JAPANESE ANIME ART

Loving anime gallery, awesome anime pictures, fanart gallery, doodles, scribbles ? You'd definitely love THESE!

You know, I just want you to introduce to lots of drawn anime characters as much as possible as I want to that's why there are some of the hand drawn anime drawings I have made just for you guys..
My passion in drawings is most primarily focused on sketches and the conventional type of drawings as you can see in my anime gallery.. My favorite anime drawings are primarily being commenced by some simple pencil drawings. I don't pretty much focus on its proportions or should I say, the formal type of drawing. Since I have not really undergone proper training on drawing because I just mainly grew up with it. So, after pencil drawing, I prepare my water colors! Basically, I use poster water color.. So it's pretty much very basic really.

I kinda tweak some bits and pieces of here and there that kinda made my anime gallery very cool. As you can see in the gallery, I've drawn pretty much all of my favorite anime charaters.

These anime characters as shown are actually hand drawings, believe it or not. I have not really made some computer generated drawings most of them. I just drew them on paper and have it scanned and there you go!

Since I am an avid fan of anime movies and series, I have watched lots of anime characters and even anime action moves so this anime gallery pretty much consist most of my favorite anime characters and sometimes my favorite anime pose for each of my fave characters. So, right now this is currently being built that is why it is not really that formal.

Ladies and gentlemen, ninja and cat girls in school uniforms, you have reached the main part of this website! (Cue in the orchestra) Behold my brethren; I humbly welcome you to my grand gallery! (Cue in echoes)

Anyways, time to browse through and feast your eyes on my gallery, and I hope it inspires you to do your own traditional fanarts. You may also want to use these for anything, just don’t forget to credit!

"A Flicker of Silver: Yoko Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho" by Catherine H. Miller





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Here is an archive of the popular animes list and find out why anime is so popular now!

You cannot deny the fact that in this modern era of technology, and online networking, and modern discoveries, anime has also been going to the same trend. True, the world of anime is slowly gaining popularity in almost all parts of the world. It can be manifested through various forms of art and popular anime series and movies.

One might wonder how anime has gotten so very popular nowadays. As far as my memory could remember, during those younger days, the word ANIME is but an alien term to young kids before. But now, ask any little boy or girl about anime and they would give you a litany of popular animes list that they have watched and/or read about. Today, anime is so popular anyone can give you a few popular anime that they know of.

Before providing you a few of popular animes that I know of, i thought I'd give you reasons why anime has been so popular lately. Ever wonder why? These are the reasons:

POPULAR ANIME HAS AWESOME STORIES
Yeap, one of the reasons why animes are so popular is because they present good plots and best stories ever made or even imagined. Sometimes, you'd be amazed how the creators of a particular popular animes could come up to such story and produce fantastic plots..

POPULAR ANIME HAS SEXY AND INTRIGUING CHARACTERS 
A typical teenager guy would be addicted to a particular anime series or movie if it has at least one sexy and naive little high school girl who is the apple of every guys' eye. This is shown in reverse harem genre movies where the girl next door is the drool of every boys in the movie. Or a typical teenager girl would go gaga over a handsome and mysterious guy in one of the popular animes ever hit the screen.

POPULAR ANIME PRESENTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIME GENRE SUITED FOR ALL TYPES OF AUDIENCES
Anime world is like a restaurant. You come in and a menu is being presented to you and you choose your favorite food. Popular animes even have different types of servings dedicated to all types of people. If you love the more omniscient type of anime, there is Dragon Ball Z where anime characters are like gods fighting. If you prefer a more mellow and romantic setting, there is Love Hina where you could just be a couch potato and be relaxed watching it. If you are more of the action type kind of person, Bleach is the one for you. See, you can have your own favorite anime regardless of your age and likes.

POPULAR ANIME IS MORE INTERACTIVE TO THE AUDIENCE NOW MORE THAN EVER
How? There are famous cosplay conventions held so co anime lovers would meet up and talk about anime the whole time and not be thought of as being a nerd or a weirdo.

POPULAR ANIME HAS COOL COSTUMES
This is the reason why COSPLAY is born, because animes especially those that are action-oriented in nature have outstanding costumes and out of this world weapons.

POPULAR ANIME ENCOURAGES ARTISTS WORLDWIDE TO DRAW
Thus, the reason why this website is also born. An anime buff such as I am has come to enjoy drawing anime characters and everything about anime. I am positively sure that there are also individuals like me who loves to draw and has come to develop their artistic skills just by watching and learning more about anime.

Anime Conventions -- Here's a tribute to the myriad beauty and fascination on anime

They have been built and developed due to fans' tribute to anime, manga and Japanese culture in general. These conventions normally entail various activities and events which basically features on anime workshops, anime contests, art shows, cosplay, and other social gathering activities.





They have also been made useful by various studios, distributors, and publishers to showcase their anime related releases.

Such events of the west mostly spawned from similar science fiction and multigenre conventions of the 1980s which featured anime content by tandem. Though many popular shows from Japan had been broadcast by that time, the direct to video market had yet to reach any significant penetration in North America or Europe until the late 1980s. Anime conventions of the west take many cues from those conventions, such as use of a large hotel with a meeting space, spanning 2 days or more of a weekend, invited industry guests, costume dressup, dealers selling various goods, and many other similarities.

