Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review

Posted By yonghow on July 14th, 2020

Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集

Hiroyuki Imaishi (今石洋之) is a Japanese key animator/animation director and one of the co-founders of Studio Trigger. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. Prior to founding Trigger, he was an animator and director at Gainax.

This is his first published art book and features a big collection of his illustrations from anime series like Promare, Kill La Kill, Gurren Lagann, Evangelion, FLCL, DEAD LEAVES and many more. Besides illustrations, there are also select reproductions of his character design work and genga.

Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集
Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review 今石洋之アニメ画集

I certainly find similarities in the visual style of Imaishi and Sushio, with their dizzying and frenetic character poses and compositions that look as though they would burst forth from their planar existence into ours. Fans of both artists will be very pleased with this art book. Recommended.

Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works 今石洋之アニメ画集 Art Book details :

– Dimensions – 29.6 x 22.2 x 2 cm
– Softcover, 224 pages
– Full color, in Japanese language ( content is mostly images )

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4 Responses to “Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Art Works Book Review”

Brandon

You can really feel the kinetic energy from those illustrations! Gurren Lagann was truly amazing and is definitely my favourite from his works.

yonghow

Brandon – No argument there. Gurren Lagann is something special.

Brandon

Yes indeed. I plan to rewatch it before this year ends.

Marc McKenzie

@Brandon: You took the words right out of my mouth. This book looks like it’s bursting at the seams with the wild energy of the illos inside.

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