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●PRINT● PROCESSION SPIN giclée print

 


Tsutaya bookstore has released a 250 copies limited edition high-definition giclée print of Katsuhiro Otomo's original artwork created for the design of the ceramic relief PROCESSION SPIN installed as a public artwork at at Tokyo’s Ginza Station back in December 2025.

From Jōmon-era pottery and Buddhist statues to contemporary forms and futuristic imagery, various expressions created by humanity are arranged within one great flowing continuum. The work expresses the continuous chain of human creativity extending from the present into the future, as the thoughts and prayers embedded in each era are transformed and passed down over time.


SPECIFICATIONS
Product Number: GITP110504A-2526101524934
Frame size:105.5 × 46.5 × 2 cm
Box size: 108 × 48.5 × 3 cm
Retail price: ¥227,273 (¥250,000 tax incl.）
Availability: https://store.tsite.jp/item-detail/humanities/52955.html

 
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●ILLUSTRATION● KATSUHIRO OTOMO × GHOST IN THE SHELL Tribute Illustration

 

This tribute illustration was unveiled at MASAMUNE SHIROW'S WORLD EXHIBITION – OSAKA VENUE (士郎正宗の世界展　大阪会場) that opened on September 5 at Shinsaibashi PARCO in Osaka. Apparently, Otomo couldn't make it for the exhibition’s first venue at the Setagaya Literary Museum (世田谷文学館) in Tokyo back on April 12, 2025, but he definitely delivered on time in this occasion.

EXHIBITION DETAILS
■ Dates: September 5 (Fri) – October 5 (Sun), 2025
■ Venue: Shinsaibashi PARCO 14F PARCO GALLERY (1-8-3 Shinsaibashi-suji, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)
※ Merchandise Venue: Shinsaibashi PARCO 9F EVENT SPACE
■ Organizers: Kodansha (講談社) , PARCO (パルコ)
■ Planning Cooperation: Seishinsha (青心社) Setagaya Literary Museum (世田谷文学館)
■ Special Cooperation: Masamune Shirow (士郎正宗)
■ Graphic Design: Kei Sakawaki (坂脇慶) Hiroaki Hiyoshi (飛鷹宏明)
■ Spatial Design: Torafu Architects (トラフ建築設計事務所)

Official Exhibition Website: http://shirow-masamune-ex.jp


TWEETS by OTOMO (Sep 5~7, 2025)
■I was too busy and couldn’t make it in time for the Tokyo event. I’m sorry to those who came to the Tokyo exhibition. Drawing stickers is quite a task.

■(Regarding availability) It seems they’re making T-shirts.

■I think there’s online shopping available. It hasn’t arrived in time for the Osaka venue either. Check the official website for details!

■The choice of stickers is based on old racing car materials. 1980s materials.

■(Regarding the omission of the Canon sticker) I just forgot.

■This was hand-painted with markers. It was tough because the color I wanted to use was dried up.

■These are Copics from about 10 years ago. About half of them have dried up. But I’ve restocked the colors I use often, so it’s fine.

■Copics contain pigments, so they don’t fade easily. Direct sunlight is a no-go, though. Probably.

■(On the use of analog drawing) Of course. I don’t trust digital. There’s no point in looking at a printout (copy), right? If you’re going to look, it’s got to be the real thing.

■If you look closely, it’s blurred and goes beyond the lines. Please don’t look too closely. I haven’t fixed it with Photoshop or anything because doing so would make it no longer the original artwork.

■(With respect to his attendance at the event) That is a body double.

■(On how color differs when printing) Thank you for your hard work, as always. That’s just how prints are. That’s why the master becomes important
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●CD● AKIRA REMIX

Victor Entertainment has released the album AKIRA REMIX that collects the background music that was only played at the AKIRA CEL ART EXHIBITION that was held at Ikebukuro Mixalive Tokyo and Osaka Parco Gallery in August and October 2023.

The album produced entirely by Otomo himself features the remixes by Makoto Kubota (久保田麻琴), Yasuharu Konishi (小西康陽), and Kuniaki Hiijima (蓜島邦明) of the iconic soundtrack created by Shoji Yamashiro (山城 祥二) and the Geinoh Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組) group for the animation film AKIRA. The cover art features a completely new original design illustrated by Otomo.