The early 1990s saw what would later be the long standing annual conventions, such as Project A-Kon, Anime Expo, and AnimeFest, which continue to run today and number attendance in the several thousands. Similar occasions in other locales, such as Europe and Australia began to take off in the mid 1990s as well. These growth trends follow the popularity and availability of anime to other countries outside of Japan.

Most conventions include contests. Contests can also focus around costumes (or cosplay ), art works (drawn, sculpted, painted), anime-related music videos, video games, dice games, card games, and many other activities. In some cases, tangible prizes have been offered as winnings in these contests.

Most conventions (or their visitors) also hold purely social gatherings, such as dances, room parties, dinners, and more.

Today you'll know more about chibi anime and be able to draw it!

In Japanese translation, chibi means a small child. The word has only gotten popular upon the onset of chibi anime where anime fans consider chibi as part and parcel of anime and or manga. Consider for example, some series in Kenshi the Battusai where there were instances that chibi anime has been portrayed. Say when a joke has been said or there were bloopers committed, the Kenshi character has been somewhat "chibified" where he became small with round big eyes with the distinct feature of being "too cute"...




Thus, by definition, a chibi anime is a shorter, cuter, and funnier version of the regular anime or manga character but with specifically bigger heads that has been made so for comedic purposes.

It has somehow gained popularity in the anime world primarily for its cuteness factor.. It is but a reminder that anime lovers are still watching a form of cartoon portraying 2d images with the use of rich colors. The are of chibi anime grounds anime cartoons to its basic nature since it portrays child versions of anime characters.

So how come it has become so popular and has been incorporated in most anime series and movies now??! Let's face it, in chibi anime, one can easily say that it is a colorful version of a manga character. It has a certain appeal to it-- with those unusually large head, extreme shiny eyes and little or no nose: anyone can be mystified, if not, be swept away by its cuteness!

Anyways, because of its cuteness factor, most of the kids now would want to draw it. Actually, it is indeed a nice and creative pass time for kids and this would definitely enhance their drawing skills. You can even invite little kids to join drawing chibi anime with you... Just pick your favorite anime character and start from there....

 Know more about cherry blossoms in this site.. There's more to like in anime because of "sakura"!

Cherryblossoms or "sakura" in Japanese layman's terms, is a delicate pink or white flower that blooms for a very short period of time, with five notched petals, and is widely used as a decorative motif. It has been considered to be Japan's most beloved flower to the point that it has been rendered to be the country's unofficial flower as it has been highly regarded in Japanese history and culture.

These delicate and beautiful flowers have been included and mentioned in various ancient Japanese literary works especially in Japanese poems, poetry and paintings, if one should really take a notice about it.

Generally, these flowers symbolize the Japanese values of simplicity, purity and fleeting beauty. However, for Japanese warriors or "samurai", these flowers are considered a symbol for the ideal of the military spirit; samurai were expected to give their lives in their prime - falling in battle like cherry blossoms blown down from the trees.




In Japan, the "hanami" or flower-viewing festival, which holds during late March or early May has been inspired to be made due to its tribute to the "sakura" since they usually bloom at these times of months. Hanami has been practiced for centuries now and initially was instituted only by the elite Samurais and Court Elites. Normally, they would enjoy viewing the flowers during parties while they drink sake and eat various Japanese foods.As inspiration would strike, they would write various literary works of art, commonly poems, giving adoration to the beauty of the flower.Such poems indicate the symbolism of the flower to life itself-- vibrant and beautiful yet fleeting and ephemeral.

Today, people still continue to hold the tradition of hanami during such events which still displays the beauty of the flowers. During such festivals, thousands of people fill the parks to hold banquets under the flowering trees, and sometimes these parties go on until late in the evening.



In the field of Japanese anime art , it is also considered to be one of the many significant and special scenes in most anime movies and series. One of the most reoccurring visuals in all of anime is the sight of cherry blossoms gently floating to the ground, with flurries of the petals surrounding on screen characters. Keep in mind, that to the Japanese, the cherry blossom is so special that it sometimes connotes a deep meaning.



It is so popular and famous to the point that a certain anime series has been entitled on its behalf, the CardCaptor Sakura.

Anime Girls - discover the charms of the girls of anime!

Just when you thought you've had enough of anime-- all the action, the romance, the drama, and even the exaggerated anime costumes,here comes a whole new level of enjoyment, the anime women!

True, these ladies of the anime world are quite a sight to see. And they come definitely from all shapes and sizes! With their long and slender legs, their curvacious hips and their long and wavy hair makes one a fan of their anime series or movie.




Anime girls have this very unique female body shape that have been considered an ideal or preferred body shape for a woman specifically for attractiveness reasons. Like most of the cultures being inculcated in some of the countries, the female body has been considered a focus for attention with the intention to bring aesthetic pleasure, physical attraction, and beautiful proportions.

