Some Ao Ashi doodles!

Confession (Keiji Togashi x reader)

My first Ao Ashi x reader!!

Tags: gn!reader, reader is an artist, no manga spoilers (basically this is in the middle of season 1), Aoi and Otomo appear as well, not proofread

You've been Togashi's classmate for months now, and at first, he intimidated you and you didn't care much for him. But your friends often dragged you along to watch Team B's matches and you found yourself focusing on Togashi the most out of all the players. And as time passed on, you found yourself feeling excited whenever you saw him walking onto the field and even more when you got to see him in school every day. It really didn't take much longer until you developed a crush on the defender, despite the fact that you've never talked to him properly and you're pretty sure he doesn't even know your name.

And at some point, not only did you find yourself watching his matches, but you also started coming to watch Team B's practices if you had the time to. As an excuse to have a reason to go, you always brought your sketchbook along to sketch the players to practice dynamic poses. You really tried your best to draw all of them, but then found yourself drawing Togashi the most - even though his hair is always hard to figure out.

And of course, your friends quickly picked up on the fact that you have a crush on him and keep teasing you about it because they want you to confess to him. But you're so sure Togashi still doesn't know who you are, even though he notices how often you come to watch him at practice and matches. He's wondered about it for a while, but always shrugged it off as you being a fan.

Because of your friend's teasing, you had to promise that you'll confess one day. You said it'll be when your sketchbook is full because that usually takes you a while. Just with this particular one, you didn't even realize how much faster you're filling it because you've been using it a lot more since you started drawing at Team B's practices.

Today is like any other - you came to watch Team B at practice and draw while you're at it. And suddenly, you're on the last page of your sketchbook. You're already dreading drawing on it because you know as soon as you do, it'll mean you have to tell Togashi about your feelings. You promised it to your friends. There's no going back.

As much as you're dreading this moment, you're waiting at the exit of the training field to watch out for Togashi. Many of his teammates leave and barely any of them look at you, but the moment Togashi approaches the exit accompanied by Aoi and Otomo, all of them recognize you instantly.

"Isn't that (Y/N)?" You hear Aoi saying from a bit of a distance, but you can't figure out what Otomo answers him. Togashi doesn't seem to have any reaction to your presence. Maybe he really doesn't know who you are?

For a moment, you debate with yourself to just leave and act as if nothing ever happened. But then Aoi runs up to you and is about to greet you. Although, before he gets to say something you force your sketchbook into his hands. "Give this to Togashi-" You tell him quickly before running away as fast as you can.

All three boys are equally confused and look after you, especially Aoi. He looks down at the sketchbook you just put into his hands as your words repeat in his head, so he hands it over to Togashi.

"What is this?" He asks in a tone that sounds a little irritated. He doesn't understand why you ran away so quickly.

"I don't know. They told me to give it to you," Aoi shrugs, "Look into it."

Otomo already knows where this is going. He saw the obvious blush on your face when you gave your sketchbook to Aoi. Otomo curses Togashi in his head for getting a confession before he did.

As they continue walking back to their dorms, Togashi flips through the sketchbook. "I don't get it..." He mumbles as he flips through the mix of your personal art and all the sketches you made while watching Team B's practices. He notices very quickly that he was drawn the most. He opens his mouth to say something else, but not only his voice but also his steps stop when he reads what you wrote on the last page.

"I like you. A lot."

literally how is their dynamic like this

"Debes disculparte con una..." - Eisaku Otomo (Ao Ashi)

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Aoashi, trailer e tutti i dettagli sul nuovo anime sportivo in arrivo da aprile 2022

La storia a tema calcistico di Yugo Kobayashi sarà portata in tv dallo studio Production I.G.

Pubblicato da Shopro un primo teaser trailer di “Aoashi”, che ci svela qualche dettaglio in più sulla serie animata, ispirata all’omonimo manga sportivo di Yugo Kobayashi.

Attualmente in lavorazione presso gli studi PRODUCTION I.G (Haikyuu!! L’asso del volley, Fena: Pirate Princess), l’adattamento debutterà sulle tv giapponesi ad aprile 2022.