TRACK LIST
DISC 1
1. KANEDA [金田]
2. BATTLE AGAINST CROWN [クラウンとの闘い]
3. WINDS OVER THE NEO-TOKYO [ネオ東京上空の空]
4. DOLLS' POLYPHONY [ぬいぐるみのポリフォニー]
5. EXODUS FROM THE UNDERGROUND FORTRESS [ケイと金田の脱出]
6. ILLUSION [回想]
7. MUTATION [変容]
8. REQUIEM part1 [未来 part1]
9. TETSUO [鉄雄]
10. SHOHMYOH [唱名]
11. REQUIEM part2 [未来 part2]
12. SHOHMYOH2 [唱名2]
13. TETSUO2 [鉄雄2]

DISC 2
1. WINDS OVER THE NEO-TOKYO [ネオ東京上空の空]
2. DOLLS' POLYPHONY [ぬいぐるみのポリフォニー]
3. REQUIEM [未来]
4. KANEDA [金田]
5. SHOHMYOH [唱名]
6. ILLUSION [回想]


CREDITS
Lyrics and composition: Shoji Yamashiro (山城祥二)
Performance: Geino Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組)

DISC 1:
Remixed, programmed, recorded and mastered by Kubota Makoto (久保田麻琴)
Guitar on track 1: Takashi Mizutani (水谷　孝)
by courtesy of The Last One Musique
Drums on track 5: Daichi Itō (伊藤大地)
MK thanks to Ryo Takahashi (高橋亮) from Media Integration

DISC 2: 
Tracks 1～3
Remixed by Konishi Yasuharu (小西康陽) 
Programming: Yukihiro Fukutomi (福富幸宏)
Drums, Pandeiro: Ryusuke Kakizawa (柿澤龍介)
Recorded & Mixed by Osamu Hirose (廣瀬 修)
Assistant Engineer：Riko Araya (荒谷莉子), Suzu Kasukawa (粕川鈴) (MIT STUDIO)
Recorded & Mixed at prime sound studio form Daikanyama, STUDIO MECH, MONOGRAM SOUNDS, MIT STUDIO
Coordinator：山崎弘崇 (readymade entertainment inc.), 白石成識 (STYRISM INC.)

Tracks 4～6: 
Mixed by Noriyoshi Murase (村瀬 範恭)



ALBUM DETAILS
Label: Victor Entertainment (ビクターエンタテインメント)
Release date: 2024-VIII-21
Format: Double CD
Duration: 83 min 
Reatil price: ¥4,400
Catalogue number: VICL-65922～23





AVAILABILITY
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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/41fPSIb
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Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4k4KGQ5
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The album will also be available in:
Apple Music, LINE MUSIC, Amazon Music Unlimited, AWA, KKBOX, Rakuten Music, TOWER RECORDS MUSIC, Spotify, YouTube Music
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●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 2nd period

 

The poster announcing OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS second period was revealed today in Otomo Zenshu X account and the OTOMO-COMPLETE Official website accompanied by some announcements.

The first is that the publication date  of the seventh batch of the first period consisting in the book   "Animation AKIRA Layouts & Key Frames 3" has been moved from June 2024 to November 2024 due to complications in the production process.

The second announcement is that the start of publication of the second period will start on August 30, before the end of the first period and will consist in these two books with a price tag of ¥3,500 (tax included) each:

★Vol.6:  G..... (short manga works from the late 70's and early 80's that follow Vol.5)
Available in Amazon JP: http://amzn.to/3VRvc6u

★Vol.12: AKIRA 1 (The manga as serialized in Young Magazine)
Available in Amazon JP:  http://amzn.to/45T5OSG

AKIRA was originally published in 120 parts of about 20 pages from 1982 to 1990  in Kodansha's Young Magazine. During that same period it was also collected in six books in which the chapters were lost and the story could be read as a continuum. The chapter title pages were later collected in the art book AKIRA CLUB published in 1995. Otomo also made many substantial changes, corrections and redraws for the final version collected in the books, this versions have been used for every international version ever since. Finally, AKIRA will be available in the same fashion in which it was published when serialized in Young Magazine for the first time, but this time with pristine print quality.

The poster also revealed the rest of the books that will complete the second period:

★Vol.20: Animation AKIRA
★Vol.7: APPLE PARADISE (short manga works from the early 80's that follow Vol.6 )
★Vol.13: AKIRA 2 (The manga as serialized in Young Magazine)
★Vol.31: STEAMBOY Storyboards 1
★Vol.14: AKIRA 3 (The manga as serialized in Young Magazine)
★Vol.32: STEAMBOY Storyboards 2
★Vol.28: MEMORIES
★Vol.33: STEAMBOY Layouts & Key Frames 1

TWEETS by OTOMO (June 26, 2024)
■A poster announcing the start of pre-orders for the second series of the complete collection has been made. Pre-orders will probably start next month. This image is my own pre-order. Please don't criticize me.

■These are some of the things I was influenced by when I was a high school freshman in 1970, until I was around 20 years old. Even though I only drew pictures, the rights issues were a real pain... 

■(On the meaning of ELSINORE that it's written in the back of his shirt) This is a Honda off-road bike. This is the series that became a hot topic because it was the first time Steven McQueen appeared in a commercial. I wanted this T-shirt so I went to a motorcycle shop in Ueno to buy one. 

■(Regarding the poster of BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA) It is amazing! I remember being deeply influenced by this film that I saw in Sendai when I was a high school student.