Normally, in every anime movie, a typical anime girl would bring excitement and tension to the guy protagonist of the story causing him to be flustered or be physically attracted-- in a comedic type of way, more often. See how anime school girls draw attention to the male population, if you haven't noticed....

Or in a typical action type genre anime, the typical girl in every anime movie is the more flexible one who knows all the right action stances and moves very agile and at the same time, looking very fierce and attractive. This adds color and beauty to the whole anime plot.

The anime body occurs in a range of shapes. Normally though, the proportions is typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips, and usually has one of four basic shapes: banana, pear, apple, or hourglass. The bust, waist, and hips are called inflection points, and the ratios of their circumferences define these basic shapes. Usually, the bust has a bigger area sometimes providing a little cleavage and the "tush" has a healthy and cellulite-free hump making it look very curvy.

Each society develops a general perception of what an ideal female body shape would be like. These ideals are generally reflected in all of anime movies and series. The ideal or preferred female body size and shape has varied over time and continues to vary among cultures but a preference for a small waist has remained fairly constant throughout history. A low waist-hip ratio with bigger bust size has often been seen as the more dashing and often been regarded as an indicator of attractiveness.

Rarely do these anime shows portray women with loose and flabby arms with bulging tummies. If you want, I can hook you up to some of the sexiest anime girls in the world of anime.. Just browse further you guys

Anime characters fall in love like crazy!! Here are some of the best anime couples for your delight!

Who says anime characters are all action and no passion?! I bet most of you would never have an inkling that these anime characters are top-calibre lovers. And I am so definitely sure that these paired up anime lovers are far better romantic partners than most of us are. We might be able to learn some of the tricks of the trade from the guys in the anime couples which I believe would be useful to some of you manly guys out there who are desperate to win their girl over but afraid to get in touch with their feminine side! So, try guys to learn from these anime couples alright?!

Sigh!! You know, regardless of what genre or theme every anime movie or series has, it will remain bland and unexciting without some pinch of love! And being the anime lover that I am, I have searched the web for the top anime couples I thought you would find interesting and cute..... Tell me which of these anime couples you love the best. :)






10. Sorata and Arashi , from X: the TV series. These two may be the "darkest" couple on the list, but only because X is such a heady blend of supernatural, good vs. evil, and universal stakes. It takes an Ice Queen like Arashi to sort out the womanizing Sorata, and you're rooting for them from the first moment. If only they stay alive long enough to enjoy it...

9. Tenchi and Ryoko… or Ayeka from Tenchi Muyo!. I know, I know… I can hear the groans from here. But you have to admit that the question of which damsel would win the fair hero Tenchi kept people wondering and fighting for years. Whether you pull for the hot-headed space-pirate Ryoko or the powerful space-princess Ayeka, Tenchi hopes to prove that he's not only some chosen alien-human hybrid able to save the world (repeatedly), but maybe even a good man. Setting the standard for harem comedies for years to come, Tenchi wins either way.

8. Kyo Sohma and Tohru Honda of Fruits Basket. In a dark, depressing anime, Tohru's gritty, determined cheerfulness might just be the only light, and it does not go unappreciated by the abused, neglected cat Kyo. Of course, some readers/viewers would prefer to see Tohru with "the Prince," Yuki, that's just tough. It's the "one who was never loved" who needs love the most, and Tohru is the only one strong enough to love the alley-cat Kyo.

7. Miaka Yuki and Tamahome from Fushigi Yugi. These anime couple make everyone's favorite couple's list, but there's a good reason for that. They struggle, they fight, they overcome. They may not be the cutest (Syaoran and Sakura, anyone?) or the hottest couple (maybe Amon and Robin, or Mars' Rei and Kira), but they are definitely the most undying. The situations they face are legitimately heartbreaking and testing, and they've earned their place on the list.

6. Spike Spiegel and Julia from Cowboy Bebop. They may be doomed from the beginning, and Julia may not actually feature very much in the show per se, but her specter haunts Spike and informs the action from beginning to end, or from end to end, depending upon how you view the chronology of the show. Julia's personality can even be said to live on, in some ways, in Faye Valentine, another strong-willed woman Spike can't help but like.

5. Kyoko and Godai from Maison Ikkoku. About the anime couple: Godai is part hapless romantic comedy hero and part everyman; who doesn't sympathize with the earnest young man stuck trying over and over to get into college so he can make a life for himself? Meanwhile, he falls in love with his slightly older gorgeous landlady, the gentle, intelligent widow Kyoko. A classic of comedy, drama, and anime in general, Kyoko and Godai show how convoluted the road to true love can be.

4. Kaoru Kamiya and Himura Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin. In the middle of this most shonen of shonen samurai series, there lies a gentle romance. Whether you prefer the OAV or the manga ending, their romance endures over years and survives Kenshin's wanderings, his violent past, constant danger, and maybe even life-ending diseases. In a show with a theme of redemption and the assertion of life in the face of death-mongering, their romance serves to affirm the basic humanity of even the most dangerous of characters.

