A devastatingly bad-ass illustration of the character Batou from the Ghost In The Shell manga/anime series by Monkey King comic artist Katsuya Terada, appearing in the September (9/2) issue of Young Magazine. This guest art work is part of the celebration for Ghost In The Shell’s 25th anniversary.
(above & below) Also featured in the magazine is a chapter? from Oyama Takumi’s Ghost In The Shell Arise manga adaptation. I’ve not read this yet ( has anyone ? ) but the art work seems pretty good.
You can purchase a copy of this Young Magazine from Amazon Japan. (There are some gravure pin-ups on the first few pages but no nudity.)
Also be sure to check out the superb Ghost In The Shell Genga collection art book and Katsuya Terada’s Dragon Girl And Monkey King art book if you haven’t already.
You might also be interested in these items :
Illustration Note – Katsuya Terada Special Magazine Review
Katsuya Terada’s Monkey King Manga Book Review
Dragon Girl And Monkey King – Katsuya Terada Art Book Review
Monkey King 2 – Katsuya Terada Graphic Novel Book Review
Champion x Katsuya Terada
September 5th, 2014 at 12:44 am
This is insane!
September 5th, 2014 at 3:26 am
Will you be doing a review of the new GITS 1995 blu-ray?
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ghost-in-the-Shell-Blu-ray/106744/
If so, I’m looking forward to it!
September 7th, 2014 at 2:01 am
moebius’ influence is apparent. What a great style he had given to the art world. Even giants like Terada and Otomo are indebted to him.
September 7th, 2014 at 3:22 am
that batou is great, always love terada`s drawings.
I wanted to ask you if you have any idea how to get all those self published kill la kill books:
http://ca-tsuka.tumblr.com/day/2014/09/06
is there anyone who carries them within your channels? thanks!
September 7th, 2014 at 10:15 am
i wonder how Terada ended making a cover Batou. I mean, he did some work for The legend of Zelda and some fanarts of Evangelion i thinks, but never of GITS.
September 7th, 2014 at 6:04 pm
DISTRAKT – Oh yes. :]
GITS_Fanatic – I’ll be getting the blu-ray when it comes down to a good price, so maybe I’ll do a review then !
racky rachman – Can’t agree more. When I see Otomo, Terada, Miyazaki and Yukito Kishiro (Battle Angel Alita) I see the influence of Moebius’s work in all of them.
luca – I believe there are some marketplace sellers on Amazon Japan that sell at least some of those books, although you’ll need a reshipping service as they likely won’t ship outside of Japan. If you know how to navigate Yahoo Japan auctions I’m very sure you can find these books on auction there as well too.
whitezero – This Batou piece is one off I think, a guest art work as a tribute for the 25th anniversary of the GITS manga. :]