Getter Robo G - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - Getter's Final Battle!

[MangaDex]

 

[JMetalreader19]

Damn. That was one packed chapter.

 

[MetalGearLiquidus]

Kinda wish the thing was longer and less packed around the end, but I still enjoyed what was here.

 

[Lemuel15]

Why did the art suddenly change to the author’s later style, then back to his old style?

 

[Mina__Moon]

Why did the art suddenly change to the author’s later style, then back to his old style?

Because he added an additional bunch of pages to the manga to give Getter Robo G a real final battle instead of just sending the Hyakki Empire to space and leaving it at that.

 

[temaccgdx]

Why did the art suddenly change to the author’s later style, then back to his old style?

Because he added an additional bunch of pages to the manga to give Getter Robo G a real final battle instead of just sending the Hyakki Empire to space and leaving it at that.

Is the "older style" actually Ken Ishikawa? No matter how I look at it, it's Go Nagai's art. It seems like the manga was basically illustrated by both of them, hence the drastic artstyle changes. English wiki says they were both illustrators (despite Nagai only being credited as a writer), and a bunch of other people from Dynamic Pro contributed as well

 

[Mina__Moon]

Is the "older style" actually Ken Ishikawa? No matter how I look at it, it's Go Nagai's art. It seems like the manga was basically illustrated by both of them, hence the drastic artstyle changes. English wiki says they were both illustrators (despite Nagai only being credited as a writer), and a bunch of other people from Dynamic Pro contributed as well

It was Ken Ishikawa, not Go Nagai. His early art was identical to Go Nagai's and even after leaving Nagai's company his first couple manga he did on his own were also drawn in the Go Nagai-like art style. He didn't actually change his art style until the mid 80s, when he wanted to stand more on his own. Nagai has said his own involvement in the manga's art was nothing more than additional finishes on some pages and drawing some of the original volume covers and promo art in the original release. The majority of the art for Getter Robo and Getter Robo G were Ken Ishikawa penciling the pretty much entire thing himself, and some assistants from Dynamic Pro helping to finish the art. Nagai was more concerned with the anime than he was the manga.

 

[temaccgdx]

It was Ken Ishikawa, not Go Nagai. His early art was identical to Go Nagai's and even after leaving Nagai's company his first couple manga he did on his own were also drawn in this same way. He didn't actually change his art style until the md 80s, when he wanted to stand more on his own. Nagai has said his involvement in the manga's art was nothing more than additional finishes on some pages and drawing some of the original volume covers and promo art in the original release. The majority of the art for Getter Robo and Getter Robo G were Ken Ishikawa and some assistants from Dynamic Pro helping to finish the art.

Thanks for clarification. Do you recall where Nagai confirmed that? Just wondering about the source

 

[Mina__Moon]

Thanks for clarification. Do you recall where Nagai confirmed that? Just wondering about the source

Some kind of biographical retrospective thing he did talking about various creations of his throughout the 60s and 70s and his life during the making of them.