VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! – Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review

Posted By yonghow on October 21st, 2008

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! is a sumptuously delicious, 2 volume illustration collection by Katsuhiro Otomo and Katsuya Terada, without a doubt the who’s who of the manga world. Since neither artist has released any substantial volume of work as of late these book(s) are nothing short of a splendid threat for fans indeed – even if the subject matter is solely centered on professional cycling.

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也

As avid cyclers themselves ( see this older post on Otomo to catch a glimpse of his hardware ), Otomo and Terada followed the Giro d’Italia cycling race ( Tour of Italy, the 2nd biggest and most important race after the Tour de France ) for a month gathering materials and research in preparation for this book. Otakus are a fervent bunch, but that’s perfectly fine with us fans. :]

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也

(above) The illustrations are distributed fairly evenly among the two volumes, with the first ( hardback, book on top ) entailing the Italy trip that Otomo and Terada made, and the 2nd book filled with sketches and whimsical drawings on professional cycling, accompanied by essays.

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也

Illustrations up to this point are all from the first hardback volume. Artwork by Otomo takes up the first half of the book, and the second half by Terada. Illustrations below are all from the 2nd volume.

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也

(above) A somewhat familiar character appears.

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也

(Below) The two volumes housed in a neat plastic jacket and accompanying promo band. Total number of pages 192, featuring more than 280 illustrations.

VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也
VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! - Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review ビバ・イル・チクリッシモ! 大友克洋/寺田克也

(above) There’s even a mini over the shoulder bag complete with a Terada illustration thrown in ! ( This is only available with the current limited edition on sale. While stocks last. )

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21 Responses to “VIVA IL CICLISSIMO! – Katsuhiro Otomo/Katsuya Terada Art Book Review”

Kahneda

Looks nice !

Parka

Wow. Those are amazing illustrations. I wonder how long those took to draw.

tragic comedy

although its not quite my cup of tea, but i enjoy the amount of detail put inside it.

yonghow

Kahneda – Agreed !

Parka – Neither of them released any work for quite a while, so they must have been working on this book for quite a long time i think.

tragic comedy – Useful reference material I believe. :]

EJETC

Love this sport and illustrations, where can I get one?

Leo

WOW, great work! Not only art from 2008 Giro d’Italia (I thought they had followed the “carovana” for a few days only) but I also see portraits of the unforgetable Marco Pantani and Mario Cipollini. The complete chronicle of modern cycling full of love for this sport, sweat, hard work (and doping). Hope it’ll be edited in Italy soon!

Duane Irate Jones

Will this be translasted into English? I’d buy a copy that I could read.

yonghow

Duane Irate Jones – Haven’t heard any news about that, but it might take a while even if they do get on it I think.

Sam

I’d love to be able to read the commentary as well, but the book would be more than worth it for the gorgeous illustrations alone. Thanks for posting!

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