This is an old news item, but it's been taking up space in my 'Death Note News stories' folder. Despite only tenuously having anything to do with our story.
Death Note mangaka Takeshi Obata was featured in a Shonen Jump special video, which showed the artists behind four of their most successful series creating their characters from scratch on a pad.
Obata was included, of course, though he opted to draw the main characters from Bakuman rather than those from his earlier run-away success with Death Note.
Obata was included, of course, though he opted to draw the main characters from Bakuman rather than those from his earlier run-away success with Death Note.
Takeshi Obata's segment begins at 4.20. Also featured are Tite Kubo (Bleach), Masahi Kishimoto (Naruto) and Eiichiro Oda (One Piece).
It was uploaded on July 29th 2013.
It was uploaded on July 29th 2013.
Watch Artist Takeshi Obata Ink Manga Page
Also available on YouTube is a far more leisurely view of Obata drawing a page from Bakuman, back in April 2013.
Filmed in real time, the footage will be of particular interest to those wanting to know what goes into a mangaka's work, maybe to become one themselves.
It takes Takeshi Obata half an hour to ink the previously sketched manga artwork for this page.
Filmed in real time, the footage will be of particular interest to those wanting to know what goes into a mangaka's work, maybe to become one themselves.
It takes Takeshi Obata half an hour to ink the previously sketched manga artwork for this page.
It seems wrong in a Death Note blog to skip any examples of Takeshi Obata drawing our characters. Hence I've found a couple of moments for you.
Takeshi Obata Draws Ryuk from Death Note
This footage is from 2012, when Obata attended Lucca Comics and Games in Tuscany. He's beginning to sketch Ryuk. Unfortunately all fan filming and photography was banned, hence this is a very short clip.
Takeshi Obata Sketches Death Note in NY
We've already featured a clip of Obata drawing Ryuk and L at New York Comic-Con in 2014. But here it is again.
Death Note News covered Obata's US visit far more extensively at the time. Read more about it:
- Takeshi Obata Talks About Death Note at New York ComicCon 2014
- 'I Struggle to Draw Cute Girls' Takeshi Obata Tells Comic Alliance
- Difficult to Draw Shinigami Should Have Been Kept Simple - Takeshi Obata Interview at CBR
- Death Note Characters - 'Borderline Fully-Fledged Villains' All, According to Obata
