shading. His work in the latter episodes of Super have really made me want to improve as an artist, and just seeing how some of the frames that he makes are better than many stills made by the community’s best artists, is incredible every time I see them. I hope he returns for any Dragon Ball related content in the future.

[@RetroRanter]

His style is how I would have expected a follow up to DBZ to look, not what we got. 😭 He nails it everytime.

[@1223optimus]

If every episode looked like Takahashi drew them i would love every second. His artwork is amazing. This is how the characters should like all the time.

[@Killing_Edge]

100%

[@KJIhues]

Just imagine how amazing DBS would have looked if Shida or Takahashi did the character sheets.

[@hotdog5927]

his version of every character looks so much cooler

[@MegaDAli95]

Takahashi's characters actually feel alive. His work in the recent Broly movie is what Dragon Ball should look like in this particular era. All episodes of super that don't have his style feel like a step backwards from Dragon Ball Z.

[@jackthegreek6092]

He's just so perfect. Like you can never complain when he's around. Now if only Shingo Ishikawa would come back. He did many episodes on Z including the last one. I think he did Freeza's tantrum in Fukkatsu no F. I think those were his veins anyway.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yeah that would be great! But personally I would love for Nakatsuru to return, it's such a shame he only had one cut in super.

[@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked]

Some people do though. Apparently his designs are too stiff. Compared to the softer Shintani look i can understand that because there's a big difference when you compare them side-by-side. But to me, Shintani's designs are a big departure from what i'm used to anyway. In terms of strictly art, Takahashi's art is superior imo.

[@jackthegreek6092]

@@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked Well to be fair, Shintani can look very similar to classic Dragon Ball as in the series before a d during Raditz.

[@specialnewb9821]

@@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked I am personally not a fan of Shintani's rounded style. It makes the characters look too young imo.

[@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked]

@@specialnewb9821 Agreed, but at least it's very versatile so that animators can put their own expression into it. That's the only plus really.

[@AshishKumar-si6mo]

if Takahashi sensei supervised the whole of Super anime, it would've been a major hit and wouldn't have received the hate it does. The animation and characters set the tone and just hits differently.

[@CitrusRev]

I dont think the entire show should get hate, skipping the first 2 sagas (literally just watch the movies instead) the show has been good and didn't get super good for me until Goku Black introduction (say what you want about the rest of the saga, I liked it, but that introduction was fire) if you want to say something is bad say the animation is, and even then when there is a fight the animation gets 10x better, these people need to stop identifying the entire show based around the animation and art style.

[@ruthlessrevolt2258]

Some people still would’ve commented on goku being a dumbass and others being sidelined tho

[@TheReturnOfGeorgePingas]

Supers story isn't the best either but at least we would have the art and animation if Takashi supervised.

[@josephjin9252]

It’s not so much the animators fault as it is the schedule’s. Due to the success of the movies, the anime was out into production very quickly and animators didnt have enough time in earlier arcs.

[@jacobhafar538]

Y’all imagine if the Future arc was done by takahashi

[@zenitsuthunder3946]

would’ve loved to see Goku Black and Future Trunks in Takahashi style

[@jacobhafar538]

@@zenitsuthunder3946 can’t forget my boy deleto blue

[@iamtheonetheonlyone2674]

DELETE THIS SHIT! NOOOWWW!

[@PerSon-xg3zr]

@@jacobhafar538 lmao deleto

[@dankerbell]

i need to see his rosé

[@NANOTECHYT]

Whenever you see Takahashi's art style, I immediately am reminded of how great Dragonball Z's animation was during the Frieza arc and beyond. I dunno why he wasn't the art director for Super, he has that vintage style and look that made Z so popular.

[@BroadcastingCN]

The art is legendary I'm just so amazed by it Yamamuro at his prime is the best

[@NANOTECHYT]

@@BroadcastingCN Sure, but I'm talking about the overall style of the art. Animation quality is actually alright for Super beyond episode 20 of the show.

[@BroadcastingCN]

Actually from start of the episode 1 it already look cool but it's too plastic till in episode 5 where I think ryo onishi take some scene and for the beerus fight one too

[@NANOTECHYT]

@@BroadcastingCN I dunno, in some scenes, even in Episode 22 where Captain Ginyu gets blasted by Vegeta, the animation is pretty bad.

[@BroadcastingCN]

@@NANOTECHYT that's just one because it's Kitano and other one where they fight first on with frieza

[@koraxz8664]

Ahhh, No wonder the TOP arc gave me nostalgic feels! It’s times like these that I just wonder how animators do it. Like, this is absolutely legendary, I can’t even animate a circle going across the canvas for the life of me, let alone a full body, facial expressions, aura, etc. Another amazingly informative vid as always👍

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thank you! And I feel the same way lol. I remember how long it took just to animate a ball during uni haha, animators are truly amazing!

