Anime Architecture: Imagined Worlds and Endless Megacities
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An unrivaled visual guide to the cityscapes and buildings of the most celebrated and influential anime movies.
Anime has been influencing cinema, literature, comic books, and video games around the world for decades. Part of what makes anime so popular are the memorable and breathtakingly detailed worlds designed by the creators, from futuristic cities of steel to romantic rural locales. Anime Architecture presents the fantastic environments created by the most important and revered directors and illustrators of Japanese animated films, such as Hideaki Anno, Koji Morimoto, and Mamoru Oshii.
Unprecedented access to vast studio archives of original background paintings, storyboards, drafts, and film excerpts offers readers a privileged view into the earliest stages of conception, development, and finished versions of iconic scenes from critically acclaimed movies such as Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Metropolis, and more. Revealing the secret creative processes of these major anime studios, Anime Architecture is perfect for anyone touched by the beauty and imagination of classic anime, offering inspiration for artists, illustrators, architects, designers, video game makers, and dreamers.
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Original price was: $45.00.$33.04Current price is: $33.04.
Lorne –
The book arrived on time and in great condition. It was boxed in a way that the book was protected. It was in brand new wrapping and condition. I’m very very happy with this book and the seller who sent it. Thank you very much.
jesus –
Me llegó antes de la fecha, está en muy buen estado, me encantoo lo recomiendo
ANURADHA BADAN –
Stupendo. L’unico modo per renderlo migliore sarebbe un’edizione in formato A3. Alcune tavole sono così zeppe di dettagli che, nonostante la stampa curatissima, richiederebbero una lente di ingrandimento per essere apprezzate a pieno.
Consigliatissimo a prescindere dalla familiarità con l’animazione giapponese o meno.
Ezgi –
Eğer anime izleyicisi iseniz ve mimari ile ilgileniyorsanız bu kitabı kütüphanenizde mutlaka bulundurmalısınız. Kitapta animelerde kullanılan detaylı arkaplanların konsept çizimleri ve renklendirilmiş versiyonları ile birlikte bu çizimlere ilham veren şehir manzaraları ve referans fotoğrafları da bulunuyor. İllüstratörler ve mimarlar için bir cevher.
Frank –
If you read the text that’s really gets into the nitty-gritty of why a lot of the art decisions were made and how they went through that process. Well I’ve seen a lot of these animes not really a big fan of anime in general but this is making me really appreciate the artwork behind it and wants to study it more.
Marjorie –
Llegó en perfectas condiciones, si eres aficionado del anime y te gusta la arquitectura o el 2d-3d te va a encantar este libro. Tiene muchos textos explicativos que hablan de todo el trabajo detrás de la creación de un montón de animes icónicos. Recomendadísimo, ayuda mucho para referentes de proyectos.
Joe –
Great for genre fans or as an art reference/inspirational resource. If you’ve found this book, it probably appeals to your specific interest and is worth the price of admission.
Amazon Customer –
Beautiful book and well researched. My only complaint would be the same as a few others have mentioned, the size of the book could stand to be bigger. The details of these backgrounds deserve a larger format. But with that said the book is a great purchase, well done.
joache –
While I’ve never seen any of these animes, I was intrigued of the book because some artists I follow on Twitter recommended it and landscape/cityscape was never something I was good at drawing. In reading this book and looking at the photos, it gave me a new perspective on how I can frame my scenes and use my own photography as practice for drawing. A lot of these images, were shot on 35mm film and I shoot on film, so in reading this book, I learned how I could utilize my own photos the same way the creators used theirs to create their fictional world. Even the most simple of things, like a electric meter, can give the creators inspiration which was beyond me. Definitely recommend and love how it’s not text heavy.
Alonso Martinez –
So cool!
rafaella v. –
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Livro maravilhoso, cumpre com o esperado!
Steven O –
IMPORTANT: I was able to buy this book here on January 31st, 2021 even though it has not been available since early December. I had signed up to receive a notification when the product is available but I never received one. I checked the product page periodically and on 01-31-21 I saw that copies had been made available. Without hesitation I purchased a copy and at that time there were 15 copies still available. Less than 10 minutes later, all of the available copies were sold. The moral of the story is, keep checking the product page.
-I’m very happy that recently several books, in English, have been published highlighting what is often the unsung hero of animation, background artwork. The author puts his focus on the near future, often dystopian, metropolis backgrounds, which I personally find to be more beautiful than those produced by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (I know, it’s sacrilegious to say however, I do still love Miyazaki’s works).
This book is a must have for any fan of Anime and animation in general. Beautifully put together and beautifully researched. I’m very, very happy to have this in my collection.
jesus –
The print, thr contents, the book material all is absolutely upto the mark, but the cover was witha slight torn. Of course that doesn’t take away from the product but something that should be noted by the seller.