Con il video è stata svelata anche una prima locandina ufficiale per l’anime.

Andando a parlare dello staff, la regia della serie è affidata ad Akira Sato (Release the Spyce) e della sceneggiatura si sta occupando Masahiro Yokotani (Free!, All Out!!). 

Come direttori d’animazione sono messi in campo Manabu Nakatake (Sket Dance), Toshie Kawamura (Karneval), Asuka Yamaguchi e Saki Hasegawa, che curano anche il character design con l’assistenza di Naho Seike, Yukiko Watabe, Miho Daidouji e Eisuke Shira. Le musiche, invece, sono composte da Masaru Yokoyama (Taiso Samurai, Farewell, My Dear Cramer).

A supervisionare l‘aspetto calcistico ci sono Kenichi Takeshita, Jun Soga e Kenji Iizuka.

Ashito Aoi è un giovane aspirante calciatore di un paesino sperduto del Giappone. Le sue speranze di entrare in una scuola superiore con una buona squadra di calcio, però, si infrangono quando causa involontariamente la sconfitta della sua squadra, che finisce per essere eliminata dal torneo. Ciononostante, cattura l'attenzione Tatsuya Fukuya, un veterano della celebre Tokyo City Esperion ed attuale allenatore della squadra giovanile. Tatsuya vede in Ashito del vero talento e lo invita ad entrare nel suo team.

Il cast principale della serie è formato da:

Ashito Aoi: Kouki Osuzu

Eisaku Otomo: Tatsumaru Tachibana (Mo-Ri Jin in The God of High School)

Soichiro Tachibana: Seiichirou Yamashita (Toru Ishikawa in Horimiya)

Keiji Togashi: Taku Yashiro (Shinichi Yasuhara in Ahiru no Sora)

Kanpei Kuroda: Shun Horie (Kazuya Kinoshita in Rent-a-Girlfriend)

Asari Marchis Jun: Wataru Kato (Shiro Kokufu in Id:Invaded)

Yuma Motoki: Junya Enoki (Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen)

Ryuichi Takeshima: Kentaro Kumagai (Makoto Majima in Ikebukuro West Gate Park)

Tatsuya Fukuda: Chikahiro Kobayashi (Legoshi in Beastars)

Hana Ichijo: Maki Kawase (Junko Konno in Zombie Land Saga)

Il manga a tema calcistico viene serializzato sulle pagine della rivista Big Comic Spirits dal gennaio 2015 e attualmente Shogakukan ne ha raccolto i vari capitoli in 25 volumi.

La storia si basa sul concept iniziale ideato da Naohiko Ueno. L’opera è stata premiata agli Shogakukan Manga Awards del 2020, come miglior titolo nella categoria generale.

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List of every artist featured on VGDensetsu, Part 1

Part 2: N-Z Adam Warren Ahndongshik / アントンシク Akari Funato / 船戸明里 Akemi Takada / 高田 明美 Akihiko Yoshida / 吉田明彦 Akihiro Itō / 伊藤明弘 Akihiro Yamada / 山田 章博 Akikazu Mizuno / 水野 暁一 Akimoto Kazuhide, AKA Akimoto Kitsune / 秋元きつね Akio Akira Komeda / 米田 朗 Akira Nishimura / 西村 彰 Akira Toriyama / 鳥山 明 Akira Watanabe / 渡邊 アキラ Akira Yasuda / 安田 朗, AKA Akiman Ami Shibata / 柴田 亜美 Ano Shimizu / ANO清水 Arnold Doong Arthur Nichols, Paris Cullins Atsuji Yamamoto / 山本貴嗣 Atsushi Nishigori / 錦織 敦史 Ayano Koshiro / こしろあやの Barry E. Jackson Bengus Bill Gold Bill Sienkiewicz Bob Wakelin Chisato Mita / 実田 千聖 Clyde Caldwell Chris Achilleos Christian Lorenz Scheurer Dave Gibbons Dave McMacken David Rowe David Schleinkofer Denis Beauvais Denis Loubet Didier Chanfray

