Alternative Paths to Manga 

These documentaries not only teach and show different perspectives from artist to artist but also are very calm. I enjoyed it a lot! 👍 ☺️

The manga industry desperately needs to change. Living your dream shouldn't cost such a massive toll on your health. Thank you Torch for giving more freedom to your artists. You guys are truly visionaries.

English, French and Portuguese (BR) subtitles are available under the "CC" menu. Thank you for following Archipel!

Your documentaries are so peaceful and inspiring. Thank you for making these.

The director seems chill guy Kudos to him

I love Saito's mindset so much. Thinking that failing to reproduce is your style - that even if you can't draw what's exactly in your head, it's part of that flow to the story and belongs in it. It's so creatively liberating and what I needed to hear. Thanks for the marvelous work everyone at Archipel. Absolutely gonna check out both of their works.

It's nice that--even with all the requests for more known or established artists to be covered--that you still resolve to seeking out these surprise corners of the art world that we didn't know we wanted to discover until you gracefully revealed them to us.

You gotta love the passion and professionalism these two put on their manga. As for the Archipel team, you guys are doing an amazing and unique job. Can't wait to see what's coming next.

Thanks for Documentaries, I was lived in Sendai and Tokushima for 7 years from age 1-7. I watched Ghibli and go to Disney Land since my child hood and now I moved to Indonesia. I never do drawing or animation before, until I decide to leave my corporation work and do what I never do before as my child hood dreams. It's not easy but not late to do. I enjoyed all progress I do from 2021 until now. All this channel documentaries video give me more Inspire to do drawing and animation better than yesterday. I'm not alone, masterpice created by lot of fails and tears until that skills and works become Master.

Akase's work is fantastic, Jean Giraud would be proud. So beautiful

I really hope they make it! Enough of publishers trying to impose what its the standard and what is not

This was by far an inspiration of 2 avant garde artist that's out the norm and I'm so glad this was put out, I've been waiting on this for quite awhile and I'm super grateful that this is finally out, much love from New York ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I like Saito's horror/misery style. Akase, I think is her name, also has a very beautiful story telling style and very colorful! Also, the editor is very attractive 😝! I thought he was a creator too at first.

I bought Sazan and Comet Girl last year and enjoyed how it made me feel like I was watching a movie. It's so great to learn more about the artist and her process! Also, I really wish they printed Sazan and Comet Girl on larger paper. Those pages Yuriko Akase showed in this video are incredibly beautiful and the small format doesn't do them justice. Perhaps they will do so in the future. Awesome video!

I just bought Sazan and Comet Girl last month! I'm really looking forward to reading it now

hand drawn. every. single. panel. god i love artists

I believe that he doesn't make manga anymore, but I desperately wish there was a video like this on Hitoshi Ashinano. His method of storytelling is blissful and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou chnaged my life. Sadly, like most manga artist, there is precious little to be found on him. Even less for someone who can only read English.

absolute KINO, i need to watch this on a bigger screen

Thank you for producing such wonderful videos. Not only are they informative, but they are a calm and soothing break from the unrelenting speed of modern life.

I already knew this was going to be amazing! ♥️

That was so inspiring. It's great to see how they put meaning and beauty in their works, not just to create a product, but to make something honest. There a lot to learn from this documentary

just incredible work, from the overall presentation of the documentary to the artists spotlighted and their works.

Wonderful, it makes me very happy that artists with such interesting visions are given the opportunity to create and share what they have in their minds. I love this!

I can't wait for the next video in this series. You have done an excellent job! I hope thanks to you more people will be able to get acquainted with the work of these amazing artists. We have a lot of fans of non-standard projects in Russia and I really look forward to the moment, when the works of little-known Japanese authors become more famous here

Archipel, I just want to say that your works are one of the best content I've ever encountered on this website. Regardless of the topics you tackle, each and every one of them always helps put me at ease, and helps me gain greater insight and appreciation of a culture that I've always had interest in. And this video is just another great reason as to why I admire your work. I look forward to seeing more great videos from you. :)

Another great documentary I felt very emotional while watching this one, it relates on a deeper level.. i root for their sucess and will remember their stories while pursuing my craft. Very inspiring!

So good I am speechless! You really blew it out of the park with this documentary. I love Torch, the artists are free to pursue manga in their own way instead of conforming to the norm. And it makes me think, why conform to the norm? Imagine if more manga had vastly different art styles. And the works of both authors depicted in this documentary look amazing. I want to read them both!!!

It is clear that Junichiro's work would be very appreciated for a western audience since his style and story elements feels and acts like a comic or adult animation. I think Yuriko underestimate his own work and has a inferiority complex, his draws and use of color is really good, at the same level of a animated movie, atleast we have never seen something like this at this level (in a sense of using full watercolor to tell a manga story) in Japan that isn't anime or a storyboard. I don't if is possible, but it would be incredible if they can read one of our comments, because the west is also aware of them, Yuriko and Junichiro.

Finalmente! Estive super-ansioso para ver um novo documentário de vocês!

Espero que possam legendar para o português! Adoro o trabalho de vocês!

46 minutes long video, you are spoiling us Archipel.

My favorite documentary RU-vidr is here

this is one of the best content on RU-vid!

damn them drums hittin when they start discussing the chofu work

that scifi manga looks amazing! Straight out of the 80's early 90's.