■(Regarding the third image starting from the bottom left) This is THE RITE OF SPRING conducted by Leonard Bernstein. This is the record version.

■(On the mention made to THE DAY THE FISH CAME OUT  in the afterword of the complete collection) Michael. Cacoyannis was great in ZORBA.  And the music by Mikis Theodorakis, who did the music for Z  is also great. 

■ (On filmmaker Yoshishige Yoshida  (吉田喜重)) I didn't really understand Yoshishige Yoshida's EROS+ MASSACRE (エロス+虐殺), but I found the TV Man Union's (テレビマンユニオン) THE EMPEROR'S CENTURY (天皇の世紀) interesting.

●ILLUSTRATION+INTERVIEW● TŌKYŌ “HEN'AI”-RON


Katsuhiro Otomo drew the cover illustration for the new edition of the book TŌKYŌ “HEN'AI”-RON ANATA GA SHIRANAI TŌKYŌ NO MIRYOKU O KATARU (東京“偏愛”論　あなたが知らない東京の魅力を語る) edited by Hisao Taki (滝久雄) for which Otomo was also interviewed.

INTRODUCTION
Kengo Kuma (隈 研吾), a world-famous architect, Katsuhiro Otomo, author and manga artist of AKIRA who has enthusiastic fans all over the world, and Katsuhiko Hibino (日比野克彦), president of Tokyo University of the Arts and contemporary artist, present their unique perspectives on "the charm of Tokyo", and talk about “places to be favored”. The interviewer is Hirokazu Yanase (柳瀬博一), professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology.

"Tokyo is full of strange people. It was so funny I couldn't help it."- Otomo

TABLE OF CONTENTS
■INTRODUCTION: Let's love Tokyo one-sidedly
■CHAPTER 1: Let's talk about our 'favorite' Tokyo Round-table discussion
■CHAPTER 2: The charm of Tokyo is buried in inconspicuous places Kengo Kuma's "Partial Tokyo''
■CHAPTER 3: If you live in Tokyo, you can live freely in anonymity Katsuhiro Otomo's "Partial Tokyo"
■CHAPTER4: Hachioji, Shibuya, Roppongi, Ueno - Every day is interesting Katsuhiko Hibino's "Partial Tokyo"
■CHAPTER 5: It seems that the source of our "favoriteness" lies in something different from the stereotype.
■CHAPTER 6: You can't talk about Tokyo without 'Railway', 'Topography' and 'Food' Hisao Taki's 'Partial Tokyo'


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Nikkei Publishing (日経BP)
Release date: 2022-III-18
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 192
Size: 188 x 128 mm
Retail price: ¥1,760
ISBN-10: 4296115707
ISBN-13: 978-4296115709





AVAILABILITY
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●ILLUSTRATION● ADIDAS CONSORTIUM × KASINA × THE MASTER; WITH FRIENDS

South Korean boutique KASINA will held a special exhibition to honor the life and legacy of the late artist Kim Jung Gi and commemorate his collaboration with the sporting brand ADIDAS. From Japan, Takashi Murakami (村上 隆) , Katsuya Terada (寺田 克也) , Yasuhiro Naito (内藤 泰弘) and Katsuhiro Otomo provided each a pair of yellow Adidas Campus 80s shoes decorated by hand.

Official website: https://www.kasina.co.kr


<<EXHIBITION>> THE MASTER; WITH FRIENDS
2023. 03. 10 (Fri) - 2023. 03. 19 (Sun)
11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Casina Hannam, 4th floor, 266 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
Admission to the exhibition is free of charge regardless of product purchase

PARTICIPATING FRIENDS
Junggi Kim, Takashi Murakami, Katsuhio Otomo, Karl Kopinski, Miss. Jisu, Dong Ho Kim, Viktor Kalvachev, uniquelab, Yasuhio Nightow, Terada Katsuya, Nicolas Nemiri, Jaekwang Park, Zipcy, Hans Olo, James Jean, Jin Kim, Andy Park, Jim Lee, Danny Kim

●ILLUSTRATION● POSTER for EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH


Director and choreographer Shintaro Hirahara (平原慎太郎) offered Katsuhiro Otomo to illustrate the poster of the avant-garde opera "Einstein on the Beach", in which minimal music master Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson attempted to interpret the scientist Albert Einstein poetically back in 1976.


OTOMO'S COMMENTS
Why did you get the offer?
The image came from the title "Einstein on the Beach".
I wanted to paint a picture of the sea.

In producing the illustration
It was hard because it was my first painting in a long time.

CREDITS
Einstein On The Beach (Abridged Version)
An Opera by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass
© 1976 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc.

