#kazuya minekura illustrations

[stevie-cartoony]

-Goku's outfit-

I liked this outfit so much that I wanted to draw it! First time appearing in the second op and then seeing it at Minekura's official art!

[utopikia]

 take you for a ride on my big green yellow tractor

cr. tribute illustration by kazuya minekura, posted on her official twitter

[vieridebitchtits]

Hey Saiyuki fandom does anyone know if anyone has scanned the Saiyuki X Copic marker booklet?

I only ask because I just found out about it, looked at the contents of the pack and realized they contain markers already available to purchase individually, so I don’t exactly want to/need to drop money on this set. I did see there was an illustration guide that came with it.

I honestly didn’t see this collaboration coming, so I was very pleasantly surprised to see this!

[cosmicgardencreative]

DTIYS of an illustration by Kazuya Minekura. Needed a subject that I wanted to experiment with workflow and brushes. Plus, meditating over old fandom is so therapeutic.

TL;DR: Life is short. Just go ahead and write your story and draw your art. If you want to do something with your art, know that it won't be easy but it's possible as long as you keep learning, make good connections, and don't stop.

(Reflection of current art journey under read more)

This is of one of my favorite illustrations by Kazuya Minekura. If there's one big, major influence in my art journey, it's the creator of Gensomaden Saiyuki. I was maybe in 5th grade when I discovered the manga, which coincided with me seeing the anime on cable. A retelling of a Chinese folktale with a Japanese perspective: this was so appealing to me from harmonizing different cultures into one story, to beautiful men getting mixed with supernatural horror. This may as well have been my queer awakening then.

There was so much to be introspective about while drawing this… like how 6th grade me couldn't comprehend why people treated gay/queer as different from straight, my love for Asian folklore and mythology, and this burning desire to draw anything and everything. It only seemed appropriate that I'd gravitate towards Minekura as an art idol. And despite people's criticism for it, this is a foundation that I have no regrets in.

I remembered how much I wanted to emulate Minekura when I was younger. It's such a striking style! Unfortunately, my art journey has seen a lot of stop-and-go to the point I couldn't comprehend the progress made. There have been times where I just resented my art because I felt directionless with my creativity. Thanks to Ismaire and some art friends, though, I'm actually happy lately to see how much my "art style" evolved to where it is today.

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While I was finishing up the rendering, I couldn't help wondering how Ms. Minekura had been doing since I last read Saiyuki Reload Vol. 4. Was she even still around? What about her other works, like Wild Adapter? I knew that she had a blog, but whenever I took a look at it in the past, the updates were sporadic then that it may as well have been a dead blog.

Then, after one more bout of curiosity, I came across her twitter/X profile.

It was both relieving and energizing to see so many works that I didn't know she had drawn then! I was so happy to see she seems to be thriving with her works, but I was surprised to see that she was still contending with many health problems. I had to pause in my scrolling through her profile at one point. How she could sound so positive and cheerful while she's dealing with Cushing's syndrome now? Last I heard anything major, she was about to undergo surgery for a tumor on her jaw -- and I only found out about that update through an online fan news years back o-o;;

I can't assume too much about Minekura's personal life, but with what she was willing to share with her fans online, I have a more nuanced respect for her as an adult creator.

It's so reassuring to see a creator like Minekura continue growing her creativity. I only hope to aspire to her level of good attitude despite IRL hurdles, while having the means to share such a prolific world for everyone else to enjoy.

[2001hz]

Saiyuki Artworks Illustrated By: Kazuya Minekura (1997-2002)

[rosssrandomblog]

< Learning something from your enemy is the first step to forgive them, not learning anything from your enemy will permit them to beat you over and over again. So you really have no choice, you have to learn and you have to forgive.> He read that a long time ago, when he was a child, in one of the dusty books of the orphanage. It didn’t make sense at the time.

But now... it make sense and anyway forgive and forget are not the same.

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The promt screamed Hakkai to me, and yes i like the idea of him stealing the trowing sticks tecnique from Chin-Yisou after his death.

as usual thanks to @saiyukimonthchallenge​ for the promts and the challenge as whole.

[slightlybiased]

Sugar Coat Excess - Kazuya Minekura (x)

[hatsumishinogu]

salty-dog X - Kazuya Minekura Illustrations

[ladyofcamelias]

Saiyuki Calendar 2019 Kazuya Minekura

Source: https://twitter.com/kaz_minekura/status/1080768650036969472

              https://twitter.com/kaz_minekura

Re-posting directly from KAZUYA MINEKURA Twitter, not from other blogs. 

