Wonderland

This is a wonderfully ingenious and well-designed series of picture books. Mitsumasa Anno blends science and philosophy into a humorous visual game, constructing an astonishing artistic world with delicate and meticulous watercolors. His meticulous thought and precise design are full of beauty and childlike wonder. Through the interwoven arrangement of two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces and clever shifts in perspective, Anno presents impossible, contradictory spaces in "Mysterious Land." The interesting stories in "The Upside-Down World" allow young readers to vividly understand the abstract philosophical concept of "relativity." And the mysterious "Forest" is where the author's meticulous design and detail lie.

"Mysterious Land": You're going up a staircase, but you end up on the same level as before; in the same maze, some people walk with their heads up and feet down, while others walk with their heads down and feet up, yet they all manage fine; water flowing from a high-mounted faucet, after passing through a village, flows back to the faucet from a higher point? The author's ingenious arrangement and design of the illustrations reach an astonishing level, perfectly presenting what is hidden behind a seemingly reasonable exterior...