Music:
Philip Glass

Lines:
Christopher Knowles
Samuel Johnson
Lucinda Childs

Translation:
Konosu Yukiko (鴻巣友季子)

Composition:
1975-1976

Premiere:
July 25, 1976
Avignon Theater Festival (France)

Japanese premiere:
October 18, 1992

TRAILER

●ILLUSTRATION● PAIR GO MANGA EXHIBITION



Katsuhiro Otomo participated, together with other 19 manga artists, with an illustration in the PAIR GO MANGA EXHIBITION (ペア碁 漫画展), event co-sponsored by "Pair Go World Cup 2022 Japan". The exhibition took place in the Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel (セルリアンタワー東急ホテル) in Shibuya, Tokyo. The many illustration and short stories were on display for two days on March 20 and 21, the entrance was free and the visitors were gifted with a postcard with Otomo's illustration.



PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Tetsuya Chiba (ちばてつや), Baron Yoshimoto (バロン吉元), Seiji Iwami (いわみせいじ), Machiko Satonaka (里中満智子), Naomi Kimura (木村直巳), Goro Yamada (山田ゴロ), Chanyatsu (ちゃんやつ), mizo_re2, Chinyo (ちーにょ), Yoshimi Kurata (倉田よしみ), Mitsuru Miura (三浦みつる), Hinomoto Meguru (ひのもとめぐる), Akiko Nemoto (ねもと章子), Atsushi Sasaki (佐佐木あつし), Usako Yamada (山田うさこ), Reiko Kitagawa (北川玲子), Kino Sakura (喜乃さくら), Tochi Ueyama (うえやまとち), Yuna Takagi (高木ユーナ) and Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)



●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS Reservations Start!

Katsuhiro Otomo has announced  in the Otomo Zenshu twitter and instagram accounts and in the official OTOMO-COMPLETE website, accompanied with a new illustration, that the reservations of his upcoming COMPLETE WORKS started today nationwide in Japanese book stores.

Otomo himself previously tweeted that starting on January 21st, two books will be released every other month and that works will be printed in a B5 variant, 248 x 172mm size. The first printing will include a newly designed sticker.

The first two books to be published on January 21, 2022 by Kodansha will be volumes 8 and 21:

Vol. 8: DŌMU (童夢) 
The title selected to inaugurate OTOMO THE COMPLE WORK is DŌMU (童夢), a manga work that was first published in four parts in magazine format and later collected as a book that after 60 editions has been discontinued for over 20 years now.

In this new edition, the image quality has been improved by the newly created version from the original artwork and the print quality has been significantly improved by the quality of the paper that has been carefully selected. In addition, the title page covers, which were not collected in the book, and the bi-tonal original images have been recovered. The illustrations that Otomo had envisioned for the book covers have also been reproduced and a new commentary by Otomo closes the book. The format is a B5 variant size (248 x 172mm).

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-21
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 252
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥2,970
ISBN-10: 4065262631
ISBN-13: 978-4065262634

AVAILABILITY
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Vol.21: Animation AKIRA Storyboards 1
This book is the first volume out of two, of a huge amount of storyboards drawn by Otomo himself during the production process of  the anime version o AKIRA. Originally published also as two separate volumes by the editorial department of Young Magazine in 1988, both volumes AKIRA E-KONTE 1 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 1) and AKIRA E-KONTE 2 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 2) have been out of print for a long time and are difficult to obtain these days.

Storyboards are often thought of as rough blueprints, but the precision of the AKIRA storyboards is something else. Otomo drew them around 1987 when he was in the middle of the serialization of the fifth volume of the manga AKIRA. Work that he had to interrupt for 17 months to fully focus on the production of the movie version.

AKIRA storyboards are drawn with the tension of the serialization period and the dynamic feeling of the characters are at a level comparable to the main story of the manga. This book collects the  first half, parts  A and B  out of the four parts, A, B, C, and D that the movie is formed of. This large volume of nearly 500 pages is like reading the movie, the animation will be reproduced in the readers brain just by looking at it providing a unique insight to Otomo's animation production techniques.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2022-I-21
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 488
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥4,400
ISBN-10: ‎406526264X
ISBN-13: ‎978-4065262641

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●CERAMIC RELIEF● ELEMENTS OF FUTURE



The large mural titled "ELEMENTS OF FUTURE" designed upon an illustration by Katsuhiro Otomo was unveiled today at the Ookayama Campus of Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学 大岡山キャンパス). Otomo also supervised the construction and assembly of the work conformed of 499 pieces of ceramic.

Official website Japanese: https://jptca.org/publicart546
Official website English: https://jptca.org/en/publicart546

Press release from JPTCA in Japanese: https://jptca.org/news/20201118-15913/
Opening ceremony press release from JPTCA: https://jptca.org/news/20201221-15975/

DETAILS
Type: Ceramic relief
Size: 5x5 m
Production: CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio

NEWS COVERAGE

●ILLUSTRATION● TOKYO SKA TREASURES ～ベスト・オブ・東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ～


Katsuhiro Otomo has created various cover illustrations for Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra's  latest best selection album: TOKYO SKA TREASURES ～ベスト・オブ・東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ～ released simultaneously in various box set collections.

