For Mato fans!

[Purin]

I love Mato's artwork, but he stopped drawing after book 9...
Anyway, I stumbled onto this fan website....

http://www.stormpages.com/hotterthanhell/notseries/mato1.html
http://www.stormpages.com/hotterthanhell/notseries/mato2.html
http://www.stormpages.com/hotterthanhell/notseries/mato3.html
http://www.stormpages.com/hotterthanhell/notseries/mato4.html
http://www.megspace.com/entertainment/hotternhell/mato/mato.html

Whoever drew that must be a real pro...
Although this website's about another manga, it's no doubt that these pictures are drawn Mato style. I wonder if he is an artist of other manga titles, must check out...
(And Satoshi too)

Edit: Looks like I got the details at http://www.madkukkii.com/chi/chid.html . Mato was a guest artist in one of those Gundam manga books...
To look for information on the authors and artists on the internet is like finding a needle in a haystack (to me)...

[ポケSTAR-Zero]

Mato is a very good Artist.I miss his art.What is Mato doing now?

[Purin]

I dunno. From his style of work, I think he might be one of the older generation of Manga artists (very experienced). His chibi style is rarely seen in newer manga artists. He could have retired, I think.

[ポケSTAR-Zero]

I hope Mato has a comeback someday.I wish i could get a autograph of him on my Pok�star Comic ^^.
The new artist Sotoshi Yamamoto is very good too but i like Mato's chibi style more.

[Purin]

I feel like doing some more research if possible...

I love his style too, although Satoshi's is good in some aspects. I wrote a comparison for both of their styles in my opinion:

Mato
1) Depicted Red, Yellow, Green, Gold and Silver.
2) Has contributed much for the Pokemon Special Manga to gain popularity for a total of 9 volumes
3) Style---Chibi-ish. (Chibi=Cute) Uses a cute style to draw the comics, giving it a cartoon-like effect and thus making it appealing to children. Style allows him to throw in some cute and light-hearted puns (and humour) into the story.
4) Has a special style of drawing chibi legs, which looks like stumps.
Draws children better.
5) Mato has basically 5 styles for eyes: (Usually) 2 for girls and 3 for boys, some that can hybridise to cater for an opposite gender.

Satoshi Yamamoto
1) Depicted Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, and previous characters from Volumes 1-9 in his own style
2) On some pages, frames are awkwardly aligned and with leftover white spaces (Why? I don�t know =P)
3) Style---Detailed-based, very good at drawing scenery and scenes involving a lot of action and suspense, giving the stories a movie-like effect.
4) In characters like Falkner and Bugsy, where Mato had given them black-coloured eyes with the usual top-shine, Satoshi drew them in his own style; now the two characters have another portion of shine at the bottom of their eyes.
5) Added hair shine to certain characters that do not have them before (eg. Silver)
6) Depicted Prof. Oak more plump than what Mato had.
7) Draws adults better.
8) Initial drawings of Crystal in Book 10, especially her profile looks sometimes awkward, but improves in Book 11.
9) Because his style is almost close to Mato�s, there isn�t much of a drastic change except for the points that are stated above.

[oni flygon]

Aha! I knew it! Red was based out of Duo's bangs and Yellow's face was based out of Quatre's face! XD Oh I knew those Gundam Wing characters look so familiar... XD (the most amazing thing I discovered when I realize that Quatre means four...) XD lol j/k

[PichuSecretBase]

Eeeek!! I just saw these like an hour ago on that website I love the art

[oni flygon]

Icindentaly, Duo is my favorite Wing character... hehe... XD

[Purin]

The more I look at them, they get much more cuter...=3
Wish Mato was still drawing Pokemon Special...

[oni flygon]

Do you know that Trieze means "thirteen" in French rather that three? XD

[Imakuni?]

