Katsufumi Hariu explained his work as the art director for Macross Plus. The background art for the series and feature film are of outstanding quality and conceptual depth. Digging into the artist's archive made me think it would be great to present these works to a larger audience.

Hiromasa Ogura was very busy with a current production. Nevertheless he was generous enough to let me browse his archive.

With Mika Nishimura I discussed the difference in style between the work of art directors Shinji Kimura and Hiromasa Ogura. Nishimura was once an apprentice of Ogura and is now working as a respected art director herself.

Kosuke Hayashi presents his work for "In this Corner of the World" to select the best pieces for his upcoming exhibition at Riekeles Gallery and leaves me thinking.

‘BL’ stands for BLACK. #HiromasaOgura uses an original production background from #GhostInTheShell (Cut No. 506) to explain his technique for achieving deep black tones. By painting on both the front and back sides of the cel, he created a layered effect that defines this tone.

Original production background for AKIRA, cut no. 207. This piece was created by Hiroshi Ohno, when he was a member of the AKIRA art department. It’s made of two layers, called a “book” in anime terminology. The top layer was cut out from paper and mounted on a cel.

#AKIRA #animearchitecture