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title: "Manga Moods: 40 Faces + 80 Phrases Hardcover – May 18, 2010"
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# Manga Moods: 40 Faces + 80 Phrases Hardcover – May 18, 2010

**Brand:** saori takarai
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- **What is this?** Manga Moods: 40 Faces + 80 Phrases Hardcover – May 18, 2010 by saori takarai
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Terrific
  

*by P***E on Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2012*

This is a very nice compilation of expressions.  I bought it as a reference guide for quick comic expressions, it's just about perfect for that.  If you're hoping to do the same, this book assumes the reader is already proficient in the fundamentals of character design and construction.  The expressions are presented in full color by means of simple, clean head and upper torso illustrations.  At first glance, the book seems to duplicate several expressions, but upon close examination, the body language differed, and the subtleties should become obvious.  This could, I think, have been more clearly expressed if the similar illustrations were done full length body, but then, if you read manga astutely, or have consciously noted human body language, you should be able to extrapolate an appropriate pose from the head-and-torso examples within and all will be clear.  For what it attempts to convey, (facial expressions of anime characters) it's unrivaled (as of 2/2012).  It's extremely helpful to have all of the expressions one place, and, in addition to books like 
  
Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists







  
  
    , you'll have a very nice reference toolkit for tackling facial expressions for most any kind of character illustration you can think up.  As a bonus, the book's illustrations are accompanied by relative verbal expressions in both Japanese (romanji), and English.Pros:Comprehensive straight-on and 3/4 view head-&-shoulders mange expressionsClean, concise layout, with well drawn contemporary styled characters (as of 2/2012)Includes brief verbal expressions, statements, questions and ripostes relevant to the accompanying illustrationsCons:A few of the emotions would have been more clearly defined accompanied by full-body thumbnailsThe book could be physically bigger - it's about  4.5" (13cm) squareBottom Line:If you're an artist interested in adding some emotions to your bag of tricks, pull the trigger, this book will easily pay for itself in time spent digging through comics looking for expression examples.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Cute, Tiny, and Handy
  

*by L***T on Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2010*

A cute simple guide to very common moods and expression you'll recognize from both manga and anime. I bought this friend, though we both look through it from time to time.Notes-Fully colored pages! And a Japanese pronunciation guide/Hiragana chart for anyone interested in reading the kana.-Tiny! Like a child- no, a toddler book. Maybe a little bigger. About 5 x 5 inches at the most. The pictures are large, however.-A lot of the expression/moods are really exaggerated. A bit of a let down for my friend - she thought it would be a page or two dedicated to showing variations of the same Mood. I saw the previews and assumed she did too, so I was expecting just what we got. But I agree it would've been better if there were more examples of an emotion. Moods like Emotional definitely warrant it. To the book, Emotional is portrayed as laughing until you're crying. When I think 'Emotional' I think over-the-top versions of anger, sadness, happy, despair...-I suppose it's subjective, but I don't think the labels for the moods match up well to the actual mood (at least, the English). Suspicious looks Surprised, Confident looks Content, Satisfied looks Confused, and like I said before, Emotional looks Relaxed, Happy and Childish, all rolled in one.All in all, a nice book. It's not really essential, as you could just as easily find more varied examples by randomly selecting 3 manga from 3 different series and comparing how the artists portrays a mood. Still, it's very cute and handy when you need a small guide at arm's reach. I don't think it's worth anything over $6, though.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Adorable
  

*by D***G on Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2010*

I bought this for my 12 year old niece. She loves the shoujo style, clamp-esque type anime art (so does auntie for that matter!) and she's just learning to draw and for 12 is showing a real talent for it, so I've been wanting to help and encourage it now while she's so young. As an artist myself, I've been teaching her and this book was wonderful for demonstrating the different emotions you can do with a face with minimal lines and strokes. Out of all the myriad of books I've bought for her (How to Draw Manga, Manga for Dummies, etc...) this so far has been her absolute favorite. I flipped through it and gave it a good look over before I gave it to her and as a tool and guide for beginners I give it 5 stars. It's small, it's convenient, and for kids/beginners handy as heck. The only disadvantage, because of it's size, unless you break the spine, it will not lay open for reference while someone is drawing. But that is minor and not worth losing a star over. I doubt a 12 year old will even notice that little detail, she loved it just as is. :)

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