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●BOOK●FUKUZATSUNA KANOJO TO TANJUN'NA BASHO (複雑な彼女と単純な場所)


Katsuhiro Otomo illustrated a couple of Yahagi Toshihiko's (矢作俊彦) essays published in the Japanese Weekly Playboy magazine in the early 80s. These essays and illustrations were later collected the book FUKUZATSUNA KANOJO TO TANJUN'NA BASHO (複雑な彼女と単純な場所).


FUKUZATSUNA KANOJO TO TANJUN'NA BASHO (複雑な彼女と単純な場所)
Hardcover Edition

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Tōkyōshoseki (東京書籍)
Publishing date : 1987-X-14
Language: Japanese
Pages: 269
Size: B6
Retail price:¥1,200
ISBN-10: 4487751152
ISBN-13: 978-4487751150

AVAILABILITY

Amazon JP: https://amzn.to/42G4JKT
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FUKUZATSUNA KANOJO TO TANJUN'NA BASHO (複雑な彼女と単純な場所)
Bunko Paperback Edition

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Shinchōsha (新潮社)
Publishing date: 1990-XII-20
Language: Japanese
Pages: 323
Size: 105×148 mm
Retail price:¥427
ISBN-10: 4101180113
ISBN-13: 978-4101180113

AVAILABILITY

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●MAGAZINE● Animage october 87 [yonkomamanga dai kōshin] (アニメージュ '87年10月号 [四コマ漫画大行進])



This month's ANIMAGE (アニメージュ) Magazine comes with a 74 page appendix: ANIMAGE SHORT COMICS PARADE '87 - YOKOMA MANGA DAI KŌSHIN (四コマ漫画大行進). Among the participating works two original Katsuhiro Otomo stories were published: TOKOTON SORE MADE KUN (とことんそれまでくん) and NICHIJŌ NO NAKA NO MONOGATARI (日常の中の物語). Both where reprinted later in SOS TAITOKYO TANKENTAI / OTOMO KATSUHIRO ANTHOLOGY 2


MAGAZINE DETAILS

Publisher: Tokuma Shoten (徳間書店)
Release date: 1987-X-10
Number of pages: 246 (Apendix 74p)
Size: A4 (Apendix: A5)
Retail price: ¥590
Publishers code: 01577-10

OTOMO'S COMMENT: "I play table tennis......"

●VHS● MANIE-MANIE MEIKYU MONOGATARI (MANIE-MANIE 迷宮物語)


Today was released in Japan the OVA (Original Video Animation) MANIE-MANIE MEIKYU MONOGATARI (MANIE-MANIE 迷宮物語). As the name OVA indicates this movie was directly released on video format for the first time ans was not released theatricaly before. The movie consist in three short animation films:

●HASHIRU OTOKO (走る男) directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻 善昭)
●LABYRITH (ラビリンス) directed by Rintaro (りんたろう)
●KOUJI CHUUSHI MEIREI (工事中止命令 ) written and directed by Kastuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋) with animation direction by Takashi Nakamura (なかむら たかし)

VHS DETAILS

Publisher: TOHO/Kadokawa (東宝/角川書店)
Release date: 1987-X-10 
Languague: Japanese
Duration: 50 min.
Retail price: ¥10,000
Catalogue number: TA-1494

AVAILABILITY

Amazon JP: http://amzn.to/1kOevR2
Amazon US: -
Amazon CA -
Amazon UK: -
Amazon DE: -
Amazon FR: -
Amazon IT: -
Amazon ES: -

●ILLUSTRATION● NISSAN 'FEEL THE BEAT'




Katsuhiro Otomo has drawn twelve illustrations for the NISSAN 'FEEL THE BEAT' brochure. The illustration are collected in pages 40~41 of the artbook KABA.