[@koraxz8664]

ForgottenRelics Haha! For real!😂 I couldn’t agree more

[@chili_tomazo]

I'm very happy to see his drawing at the super It reminds me of the excitement I felt during dbz

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Same :)

[@rhondahoward8025]

4:34 This dude literally made _Krillin_ look cool and crisp as fuck with that drawing.

[@hdrissy]

i love how yuya takahashi just shows up out of nowhere when supervising ep 114 and remember when everyone was shocked by how much the visuals improved. truly is a legend.

[@kristianbraun5604]

All of the episodes with Takahashi’s style in DBS were my absolute favorite. I wished the entire show looked like his style, it adds much more depth and emotion to the characters’ faces.

[@milesleonhardt8240]

4:40 Takahashi’s krillin looks just like how krillin looked in the cell arc. The right one looks so off with how the neck connects to the head at the border of the jaw, giving a very 2 dimensional feel rather than the actual shape of the head. He also looks jacked again like he used to be unlike the malnourished 7 year old on the right

[@good8619]

His episodes in the ToP look clean af. Dude made Gohan look like his glorious counterpart in Z.

[@SpeedyR11]

He along with Naotoshi Shida are among the best animators of Toei, both Takahashi's art style and Shida's fluid animation are 100/10

[@plebeiangaming5625]

I can't get over that Gohan vs. Toppo animation in DBS. Gohan looked really good in that sequence. He makes DBS look like DBZ all over again.

[@sebastianrodriguez8692]

Takahashi respects Dragon Ball and that's why I love him so much.

[@calebdonaldson8770]

When this man animates it's like DBS's on a whole new budget! We go from mediocre tv show art to a highly stylized movie!

[@KamiAnimeS1]

Yuya Takahashi is a God level artist and animation also shading

[@m0002856]

I had forgotten how good his work in super was until you showed those clips. The shading, the eyes and emotion, the details, THE HAIR!!! Omg the hair. His work in Super really felt like it was scenes from a Dragonball Z episode but done digitally instead of on cel. Other than that (which there are filters for that you’ve even mentioned replicate the nostalgia of cel animation) it’s some of the best stuff Super has to offer. Really felt like Z again with the hair especially. I was so tired of how hair was done in Super either never moving or moving in such weirdly plastic ways.

[@reypalpatine916]

DBS: Broly is the single best piece of animation I've ever seen. I left the theater absolutely breathless.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Same man! I wish I could relive seeing it for the first time

[@proudkiwi7641]

That Masanaga character designs for the Buu arc was the peak of DragonBall artwork. Absolute peak.

[@BroadcastingCN]

I'm glad people like you know difference between art animation

[@75JUNAKI]

@@BroadcastingCN Exactly

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

His art style really saved Super for me and brought back that Z feel. His work is better than the character sheets! We need more of him in Super when it returns. 11/10

[@AlphaProto]

I really enjoyed his animation in DBS. I binge watched DBS's T.O.P. and it was feeling like a chore. When his episodes showed up I would be amazed! It was like I found water after being lost in the desert. The action and drawing was A++! Thank you for showcasing the talent that made DBS worth watching.

[@gambeano]

His jiren looked sick. And he even brought back buu saga gohan back 🥵🥵 I dont see how anyone can complain about his style. His animation plus art is unmatched

[@philipgunter3717]

His shading is beyond the heavens

[@yvngjay3925]

Shintani and Takahashi are a dream team I hope they both return with some other great animators when DBS comes back

[@youtubedeletesmychannels2329]

2:15 why can’t the eyes be angled like that? We don’t know how good we had it back in z days. I just want every character to look like it was back in z. Why can’t we have that. The money is already piling in. I remember seeing a shot of frieza by Takahashi where after he shot dyspo he said “ how long do you plan on running” I was immediately hooked on this new animator

[@chukyskull5945]

imagine an entire episode with yuya takahshi style or naotashi sida !!!

[@kassimhamidjuma627]

The where I would describing Yuya Takahashi is that his Dragon Ball Z's Legacy.

[@mathieul4303]

I wish he could animate DBS all the way.

[@fireironthesecond2909]

It would take a decade but it would be incredible

[@Korrupto-097]

@@fireironthesecond2909 to me that's better than having the characters looked like a child drew them this man has the classic dbz style but yeah let's hope he works a lot more in dragon ball super when it comes back

[@Lackifall]

@@Korrupto-097 I wouldn’t go as far to say that the dbs style is like how a kid draws it because compared to all the kids drawings I’ve seen, the dbs style is godly. But the dbs style is mediocre. Also, I think shintani will work on super when it comes back

[@S1LLYG00BER-s9h]

I think shintani and takahashi should do it together, shintani is fast and good looking, shintani is insane but long timing

[@Lackifall]

@@S1LLYG00BER-s9h takahashi is a freelancer, so he’s not gonna be working on super for that much

[@Neo-Midgar]

Yuya was the best thing to come out of Super, and I like the series.

