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Christopher Hart is Watson-Guptill’s best-selling author. Total sales for his books have now surpassed the million mark. He lives in Westport, Connecticut.

Interest in anime and manga (the arts of Japanese animation and comics) is exploding in the U.S. children s market. Pokémon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, and Sailor Moon are just a few of the anime phenomena delighting kids ages 4 12.

Kids Draw Anime, the eighth book in the popular Kids Draw series, is the first book specifically designed to teach kids 6 12 how to draw the popular anime style themselves. Focusing on shõjo- and shõnen-style anime, the book teaches the familiar "big eye" look, in which characters are drawn cute and young as opposed to angular and dramatic.

Young artists will find a complete introduction to anime style, taught with engaging text and full-color art. Dozens of fun, hands-on lessons demonstrate how to draw heads, eyes, expressions, hairstyles, the basic body, hands and shoes, good guys and bad guys, goofy characters, fantasy characters, robots, and much more. As in all Kids Draw books, each dazzling spread is easy to follow, fun to look at, and guaranteed to charm a new generation of artists!

Kristin Harris - Children's Literature

Kids love anime, or Japanese animation. Although it originated in Japan, it is very popular all over the world. Pokémon is an example of anime. Trademarks of this style of animation are "shiny" eyes, tiny noses and crazy expressions. You get started with the basic anime head, lots of hair and big eyes. A series of line drawings develop the character, with a 4-color image of the completed drawing. Special attention is given to the eyes, which are very large with large white areas of reflected light. Noses are small and delicate. In cartooning, emotions are larger than life, and anime is no exception. Examples of faces that express happiness, sadness, infatuation, and ambition are drawn in a number of perspectives. Using an action line helps create dynamic characters that are not static. With the basic skills of constructing a body, you are ready for simple anime characters, animals and finally, the full-blown action heroes. If you are fan of anime, sharpen your pencil and start drawing. 2002, Watson-Guptill,