Oh my gosh this is such good news I can barely contain my excitement !

From the 9th of April – 30th of May 2012 a major exhibition showcasing Otomo’s key animation drawings from the many films throughout his (thus far) illustrious career will be held at the 3331 Arts Chiyoda Centre in Tokyo, Japan.

Back in 2007 I had the great fortitude of meeting Otomo-san while working on Freedom Project, where he was the character/mecha designer.

Nothing’s confirmed yet, but I’m currently making plans to head down to Tokyo in April so that I can catch the exhibition.

There’s a fair bit of information on the website but I don’t have time to translate all of it right now, so do check back again for more details. I will try to update and translate as and when more details are available.

Some quick bullet points :

– ticket at 1500 yen
– Unpublished work featured in Kaba 2 will also be on show.
– is a charity event with 30% of ticket proceeds to help the 3/11 quake victims.
– more to come.

In the meantime, check out the official website here. Also be sure to check out Otomo’s new art book Kaba 2.