Full Metal Panic 1

Created/Updated 2002-12-25



I absolutely adore the artwork for this manga. I would keep buying these even if I didn't care at all about the story. In fact, after the first major story, I actually don't care too much about the story. I like the characters, though.

The art is extremely bold, with very little greyish moments. Since there's so much contrast between blank area and the stroked area, every line can either make it or break the drawing. It shows that the artist is extremely confident. As I keep saying, but anime/manga art isn't about making the drawings look real. It's about making it UNreal while maintaining (and even exaggerating) the realistic emotions and this book works very well for me! The characters all all so adorable!

Note that I am not stuck on this type of art as I also love Abe-sensei's type of art.


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