Integrated computer graphics cannot change Yoshiyuki Tomino's view of analog line drawings.
The Life of Yoshiyuki Tomino: Gundam Director
Yoshiyuki Tomino has always been straightforward with his answers. He never felt shy to answer anything related to the Gundam series or the anime and manga industry. The 82-year-old mangaka created the first Gundam anime in 1979, which has turned into a multi-billion dollar franchise. People are big fans of his works, but not so much of his words.
The anime and manga industry has changed for the better. It has become mainstream and has attracted millions of foreign viewers. With the help of digitization, manga artists can design their characters using computer graphics. Being a mangaka of the older generation, Tomino is dead against computers taking over hand-drawn characters.
Computer graphics has the entire anime and manga industry within its reach. While the old generation of mangaka are moving to digitization, the new generation begins their career with the G-Pen to design their characters. The analog line drawing has become a concept of the past and most manga artists do not have much to carefully design their characters. However, the Gundam creator believes that hand-drawn images are better than computer graphics.