Eiji Kaneda / 金田榮路 Eisaku Kitō / 鬼頭栄作 Eisuke Ogura Emika Kida / 木田恵美可 Eri Kohjitani / 糀谷 恵里, AKA Jitari Eri Nakamura / 中村 会里 Frank Cirocco Fujinomiya Mimoli / 藤ノ宮深森 Fujiomi Munemitsu / 藤臣 宗光 Gaku Miyao / 宮尾岳 Gary Ruddell Greg Martin Greg Semkov Greg Winters Gus Allen Hajime Itō / 伊藤 哉 Hajime Katoki / カトキ ハジメ Hajime Satō / 佐藤 肇 Hajime Sorayama / 空山 基 Haruhiko Mikimoto / 美樹本 晴彦 Hidari / 左 Hideaki Ebihara / 海老原 英明 Hideaki Kodama / 小玉英章 Hidefumi Kimura / きむらひでふみ / 木村英文 Hideo Nakajima / 中嶋秀夫 Hidetomo Tsubara / 円 英智 Higuchīta / ヒグチータ / HIGUCHI-TA Hikaru Yuzuki / 弓月光 Hiroaki Hashimoto / ヒロアキ Hiroaki Shioya / 塩谷博明 Hirohide Shikishima / 敷島博英 Hiroo Isono / 磯野 宏夫 Hiroshi Fuji / 冨士宏 Hiroshi Nagai / 永井博 Hiroshi Ono / 小野浩, AKA Mr. Dotman / Mr.ドットマン Hiroyuki Nishimura / 西村博之 Hiroyuki Kitakubo / 北久保弘之 Hisashi Eguchi / 江口寿史 Hitoshi Ariga / 有賀ヒトシ Hitoshi Nishio / 西尾 仁志 Hitoshi Sasaki / 佐々木 等 Hitoshi Suenaga / 末永仁志 Hitoshi Yoneda / 米田 仁士 Hyakkimaru / 百鬼丸 Ikuo Nakayama / 中山郁夫 Inio Asano / 浅野いにお Ippei Gyoubu / 形部一平 Isamu Kamikokuryō / 上国料勇 Ishihara Gōjin / 石原豪人 Itsuki Hoshi / 星 樹 Itsuki Imazaki / いまざきいつき Jean Solé Jeff Remmer Jerry Bingham Jin Mera / 米良 仁, AKA Eiji Shiroi / 白井影二 Joe Madureira John Berkey Jun Satoh / 佐藤樹云 Jun Suemi / 末弥 純 Jun-ichi Fujikawa / 藤川 純一 Jun-ichi Nakamura / 中村 淳一 Junny Junya Inoue / 井上淳哉, AKA Joker-Jun Kamui Fujiwara / 藤原 カムイ Kaori Fujita / 藤田香 Katsuhiro Otomo / 大友 克洋 Katsumi Yokota / 横田克己 Katsutoshi Fujioka / 藤岡勝利 Katsuya Terada / 寺田 克也 Kaz Aizawa Kazuhiro Ikeda / 池田和弘, AKA Bow Kazuhiko Tsuzuki / 都築和彦 Kazuko Shibuya / 渋谷員子 Kazuma Teshigahara / 勅使河原 一馬 Kazuo Ebisawa / 海老沢 一男 Kazuo Nakagawa / 中川和雄 Kazutoshi Yamane / 山根和俊, AKA Tetsuya Ueno / 上野哲也. Kazuya Nuri / 塗 和也 Kazuyuki Kurashima / 倉島一幸 Kei Furutsuki Kei Tōme / 冬目景 Keita Amemiya / 雨宮 慶太 Keizō Shimizu / 清水恵蔵 Ken Sugimori / 杉森 建 Ken-ichi Sonoda / 園田 健一 Kenichirō Yoshimura / 吉村健一郎 Kenji Andō / 安藤賢司 Kenji Mori, AKA Moriken / もりけん Kenji Tsuruta / 鶴田 謙二 Kensuke Suzuki / 鈴木健介, AKA Hiroshi Kajiyama / 梶山浩 Kenta Tanaka / 田中 健太 Kevin Jenkins Kevin Murphy, AKA Mure Kim Hyung Tae / 김형태 Kimihiko Fujisaka / 藤坂公彦 Kinu Nishimura / 西村キヌ Kohime Ohse / 桜瀬 琥姫 Kōichi Noda / 野田弘一 Kōichi Tokita / ときた洸一 Kōichi Yotsui / 四井 浩一 Kōji / 弘司 Kōji Aihara / 相原 コージ Kōji Morimoto / 森本 晃司 Kōji Ogata / 緒方コウジ Kōtarō Kita 喜多浩太郎, AKA Kentoo Kouki Kita / 喜多 綱毅 Kow Yokoyama / 横山宏 Kunihiko Tanaka / 田中久仁彦 Larry Salk Lawrence Fletcher, AKA Lars Lee Macleod Leiji Matsumoto / 松本零士 Ley Yumeno / 夢野れい Mahiro Maeda / 前田真宏 Makoto Kobayashi / 小林 誠 Makoto Shinkai / 新海 誠 Manabu Kusunoki / 楠木学 Manabu Sakamoto / 坂本学 Marc Ericksen https://twitter.com/search? Mari Shimazaki /島崎麻里 Mark ‘Crash’ McCreery Masahiro Imai / 今井 正博 Masakazu Ohya / 大矢 正和 Masaki Segawa / せがわまさき / 濑川雅树 Masako Sugiyama / 杉山正子 Masami Ohnishi / 大西将美 Masamune Shirow / 士郎 正宗 Masao Satake / 佐竹政夫 Masao Yamazaki / 山崎 正夫 Masaomi Kanzaki / 神崎 将臣 Masashi Iwasaki / 岩崎政志 Masato Kanamono / 金物昌人, AKA Kokomahi / ここまひ Masato Kato / 加藤正人 Masato Natsumoto / 夏元 雅人 Masayuki Katō / 加藤正幸 Michael Patrick Partners Michel Allaire Michiaki Satō / 佐藤道明 Mick McGinty Mika Akitaka / 明貴 美加 Mine Yoshizaki / 吉崎 観音 Minoru Maeda / 前田実

