前田俊夫オフィシャルブログ

I was expecting someone from the company to pick me up at Kichijoji station but no one came… so I left the station alone and went out hunting down the address, looking like a tourist in a new alien land, but eventually I got there!!continue continuación　続きを読む

I left the paper containing the new address in Tokyo, all this seemed kinda clichéd of the typical teenage run away from home boy…continue continuación　続きを読む

I sent my original works which I had been drawing for a long time to the professional manga artist, who could become my future mentor… he changed his working place to newly published weekly magazines, and was looking for a new assistant…continue continuación　続きを読む

I was being to get into the habit of ditching class always… I just didn’t see it as all that important… it didn’t make sense to go to high school during the after noon just to slurp udon noodle and then fucked off so soon… high school is by no means just a diner for kids, you know that right?! Lolcontinue continuación　続きを読む

They knew I had past the point of becoming a good student, so the teachers just gave up on me, and let me get on with whatever…continue continuación　続きを読む

In class I was drawing graffiti and manga everyday.

I didn’t intend to take onboard the teachers crap… in a way I don’t wanna be a carpenter.
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I passed the high school exam as one of the top 500 students.

The counselor called me to the office and mentioned about it, he said he knew I made it and he told me `we are proud of you maeda!`
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After the fracturing of my right hand , I couldn’t draw manga, and I couldn’t practice high bar either , something which I also enjoyed then.continue continuación　続きを読む

At that time I had to decide for my future… I had a big fight with a classmate of mine…when I went to hit his jaw… my hand was totally wrecked… it was fractured!! >.<continue continuación　続きを読む

One thing revealed that my big brother was stealing money from my mothers pocket, he said he was wanting buy canvases and artist material, but this was all a total lie…continue continuación　続きを読む

I tried to analyze the real technique of these original manga works, and I tried to imitate the composure that I saw in the work…continue continuación　続きを読む

At the end of the 2nd grade to 3rd grade of junior high was the most important point at which you begin to decide which high school you are going to go to in the future… but I wasn’t interested or didn’t care about this.continue continuación　続きを読む

At the end of junior high, my skills of drawing is improving a lot, and I was standing out in the manga club book that my brother was working with at his design school, and my ego was getting bigger and bigger, little by little.続きを読む

In junior high school, I was made to go see a guidance counselor to discuss my academic future after junior high…続きを読む

My big brother went to design school and became a member of the manga club there… I didn’t have the guts to send my work to the manga magazine, but I wanted to become a member of that manga club in design school and I was accepted.続きを読む

So many artists made the transition from amateur to professional through the monthly magazine COM… an they were mostly all 5 or 6 years older than me…even now they are still working in the field, and not retired like myself!続きを読む

When I was in first grade, the first issue of the monthly magazine COM for people was published…続きを読む

Since I was 5 or 6 I enjoyed seeing movies including Japanese ones, and I had been digesting so many novels since I started 1st grade in junior high, and discovered I could read real decent novels for adults, so for me I found that gaining the essence to become this type of professional manga artist came at no price, and was not so difficult to achieve.続きを読む

After I went to junior high school I was drawing my manga on real professional paper, and using Chinese ink and g pens because I wanted to be different from other amateur boys who wanted to draw manga…続きを読む

My elder brother who was 2 years older than me, and also a manga buff… (who would eventually go on to graduate and become a professional designer)続きを読む