[@SealBoi]

I love his artstyle so much, it always stuck with me all throughout my child of watching DBZ

[@--Jonas--]

Takahashi's style "Badassss " omni god takahashi 👍👍👍👍✨✨✨✨✨

[@TheScarletWing2490]

I had no idea he worked on Fairy Tail Opening 16. That's so rad. I wish they'd hire him for actual episodes, God knows the Fairy Tail anime has been lacking in animation lately... 😭

[@AmirBl_]

its amazing that the scenes i liked most in the show were made by him :)

[@samueldouglas6476]

If takahashi's style or shintani's took over id be over the moon

[@kit_ts6087]

I personally love his work in Fairy Tail especially the clip that you showed in the beginning

[@UrluckycharmiguessLol]

Thia art style looks Good 😮

[@sinusar2504]

Just imagine all Super with this animation...

[@akhil6826]

I dont really think so, shintanis designs are extremely versatile and can be used in several different ways, I think If Takahashi became character designer, many animators such as naoki tate and ryo onishi would have to break the character sheets to work

[@chenggonglee4992]

Hands down best artist for db

[@GreighThunda]

I just binged 7 of your videos in the last few hours it's now 3am. I felt like I was watching something compiled and thrown onto the history channel. Great work man. You have my sub and inspired me!

[@LincINTL1]

Yuya takahashi and Naotoshi shida are god tier animators

[@juanm.3840]

So thats what the name of that animator man how I love his style

[@moro-og-739]

Yuya Takahashi makes the series look more serious

[@MegaDAli95]

Takahashi's characters actually feel alive. All episodes of super that don't have his style feel like a step backwards from Dragon Ball Z. Give us Takahashi's animation, Faulconer's audio and some grittier arcs; then we might finally have a proper Dragon Ball Z sequel. His work in the recent Broly movie is what a Dragon Ball anime should look like in this particular era.

[@MrJeigh25]

You made us all proud 🤧!!!

[@exposedmod]

4:37 Great point these little design changes is what made me love his work even more

[@negispringfield6156]

2:31 oh my god that shot of Goku is beautiful, Yamumuro deserves more respect for his past work instead of shit from his recent work

[@Gokulbalram]

I am so glad about the fact that DBS Broly looks like the way it does, but also sincerely sad about the fact that we may not get to see that quality as often anymore :(

[@jasonone8726]

Based on one movie?

[@Gokulbalram]

@@jasonone8726 I'm confused

[@jasonone8726]

@Gokulbalram Are you saying that we'll never see the quality of Broly again, based on the last movie being CG?

[@Gokulbalram]

@@jasonone8726 Well that and the fact that Super generally had bad animation, I'm hopeful that we'll get this level of animation again, and also understand that the team is trying to explore different animation styles, so the last movie doesn't necessarily mean they'll stick to CG, but I'm not exactly hopeful

[@jasonone8726]

@Gokulbalram Super had bad animation because it was rushed and had a washed out character designer, Yamamuro. Either Shintani or Kubota are coming back for the series. It's kinda dumb to assume we won't get this again, based on one movie, like it will permanently be CG.

[@edualv320]

For sure he is my favorite animator for DBS, I loved Broly vs Vegeta simply because it reminded me so much of the Buu saga look and his work on Vegeta vs Jiren looks so damn crisp

[@learsi948]

we definitely need him for the future of the series

[@magallonseancarl4061]

To me, he's singlehandedly the BEST, if not one of the BEST, animators for Dragon ball. His style screams grit and boldness. Amazing artwork.

[@prodbyeimperial]

he’s style is so perfect for db it’s a perfect balance between the character design and animation

[@sharingansasuke5]

It’s so great to see new up and coming talent to the DB franchise who can breathe new life into it by taking cues from the original that may have been overlooked with the passing of time. Those sharp lines and fluffy hair and sometimes “off model” shots are some of the most iconic scenes of dragon ball. I miss more of the stylistic integrity the original had

[@R.M.CProductions]

This man is a madlad

[@smittenbysnorlax]

Wonderful breakdown, homie. Thank you.

[@kevinallain2415]

I really feel like Takahashi is the only one sort of keeping the vibe that we loved in Dragon Ball with some rectangular bodies. It really gives it a specific style, while rounder shapes make it look it like any other shonen. Also seriously annoyed with the removal of blood. You may say it's cheap but it's part of how attacks show impact. The manga super made some of its greatest drawings thanks to it.

[@zakiiithegreat]

if he animated every episode the show woukd top tier

[@mitchadmiral1210]

50%, the other is the shit writing

[@ottom.3094]

He’s God tier. Give him a pay raise and more episodes.