Aoashi Soccer Anime Releases Teaser PV, Teaser Visual and Cast List

    The official website for the upcoming Aoashi soccer anime today released a brand new teser PV, teaser visual and voice actor info for the series expected to air on NHK Educational TV in April 2022. Production I.G works on anime production with Akira Sato (RELEASE THE SPYCE) directing.

    Teaser PV:

    Teaser visual:

    Main Voice Cast:

  Ashito Aoi: Kouki Osuzu

Eisaku Otomo: Tatsumaru Tachibana

Soichiro Tachibana: Seiichiro Yamashita

Keiji Togashi: Taku Yashiro

Kanpei Kuroda; Shun Horie

Jun Marchis Asari: Wataru Kato

Yuma Motoki: Junya Enoki

Ryuichi Takeshima: Kentaro Kumagai

Tatsuya Fukuda: Chikahiro Kobayashi

Hana Ichijo: Maki Kawase

    The original manga focusing on the theme of J-League's youth soccer teams is penned by Yugo Kobayashi and has been running in Big Comic Spirits magazine since 2015. The manga won in the General category in the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards. Its latest 26th tankobon volume is set to be released in Japan on November 12, 2021.

    Story Introduction:

  Ashito Aoi, a junior high school student living in Ehime Prefecture, is the ace of a weak soccer team. On the day he loses his last junior high school tournament, he is running on the beach to vent his frustration. Then he meets a man who was watching the game. That man, Tatsuya Fukuda, is the coach of the Youth Team, an organization that trains high school students at Tokyo City Esperion FC, one of the leading clubs in the J-League. Fukuda sees infinite potential in Ashito, who has a special talent despite his rough edges, and begins to talk about his own ambition. "I have ambitions, and with the club I've built, I'll take on the world. It's not a stepping stone to the world. My club is the world. Youth is responsible for all of that ambition." Ashito accepts Fukuda's invitation and decides to go to Tokyo to take the entrance exam (Selection)... 

