Akira manga artist/anime director Otomo Katsuhiro has illustrated three album art covers for the 30th anniversary special album by the Japanese Jazz/Ska band Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ), often abbreviated as Skapara. Check it out below –
I cannot say I’m familiar with the music of the band, but I’ve definitely seen their music posters and albums when I was living in Tokyo. This is not the first time that Otomo has taken on commercial illustration work of course; many of his previous commercial pieces can be found in his art book Kaba and Kaba 2.
The new album for Skapara can be purchased here.
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February 25th, 2020 at 4:15 am
Awesome – they played in NY a number of years back, and we caught one of the drumsticks the drummer threw in to the crowd at the end of their set!
February 25th, 2020 at 1:33 pm
Haha that’s amazing ! Hope you’re doing well Todd. :]