[stevie-cartoony]

-Lirin Color edit-

Coloring Lirin was really fun! ^^

[flowermikoscans]

Saiyuki: The Old Apartment 

Sourced from Sanzo's "PURPLE" post card book/photo album, this is a pretty old illustration from around the beginning of the "Reload" era. If you notice the calendar in the background, it's December 2002! If I recall right, Minekura included this one as part of the 2003 or 2004 manga calendar for Saiyuki Reload.

I get the feel this is supposed to be a very tinsy-tiny small apartment somewhere in Japan, or heck, even some secret hideaway! I think this was one of the very first illustrations i saw of Sanzo in something other than his usual priestly robes and remains one of my favorites to this day.

In honor of Sanzo's birthday. Enjoy

If re-posting please credit to “flowermiko” at Tumblr or Twitter.  DO NOT UPLOAD TO ZEROCHAN. Thank you and enjoy!

[norikunpanda]

Saiyuki Kagekiden Twitter Update

April 3, 2022

News Flash!

A new performance of #SaiyukiKagekiden "Gaiden" has been decided!!

🌸Original Work: Minekura Kazuya "Saiyuki Gaiden" (published by Ichijinsha)

🌸Script & Direction: Miura Kaori

🌸Music: Asai Sayaka

🌸Cast

Suzuki Hiroki, Shiina Taizou, Hirai Yuuki, Fujiwara Yuuki, and others

Planning & production: 4cu

In the thread:

This illustration was, somehow, hurriedly completed by Minekura-sensei for the announcement of "Saiyuki Kagekiden - Gaiden -".

Thank you very much, Minekura Kazuya-sensei!

"Saiyuki Kagekiden - Gaiden - " is scheduled to be staged in 2023.

Please continue looking forward to further news!

saiyukikagekiden.jp

#SaiyukiKagekiden

In the illustration:

"Can you be someone's sun?"

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Note: DO YOU HEAR THAT??? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME SCREAMING AS THEY ANNOUNCED THIS DURING STREAM. AM I STILL ALIVE?? NO. NO, I'M NOT. MY HEART IS NOT READY TO SEE THIS PAIN ON STAGE BUT I WOULD TOTALLY WATCH ANYWAY.

Ah...so much for running a blog strictly for Nori...ily Nori but...my feelings for Saiyuki...

I swear I'll be back to sharing more of him soon 🤣

[hakonohanayome]

HAMEFURAＸ anime countdown illustration by Saiyuki mangaka Kazuya Minekura 

[tigerlily43]

Salty Dog X~Kazuya Minekura Illustrations

[meny-sempai]

Hey guys! It’s me! That one tumbler artist/writer who was writing HER BABIES for Noblesse fandom and then went on a hiatus! That one MDZS fan who wrote long-ass posts about why MO DAO ZU SHI is a masterpiece and then went MIA (she said she’d be back in January but surprise it’s October and she still hasn’t even watched MDZS season 2) SHAME

But! I do have an excuse! I actually wrote a book! 500 pages long book with 16 illustrations! And it’s published! Published in my country and in two days it will be shown to the world!

It’s like a dream! NO. IT IS A DREAM! I worked on this book and dreamed about this day for ten long years and my dream came true! I can’t even begin to explain how important this is for me and how thankful I am to everyone who helped with this book.

I hope one day in the near future I’ll be able to share this book with you in English. I really wanna know what you guys would think about the story since it’s heavily influenced by my love for anime, manga and Asian art in general. 

There was never a book like that in my country. Actually, there are no domestic YA writers at all so this whole project is one big experiment. We’ll see how it goes - a book with a story with a bit of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Saiyuki (Kazuya Minekura), Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (CLAMP), Vinland Saga (Makoto Yukimura), Blood+ and Trigun in it. All of that combined in a atmospheric and emotional studio GHIBLI feels. This book is a Frankenstein's monster I tell ya! Rai would be proud <3

What do you guys think? Would you like to read something like that?

PS.

As soon as the madness about the book is over (the end of 2019) I’ll be back to writing HER BABIES and a couple of more things that were cooking inside my head. No fic of mine will be left unfinished, I promise!

And I’ll also hop onto the MDZS se2 hype train as soon as possible. I still have so much to say about this show and judging by the notes I get about these analysis of mine you want more of my rambling. Well, you’ll get it!

Thank you all for sticking with me so far and sorry for being inactive for so long!

[seiten-taisei]

2019 Birthday illustration for Son Goku by Kazuya Minekura

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