Witch Hat Atelier: Visual Storytelling through manga panelling

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Witch Hat Atelier is a strikingly beautiful manga. When people try to explain why the love a manga so much, you might find the usual answers: "I love the characters", "really like the art", "world building!!". Which, by no means is a bad thing, but an element of manga that is not very commonly talked about it panelling.

It's very easy to confuse composition and panelling - they're both very intertwined. But Shirahama Kamome, the mangaka of Witch Hat Atelier, is one of the most defining artists at the moment, who I can truly say demonstrates the most creative use of panelling... So, why not listen to me blabble on about her artwork, and why is captivates me so much!

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⚫TIMESTAMPS⚫

00:00 Haikyu Panelling Basics
3:28 Panelling in Manga
5:06 Shirahama Kamome
7:16 Popular artists views
9:03 Catergories
9:45 Panel Framing
11:00 Overlapping and Overlaying
13:45 Pacing and Timing
16:43 Other
19:15 Conclusion
20:38 Outr

All Comments (21)
  • @shimi_ek
    This video is what is commonly referred to as "good shit"
  • Her manga is very unique, it feels European and takes inspiration from all over yet. It’s built into it, it’s simply lovely.
  • @Secret_Doves
    the artist tweeted this video it rules atelier rules it deserves an anime but no one could draw it
  • This video really makes me wish manga like this were included in the school curriculum. But it was just text, text, text. And yeah, sure, classic novels are classics for a reason but I think visual storytelling is inherently more compelling to humans than plain text because humans are visual creatures. The oldest examples of storytelling were cave paintings depicting hunting. In terms of visual media, we got some theatre, some paintings and statues and a tiny bit of cinema. We didn't even get to talk about Maus. Maus! The only comic to win the Pulitzer Award. And it wasn't even mentioned during the Holocaust classes.
  • @psychemxcv
    Shirahama kamome-sensei shared this video ! I think every page of her manga is worth exhibiting. XD Her art is really Godly.
  • Thought you might like to know, I used this video of yours as a learning tool for a graphic novel unit I'm currently teaching. The students really liked it. Thanks for your hard work and dedication! It paid off :)
  • @BeyondGhibli
    What a wonderful video! Witch Hat Atelier is such a lovely manga and you've done it such justice here. I loved the animated manga - I know how long it takes to craft such short animations, but your patience paid off!
  • @mementomori1796
    Chainsaw man really drew ma attention to panelling and seeing a beautifully crafted video like this really made ma day. Good job, hope u keep making more stuff like this
  • @Matsuma_
    After watching this video, it really becomes apparent how 99% of manga artists don't even come close to Shirahama Kamome's art & panelling. Manga I've read and think the panelling is pretty good would probably be 3 AM Dangerzone by Nemu Youko, and maybe Ultra Heaven by Keiichi Koike, perhaps check them out some time?
  • as any great artist : "TIME TO STEAL" but really this was a great video, i dont tend to read manga a lot cause its nots a normal thing to buy here and even despite that as student i find it hard to get time where i can have for myself as a creative, so i love videos like this talking abou the art of certain works or story telling that helps me improved more
  • @Annmjpg
    This video has just made me want to pay attention to paneling even more closely. I've only noticed it a couple of times in Manga like in berserk and dragon ball but berserk had the issue of more detail in one part of the page but makes other panels feel insignificant, and dragon ball just used the paneling media as a way to comprehend how a fight flows. When I have time I will definitely check out Witch Hat Atelier and share it with friends.
  • @nauangarcia2251
    I just found your channel randomly while searching for Witch Hat Atelier, and I don't believe that it's possible to fully express in words how impressed I am by this video. The theme alone already was enough, panelling is something that I really like but it's criminally overlooked by manga readers, but you didn't stop there and made an amazing use of editing to explain your points visually, keeping it simple but polished to a point that we could see the hard work and effort you've put on it, and to make it even better, your use of examples was amazing. There's no better way to demonstrate how panelling is important than destroying it and putting side by side with the original, right? This video really shows how passionate you are towards what you do, and it's outrageous that such a high quality channel is so small.
  • @tasogarerubica
    Oh my... Otoyome and Blue Period as examples, in a video essay on Witch Hat Atelier... I'm already awestruck and you have captured the bliss of Witch Hat Atelier with a flawless execution. As someone who is infatuated with the golden age of Illustration, Shirahama Kamome has captured that with in her work in Witch Hat Atelier. She has managed a style that I have been seeking after as an artist for a while now. It leaves me slightly envious as an artist, but more than those emotions, her art shows me that it is something achievable. I often regard her work to be timeless compared to her peers because she took inspiration from the recent masters in illustration, recent as in within a century give or take.
  • @crocopo2730
    The amount of joy that this video has given me is unparalleled. You mentioned that you could make an entire video talking about the illustrations and the series in general; is that coming at any point? Your vids are so cool and you really, really bring so much beauty to the things you talk abt
  • @azurclerx951
    Witch Hat Atelier is so pretty, I seriously feels relaxed when seeing the drawings
  • @tobukobuta
    Kamome's use of paneling reminds me so much to CLAMP's. I adore both of them. Such artists.
  • @CineShinya
    Witch hat Atelier is one of the manga with the most engaging fantasy-children themed art for me, along with Aventura. Truly enchanting and inspiring. Great analysis once again!
  • this video is a masterpiece, holy shit; looks like ive got a new manga to read also, the haikyuu shoutout at the start, thank you 🥰😭