5. Hiro Mashima. Creator of Rave master and Fairy Tail.
I Always engoyed his art espicaly in rave master. I always liked how you could see the evolution of his style from the elier volumes to the later ones. At first his stye was kinda so-so but he managed to create a style of his own. in a comical chapter in the series where they travle to a town where there is someone making the "rave master" manga where the character excalme that the art doesent pick up till the seventh volume. Anyone that can have a good sence of humor about them selfs and knows they can improve i deffentaly respcet as an artist.
4.Massashi Kishimoto. Creator of Naruto
While he might not be univercaly aclamed as a great manga artist even though his series is one of the most popular if not THE most popular series running currently. I thoughly enjoyed his style in his early days even though it was more corwed and sketchy i really liked it. It stoud out as a style of its very owm with nothing elce like it. I always enjoyed the strange chapetr title picuters and the creative chapter covers. Also in reading his life story in some of the volumes, He is someone that I personaly can identify with. I just simpy enjoy his art no other way about it.
3. Kentaro Yabuaki. Creator of Black Cat and To Love Ru.
There is no doubt in my mind that Black cat is my favourite manga series out there, Bar none. I just simply love it from its creative chacters, funny yet brist and action orrented story telling. and most of all Amazing art. Yabukis style is much like my own i would never fail to say that his art style is the one that has most greatly influenced mine. I simply adore it from the way he draws eyes, Hair, Backgrounds, chacter fratures where all chacters look diffrent and lets not forget a style of its very own. Why you may ask is he not my number one pick? well thats really a hard issue if i could i would tie him as number 2. Altough sence i dont nearly as much enjoy his style in To Love Ru as i did in black cat, and sence this is my personal list. He had to take the drop down to thired place. But i still love the guy and everything about his stlye in the most amazing manga and will always be my favourie Black Cat.
2. Yusuke Murata. Artist of Eyeshield 21.
This Guy is amazing, its simple as that. You may write him off at first when you look at the first few volumes of Eyeshild 21. Although apon closer anylization of even the first few volumes you can see his great talent. Though once the series hit volume 7 (haha again with the volume 7..) His art reached a new levle. the cover of that volume Blows me away eveytime i look at it. and his in manga style is amazing as well. He is great at detaling each chacater indavidualy and even when they are in foot ball gear you can eailsy tell them apart. All the jursies are so well desinged and the mascots are awesome, but what really lets him into my number 2 spot is his abilty to make the chacaters always look 3D and alive as if they could jump right off the page. That turley inspires me. Also just thought i would add. He did two amazing posters for Shonen jumps 40th anivercary.
1. Kazyua Minikyura. Saiyuki, Saiyuki Relolad, Bus Gamer.
All I have to say is "Wow". She is Amaziing with a captial A. This is the artist that his inspired my more recent style being alitle more abstact and 3D with chacaters. everytime she draws a character it just looks so alive I cant believe it. her Illastartons that Involve saiyuki are even more off the charts. She just knows theses characters so well she can draw them in any situation and make it look natural. I know evey artist has thier flaws but i have never seen any in her's I'm always just too amazind. I dont even know what more to write about her. In short. Shes amazing at what she does. So please do your self a favor and look up her work. If your looking for good art books by her check out Salty Dog II and V. simply amazing.