TOKYO SKA TREASURES ［3CD］
The CD only edition includes a selection of vocal masterpieces from 2001-2020 in 2 CDs and Tokyo Ska Killer Instrumentals from 1998-2017 in a third CD. Totaling 47 songs supervised by Kinichi Mogi. The recorded content is composed of songs from the record company transferred to Avex in 1998. 

ALBUM DETAILS
Label: cutting edge/JUSTA RECORD
Release date: 2020-III-18
Format: 3xAudio CD
Duration:-
Reatil price: ￥3,500+TAX
Catalogue number: CTCR-14991～3

AVAILABILITY
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TRACK LIST
DISC 1 [CD]＜＜ VOCAL MASTERPIECES 2001-2020＞＞
01. Good Morning～ブルー・デイジー feat. aiko
02. リボン feat. 桜井和寿 [2020 Remaster]
03. めくれたオレンジ feat. 田島貴男 [2020 Remaster]
04. 銀河と迷路 [2020 Remaster]
05. 道なき道、反骨の。 feat. Ken Yokoyama [2020 Remix & Remaster]
06. 流星とバラード feat. 奥田民生 [2020 Remaster]
07. 流れゆく世界の中で feat. MONGOL800 [2020 Remaster]
08. 白と黒のモントゥーノ feat. 斎藤宏介 [2020 Remaster]
09. 嘘をつく唇 feat. 片平里菜 [2020 Remaster]
10. Pride Of Lions feat. 伊藤ふみお [2020 Remaster]
11. 縦書きの雨 feat. 中納良恵 [2020 Remaster]
12. 爆音ラヴソング feat. 尾崎世界観 [2020 Remaster]
13. ちえのわ feat. 峯田和伸 [2020 Remaster]
14. All Good Ska Is One feat. Angelo Moore [2020 Remaster]
15. Glorious [2020 Remaster]

DISC 2 [CD]
01. 明日以外すべて燃やせ feat. 宮本浩次 [2020 Remaster]
02. 星降る夜に feat. 甲本ヒロト [2020 Remaster]
03. カナリヤ鳴く空 feat. チバユウスケ [2020 Remaster]
04. メモリー・バンド [2020 Remaster]
05. サファイアの星 feat. Chara [2020 Remaster]
06. 野望なき野郎どもへ feat. TOSHI-LOW [2020 Remaster]
07. ずっと feat. Crystal Kay [2020 Remaster]
08. Wake Up! feat. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION [2020 Remaster]
09. 追憶のライラック feat. ハナレグミ [2020 Remaster]
10. Diamond In Your Heart feat. 細美武士 [2020 Remix & Remaster]
11. 美しく燃える森 feat. 奥田民生 [2020 Remaster]
12. 風のプロフィール feat. 習志野高校吹奏楽部 [2020 Remaster]
13. 君と僕 2010 feat. 斉藤和義 [2020 Remaster]
14. 閃光 feat. 10-FEET [2020 Remaster]
15. DOWN BEAT STOMP [2020 Remaster]

DISC 3 [CD] ＜＜ TOKYO SKA KILLER INSTRUMENTALS 1998-2017＞＞
01. Paradise Has No Border feat.さかなクン [2020 Remaster] (music by NARGO)
02. Break into the Light～約束の帽子～ [2020 Remaster] (music by 沖祐市)
03. 火の玉ジャイヴ [2020 Remaster] (music by 冷牟田竜之)
04. 太陽にお願い ～Wish Upon The Sun～ [2020 Remaster] (music by 茂木欣一)
05. CALL FROM RIO [2020 Remaster] (music by 川上つよし)
06. そばにいて黙るとき -Silent By Your Side- [2020 Remaster] (lyrics by 谷中敦 / music by 沖祐市)
07. Perfect Future [2020 Remaster] (music by 北原雅彦)
08. 5 days of TEQUILA [2020 Remaster] (music by 加藤隆志)
09. Horizon [2020 Remaster] (music by 川上つよし)
10. Natty Parade "Shaken Mix" [2020 Remaster] (music by 北原雅彦)
11. STROKE OF FATE [2020 Remaster] (music by 川上つよし)
12. 暗夜行路 [2020 Remaster] (music by 沖祐市)
13. THE Movin' DUB [On The Whole Red Satellites] [2020 Remaster] (music by GAMO)
14. White Light [2020 Remaster] (music by 加藤隆志)
15. One Night [2020 Remaster] (music by 大森はじめ)
16. 水琴窟-SUIKINKUTSU- feat. 上原ひろみ [2020 Remaster] (music by NARGO)
17. TONGUES OF FIRE [2020 Remaster] (music by 川上つよし)


TOKYO SKA TREASURES［3CD+DVD］

The CD and DVD edition  includes the same 3 CDs and a bonus DVD that includes about 25 minutes of 'Hall Tour Live' video and about 55 minutes of a Special Movie, which contains a lot of video session with guests. 

