This book is a revised edition of the Otomo Katsuhiro Special issue released back in April 2012 ( for coverage on Otomo’s Genga Exhibition in Tokyo ) by Brutus, a Japanese pop culture magazine. The contents have since been expanded/updated to cover more of Otomo Katsuhiro’s work in the past year.

(above) The book kicks off with an article on Otomo’s involvement in the animated film Short Peace, based on Otomo’s manga short of the same name. For more information on Short Peace, read this, this and this. One of the segments in Short Peace by Freedom director Morita Shuhei has been nominated for the 2014 Academy Award’s Best Animated Short.

(above & below) Exhibition pieces for Otomo’s Genga Exhibition held back in 2012. If you missed the exhibition, this monster sized art book is the next best thing.

(above & below) Mini-catalogues (Spring/Summer 2013) for the Japanese fashion label Comme des Garcons, utilizing Otomo’s artwork to great effect. These aren’t for sale but I’m sure they’re been traded for good sums of money on Japan’s Yahoo Auction site.

(above) The book also comes with some mini stickers on the last page, and Brutus even threw in a copy of Otomo’s short manga “Park”, released back in 2007.

100 pages of Otomo goodness, with a free comic thrown in. What’s not to like ? Get this now, before it goes out of print.

“Brutus Magazine – Otomo Katsuhiro Special 大友克洋 特集” book details :

Dimensions – 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
Soft cover, 97 pages ( comes with manga “Park” )
Color, Black & White, in Japanese

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