3. Kagome Higurashi and Inuyasha from InuYasha. Bravely loving even the most frustrating and irritating of demon-dogs, Kagome manages to survive and even transcend possibly being a reincarnation of InuYasha's lost love, Kikyo, who herself shows up to create a nice, tidy love triangle. However, it's clear from the beginning that Kagome is a much better match for InuYasha than Kikyo is. Despite the best efforts of Koga, InuYasha's wolf-demon rival, a host of demons who want to defeat InuYasha and/or eat Kagome, and the machinations of the nefarious Naraku, the pair triumphs. An amusing side-couple is that of the businesslike Sango and the womanizing monk Miroku; often used for comic relief, they are themselves quite an interesting couple and a good match.

2. Deedlit and Parn , from Record of Lodoss War. A classic: a knight and his lady, a human and an elf, a fighter and a magic-user. Deedlit and Parn set the standard for subtle, under-spoken but definite love stories for ages to come. We didn't have to see love scenes or babies to know that they would die for each other, and that Deed might just pull an Arwen and die with her short-lived human beloved.

1. Ranma and Akane from Ranma ½ . This anime couple is as prototypical as it gets. Akane is a spitfire, loved by Ranma for the very reasons he can't bring himself to admit he even likes her, while Ranma is as reliable as the wind and as impossible to tame. Anything less would bore her as much as the viewers. Though they both have umpteen-gazillion rivals, they muddle through and, not unlike Takahashi's Kagome and InuYasha, clearly fall in love over the length of the series. You never stop rooting for them, even when you, like their partner, want to strangle one or both of them. Highlights include the OAVs An Akane to Remember and The Two Akanes, Ranma, Look At Me! What can we say? Takahashi knows how to write squabbling lovers who are also equals and interesting.

The character of love in both anime and manga is as varied and different as the titles themselves, delving into forbidden love, desperate love, sweet love, young love, first love, and final love, but just like the real world, no two people are exactly alike, and no romance will be exactly like another. Anime and manga both have an ability to insert romance into titles that may not seem to be a natural for it, and yet it works. That's why anime couples are very popular. The above ten barely scratch the surface of the variety and styles possible, but they are my favorites, and maybe they can inspire you to find your own favorites.

I myself have been one after appreciating these nitty-gritty details. Yup, I also love anime music, anime songs, mp3, J-rock, J-pop

I've seen a lot of heads scratched after people decide to try out my mp3 player. Why? It’s because my player is FILLED with anime songs. I guess you can imagine the reaction of someone who’s clueless about anime when he/she tries to listen to one of these songs. I bet it wouldn’t suit their tastes – and it’s basically because anime music has very unique sound – actually, it’s a genre unto itself!





Most people term these songs as J-rock or J-pop, J for Japanese off course. Their music is so special that it gets to have “Japanese” stamped into it! For those who are not fans of anime, they only see these songs as nothing more than themes used for the opening and ending credits for the anime series it came from and I guess they wouldn’t really like it ‘cause they think they sound too strange for their ears. Anime fans on the other hand adore the style – from a unique blend of classical music and rock to pop and hip-hop, anime songs, like anime itself, can cater to ANY ear. There’s just a great menagerie of hybrid sounds that would surely keep fans glued to their music players.

I love listening to anime songs. Not just for the enjoyment factor, I primarily listen to these songs because, not only do they sound great, but I relive my favorite scenes every time I hear them. When I listen to “1/3 No Kanjou”, battle scenes of Kenshin Himura and his rivals flash through my mind – it’s like watching that great action again while the song plays in my headphones. It’s just purely fun to listen to these songs – and with new anime titles coming up with even better sounding music, the playlist would never end.

We can link you up to some great anime mp3 sources so you won’t have to miss out on all the fun!

If you're really into drawing, you might want to learn some tips on drawing anime poses !!

Of course, you wouldn’t be drawing stationary subjects like this forever. Soon, you may want to draw your subjects in “action poses”. Now the tricky factor here rises even higher. It’s going to take another chapter to give you guys more tips on making great looking action poses so I’ll just give you some samples here. Not to mention un-clothed, really crude quickly sketched samples.

Sorry, I’m just a bit too excited to make the content for this site. I’ll try and upload more samples in the future – or you can just visit the gallery to see drawings with characters in action poses there.


Take note of the third sample. Sometimes angles really make things look different – and you also have to take the angles into account if you’re making action poses.

For example, if a human being jumps, he won’t shoot up clean and straight. He may slant a bit and will flail his arms around and the angles will change– you may see more of his legs and feet or his head arms or shoulders. The most important thing that you’ll need in making action poses is some knowledge of human anatomy and a sense for angles.

Again, practice will help you a lot. Have a friend or family member pose for you or even use yourself as a subject. Studying the human body will really help in making awesome looking action poses. 

Discover the innocence and excitement of anime school girls!!

By literal definition, school girls are girls attending primary or secondary school. However, in the anime world anime school girls are those titillating and giddy girls who are the apple of the anime boys.

You can definitely know one when you see one... A teenage girl wearing short plaited school skirt which is waaaay too short that you can even see her undies, with a skimpy school shirt and sometimes with a sexy tie to flatter her physique, carrying books-- hair carefully tied or in bun, or loose.. Sometimes wearing a smart pair of eyeglass. They are often caught simply standing with their books held against her chest or they are seen running with their long legs and their shirts moving with the motion.



Normally, anime school girls wear the "sailor outfit", a common style of uniform worn by female middle school and high school students, and occasionally, elementary school students.

The uniform generally consists of a blouse attached with a sailor-style collar and a very short pleated skirt. There are seasonal variations for summer and winter: sleeve length and fabric are adjusted accordingly. A ribbon is tied in the front and laced through a loop attached to the blouse. Several variations on the ribbon include neckties, bolo ties, neckerchiefs, and bows.

Common colors are navy blue, white, grey, light green and black.Shoes, socks, and other accessories are sometimes included as part of the uniform. These socks are typically navy or white. The shoes are typically brown or black penny loafers. Although not part of the prescribed uniform, alternate forms of legwear (such as loose socks, knee-length stockings, or similar) are also commonly matched by more fashionable girls with their sailor outfits.

I have to admit, teenage anime school girls are sometimes bordering towards pornography and sexuality.. However, that is not the case here. We advocate the agility, charm, and intelligence of the anime school girls.. And actually we can give you lots of anime school girl icons for your pleasure and delight..

There are many anime series to choose from--hundreds of beautiful girls. But these are the hottest anime school girls of them all. The competition out there was intense so these are definitely the top girls. The anime drawings are gorgeous and you can see that the creators took a lot of time into drawing these girls. Enjoy!

Haruhi Suzumiya from the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The story follows the title character, Haruhi Suzumiya, an anime school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her school club, the SOS Brigade, which she founded to investigate any mysterious happenings. Haruhi forcibly drafts her cynical classmate Kyon who narrates the series, and similarly recruits three additional members into her club: the silent bibliophile Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the friendly "mysterious exchange student" Itsuki Koizumi.

Tokiko Tsamura from Buso Renkin
The story begins when an anime school girl student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream. However, he soon finds out that dream wasn't a dream at all when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura, the girl he saved, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when rescuing Tokiko. However she, feeling responsible for him, revived him by placing a Kakugane medallion in his chest, serving as a replacement heart.

Kaname Chidori from Full Metal Panic
The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese school girl.

Ayu Tateishi from Ultra Maniac
The romantic comedy series features seventh-grader girl Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom.

Maron Kusakabe from Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
The story is about the adventures of a high school girl, Maron Kusakabe, who is the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc and transforms into a magical girl kaito—phantom thief— to collect the scattered pieces of God's power which are also coveted by demons hiding in beautiful art works.

Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon
The major characters—the Sailor Senshi (literally "Sailor Soldiers"; frequently called "Sailor Scouts" in many Western versions), school girls—can transform into heroines named for the moon and planets (Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, etc.). The use of "Sailor" comes from a style of girls' school uniform popular in Japan, the sērā fuku ("sailor outfit"), on which Takeuchi modeled the Senshi's uniforms.

If you're hooked into drawing face and/or drawing tips on anime, you've come to the right place!

So let's now begin with the informal drawing tips 101 particularly on drawing face. Take note that my tips on drawing is not a cookie-cutter way of drawing. I draw anime, hands, feet and faces as according to my fashion.

I like drawing faces. Drawing face has always been one of my favorite parts in drawing anime. I always think that you can always make an anime fan art look better if you draw the character’s faces the best you can possibly make. For some of my drawingtips, Here’s a VERY quick sample sketch showing how I draw them anime faces.


As you can see, it’s the traditional method – I bet you’ve seen this many times in other tips on drawing, not just those anime ones. First part on drawing the face, I make an oblong-like shape, making the lower part a little pointy and then proceed to making the guidelines for the eyes, nose and mouth. The reason for that is to keep the face proportionate. You do have to change those lines though if you take the face’s angle into account. I’ll try showing you how I do that some other time (too lazy, :D).

Then comes the hair and then I add the eyes, nose and mouth and then voila! I’ve made me an random anime face (who kinda’ looks pissed, hehe!). Most of the time though, I skip the first part. Sometimes, I won’t even go through all the lines part and just go straight to drawing the whole thing up. I do that usually during quick sketches. Again, you can always play around with it.

Count on this page if you like to know a thing or two about drawing anime tips...

I guess I’ve already given you guys a short overview of how I started drawing. And you may have also noted that I always mention trial and error- which I usually apply for tips in drawing.

I wasn’t properly trained, so it would be a little tricky for me to show you how to draw anime ‘cause my techniques are know-how’s born from years of well, you guess it, trial and error. So, I guess you'll just have to expect for some simple drawing anime tips




If you like, you can click here for some tips on how I draw some simple anime drawings, particularly on how I draw anime face. Furthermore,over time I have managed to improve my drawing prowess and later developed and adopted some drawing anime tips of my own on how to draw anime characters in full body and anime characters in action poses..

Better yet, if you're serious into anime drawing, you might want to know some tips on how I draw anime hands and feet and most especially, the most expressive part, on how I draw anime eyes.

The only advice I can give you for tips in drawing guys is just to continue with what you like to do and what you know you’re good at. Don’t let go of that pencil. Try to use your idle time to just scribble and doodle random things – it will help you hone your skills and make your hands used to the feeling of it. Not to mention it’s pretty fun and amusing.