    Main Staff:

  Director: Akira Sato

Series composition: Masahiro Yokoya

Soccer Supervision: Kenichi Takeshita, Jun Soga, Kenji Iizuka

Character Design: Manabu Nakatake, Toshie Kawamura, Asuka Yamaguchi, Saki Hasegawa

Sub Character Design: Naho Kiyoike, Yukiko Watabe, Miho Daidoji, Eisuke Shirai

Chief Animation Director: Manabu Nakatake, Asuka Yamaguchi

Prop Design: Arisa Ito, Miori Tsusaka

Color Design: Emiko Ueno

Art Director: Tsukasa Kakizakai, Yusuke Takeda

Art Design: Kazushige Kanehira, Iizou

2D works: Akiko Hamanaka

Pre-visualization: Masatada Maejima

3D: Sigma Morimoto

Director of Photography: Maiko Imazeki

Editing: Yoshinori Murakami

Sound Director: Shoji Hata

Music: Masaru Yokoyama

Animation Production: Production I.G 

    ⚽️TVアニメ『アオアシ』⚽️ 「いまもっともアツいサッカー漫画」#アオアシ が… 2022年4月(予定) NHK Eテレでのシリーズ放送決定❗ 主人公・青井葦人と東京シティ・エスペリオンユースで切磋琢磨するチームメイト達を描いたティザービジュアルを公開しました???? ▼公式HP https://t.co/qYd3EClPYk pic.twitter.com/fE8OqrPobH

— 『アオアシ』TVアニメ公式 (@aoashi_pr) October 29, 2021

    Source: TV anime "Aoashi" official website / Twitter

  ©Yugo Kobayashi, SHOGAKUKAN/"Aoashi" Prodution Committee

   By: Mikikazu Komatsu

AO ASHI but bite size

Ao Ashi requests are now open!!!

The lack of Ao Ashi x reader on here is painful. Let me change that😔

My usual request rules still apply. But for Ao Ashi I'm only writing for a few characters so far! I might add more in the future. Also, I'll still mainly write for Blue Lock, but doing a bit for Ao Ashi on the side as well!!

Characters I currently write for: Ashito Aoi, Eisaku Otomo, Keiji Togashi, Yuma Motoki

Anything I write for Ao Ashi will be during season 1 of the anime because I haven't finished the manga yet!

I plan to add Tachibana, Kuroda, Jun, Hana and Kuribayashi one day in the future! Also probably Fukuda, Nozomi and Tsukishima maybe as father figures or something (like I currently write for the Blue Lock coaches.) Just wait until I get a better grasp on their personalities so I feel ready to write for them. Until then I'm writing for the four listed above!

❤️Current writing event!❤️

Mao/Mobu/Melo ❤️ Barou's sister ❤️ 19 ❤️ they/she lesbian ❤️ all interactions from @maobun-uwu

no one except for me knows what you want. i'll never let you-

masterlist ❤️ request rules ❤️ taglist sign-up ❤️ tags ❤️ what else you should know

my inbox is open for requests, questions or if you want to talk to me! just please don't vent into my inbox

i only write gn!reader and occasionally lesbian!reader (if relevant to the scenario)

i write for blue lock and ao ashi!

no one except for knows what you want. i'll never let you-

My favourite characters! (in no particular order)

Blue Lock: Zantetsu Tsurugi ❤️ Jingo Raichi ❤️ Aoshi Tokimitsu ❤️ Jinpachi Ego ❤️ Shouei Barou ❤️ Ryusei Shidou ❤️ Junichi Wanima ❤️ Don Lorenzo

Ao Ashi: Keiji Togashi ❤️ Yuma Motoki ❤️ Chiaki Mutou ❤️ Ashito Aoi ❤️ Eisaku Otomo

no one except for me knows who you are. i'll never let you go.

Currently working on...

❤️ Shidou and the five love languages

❤️ The silence tells us all we need to know (Ikki Niko x reader)

❤️ (mis)communicating feelings with big brother!Hiori

❤️ also working on requests!

