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This Month's Theme
Your Favorite Anime, Manga, or Original Character
There's a specific kind of character who moves into your head and never leaves. Sometimes it's someone from an anime that wrapped years ago and you still think about how they were written. Sometimes they only exist on the page: a manga character you've followed for volumes, never animated, maybe never will be. Or it's whoever showed up three episodes into this season and rearranged your entire personality. And sometimes they've never appeared in anything at all, because you made them, and nobody else knows them the way you do. Anime, manga, or your own original character — all of it counts this month.
Everyone's fave hits differently, which is exactly why this one always turns into the most varied gallery of the year. The swordsman whose whole design rests on a coat that shouldn't physically move like that. A villain with a great smile and zero redeeming qualities. A side character with maybe six lines of dialogue who somehow ended up your favorite in the entire cast. A magical girl from a show that aired before you were born. A protagonist who only exists in black and white on the page, so you get to decide what color their hair actually is. Your OC, in the outfit you've drawn eleven times and still haven't gotten right. The only real requirement is that you care about them.
So draw your fave. Portrait, action pose, sitting on a windowsill doing nothing in particular — the character matters more than the composition here, and how you choose to show them is half the answer. The last time we ran this theme, the range of who people picked was the best part of the whole gallery. I'm counting on that again. Show me who's been living in your head.
Deadline
October 10th, 2026
How to Submit
You can submit your artwork in one of the following ways:
- By Email
Send your submission to: contact@animeartacademy.com - On Discord
Post your submission in the Anime Art Academy Discord channel:
https://discord.com/channels/963616021258846229/978104621119725668
When submitting, please include:
- Your artwork (JPG or PNG file)
- Your name
- Title of your artwork (optional)
Your name (and title, if provided) will be displayed along with your image here on the Student Art page.
Guidelines
- Format: JPG or PNG
- Maximum width: 1500px
- Keep it family-friendly (PG-13) – no NSFW content
- Must be original work only – No AI-generated images
- Fan art is welcome if it fits the theme
- Do not submit direct copies of anime/manga scenes (no tracing or panel reproductions)
- All skill levels are welcome – from beginners to pros!
- One submission per participant