Appeals Quote by Akira Toriyama

The method of producing comics in Japan is very hectic, but it's also rewarding because it's possible to do both the story and art…

— Akira Toriyama

The cartoonist's work is solitary; even when dealing with editors and assistants, there is no such excitement as to creating unexpected drastic changes for…

— Katsuhiro Otomo

Manga, as a medium, is very different from cinema. Its creators are free to express themselves with harsh, cruel stories, and they enjoy vast…

— Takashi Miike

I know as a child, I was really interested in becoming a manga artist, to create my own stories and illustrate them and present…

— Shigeru Miyamoto

As a child, because manga was always around and I was reading it, I naturally thought, 'Hey, I'd like to draw manga - I'd…

— Natsuki Takaya

When you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that…

— Sergio Aragones

I love comics and have since I was a kid. That is what gave me the idea to create my own.

— Candace Kita

I get a lot of inspiration from Japanese manga, especially shoujo which tends to have elaborate and fantastical adventure plots.

— Cassandra Clare

I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.

— Harvey Pekar

Manga is a very entertaining cultural form, made of many totally different genres. Don’t restrict yourself with a single style of manga. I would…

— Hiromu Arakawa

“A good manga is a way of reading Japan and its culture”

— Halla Ferguson

“Japan is the first nation in the world to accord 'comic books'--originally a 'humorous' form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the same social…

— frederik l. schodt