EDITION DETAILS
Label: cutting edge/JUSTA RECORD
Release date: 2020-III-18
Format: 3xAudio CD + 1xDVD
Duration:-
Reatil price: ￥5,000+TAX
Catalogue number: CTCR-14988～90/B

AVAILABILITY
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Amazon DE: https://amzn.to/42LScba
Amazon FR: https://amzn.to/3j8Ka4y
Amazon IT: https://amzn.to/3rKiKGd
Amazon ES: https://amzn.to/2VjOnuj
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DVD CONTENT
TOKYO SKA 30th Anniversary 2019-2020 Special Movie
30th Anniversary Hall Tour 2019-20 "TOKYO SKA 30-Let's skip the hajiki with the gap-" at Atsugi Cultural Center (2020.01.19)
・ 30th Anniversary Medley (MONSTER ROCK / Hole in One / Pandora Times 2019 / YOU DON'T KNOW (WHAT SKA IS) / Fireball Jive / Turned Orange / White Light)
・ Glorious
・ IDale Dale!
・ Wind profile

TOKYO SKA × SPACE SHOWER TV-30th Anniversary Special Movie
・ TOKYO SKA JAM "8"

GUEST: GEN (04 Limited Sazabys) / MAH (SiM)
・ SWEET LOVE SHOWER 2019 (2019.09.01)

GUEST: Official beard man dism / Gotch (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) / TAKUMA (10-FEET) / Koji Miyamoto
・ LIVE with YOU -TOKYO SKA JAM "8"-(2019.12.01)

GUEST: Komuai (Wednesday Campanella) / Ryuta Shibuya (SUPER BEAVER) / Yu Takahashi / Yamazaki Seiya (Kyuso Nekokami) / Chiba Yusuke


TOKYO SKA TREASURES［3CD + 2BD］


This edition includes 39 Music videos in the first Blu-ray disc. The second Blu-ray includes about 25 minutes of 'Hall Tour Live' video and about 55 minutes of a Special Movie, which contains a lot of video session with guests.

EDITION DETAILS
Label: cutting edge/JUSTA RECORD
Release date: 2020-III-18
Format: 3xAudio CD + 2xBD
Duration:-
Reatil price: ￥8,000+TAX
Catalogue number: CTCR-14985～7/B～C

AVAILABILITY
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BLU-RAY  CONTENT [DISC 1]
1. 火の玉ジャイヴ (Music Video)
2. めくれたオレンジ feat.田島貴男 (Music Video)
3. カナリヤ鳴く空 feat.チバユウスケ (Music Video)
4. 美しく燃える森 feat.奥田民生 (Music Video)
5. DOWN BEAT STOMP (Music Video)
6. 銀河と迷路 (Music Video)
7. STROKE OF FATE (Music Video)
8. TONGUES OF FIRE (Music Video)
9. 追憶のライラック feat.ハナレグミ (Music Video)
10. サファイアの星 feat.Chara (Music Video)
11. 星降る夜に feat.甲本ヒロト (Music Video)
12. Pride Of Lions feat.伊藤ふみお (Music Video)
13. 流星とバラード feat.奥田民生 (Music Video)
14. Break into the Light~約束の帽子~ (Music Video)
15. All Good Ska Is One feat.Angelo Moore (Music Video)
16. 縦書きの雨 feat.中納良恵 (Music Video)
17. 黄昏を遊ぶ猫 feat.中納良恵 (Music Video)
18. 太陽と心臓 feat.ハナレグミ (Music Video)
19. Diamond In Your Heart feat.細美武士 (Music Video)
20. 閃光 feat.10-FEET (Music Video)
21. 流れゆく世界の中で feat.MONGOL800 (Music Video)
22. Wake Up! feat.ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (Music Video)
23. 爆音ラヴソング feat.尾崎世界観 (Music Video)
24. めくったオレンジ feat.尾崎世界観 (Music Video)
25. 嘘をつく唇 feat.片平里菜 (Music Video)
26. 道なき道、反骨の。 feat.Ken Yokoyama (Music Video)
27. Paradise Has No Border feat.さかなクン (Music Video)
28. 月のウインク (Music Video)
29. さよならホテル feat.Ken Yokoyama (Music Video)
30. 白と黒のモントゥーノ feat.斎藤宏介 (Music Video)
31. ちえのわ feat.峯田和伸 (Music Video)
32. Glorious (Music Video)
33. 野望なき野郎どもへ feat.TOSHI-LOW (Music Video)
34. Te Quiero con Bugalu(テ・キエロ・コン・ブガルー) feat.iLe (Music Video)
35. メモリー・バンド (Music Video)
36. 明日以外すべて燃やせ feat.宮本浩次 (Music Video)
37. リボン feat.桜井和寿 (Music Video)
38. 風のプロフィール feat.習志野高校吹奏楽部 (Music Video)
39. Good Morning~ブルー・デイジー feat.aiko (Music Video)

