●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 23: Animation AKIRA Layouts & Key Frames 1

This is the first of three volumes, that collect a huge amount of layouts, original drawings, and corrections used in the production of the anime version of AKIRA.

The layout is a drawing that has the information (such as art setting, background and character movement) of each scene of the film and serves as a blueprint to draw the animation. The animation director, the art director and the director Otomo, were involved in the creation of this layouts. The selected ones included in this book are mostly drawn by Otomo himself. In addition to those original drawings, replicas of the cels and background art that made into the final photography of the film are also collected in this book.

The film AKIRA was divided in four parts during production: A, B C and D. Animation AKIRA Layouts & Key Frames 1 (volume 23 of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS) collects the material selected by Otomo from his personal collection of parts A and B. The subsequent volumes 24 and 25 will include the rest of the material.

BOOK DETAILS

Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2022-XI-30

Release date: 2022-XII-2
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 650
Size: 248 x 172mm
Retail price: ¥7,700

ISBN-10: 4065286972

ISBN-13: 978-4065286975

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