OMG!!! i love teh gw manga... i got the ones drawn bu Koichi Tokita tho... duo is so funny and like the Deathsythe-H model

[Purin]

1) What is PokeSpecial?
Also known as Pokemon Adventures in the US, this manga is started by Hidenori Kusaka and Mato. Hidenori Kusaka creates the plotline while Mato does the illustration. However, according to the Netkun website, Mato got ill sometime during the GSC saga, and his job is taken over by Yamamoto Satoshi, who's doing illustrations for the manga til present. Yamamoto Satoshi is officially credited as the artist in Volume 10, where the Crystal saga began.

Now I know why Mato isn't drawing the Manga now...

[oni flygon]

That's sad... I hope he gets well soon... O-o

Jsut to think of it, I noticed that some Pokemon related creators get diseases... eg. Satoshi Tajiri... O-o

[Purin]

That's sad... I hope he gets well soon... O-o

Jsut to think of it, I noticed that some Pokemon related creators get diseases... eg. Satoshi Tajiri... O-o
I think it must be due to their hectic work schedules. I read that Manga artists are always under pressure to submit their work in in time for publications in comic magazines...

[oni flygon]

Oh yeah. I was just takling to my friend about that. Comic artist have something like a week to draw. Mangas are painstakingly drawn. Those lines in battle sequences are actually hand drawn and those shades and those details are all hand drawn... O-o

[Tweak]

:O*** i love those drawings, they are so awesome!! MATO was one of the first artists that i liked the drawing style of.

[Purin]

Oh yeah. I was just takling to my friend about that. Comic artist have something like a week to draw. Mangas are painstakingly drawn. Those lines in battle sequences are actually hand drawn and those shades and those details are all hand drawn... O-o
They also draw their manga in this unique cinematographic manner with lots of symbols into it. That's why I admire them ^^
I want to be one too, but it isn't possible for me uu;;

[oni flygon]

It's not possble for me... I may just end up being a manga writer.... ^_^

[KURA&KILL_Hunter]

I like Mato's arts. It's very good. I think,his art is the best!.

[Omega-Brendan]

Of course it will happen to me! I'm Perfect!

Ok... I'd love to be a Manga artist... And surprising, Duo is my favorite G-Wing Character... *wink*

EDIT- oni, it's been like a year or so, so I think Mato should be very healthy now.

[Ryoutarou]

I dont really miss mato's style it made the manga way to chibish and i only liked the gold/silver/yellow part's that he did.

[^^NICK^^ v.3.0]

I'm new to the manga stuff, but MATO's style looked nice, like the chibi drawings. So, how long has he been around?

[Ryoutarou]

Since the 80's he use to do some gag manga his first realy manga was Chibi Teasure King of King which got 5 ova's and a short movie.

[Purin]

His chibi style looks rather rare [in terms of new artists joining the manga industry], so he might be around for some time.

[Ryoutarou]

ya his first manga was in 1985 it only ran fdor 5 volumes but it got one ova....funny though none of his manga have ever gotten a acutall sereis just ova's and movies.

[KURA&KILL_Hunter]

Hmm... I hope,he will be the artist of pokemon special again... Huh...

[Ceo]

Mato?! is that his name? I like him as well...i start to like pokespecial, because i saw that 'new' type of drawing style...beatiful....isn't his drawing in comic 9+? thatz ***
......nah......hope he dose again.

[Ryoutarou]

I dont the new artist has a way better grip on the manga and it's not as chibi with him.

[oni flygon]

Hmmm... I miss some of MATO's chibi art...but Yamamoto shows how Red, Green and the others matured through their appearance.

[jynx]

Why did he stopped drawing Pokemon Special though?

[oni flygon]

He got sick or something...that's what I heard...

[Ceo]

the version i heard is that his got SARS.......lolz.....nah......just kidding......

[jynx]

SARS...did not damage Japan that bad...

Mato is the best mangaka I've ever seen though.

[KURA&KILL_Hunter]

Yes! Satoshi Yamamoto is good. But I think,Mato's art looks better than him...