Favourite characters

Characters are listed in no particular order

💟 Blue Lock: Zantetsu Tsurugi - Jingo Raichi - Aoshi Tokimitsu - Jinpachi Ego - Shouei Barou - Ryusei Shidou - Junichi Wanima - Don Lorenzo - Alexis Ness - Birkenstock - Erik Gesner

💟 Ao Ashi: Keiji Togashi - Yuma Motoki - Chiaki Mutou - Ashito Aoi - Eisaku Otomo - Nagisa Akutsu - Enshin Akiyama - Nathan Starless

💟 Baki: Baki Hanma - Katsumi Orochi - Kureha Shinogi - Hector Doyle - Jack Hanma

Others, unrelated to this blog:

💟 (Mob Psycho 100) Reigen Arataka, Shigeo Kageyama/Mob, Katsuya Serizawa - (Food Wars) Terunori Kuga, Akira Hayama, Takumi Aldini, Megumi Tadokoro - (Omori) Kel, Hero, Captain Spaceboy, Basil, Aubrey, Mari - (Tales of Symphonia) Lloyd Irving, Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder - (Giant Killing) Takeshi Tatsumi, Daisuke Tsubaki, Luigi Yoshida, Shigeyuki Murakoshi, Kyohei Sera, Kazuki Kuroda

Characters I write and don't write!

I write for Blue Lock, Ao Ashi, Grappler Baki and Kengan Ashura/Omega! Bold ones are either my favourites or my strengths in writing, italic ones are characters who I mainly look for requests at the moment! (updating this every now and then) - but you can request any character on the list! I will add characters every now and then.

Separate list: Request rules

Chatacters I write for:

[Blue Lock] Isagi - Bachira - Raichi - Naruhaya - Gagamaru - Kuon - Iemon - Igaguri - Chigiri - Kunigami (pre- and post-wild card) - Imamura - Niko - Barou - Junichi and Keisuke Wanima - Zantetsu - Reo - Nagi - Tokimitsu - Aryu - Otoya - Yukimiya - Nanase - Kurona - Shidou - Karasu - Hiori - Anri - Oliver - Sendou - Kaiser - Ness - the German Bastard München characters (Benedict Grim, Erik Gesner, Birkenstock, Ali, Mensah, Igor Schneider, Theo Sachs, Bachman, Ndiaye) - Lorenzo - Jin Kiyora - Jinpachi Ego - Noel Noa - Chris Prince - Lavinho - Marc Snuffy + my OCs Takumi, Satoshi and Arisu

[Ao Ashi] Ashito Aoi - Eisaku Otomo - Keiji Togashi - Yuma Motoki - Enshin Akiyama

[Baki] Baki Hanma - Kozue Matsumoto - Hector Doyle - Jack Hanma - Katsumi Orochi - Kureha Shinogi - Kaiou Retsu

[Kengan] Tokita Ohma - Kanoh Agito - Raian Kure - Gaolang Wongsawat - Lihito - Ryuki Gaoh - Koga Narushima

[Fire Emblem Three Houses + Three Hopes] Blue Lions - Black Eagles - Golden Deer - Ashen Wolves Byleth - Shez - Seteth - Flayn

I don't write for:

[Blue Lock] Sae Itoshi - Rin Itoshi - Dada Silva - Adam Blake - Pablo Cavazos - Leonardo Luna - Julian Loki - Ryosuke Kira - Hibiki Okawa - any of the third selection characters that didn't do anything - all of the U-20 team (except for Oliver and Sendou) - the background characters in FC Barcha, Manshine City, Ubers and PxG

[Ao Ashi + Baki + Kengan + FE3H] anyone who's not listed above

Masterlist: Ao Ashi

Ashito Aoi

Nothing yet

Eisaku Otomo

Nothing yet

Keiji Togashi

Confession (oneshot)

Yuma Motoki

Nothing yet

Enshin Akiyama

Nothing yet

Multiple characters

Ashito/Tachibana/Yuma/Togashi x neurodivergent!reader who can't hold eye contact (drabble)

My Favorite Art Books of 2017

2017 has been a pretty great year for art books, and I’ve managed to review some 20 titles more than last year, with the final count at 82 books. As we welcome 2018 here’s the round up of my favorite art books of 2017; I hope you’ll find something of interest in the list. ( do note that not all the books listed here were published in 2017. ) Enjoy ! – 1) Things From The Flood – Simon Stålenhag

Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag’s follow-up to his previous art book Tales From The Loop ( one of my fav art books from 2016 ) is an equally spellbinding sci-fi journey through hypnotic and surreal images masterfully illustrated by the artist. A fascinating read from cover to cover.

