Children Of The Sea Background Art Book Review

Posted By yonghow on August 6th, 2019

Children Of The Sea ( Kaiju No Kodomo ) is a Japanese animated film directed by Watanabe Ayumu and produced by Studio 4°C, based on the highly acclaimed manga by Daisuke Igarashi. The art direction and background art is supervised by Kimura Shinji, who previously bought us the amazing background art in Tekkon Kinkreet and Steamboy.

Published in the same format at the fantastic Shiro ( White ) background art book for Tekkon Kinkreet, this hardcover volume is bursting at the seams with stunning background art painted by Kimura Shinji, with some 250 pages of art work. There’s so much goodness in every single painted background shown in the book that I found it difficult to choose which ones to show – the following is just a small sampling of what you can expect to see –

Children Of The Sea Background Art Book Review

I had the good fortune of catching the film at a cinema in Shibuya during my recent time in Tokyo, and it is one of the most visually stunning films I’ve seen this year. I’ll definitely be picking up the blu-ray when it is released to re-visit the film again.

This art book is a perfect companion to the film, and has easily earned a spot on my favorite art books list of 2019. Highly recommended.

“Children Of The Sea Background 映画「海獣の子供」背景美術本” art book details :

– Dimensions – 10.5 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
– Hardcover, 248 pages.
– Full color, in Japanese language ( book contains mostly images )