SHONEN is for STRONG MEN who don't need that fancy stuff. You call that THROWING A MANGA PUNCH??? That's not how you throw a punch!

THIS is how you throw a punch. Actually, a FLURRY of MARTIAL ARTS PUNCHES, to be precise and specific...

It's a trick animators in Japan and manga-ka in Japan invented. This one of my first attempts of an American interpretation of it. Keep in mind, it's a LAYOUT. I haven't fleshed anything out yet, like the circles. I call this technique, "Fist Mapping". Somebody's getting K.O.'d, heh heh : D

Authorship Note: Please Note, if you're wondering where I thought of this technique, it came to me when I analyzed one of the numerous series of VIZ BIG DBZ manga trades, towards the later issues, Akira Toriyama himself used the technique a lot (for all I know, he invented it, or at least pioneered it), but I didn't realize it was drawn that way until I real sat down, and studied-analyzed the fighting styles of DBZ. The Naruto Manga-Anime is also famous for this subliminal technique. I sense many American studios, if they find out about this technique, might also swipe it for their TV shows as well, and who could blame them. It's a great technique, but I don't own it. It's like costumes. It's more of an Eastern Animation archetype than an actual design form. Kind of like thin swords. Hard to do because many people don't know this technique exists, or don't know how to draw it, because they're so used to seeing punches and kicks move in shows like DBZ and Naruto at a million miles an hour.

The Science of it boils down to a motion mirage. Instead of drawing one punch in one panel or cell or frame like they do in Superman or Batman, etc., comics and animation, the comic artist or animator or storyboard artists draws 2-6-7 moving blurred out (by speed line) arm and fists punching all in one cell. You THINK the animation reel is moving a million miles an hour, but what you're really seeing is numerous punches and kicks on screen at a time. If you're a new generation Shonen or Seinen artist in America, I recommend experimenting with said technique and seeing what YOU come up with.

All you have to do to achieve this technique is draw a bunch of circles floating next to a warrior or fighter's torso, but don't draw the arm itself. Just draw parts of the arm and flesh out the circles into fists, and connect em all with "speed lines" as they call it in the manga industry. Not too tough to learn if you really want to and/or try to.

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