Incredibly Real Manga Drawings Of Japan

In manga Yotsuba&!, artist Kiyohiko Azuma draw characters in a stylised, not-so-realistic way. The backgrounds, however, are insanely realistic. 

[Via Spoon & Tamago | DesignStack]

According to Spoon & Tamago, in a 2014 interview, Azuma explained this contrast, saying, “I lean toward realism, but at the same time, it’s not like I’m trying to make things actually realistic — what I’m going for is more like having a somewhat strange character within a realistic world. Now, that’s pretty standard in manga, but what I’m aiming for is to strike the right balance of being ‘somewhat’ strange — not too out there, but not too normal, either.”