BLU-RAY  CONTENT [DISC 2]
TOKYO SKA 30th Anniversary 2019-2020 Special Movie
30th Anniversary Hall Tour 2019-20 "TOKYO SKA 30-Let's skip the hajiki with the gap-" at Atsugi Cultural Center (2020.01.19)
・ 30th Anniversary Medley (MONSTER ROCK / Hole in One / Pandora Times 2019 / YOU DON'T KNOW (WHAT SKA IS) / Fireball Jive / Turned Orange / White Light)
・ Glorious
・ IDale Dale!
・ Wind profile

TOKYO SKA × SPACE SHOWER TV-30th Anniversary Special Movie
・ TOKYO SKA JAM "8"

GUEST: GEN (04 Limited Sazabys) / MAH (SiM)
・ SWEET LOVE SHOWER 2019 (2019.09.01)

GUEST: Official beard man dism / Gotch (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) / TAKUMA (10-FEET) / Koji Miyamoto
・ LIVE with YOU -TOKYO SKA JAM "8"-(2019.12.01)

GUEST: Komuai (Wednesday Campanella) / Ryuta Shibuya (SUPER BEAVER) / Yu Takahashi / Yamazaki Seiya (Kyuso Nekokami) / Chiba Yusuke


TOKYO SKA TREASURES［4CD + 2BD + GOODS］

The fan club limited edition includes the 3 CDs, the 2 Blu-rays, a fourth bonus CD with B-SIDE SELECTIONS from 1998-2017, a booklet and various goods.

 EDITION DETAILS
Label: cutting edge/JUSTA RECORD
Release date: 2020-III-18
Format: 4xAudio CD + 2xBD
Duration:-
Reatil price: ￥13,700+TAX
Catalogue number: CTZ1-14994～7/B～C

●ILLUSTRATION● GENKAN SHOKUDO



Katsuhiro Otomo has created an illustration poster for a crowd funding campaign by GENKAN SHOKUDO (玄関食堂), a small cafeteria in Kichijoji where he resides ran by Hazuki Sino.

The poster that shows the main entrance door of the cafeteria will be limited to 200 pieces and printed in A3 Giclee high-grade paper with delicate texture. It will be available for contributions starting at ¥12,000 and will include a set of two new sauces.

※ Paper: German etching (310 g/m²)
※ Size: A3 (297 × 420 mm)
※ The poster will be delivered in a poster cylinder
※ The poster will be numbered by pencil by the Studio. Number can not be chosen
※ It will be delivered on September 2019

Link to the campaign: https://camp-fire.jp/projects/120917/backers/new?id=234407

Genkan Shokudo & Hazuki Sino: Web | Twitter | Instagram

●ILLUSTRATION● MANGA ACTION (漫画アクション) No.9 5/7



Katsuhiro Otomo has illustrated the cover of Manga Action (漫画アクション) magazine No.9 - 5/7 coinciding with the  publication of his 17 page-long manga: KIBUN WA MŌ SENSŌ 3 DATTA KAMO SHIRENAI (気分はもう戦争 3 だったかも知れない), a sequel to KIBUN WA MŌ SENSŌ  (気分はもう戦争) written by Yahagi Toshihiko (矢作俊彦) and illustrated by Otomo himself. This issue includes an extra-large poster and a postcard attached as an appendix featuring this same illustration. The original manga was collected as a book titled KIBUN WA MŌ SENSŌ (気分はもう戦争) (1982 edition | 2000 edition) after being serialized in Weekly Manga Action 38 years ago, between the years 1980 and 1981, in 16 chapters. Manga Action is the magazine in which Otomo debuted back in 1973 and where the majority of his short stories were published during the seventies and early eighties.

MAGAZINE DETAILS
Publisher: Futabasha (双葉社)
Release date: 2019-IV-16
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 450
Size:  25 x 17.2 x 2.8 cm
Retail price: 450¥

AVAILABILITY
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●ILLUSTRATION● FLYINGDOG 10th Anniversary


Katsuhiro Otomo has created one of the images that will be sold as a t-shirt to celebrate the FLYINGDOG 10th Anniversary LIVE - DOG FESTIVAL (FlyingDog：10周年記念‐犬フェス‐). This event held by FlyingDog, an animation video/music label will take place on February 2, 2019 at the main arena of MUSASHINO NO MORI GENERAL SPORTS PLAZA  (武蔵野の森総合スポーツプラザ) in Tokyo, Japan. Other manga artists such as Shōji Kawamori (河森正治), CLAMP and Range Murata (村田蓮爾)  have collaborated with their respective designs.

The T-shirt retails for  ¥3.500 and is on sale online on SevenNet in various sizes ExtraLarge, Large  and Medium. Designed by the longtime Otomo collaborator Toshiaki Uesugi.

