Hirohiko Araki's Manga Techniques

"I'm revealing industry secrets, so honestly, this book is a real detriment for me."

- Hirohiko Araki

Hirohiko Araki's Manga Techniques (荒木飛呂彦の漫画術) is a book written by Hirohiko Araki. In the book, Araki discusses the techniques used for creating manga, along with developing stories and world-building. The book was released on April 17, 2015 in Japan.

An English release for the book, titled Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga, was announced at the Shonen Jump panel of Anime Expo 2016. It was published and released by VIZ Media on June 13, 2017. On November 17, 2022, it was announced that a sequel to the book would be published in JOJO magazine 2022 WINTER on December 19, 2022.

Summary
In Hirohiko Araki's Manga Technique, Araki discusses his love for Manga, and how he sees it as the "greatest" "complete work of art" (artwork that integrates music, poetry, and acting)", and reveals his secret techniques for drawing and creating manga. Parts of his method include the "Golden Ratio of Beauty" and storytelling methods he learned from reading . The obi band that comes with the book features a self-portrait of Araki with his character Rohan Kishibe.

Table of Contents

 * Introduction
 * Chapter 1 - Getting Started
 * Chapter 2 - Mastering the Four Fundamentals of Manga Structure
 * Chapter 3 - Designing Characters
 * Chapter 4 - How to Write a Story
 * Chapter 5 - Arts Expresses Everything
 * Chapter 6 - What is Setting to Manga
 * Chapter 7 - All Elements Connect to the Theme
 * Implementation, Example 1 - The Process of Making Manga
 * Implementation, Example 2 - How to Create a One-Shot (Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Millionaire Village)
 * Conclusion

Trivia

 * The design of the cover for VIZ Media’s English release of the book is heavily based on the covers of the JoJonium re-releases of Phantom Blood, Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders.
 * The English cover art also bears an uncanny resemblance to the, with the presence of coffee and tobacco branches, an inscriptioned ribbon, as well as a sword going under the central emblem of a star being present in both.