At the very moment I felt that I needed this, the very instant that found myself falling into a deep longing for this kind of inspiration, Alternative Paths to Manga pops into my feed mere minutes after it was uploaded.

One of the best works you have have put together. Worth the way by a billion miles. Thank you so much for the incredibly amazing hard work.

Amazing documentary! I appreciate the time and effort that you guys put into these documentaries, keep it up :)

After watching this, I went to Amazon and bought Sazan & Comet Girl (Omnibus) because I liked Yuriko Akase's style

was waiting for this one and you guys did great displaying this

Inspiring as always ! 🤩

uhhhhhh I've been impatiently waiting for this!!!!

Que bom que voltaram, estava com saudades.

Thank you for sharing this content!!!

Really love the care you put into crafting these documentaries. Inspiring stuff!

amaaazing work as always archipel team. this was lovely

This is one of your best and most inspiring pieces yet! Pieces as in works of art. This was amazing!

What a great video! I really appreciate the work you put into them and also the great artist we get to know that way. Thanks!

Thank you very much for what you do. Your documentaries are honest and calming. I appreciate them a lot

Amazing video as always. The editing and music choices fit perfectly. Youve done a remarkable work guys keep it up.

I absolutely love these documentaries and the stories they tell. ❤️

I was waiting for this!

A really great and inspiring documentary. Since I first saw the teaser about six months ago I really wanted to see it, and it was absolutely worth the wait. Thank you for making this video and for showing us the work of these two great artists.

I just read Saito's Shit Chofu Mystery America and it was epic. Just ordered the two earlier volumes as well. Yuriko Akase will be my next pick-up I'm sure.

as always, this channel is pure pure gold. amazing source of new inspiration, always discovering something new, thanks to you. keep up the great work.

Ya'll are way too underrated. Thank you for the video!

So wonderful seeing this side of manga. Love how thoughtful and inspriring this was

Thankyou so much. I’ve been so excited for this

Great work as always, what a bummer that such high quality content does not get the viewership it deserves

40 minutes went by in a breeze. Thank you so much for this, Archipel! I too trying to find my path to draw comics and this is very inspiring.

Thank you so much for such an inspiration.

Ojalá pudieran sacar más videos de este estilo mas seguido, son muy inspiradores. Felicidades hacen un trabajo increíble.

Thank you so much for this documentary. The artists in this piece are truly captivating and have inspired toward my next artistic adventures.

Thank you so much!! and with French subs it's perfect!!

Thank you so much ! I am really excited each time there is a new video !

Thank you so much for this amazing doc Archipel!

Thank you for this video! I'm trying to make it as a web comic artist myself and this inspired me very much! I like peeking through other artist's lives. Seeing other people go through the process of creating is just wonderful! I learn a lot.

Saw this first time in the morming, watching your videos are always a great way to start the day. :)

Other great job😎 Thank's for this calm inspiration!!

Que vídeo maravilhoso, fiquei com muita vontade de ler o mangá desses dois artistas, muito obrigado por deixar uma legenda disponível em português, todos os vídeos do canal são ótimos

Thank you so much for shedding a light on these startling artists.

Excited to watch this! 👏

Its OUT!!!!! lets goo, good work you guys, keep it up

Another amazing Archipel's documentary, thank you for your work(s) and the discoveries ! Merci !

thanks for your videos in subtitles !!

always exposing me to new and fantastic mangaka and other talents. Thank you for making videos such as these that feature and focus on great works of art and artists.

Beautiful video and masterfully created, as always. One of the most underrated channels on RU-vid by far!

It's almost always fascinating the desire to not create the "standard" results in creating in the "standard". In a way, the desire to not be seen as part of a structure, comes from the fear of not being understood, which comes from a desire for attention, to communicate with another, which is the spirit of art. Which is also a structure, but that's not a bad thing. It is the visual equivalent of saying "I have something to say".

yes! thank you for another great video.

This is fantastic. I could watch videos like this every day.

These documentaries are só peaceful and relaxing Something that I try to emulate

The marriage of sound and image from around 16:48 is sublime. Superb.

What a great RU-vid channel! I love your stuff and how it opens the door to beautiful works of art unseen by the masses. I want to buy the manga shown in this video. Searching for whatever is available now...

Very well made and inspiring video

a very beatiful and interesting video, like always, now i want to find some of yuriko sensei works, they are realy perfect for my style

Amazing content. It seems to me that this one has a particularly long duration and I don't think I have seen a side-by-side narration before, interesting to see new aproaches to the craft. Love your work! the calm pacing is a breath of fresh air in this frenetic world.

thank you for your hard work! ps|| your creativity is amazing

simply beautiful, muy inspirador

Trabalho maravilhoso Archipel! É muito bom ter acesso a cada um desses artistas e o modo como suas percepções influenciam o trabalho que produzem. Really amazing!

Well worth the wait!

Great film, thank you!

Love these documentaries

Thank you for this video :)

Another excellent video. What did we even do to deserve a channel as good as Archipel?

Merci Archipel pour ce travail d'une très grand qualité

Great work Archipel!

very nice, thank you!

Hello Archipel I would like to know where do you get your background music from?

Muito Bom 🗿🍷

Awesome content! Plz, more alternative mangaka stories 🤍