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Here are various shows/manga/anime/films that have influenced my style as an artist and me as a person.

1) Phineas and Ferb.
I have to thank this show for getting me into drawing in the first place, by drawing manga-style fanart for it. It also (somehow) lead me to watch Ouran High School, which lead to me watching other anime.

2) Bleach.
I got bored of Bleach by the 6th volume, but it was the first manga I had ever read, and my approval of it lead to my dad introducing me to One Piece.

3) Ouran High School Host Club
Found an AMV on Youtube, started watching the anime, starting reading the manga, starting drawing seriously, mostly big-eyed chibi girls.

4) One Piece
Where to start on One Piece? It's has saved my life, with it's unique inspiring plot and characters, because without the optimistic lines, such as "keep living, and lots of happy times will come your way", I would have committed suicide becuase I felt so unhappy. It completely flopped my view of life; whereas before I was a mostly negative, closed and bored with no goal in life, after a few months of One Piece I became more optimistic, more open and decided to become a manga artist with one of the best shounen manga series in the world-despite the fact that I'm not a Japanese man, One Piece has taught me never to give up and just keep smiling. I have a lot to talk about now, a lot to laugh about, a lot to watch, a lot to read and a lot to draw. My drawing style slowly to change too, until it was nothing like what it was originally. My characters used to be big eyed and motionless but now they have small eyes, with lots of movement (lots of people say this) and I have to say I enjoy drawing a lot more now.

5) The Lorax 2012 Movie.
My favourite movie of all time. I love the way the eyes and noses are drawn, and incorporated some of the style into my own work.

6) Get Well Soon
Basically just helped me improve with drawing very young kids and drawing real life people in my style.

7) Soul Eater
Nothing much stylewise, but the plot gave me some ideas on how to develop my own manga story.

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Roronoa-D-Riku's avatar
I understand about how you felt about One Piece. For me, I was suffering underpressure and distrust from others. After reading One Piece, I became an entirely different person. Have you tried Fairy Tail? It's almost similar to One Piece except with wizards. It has the same beauty of One Piece and I seriously love the music from the anime...