Bleach (Manga)
The artists that have drawn Bleach have gone into many research to see how other manga’s are drawn, how sword play can be drawn too and how to style the characters from certain groups.
Bleach is about a boy called Ichigo Kurosaki who can see spirits, his life changes when he spots a Soul Reaper called Rukia Kuchiki which entered his room searching for a bad spirit called a Hollow. Soul Reapers cannot be seen by normal people, their job is to guide souls to the afterlife and ward off bad spirits. Ichigo gets mixed up in this and Rukia gets severely injured so she tries to transfer some of her spiritual pressure but Ichigo took most of it and slayed the Hollow with ease.
Most of the areas that this is set in is a place called the Soul Society which is where all the Soul Reapers live, another place is the homeland of the Hollows called Hueco Mundo.
The way the pages are laid out, and the perspective used on some of the drawings remind me of techniques used in cinema. Often the artists use a long shot followed by a close-up, replicating the effect of zooming-in on film. So in this way, cinema is also an influence.
ReplyDeleteI think also that the history of fantasy literature (and also viseo games) may also have influenced the writing of these stories, as they reflect some classic elements of fantasy narratives (stories). Good start though.
James B