

If multiple people are working on a manga or anime, how can the art style be
copied so well without any style changes? Like can everyone replicate art
styles exactly with no mistakes? In most American cartoons I watch, if
multiple people work on an animation, you could definately tell if someone
different drew it. Maybe I’m not observing enough or this question is stupid.


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How can anime or manga be made so quickly and consistantly?


In the case of animation, you can actually tell the difference, though usually
it's pretty subtle. There are otaku who make the close study of animation to
identify particular animators (as well as other very discerning details) their
particular hobby. This is known as sakuga.

But also, the way the work is divided encourages consistency, like in the case
of manga, they might have an assistant do all the backgrounds while the main
artist draws the actual characters. So with manga, it's usually always the
same artist drawing the same category of thing, so of course the style will
always look the same. In the case of animation, lead animators draw the key
frames, and in-betweeners usually fill in the less important frames in
between.

Given enough time, really good artists can imitate another artist's style
pretty accurately. Only a very discerning eye might notice differences. Many
of the drawing inconsistencies you might see in animation are due to not
giving the artists enough time to produce really quality work.


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