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2) Katsuya Terada + Kim JungGi Illustrations

Two world renowned illustration maestros ( Katsuya Terada and Kim JungGi ) pool their sublime draftsmanship powers together in this collaborative volume featuring some of their very latest works.

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3) Otomo – A Global Tribute To The Mind Behind Akira

Top comic artists and illustrators from Europe and Japan pay creative tribute to the films of Akira creator Otomo Katsuhiro in this amazing volume featuring pieces from over 80 artists, with close to 200 pieces of art work. A tour de force of Otomo inspired goodness.

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4) Rakugaki Note – Eisaku Kubonouchi Art Works

Japanese comic artist/illustrator Eisaku Kubonouchi has been in the creative spotlight this year after designing the characters for Nissin Cup Noodle’s Kiki’s Delivery Service and Sazae-san anime commercials. This may be his first proper art book, but his recognition is long overdue.

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5) The Last Odyssey – Ohrai Noriyoshi 1985-2015

The Last Odyssey is an expansive retrospective art book for the late Ohrai Noriyoshi, who sadly passed away in 2015. The artist was a prolific painter who has worked on countless movie posters, including a commission by George Lucas to paint the poster for The Empire Strikes back.

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6) The World Of Ice & Fire – Game Of Thrones

A sumptuous volume to revel in the rich mythology of George R. R. Martin‘s fantasy world, complemented by some exceptional art work and illustrations; particularly those of Targaryen Kings and dragons.

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7) Hellboy In Hell Library Edition

This much awaited hardcover volume marks the narrative end ( or is it ? ) to Mike Mignola’s iconic comic character Hellboy, with all chapters of the Hellboy In Hell arc collected for a satisfying read.

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8) 20 Posters – Otomo Katsuhiro Posters Collection

Ok this isn’t really an art book, but I was compelled to add it to the list because of its great beauty and substantial movie culture significance – a collection of stunning 20 posters from Akira creator Otomo Katsuhiro films, hand picked by the man himself. Any of these will make a wall prettier immediately.

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9) The Art Of Rogue One – A Starwars Story

Rogue One was one of my favourite films of 2016 ( and also among Starwars films ). The concept team led by Academy Award winning artist/production designer Doug Chiang created a huge volume of amazing concept art, many of which are showcased here. This book was published in late December last year and narrowly missed the deadline for my 2016’s favourite list.

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10) All About Saul Leiter

I was lucky enough to attend Saul Leiter’s retrospective exhibition during my time in Tokyo this summer, a photography giant that I had little knowledge of prior to my visit. Starting his career as a fashion photographer for magazines like Elle and Vogue, Saul Leiter had an amazing eye for composition and aesthetically pleasing images. His photographs from the exhibition are beautifully reproduced in this catalog.

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11) Paprika – Kon Satoshi Storyboard Book

The full collection of the late Kon Satoshi’s production storyboards ( over 600 pages ) for his final animated film Paprika, meticulously drawn by the artist himself. Akin to his mentor Otomo Katsuhiro, Kon Satoshi’s visual approach to his anime films are always highly cinematic, and this book is a great way to sturdy the master’s work. This is one of the top purchased items on my blog this year.

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12) Mucha Slav Exhibition 2017 Catalogue

Some 600 thousand people visited the Mucha Slav exhibition held in Tokyo this summer, the first time the entire collection has ever left its home country Prague. Mucha was an astounding artist ahead of his time, and a fitting champion of the Art Noveau movement. This catalog collects all the paintings and art work from the exhibition.

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A few other notable mentions include the background art book for Shinkai Makoto’s Your Name, Gregory Manchess’s Above The Timberline, Ikeda Manabu’s The Pen and Peter Lindbergh’s A Different Vision Of Photography; you can take a look at the full list of 2017’s art book reviews here, and I also recommend my favorite art books of 2016/2015/2014/2013/2012.

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And lastly, I’ll love you hear about your favorite art books this year too, if you have any to share. Happy New Year !

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