MECHAnism Trajectory – Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review

Posted By yonghow on September 29th, 2022

MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー

Renowned for his iconic art work of Ultraman/Kaiju, Gundam and Godzilla, Japanese artist Yuji Kaida‘s new art book Mechanism Trajectory (メカニズムの軌跡) showcases a wide gamut of mecha illustrations by the artist painted since the early days of his career starting from Aura Battler Dunbine (聖戦士ダンバイン /1983 ), with over 160 pieces of fantastic full colored art work, including mecha from familiar anime and toy franchises like Evangelion, Mobile Police Patlabor, Macross, Zoids, Mazinger Z and more.

Besides the artist’s dramatic and impactful compositions, one of the visual highlights of Yuji Kaida’s work is his skilled and highly realistic rendering; I feel as though I could almost reach into his illustrations and feel the brushed metal surfaces of his painted mecha. By the way, ff you’re wondering why Gundam illustrations are noticeable missing from this book, that’s because they are collected in their own book ( read my review here ).

MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー

(above & below) Frequent readers of my blog will know I am a really big Patlabor fan; and I was pleasantly surprised to find more than my anticipated pieces of Patlabor illustrations included in this book, most of which I am new to ! Also, I’ve always suspected that Yuji Kaida is the artist behind the illustrations in the excellent but out of print The Labor Industry; but I don’t have my copy of the book currently to verify this.

MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー
MECHAnism Trajectory - Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡 アートブック レビュー

This book will make an excellent companion to the Gundam and Godzilla art books by Yuji Kaida. The art work showcased are splendid, especially if you are a mecha fan. Highly recommended.

“MECHAnism Trajectory – Yuji Kaida 開田裕治画集 メカニズムの軌跡” art book details :

– Dimensions – 21 x 1.5 x 28.5 cm
– Softcover, 192 pages
– Full color, in Japanese language

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3 Responses to “MECHAnism Trajectory – Yuji Kaida Illustration Book Review”

Chris

Yeah, these works really do have an interesting material quality to them, particularly though Patlabor works. I like the aesthetic. I’ll have to pick this book up for my collection.

Marc McKenzie

Yep, recognized a few of these images from the boxes of the Gunpla and mecha models I built years ago. Nice to see this book out there; might pick it up. Thanks again for this review!

yonghow

Chris – Really happy with all the Patlabor illustrations featured here, a nice surprise ! Hope you’ll enjoy the book when you do get it !

Marc – You’re welcome ! :]

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