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REVIEW: How to Draw SF Mecha Starting from a Reiji Meter
Title: How to Draw SF Mecha Starting from a Reiji Meter / Reiji Meeta kara hajimaru SF mecha no egakikata / 零士メーターから始めるSFメカの描き方
Author: Katsumi Itabashi
Year Released: 2017
Publisher: Genkousha
Format: Paperback
Pages: 167
I bought this book because the cover looked really cool, even though I don’t know much about Katsumi Itabashi. Most of his work involves designing for Leiji Matsumoto’s creative works. As for me, I’ve only seen the original Space Battleship Yamato anime and not much else of Matsumoto’s other works. Below is the Amazon Japan description for Itabashi (as translated by Mr. G. T.):
Continue readingMechanic designer and illustrator. Born in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. After two years of experience as an assistant to Leiji Matsumoto, he became a mechanical designer on “Space Battleship Yamato 2” in 1978. Since then, he has worked on mechanical designs such as “Galaxy Express 999”, “Arcadia of My Youth” and “Queen Millennia”, and has become an indispensable presence in Matsumoto animation. He is also active in mechanical design such as the TV anime “Special Armored Battalion Dolback”. He has a transcendental relationship with Leiji Matsumoto.
REVIEW: How to Draw a Good SF Mechanic (Manga Textbook Series No. 10)
Title: How to Draw a Good SF Mechanic (Manga Textbook Series No. 10) / SFメカニックの上手な描き方 (漫画の教科書シリーズ No. 10)
Author: Kou
Year Released: 2012
Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha
Format: Paperback
Pages: 175
ISBN-10 : 4416212216
ISBN-13 : 978-4416212219
This is the 2nd book in a series of reviews of mecha/robot drawing books for the March of Robots.
Continue readingREVIEW: Drawing Robots Well (Manga Textbook Series No. 06)
Title: Drawing Robots Well (Manga Textbook Series No. 06) / ロボットの上手な描き方 (漫画の教科書シリーズ No. 06)
Author/s: Jyo Yanagi, kou, Naohiro Washio
Year Released: 2010
Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha
Format: Paperback
Pages: 175
ISBN-10 : 4416610238
ISBN-13 : 978-4416610237
This is the 2nd book in a series of reviews of mecha/robot drawing books for the March of Robots.
Continue readingREVIEW: Basics of Drawing Robots: From Box Robots to Original Robots
Title: Basics of Drawing Robots: From Box Robots to Original Robots / ロボットを描く基本 箱ロボからオリジナルロボまで
Author: Kyouryuu Kuramochi
Year Released: 2015
Publisher: Hobby Japan
Format: Paperback
Pages: 175
ISBN-10 : 4798610542
ISBN-13 : 978-4798610542
This is the first in a series of drawing mecha/robots books that I will be reviewing this month. Main author seems to be Kuramochi and Kakumaru is the editor, but there are actually 15 illustrators who contributed designs in the book. Their handles and pixiv/Twitter IDs can be found at the back of the book. Main author editor bios below as translated by Google Translate.
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