[.ca] The How to Draw Manga (ISBN 0439317452)

I've seen better:
I have seen much better "How to draw Manga/Anime" books. It did give me a good example on how to create full length bodies, and went through all of the essentials of a good anime drawing, and gave a lot of ideas of hair styles, expressions, etc. Going through the book however, a lot of things bothered me. First of all, most of the characters have practically the same eye style (big and triangular, with variations of the eye color). Second, the way she draws the noses bother me (they're sometimes out of proportion). Lastly (and the most noticable), all the characters blush. I have seen a great deal of anime and manga, and is knowledgable that the characters do NOT always blush.

wow !!!!!!!:
this not very complicated manga but its good for a begginer but even i still use it .Okay remember those books that you'll draw manga like a pro in 10 secs but those are the books that say that there are step by step guide to them but there isn't but the katy coope ones do have step by step guides to them and i think that it's easier to the little little kids .

the best drawing book i ever bought:
this book is good for starters and pro's learn to draw easy step by step buy it now is worth it trust me i have it and i like it so don't wait another minute there buy it now!(...)

great for someone who can't draw:
Before i got this book all i could draw were demented stick figures (seriously) now i can basically draw manga... if you have any knowledge of how to draw already this probably isn't the book for you. It covers drawing a basic face really well, and has a good method for drawing chibi's too. But it doesn't go very deeply into the full figure, shading, backgrounds and stuff like that. Still, it's an extreamly useful book for someone just starting out.

Not for any REAL manga fans...:
No offense to people who disagree, but this book is completely for amateurs. My friend bought this at a school book fair and she gave it a shot, and she liked it. For a little while. It's okay for little kids, but it can often confuse them. True mangakas will scoff at how it concentrates mostly on inproportionate chibis. The pictures on the cover may look good, but after looking at them for a while you'll realize how unprofessional they look. And did I mention that they're mostly in colored pencil? The only reason I gave this two stars instead of one is that you don't have to worry about 'anatomy lessons' for the upper half of a female, if you know what I mean. So you can buy it for a kid with no worries. But other than that, it's only worth the price of the paper in it.