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Japanese classic animation architecture

Japanese classic animation architecture

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Anime fans must receive! Heavyweight fantasy masterpiece, coming!
"AKIRA", "Mobile Police Movie", "Ghost in the Shell"
"Metropolis", "Bad Boys on the Street", "Evangelion New Theatrical Version"...

From the hand-painted age to the digital age,
Japanese sci-fi animation classics that have influenced the world,
Contains nearly 400 precious drafts, original pictures, storyboards, and photos taken from materials.
Uncover the creative process behind the art setting and scene design!

"Anime" (Anime) is one of Japan's most successful cultural exports. Its influence has spanned film, literature, comics and video games for decades. However, the background paintings of this art type have always been shrouded in mystery, especially the works of the "pre-digital" period before 2000.

"Anime Architecture" originated from the "Anime Architecture" exhibition that was first exhibited at the Museum for Architecture Drawing in Berlin in 2016. Curated by the author of this book, Stefan Riekeles, the exhibition presents the development process behind the art world of cities and buildings in Japan's most influential classic sci-fi animation films, and how these animations create The "Cyberpunk" (Cyberpunk) sci-fi scene and aesthetic style that influenced future generations.

The nine super fantasy animation masterpieces included in this book include:
"AKIRA" (1988) Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
"Mobile Police Movie" (1989) Director: Mamoru Oshii
"Mobile Police Movie 2" (1993) Director: Mamoru Oshii
"Ghost in the Shell" (1995) Director: Mamoru Oshii, Original Story: Shirou Masamune
"Metropolis" (2001) Director: Lin Zhongxing, Original Work: Osamu Tezuka
"Ghost in the Shell 2: INNOCENCE" (2004) Director: Mamoru Oshii
"Bad Boys on the Street" (2004) Director: Michael Arias, Original Story: Taiyo Matsumoto
"Evangelion New Theatrical Version: Preface/Broken" (2007/2009) Director: Hideaki Anno

The background art creators who appeared in it are also one of the best master painters in the period of hand-painted animation, including: Hiroshi Ogura / Hiroshi Ono / Toshiharu Mizutani / Shinji Kimura / Toshi Kon / Atsushi Takeuchi / Shuichi Kusamori / Takashi Watanabe ……wait. They created the golden age of celluloid animation, and also experienced the transition period from hand-painted to digital, witnessing the transformation of the animation industry.

This real behind-the-scenes journey will lead readers to have a glimpse into the creative world of the most respected and famous directors in the Japanese animation industry, as well as the most iconic background art creators at the peak of hand-painting. Take a close look at the delicate and magnificent background original drawings, storyboards and initial drafts drawn by them for these animation masterpieces, as well as the photography as the source of inspiration.

The author, Stephen Rickles, spent a lot of energy, contacting and interviewing animation companies, directors, and art creators who participated in these classic works one by one, collected nearly 400 precious pictures, and faithfully presented them in the Before the big screen, the original content of the manuscript is difficult to see even in the official original painting collection or setting collection.

Many well-known scenes that people talk about are collected at once, allowing anime fans to feast their eyes and learn about the creative process behind the scenes. For example, the appearance of old Tokyo before the big explosion in "AKIRA", the Tokyo Olympic billboard known as the prophecy of the gods; the photos of Hong Kong street scenes in "Ghost in the Shell", Motoko Kusanagi's use of optical camouflage uniforms to confront gangsters on the river The contrasting landscape of the old and new cities; "Bad Boys on the Street" refers to the Takaracho designed by Kichijoji, where Studio 4℃ works; Tokyo City, etc.

This book presents the fictional world constructed by these talented creators through animation, as well as the dazzling giant cities and architectural details. These works can be said to predict the future. While warning the world, they also let us embrace infinite longing and imagination.

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