Does any manga inspire your webcomic?

[realSean_Murphy]

The art of Bleach inspires my drawings and generally I look into other manga's for specific tags.
Like Art = Based of Bleach
Writing = From good shows like Jessica Jones.
Backgrounds = from a manga like I am a Hero
(Mature) = Content I shouldn't share here..
And, Etc.
Does any specific manga or comic inspire your work like in one or more of those various areas?

[AnnaLandin]

Grassblades is inspired by a lot of things, but the main ones are Blade of the Immortal, Vagabond, Lone Wolf and Cub, 365 Samurai and a Few Bowls of Rice, any and all Toshiro Mifune-samurai movies I've seen, all the East Asian costume-dramas I've watched (House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Curse of the Golden Flower, Reign of Assassins, etc - mostly for the visuals) - and also stuff like Hellboy, for the story-structure.

And these things inspire both the concept (wandering swordsman takes care of small child, is on a quest to overcome his past) and stuff like visual inspiration for character designs and setting, as well as the structure of the story itself. Grassblades has one big overarching story, with a few episodic chapters that are mostly self-contained, where the big plot keeps going in the background, but the focus is on the characters.

[mg78]

yes, there re 2 of them... but i ll never say who they are XD

[igneriss]

Storywise, it's hard to say what is 6,75 inspired by. I can't name any manga that would be my main inspiration. Some parts of 6,75 are inspired by stories or tales I've heard or read about, some by actual real-life people, and so on. It's a really varied mix : D
I always loved writing in Full Metal Alchemist, which is a perfect mix of action, comedy and drama, with all characters being likeable. So probably this is the one I was looking up to the most ( :

As for arts, that would probably be again FMA and also Berserk (although it's not really visible haha). I like to think that I have my own, quite original style, but it's FMA that shown me how much characters can differ from each other. And that not everyone has to pretty in a comic : D okay, they are all pretty in their own way, but they are not that 'perfect' type CX
...and Berserk inspired me to draw more details. Of course, my webcomic is not THAT detailed, but I used to run away from details and backgrounds, so that's much better than before CX I could probably also mention Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne here, which influenced my style a lot CX

[okellymx]

Specifically not really, I take bits and chunks from everything regardless of genre. I do tend to look at Takeshi Obata more than most other artist.

[greenraptorstudios]

Hard to say. I'm an avid fan of Naruto, but my art work doesn't bear much of a resemblence. I do have a large collection of manga in my book shelves which I do ritualistically pull out for reference on how to tone a scene or translate something to art (such as penmanship for grass, rocks, etc.)

In terms of writing, I take a lot of influence from many things, not just anime and manga. Probably Naruto's story would play a role, I also take some influence from Soul Eater, Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist and others. Other american influences involve Ultimate Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Batman, Gi Joe and others.

It's really hard to think because I read so many comics and watch so many cartoons its a little hard to cite my inspirations.

[joannekwan]

Oh boy, lemme tell you.

Of my three series, the one with the strongest influence from manga is Heavy Horns, and most specifically from the works of Est Em.
Her artwork heavily informed the style I use in HH, and it was reading her work that I realized BL/yaoi could be so much more. It's not just smut or fluff, but an actual romance with real feelings, and that's what I'm trying to accomplish with my comic.

[vinnception]

One Piece!

i know it's overrated and one of the big 3, but it's the first manga I got invested in, mostly becuase of the art.

[AnnaLandin]

One Piece!

i know it's overrated and one of the big 3, but it's the first manga I got invested in, mostly becuase of the art.

yes hello excuse me if you say One Piece is "overrated" I will fight you with my noodly comic artist arms because One Piece is amazing

(also no, I won't actually fight you for not appreciating One Piece. That would be silly and boneheaded.)

[Vikiro_Hop]

@vinnception One Piece rocks, the only one of the big three I don't want to end.

And yea, not super directly I definitely don't draw in a manga style. I started reading manga before I got into any other kinds of comics so I definitely have that as a basis for learning to draw. I'd say I take mostly from the exaggerated facial expressions mostly. I like to think I can channel a bit of bobobo-bo bo-bobo into my gag comics every once in a while.

[dracoplato]

Rumiko Takahashi's work influenced me alot when I was learning to draw and I think a touch of that still comes through. While not intentionally influencing my work a shout out to Please Save My Earth 's story. My absolute favorite manga ever and I'm sure it's influenced me somewhere XD Also, it's probably the story most like the ones I write, lol! Classic Sailor Moon also probably influenced my alot as well as Fushigi Yuugi since they were some of my earlier favorites. My comic Zenchav even started off as a Sailor Moon parody in it's earliest version, kinda hard to believe now XD I also get told my style reminds people of Gravitation, but that certainly has never been an intentional thing even if I did watch the show alot, lol!

[OgonoArtFamily]

My comic is inspired by A LOT of things, but to mention a few my main character was made when I was 5 or 6 watching Pokemon lol. I love how immersed the Pokemon world was! (as you can tell, later I fell in love with One Piece's world) Also, I was inspired by various videos games. I was a big fan of sonic the hedgehog growing up; hence, my main character's power. I was also a fan of Jak & Dexter!

My Art: Taken from avatar the last air bender, Apple Black mixed with One Piece and other shonen manga( I'm still improving as an artist though).

My writing: Avatar the last airbender, Fire Emblem(not Shadow Dragon), Metal Gear Solid(but not too much cause this series's story can get complex and confuse viewers on what's actually happening) and One Piece...AND various other I don't want to get into cause it'll be a long list of games, movies and cartoons.

"Most" of the characters are based on different aspects of me(even the villains) and people that I've met in real-life or seen on the internet.

You can check me out here! Osca

[purrlpankras]

Two Faced has alot of inspiration. But if we're talking about manga. I guess it would be Air Gear, just because the poses and fight scenes in it are amazing. Theres loads more... heh

[kazukitakamura126]

My art style I based on the artist who made the character designs for Xenoblade. It was the strongest resemblance to their art and I actually got my Zethero (protagonist of Seishin Patona's design( from two in game outfits wore by Shulk the main character of that game.

I believe my writing style was inspired by comics like FullMetal Alchemist. I really like how action isn't the main mode of storytelling, it also uses the world and the characters conflicts to help shape the plot.

My characters have some element of my personality integrated into them so I can understand their actions and I can relate to them.

[BraveHeartTatsumaki]

Magi the labyrinth of magic and Hunter X Hunter are my inspirations, I love both stories and the ideas they get, so they inspire me a lot. Probably Pokemon too from the time I read Pokemon Special manga.
I wouldn't know to tell, but probably the writting is like in Magi, leaving stuff to be explained later and leave stuff in secret until the correct moment.
The art I don't know yet cause it's been evolving by far too much

[guilhermecahu]

No the comic itself, but my drawing style. I'm mostly inspired by Shaman King while I admire a lot the art of Shiori Teshirogi in Saint Seiya the Lost Canvas.

[APM]

The drawing style of Team Trouble was inspired by Nichijou, I think the concept was inspired a little by Welcome to NHK...

[monotone_ink]

The art of Ishida Sui - author of Tokyo Ghoul
God bless his soul.

He has really stylish panelling and amazingly dynamic fight scenes. His pages are very fun to look at.

[eschaefges]

For A LEGEND (of some sort), not really, no - I know there is a Legend of Zelda Manga, but I have avoided reading it until my series is done. I am directly inspired by the game A Link to the Past, though!

[Edowado_Fujji]

Fullmetal Alchemist and Berserk are great influences for me. But comics and novels as watchmen(Alan Moore), absolute kingdom come(Alex Ross) influenced me. But my great influence is hight fantasy literature.