With Yuri! on Ice episode 5, "Face Beet-Red!! It's the First Competition! The Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship," about to air infamous parody artist Keiichi Tanaka had an idea. He declared ItakoMangakaYuriFestival, in which manga mimics like himself would redraw the anime leads in the style of other notables. Talented artists like Ippongi Bang were quick to respond.

Check out the results

an homage to Gundam F91's Yoshikazu Yasuhiko





An homage to Rumiko Takahashi

Inspired by Mr. Osomatsu - Naoyuki Asano's update of Fujio Akatsuka's characters

Inspired by Gegege no Kitaro's Shigeru Mizuki

An homage to Hideo Azuma

An homage to Kazuhiko Shimamoto (Blue Blazes)





An homage to Chikako Mitsuhashi (Chiisana Koi no Monogatari, Hai Akko Desu)

An homage to Fujiko F. Fujio (Doraemon)





An homage to Osamu Tezuka

An homage to Hirohiko Araki

An homage to Hagio Moto

An homage to Hiroyuri Eto (Mahoujin Guru Guru)

Aamin Okada (Lunatic Zatsugidan)

Yoshito Usui (Crayon Shin-chan)

An homage to Ami Shibata (Papuwa)





An homage to Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko)

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.