Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo

A remake by Yusuke Murata, titled Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo R, was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 2008 to May 2010, with its chapters collected in a single volume released in June 2011.

Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo explains how to draw, inking, applying frames, create animation effect, onomatopoeia, the basis of characterization and character set, how to proceed for the sake of brevity and clarity of the story, etc.

The essential points listed in Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo to make a successful manga are: drawing regularly (daily if possible); always start a story with the setting; large bubbles with little text and readable, thumbnails of different sizes, but with an ordered presentation that facilitates the reading order; expressive characters with different looks and personalities, and with a minimum of humor, their position and orientation must remain logical (look towards each other when they speak, fight, etc.

The first and main part, Hetappi Manga Institute (ヘタッピマンガ研究所), features 12 lessons originally published in Fresh Jump.

This part is also a detailed description of the tools and other things that have not been introduced yet: what material to use, how to draw a face, creating characters and their personality, painting and inking, applying frames, using onomatopoeia and various effects (speed, close-ups, etc.

[3] A remake by Yusuke Murata, titled ヘタッピマンガ研究所R (Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo R [ja]), was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, on a monthly basis,[4] from April 28, 2008,[5] to May 17, 2010.

[6] It included interviews with manga artists Yoshihiro Togashi, Mizuki Kawashita, Yusei Matsui, and Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro.