Viz Media is celebrating its 30th anniversary, so congrats to Viz! To mark the occasion, famed manga artists sent signed drawings to the company. One of them in particular, however, stands out in the cool drawing department.
As pointed out on 2ch, Twitter user Robert snapped these, among other, signed drawings. Most of them are simply that: signed drawings. For example, here is Eiichiro Oda’s.
![[Image via Robert]](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/rs0jn09lko24tybza5ge.jpg 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/rs0jn09lko24tybza5ge.jpg 320w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_470/rs0jn09lko24tybza5ge.jpg 470w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_800/rs0jn09lko24tybza5ge.jpg 800w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_1600/rs0jn09lko24tybza5ge.jpg 1600w)
It’s cool, but yeah, standard stuff.
![[Image via Robert]](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/uum66qkudmzwxgxyelmr.jpg 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/uum66qkudmzwxgxyelmr.jpg 320w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_470/uum66qkudmzwxgxyelmr.jpg 470w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_800/uum66qkudmzwxgxyelmr.jpg 800w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_1600/uum66qkudmzwxgxyelmr.jpg 1600w)
Ditto for Akira Toriyama.
![[Image via Robert]](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/t41fp2bkkhk9flazzd4b.jpg 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/t41fp2bkkhk9flazzd4b.jpg 320w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_470/t41fp2bkkhk9flazzd4b.jpg 470w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_800/t41fp2bkkhk9flazzd4b.jpg 800w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_1600/t41fp2bkkhk9flazzd4b.jpg 1600w)
And for Masashi Kishimoto.
But check out Tite Kubo’s Bleach drawing.
![[Image via Robert]](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/ohykkninu3yzdu6yxhxk.jpg 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/ohykkninu3yzdu6yxhxk.jpg 320w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_470/ohykkninu3yzdu6yxhxk.jpg 470w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_800/ohykkninu3yzdu6yxhxk.jpg 800w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,pg_1,q_80,w_1600/ohykkninu3yzdu6yxhxk.jpg 1600w)
So good. At the top, it reads “Viz,” and below that, he’s written “30" (三十) in Japanese. Inside that, he drew Bleach’s Ichigo Kurosaki. No signature is necessary for a drawing this striking.
You can see more drawings on Robert’s Twitter.
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DISCUSSION
If only the ending to Bleach was as good as his artwork. Seriously, it was the worst manga-ending I have ever read. What a slap in the face.