Try shading around, do curvy lines, draw a giant machine gun wielding clown with bunny ears rampaging through a sprawling city and whatever, and then see what you end up with – a whole lot of mess I bet! But messes are good. What I like about drawing is that there aren’t really any fixed rules.

You can go wild with it and have fun (At least that’s how I envision what art is to me). The point is, it’ll all be a form of practice for you. Just don’t forget one thing – don’t stop drawing!

If you love Sasuke, then let's learn to draw the guy...

He is one of my favorite characters so I thought I'd give you some tips on how to draw him... Well basically, this is not a "drawing tip" per se but I made a video on how I draw him and perhaps you might get some points on your own after watching this video.

Normally, I usually start on the proportion of the head which basically is my foundation in every drawing. The face and/or the angle or feature of it is the first thing I draw whenever I draw anime characters. So as you can see, I have made a guide so as I could put his eyes, nose and lips in their respective proper places and at the right angles.





Then I proceed with the extras.. I now draw his hair. This is a bit complicated guys because you have to make it look real and "hairy"... Hairs are very tricky to draw since you have to consider every strand of it as to where it should be positioned considering the posture or action move of the anime character that you are about to draw.

So, I guess I'll just leave it up to my drawing so you can see how i do it... So while you're at it, I thought i'd give you some info about him.

This particular anime character is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series who is a member of the Uchiha clan, a highly skilled clan of ninjas allied to the village of Konohagakure. His primary motivation throughout the series is to avenge the destruction of his entire clan by killing his brother, Itachi Uchiha, a task he pursues at all costs. While he was initially cold and singularly driven by his revenge, he becomes more empathetic through his relationships with other characters, notably Naruto Uzumaki, whom he comes to consider as a rival.

Drawing Anime Kit would provide you the tools of the trade! Here are some of them..

My mother used to say, if you can't find a way, then make a way... Welp, I've been indeed making ways to pursue my passion for both anime and drawing. And for my drawing anime kit, well, that's a gray area over there-- coz I kinda don't have alot. Being brought up in a family where it's a bit hard to make two ends meet so I find ways.




My first drawing medium were broken crayons and used pencil colors. They're not that much but they're the ones available so I settled for them that time. Back then, I was a wreck. I drew everywhere and every time so it would have caused me a WHOLE lot of crayons and pencil colors. My anime preferences were more of the shounen type so I drew lots of SailorMoon characters and stuff. Crayons were not really that good in execution as they were very limited in color.

Later, my drawing anime kit shifted to water colors. They're way better because I begin to blend colors by then. It dawned to me the remarkable idea of being able to do shadowing and getting the right color I wanted through combining one or more colors! So that's awesome

Finally, I settled for poster colors. I find them way better than water colors since i could do better shading and color combinations there.

And so, one might ask: what would be the best drawing anime kit for you fanart artist/lover?!! Actually, there is no specific drawing anime kit best for everyone.. It actually depends on the person. Well, you could shop for a nice drawing anime kit suited just for you....

Thing is, explore and experiment any drawing medium you wanna use.. Who knows you might just be loving the simple drawing pens instead of charcoal and stuff... Don't be afraid to experiment!!

What comes in your mind when you hear samurai anime?!

You guessed it: SAMURAI!!!!! Samurai anime basically revolves around the idea on anime with lots of samurai action with some of the infamous samurai warriors..




By definition, "samurai" is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan.. But of course, utmost respect and high regards has been treated to samurai warriors due to their Bushido code..

Aside from their mysterious facade and their samurai techniques, there is much to be appreciated thus samurai anime is born..

Samurai anime has been created in order to give vivacity of life to a samurai warrior so we may not generally think of them as a soldier of boredom. They put some interesting plots and themes unto it making the typical samurai a very interesting character in the samurai anime world..

SOme of the famous and not so famous samurai animes are Gin Tama, Samurai 7 which tells a story of a village elder who decided to hire samurai to fight against bandits abusing their village, Samurai Champloo which is about a young lady named Fuu and Jin, a stoic young ronin in samurai garb.

There are still lots of good samurai anime out there.... Will be continually updating this site for more info!

For the typical girls next door who loves anime, the reverse harem anime would definitely be your favorite.

Sometimes the “patriarch” of a harem anime is a female and the members of her harem pool are bishounen. These shows are termed as reverse harem anime.




The themes usually are the same but in this case, the roles have been interchanged. Instead of the average teenage boy unknowing of any romance, there now is a girl-next-door type of girl who’s usually insecure of herself. She then meets handsome men who eventually help her overcome her flaws.

A popular example of this type of anime genre is Fushigi Yuugi, featuring a young girl named Miaka who is transported into a magical book where she meets Tamahome and other male knockouts who all help in empowering and encouraging her to become the Priestess of Suzaku. In the process, not only did she save the world and keep her true love, she also was molded into a more mature female individual who faces responsibilities head on.