[@michaelchristidis8658]

Takahashi and Shida made Super look sick and their animations in Broly movie made it the best Dragon ball movie ever released! I hope they will continuously work on DBS season 2

[@ch4rlesiv115]

His work in DBS Broly was insane especially with how he made each hit feel powerful These are guys with the power of fucking gods each hit should be physically felt just by seeing it which is exactly what he managed to pull off in Dbs Broly, ESPECIALLY in the first Vegeta and Broly fight

[@tokinadatsunayashiro7576]

I wish he did the entire series for Super.

[@jdub9119]

The Super episodes Takahashi's work was in were the most memorable in my opinion

[@MinisculePP]

Yuya Takahashi + Naotoshi Shida + Shintani= greatest living animator's in dbz history

[@tristanschneider2909]

I just discovered him and I’m already a fan

[@AFTahpia]

I love these in depth artist reviews thank you for the hard work ❤️

[@plebeiangaming5625]

Yuya Takahashi's animation is the perfect DBZ style.

[@stormbreaker6630]

loved this video! I'm legit watching a bunch of your vids cause i cant get enough of the content

[@supergoku1986]

My favorite animator

[@santiinx737]

I'm drawing a piece inspired by him at this very moment!!! Talk about coincidence

[@forgottenrelics1197]

That's cool haha because right after uploading this video I started doing a redraw of his corrected caulifa he did from ep 114! Great minds think alike :)

[@BroadcastingCN]

Congratulations on 100k dude

[@luansk8-]

The best. Desenho DBZ há 20 anos. Takahashi é o melhor da atual geração, está tentando se aproximar do lendário Yamamuro nos anos 90 e 2000, principalmente nos seus trabalhos a partir do torneio do poder, última fase do anime DBS. Takahashi saved DBS

[@chief5604]

I love that takahashi even fix the other characters like krillin and roshi they look so awesome with that art style

[@ThebeOG]

WOW 🤩I really wish he was the key animator for all of super

[@ms.antithesis]

Amazing

[@dragonrazer12galxy66]

Great vid man

[@jackkunasaki5044]

Ngl i would like to see more of his animation in season 2 if it comes out

[@loregasmic]

If only Takahashi could have supervised every episode of DBS, it never would have been a question which show looked the best. Hopefully they can have him redo all the episodes for a future Blu-ray release or something.

[@ivanfontenla3490]

awesome video!!!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks man :)

[@aramisbetances572]

If only we had a group of animators as talented as Takahashi, we would literally have perfect animation across the series that can hold up for a long time like DBZ Kai.

[@struggler7164]

Yuya Takahashi is my inspiration 🤩 Also this video should have more views 😃

[@havok2009]

My favorite artist

[@wingedhussar1453]

If the whole dragonball super series was made by takahashi ,regardless of the crap storyline I'd still say it would be watchable atm I dont even want to rewatch it because of the art style being so ugly

[@jasonone8726]

It looked good by TOP arc.

[@wingedhussar1453]

@@jasonone8726 not enough, only few episodes toward the end with takashi,everything else still looked blocks with no detail and plain ugly art,takashi cuts look fantastic

[@jasonone8726]

winged hussar The one hour episode, UI Goku vs Kelfa, plus the God Of Destruction Toppo episodes, yeah the Takahashi one's, including the last 3 episodes.

[@jasonone8726]

winged hussar I'd also add episode 94 and 95, the Frieza return one's.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

@@jasonone8726 Shuichi Isekis work on ep 16 was also great tbh

[@vorgue15]

Yuya takahashi's artwork is what i called mature artstyle

[@MrAlwaystekken]

Takahashi is the heir of the Yamamuro of the heyday; with a bit of Masunaga. He is currently the best Dragon Ball animator.

[@homelander5232]

All I can say is yes, I agree with everything.

[@andrewkapini8772]

Great video,would you kindly do for shintani tensei if you don't mind

[@RickRodGaming]

I remember when I watched that part where they re-tell the fight of Goku vs Frieza. I remember how surprised I was on how good it looked, and then I found out it was because a great animator entered the scene. It truly shows how adding some well defined details truly changes something. Like, I understand the whole issue with bad animation was due to the rushing of each episode and budget, but still, they could have done better.

[@kevinhurtado7797]

Very amazing

[@Sparrow-Music]

Takahashi should be in charge of all of the art direction moving forward with DB. Clearly he cares so much about it.

[@specialnewb9821]

My only criticism of Takahashi is that sometimes his faces are so angular they make the characters look a bit odd because their faces seem too narrow. It's not anatomically wrong, but it makes it look like the style has suddenly shifted a bit too obviously. ED: Also I like him because when I left a comment on one his videos he took the time to reply. Classy person.