Yuji Kaneko Animation Background Art Collection

First edition, first printing, February 2023. With cover and obi. Both the cover and the text are in very good condition. Price: 3850 yen (tax included).

Yuji Kaneko, the representative of the art studio "Aozashin," who has served as the art director for popular anime works such as "Kill la Kill" and "Ranking of Kings," as well as theatrical anime such as "Patema Inverted" and "Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island." This book is the first art collection that compiles the beautiful background art that Kaneko has worked on so far.

From realistic scenery of the real world to fictional worlds such as SF and fantasy, the book is filled with the charm of Kaneko's paintings, which are somehow warm and new, drawn with analog brushes across various genres.

Comments and columns introduce how background artists devise and finish their paintings based on the direction required by the production side and the layouts drawn by the animation directors. This is a must-have book for those who aim to be animators and anime fans.

(Featured Works)
"Patema Inverted," "Kill la Kill," "Little Witch Academia," "POWER PLANT No.33," "Bubuki Buranki," "Mobile Police Patlabor REBOOT," "HisoE & Masotan," "Bokura Mada Underground" (MV work), "Josee, the Tiger and the Fish," "Heikousen" (MV work), "Godzilla Singular Point," "Moon, Laika, and the Bloodsucking Princess," "Ranking of Kings," "Sing a Bit of Harmony," "Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island"

The following is a reprint from Amazon customer reviews.
〇 The horizontal binding allowed large background art to fit within a single page, allowing for stress-free viewing. Furthermore, it is an easy-to-read art book even with spreads. The color-rendering storyboards that I saw on YouTube before are also included, so I was able to learn about the work process. It is also very impressive. I have no regrets about buying it.
〇 When I watched "Josee, the Tiger and the Fish," the background was very beautiful, so I wanted to see it properly in an art book... and I bought it. I feel a unique depth that is different from the beautifully drawn digital backgrounds of recent years.




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