If you are a serious anime lover, you would definitely find lots and lots of anime series and movies of this genre. You know, a typical girl being wooed by lots of cute guys and also, the not so cute ones..... Kudos to these girls,they won't have any trouble selecting the guy of their dreams!

This type of anime might probably boost a typical girl next door's ego. It could unintentionally create a psychological impact to a typical shy girl and give her the confidence she needs. So, all you girl anime lovers, you may relate with two or more of the protagonists in a harem anime show and you'll never know the next guy you bump into might fall head over heels inlove with you!!!

I'll stop now before I get all too mushy and be all over the place! Hehe!

Harem anime are pretty interesting shows. Read on to know more..

Yeap, they are indeed pretty interesting shows. Although the characteristics of this genre generally are unheard of in Western type animated shows, harem anime usually are pretty common now and attract quite a significant number of following.




This type of anime genre shows basically features a male garden variety teenager who’s not considered a bishounen (a pretty boy character) with little to no experience in love and relationships who, despite all of his flaws, manage to catch the eyes of incredibly voluptuous, cute and/or sexy female characters.

The funs in these shows usually involve the male protagonist getting into silly, awkward and embarrassing situations with the members of the “harem”. Although the protagonist usually has a few dozen girls following him around, there’s always one of them that is considered his “default” partner – and most likely the one he’s going to fall for eventually.

In such shows, you’d probably wonder how in the hell would so many perfect looking female characters become so romantically interested in an average boy. Well in most cases, one would begin to see through the course of the story that the male “patriarch” actually has some really great aspect in his personality. Most of them are kind, goody-two-shoes, who despite all of their flaws (some even have some uncontrolled perverse tendencies) are able to save the girl of his dreams doing some very selfless and inspiring acts.

One very popular example of the of this anime genre type is Love Hina. The shows revolves around a boy named Keitaro who was called by her grandma to become the next manager of the bath house family business – only to find out that the place has actually also become an all girl’s dormitory, thus setting the stage for a hilarious chaotic life with the female residents.

What’s attracting about this anime (aside from the beautiful female characters) is the fact that the show actually has some moral elements to it – like keeping a promise and being able to help a friend in need no matter the difficulties. Popular harem anime include Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard, Negima! and many others.

Slice of life anime genre is cooler than you thought! Know more about them here!

By definition, this type of story is a category for a story that portrays a "cut-out" sequence of events in a character's life. It may or may not contain any plot progress and little character development, and often has no exposition, conflict, or dénouement, with an open ending.




It usually tries to depict the everyday life of ordinary people, sometimes but rarely, with fantasy or science fiction elements involved. Its term is actually a dead metaphor: it often seems as if the author had taken a knife and "cut out" a slice of the lives of some characters, without concern for narrative form. It is sometimes called tranche de vie, from the French.

John Steinbeck is an example of someone who uses this type of genre. Steinbeck takes experiences from his own life and makes characters who could very well be real characters and turns it into a story. An example is Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

It has also been defined as an "episode of actual experience represented realistically and with little alteration in a dramatic, fictional, or journalistic work".

Such stories appear in books, TV shows, movies and video games. Super Jinsei Game and Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou are two examples of "slice of life" video games. These kinds of stories may either be dramatic or otherwise presented in a very serious nature, or may be used to help frame a comedic setting. Sports may be present in "slice of life" in a thematic form in order to advance the plot of the story.

Another common trait in these genre type is emphasis on seasonality or procedures. To illustrate seasonality: a show such as Ichigo Mashimaro has an entire episode dedicated to it being summer, and therefore hot; the characters stay inside in front of the air conditioner, cicadas are heard, eventually they eat popsicles.

To illustrate procedures: a show like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō spends significant time depicting in detail the process of brewing coffee. One example that combines seasonality and procedure: in Aria (manga) the gondolas are removed from the water once yearly and scraped to remove barnacles this is depicted in detail and constitutes the basis for an entire chapter.

Oh, and one thing, if by chance you still find all of these boring, try watching Death Note , an anime genre of this type, you'll surely be an anime lover!!

Here's a treat for Mecha Anime fans, experience the thrill of watching giant anthromorphic robots in action!

For those who are avid fans of Gundam Seed, Eureka 7, or Evangelion, you're in for a good treat! Let's talk about mecha anime.

In Japan, "robot anime" (known as "mecha anime" outside Japan) is a genre that features the vehicles and their pilots as the central plot points. Here, the average robot mecha are usually fourteen feet (4.3 m) tall at the smallest, outfitted with a wide variety of weapons, and quite frequently have tie-ins with toy manufacturers. However, the robots can get up to 500 m tall (as in Bokurano). The Gundam franchise is a prominent example: Gundam toys and model kits (produced by the Japanese toymaker Bandai) are ubiquitous in Japan.




The size of mechas can vary according to the story and concepts involved. Some of them may not be considerably taller than a tank (Armored Trooper Votoms, Megazone 23), some may be a few stories tall (Gundam, Escaflowne, Saber Rider, Code Geass) and others can be as tall as a skyscraper (Space Runaway Ideon, Genesis of Aquarion, Neon Genesis Evangelion). There are also mecha which are big enough to contain the population of an entire city (Macross), some the size of a planet (Diebuster) and some the size of a large galaxy (Getter Robo, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann). Some are even implied to be able to be as large as the universe (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen). And then there are some that are so big the universe they are in collapses and they fight in the space outside (Demonbane).

The genre started with Mitsuteru Yokoyama's 1956 manga Tetsujin 28-go (which was later animated in 1963 and also released abroad as Gigantor). Its inclusion is debatable however, as the robot was controlled by remote instead of a cockpit in the machine. Not long after that the genre was largely defined by author Go Nagai, into something considerably more fantastical. Mazinger Z, his most famous creation, was not only the first successful Super Robot anime series, but also the pioneer of the genre staples like robots being piloted by the hero from within a cockpit[1] and weapons that were activated by the hero calling out their names ("Rocket Punch!"). According to Go Nagai:

"I wanted to create something different, and I thought it would be interesting to have a robot that you could drive, like a car."

This led to his creation of the Mazinger Z, which featured giant robots which were "piloted by means of a small flying car and command center that docked inside the head."[1] It was also a pioneer in die-cast metal toys such as the Chogokin series in Japan and the Shogun Warriors in the U.S., that were (and still are) very popular with children and collectors.

Robot/mecha anime and manga differ vastly in storytelling and animation quality from title to title, and content ranges all the way from children's shows to ones intended for an older teen or adult audience.

Some robot mecha are capable of transformation (Macross, Zeta Gundam) or combining to form even bigger ones (Beast King GoLion and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann). Go Nagai is also often credited with inventing this in 1974 with the television series Getter Robo.

The mecha genre, one of the oldest genres in anime, is still alive and well in the new millennium, with revival OVAs like Getter Robo: Armageddon and Mazinkaiser from the Super Robot tradition, the recent Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Macross Frontier, Code Geass, Basquash! and Rideback from the Real Robot genre, and Reideen, a recent remake of the 1975 hit series Brave Raideen. Other recent anime series in the mecha genre include Heroic Age and particularly Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, a Super Robot anime with a few elements from the Real Robot genre.

Not all mechas need be completely mechanical. Some have biological components with which to interface with their pilots, and some are partially biological themselves, such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Eureka Seven, and Zoids. In film

Perhaps the most well-known example of mecha in Western culture are the Walkers such as the AT-AT and AT-ST from the Star Wars series of films.

The Hollywood movie Aliens featured a cargoloader as a civilian mecha (although this instance blurs the line between being a mecha or an exoskeleton). The film Robot Jox, featuring two giant mech fight scenes, or Japanese live-action Gunhed are another examples.

In Matrix Revolutions Captain Mifune leads the human defense of Zion, piloting open-cockpit mecha-like machines called APUs against invading Sentinels.

The tripods featured in The War of the Worlds, with advanced weaponry and dedicated piloting stations, are perhaps the forerunners of modern mecha.

In Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, mechas with rapid-fire, machine gun and flame-thrower arms were used near the end of the film, and were under the command of the main character, Johnny Ricco.

Mechagodzilla, from the Godzilla series, is a rather famous mech.

In James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, mecha are used as instruments of war called AMPs.

A heavily weaponized powered exoskeleton that envelops the operator and resembles the above mecha/exoskeletons in Aliens and The Matrix Revolutions is used in the 2009 film District 9.

Ever wonder what is SHOUJU ANIME? You might be surprised on little you know about it but how much you love the anime series and movies associated to it..

Shoujo is the word used to describe anime that specifically appeals to young girls. The shows are usually deeper in content, focusing on romantic interests and friendships rather than action and ending with some kind of personal growth and development. They of course still contain their fair share of action (See Magical Girl genre) but tend to go beyond the Shonen approach to strength and defeat as sole motivators. This, like Shonen is more or less a demographic - the rules tend not to be absolute

Another definition for shoujo refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18. The name romanizes the Japanese "little female".


Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction - often with a strong focus on human and romantic relationships and emotions.[1] Strictly speaking, shōjo manga does not comprise a style or a genre per se, but rather indicates a target demographic

Japanese magazines specifically for girls, known as shōjo magazines, first appeared in 1903 with the founding of Shōjo kai (少女界?, Girls' World), and continued with others such as Shōjo Sekai (少女世界?, Girls' World) (1906) and the long-running Shōjo no tomo (少女の友?, Girls' Friend) (1908).

Simple, single-page manga had begun to appear in these magazines by 1910, and by the 1930s more sophisticated humor-strips had become an essential feature of most girls' magazines. The most popular manga, Katsuji Matsumoto's Kurukuru Kurumi-chan (くるくるクルミちゃん), debuted on the pages of Shōjo no tomo (少女の友) in 1938. As World War II progressed, however, "comics, perhaps regarded as frivolous, began to disappear".

Postwar shōjo manga, such as Shosuke Kurakane's popular Anmitsu Hime,[8] initially followed the pre-war pattern of simple humor-strips. But Osamu Tezuka's postwar revolution, introducing intense drama and serious themes to children's manga, spread quickly to shōjo manga, particularly after the enormous success of his seminal Ribon no kishi (リボンの騎士 Princess Knight)