●ILLUSTRATION● NIGE (逃げ)



Katsuhiro Otomo has illustrated the cover of the bunko or pocket edition of Takashi Sato's (佐藤 喬) novel, NIGE 2014-NEN ZEN NIHON SENSHUKEN RŌDOR̄ESU (逃げ 2014年全日本選手権ロードレース). The work is a non-fiction tracking the All-Japan Cycling Competition Championship Road Race held in June 2014 in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Shogakukan (小学館)
Release date: 2018-VII-6
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 256
Size: 10.5 x 1.1 x 15 cm
Retail price: ¥616
ISBN-10: 4094065377
ISBN-13: 978-4094065374
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●ILLUSTRATION● INUGASHIMA (犬ヶ島) Japanese Poster



Katsuhiro Otomo has created a special version of the poster for the Japanese release of ISLE OF DOGS (犬ヶ島) the latest stop-motion animation movie directed by Wes Anderson.

OTOMO'S COMMENT
“When I first saw Isle of Dogs, I thought it might be difficult to make a poster that would add something to the movie...It is filled with homage to Japanese cinema, including music directly from Kurosawa, and seemed fully realized already, with all its details in place. It was its own complete world. Then I had an idea: to paint a very traditional Japanese dog to represent the island itself, and a very traditional Japanese wooden floor as the sea. I hope my drawing will be a meaningful way to help share this film with the world.”


The illustration was featured in the cover of WEEKLY MORNING No.25 to promote the manga of Isle of Dogs and was later included in the book that covers the making of of the movie  written by Lauren Wilford and  Ryan Stevenson with illustration by Max Dalton and introductions by Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou. Foreword by Matt Zoller Seitz and with contributions by director Wes Anderson.

●2018 US EDITION● The Wes Anderson Collection : Isle of Dogs
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release date: 2018-IX-25
Language: English
Number of pages: 256 pages
Size: 9.8 x 0.9 x 11.6 in
Retail price: $35
ISBN-10: 1419730096
ISBN-13: 978-1419730092

 AVAILABILITY
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●2019 JAPANESE EDITION● The Wes Anderson Collection: メイキングブック 犬ヶ島
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: フィルムアート社
Release date: 2019-II-25
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 256
Size: 27.6 x 23.2 x 2.2 cm
Retail price: ￥ 5,184
ISBN-10: 4845918072
ISBN-13: 978-4845918072
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●LOGO DESIGN● COMIC-DAYS BLOG


Katsuhiro Otomo has designed two logos for the  official blog of the comic app "Comic DAYS" that features news related to Kodansha's publications: Young magazine, Morning, afternoon, evening, Kiss, BE · LOVE

Blog's first post: https://comic-days.com/blog/entry/attouteki

●ILLUSTRATION● INSIDE BABEL


Katsuhiro Otomo has collaborated with collage artist Kosuke Kawamura  (河村康輔)  in a digital illustration that reinterprets  the classic painting THE TOWER OF BABEL painted by Pieter Brueghel in the year 1568 and exhibited in the Museum BVB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The digital print that measures 90 × 110.5 cm will be  shown in the upcoming exhibition Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Bruegel's "The Tower of Babel"  and the 16th masters - Beyond the Boss  (ボイマンス美術館所蔵 ブリューゲル「バベルの塔」展 16世紀ネーデルラントの至宝 ― ボスを超えて ―) that will take place in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (東京都美術館) from April 18, 2017 to July 2, 2017 and in the National Museum of Art (国立国際美術館) from July 18 2017 to October 15, 2017.

Otomo, who lists Brueghel as one of his favorite painters, decided to reinterpred the painting focusing on the internal structure of the Tower of Babel. Prior to the production, he visited the Boijmans Museum of Art in Rotterdam and planned the idea after exchanging opinions with the museum curators. The coloring of the work was handled by Kosuke Kawamura, a collage artist who has collaborated with Otomo before. They used a digital collage method to synthesize the hand-drawn sketches by Otomo into the original painting and then paste over 20,000 small parts from all over the tower's painting.

Official website: http://babel2017.jp

Duplicate of the darwing and other goods will be available at the museum store during the exhibition period and online here: https://shop.asahi.com/

source: asahi

●ILLUSTRATION● POSTER for KICHIJŌJI MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016 (吉祥寺音楽祭 2016)



Katsuhiro Otomo has drawn the key image of the poster that promotes Aya Nakano's Band (なかの綾バンド)  concert that will take place on May 1st 2016 in the upcoming 31st edition of the Kichijōji Music Festival (吉祥寺音楽祭).

A limited 300 copies of the poster will be available at the concert with a price tag of ¥2000.

Here the Official program of the festival: http://www.kichion.com/2016/31.pdf

●ILLUSTRATION● ANGOULĒME 2016 VISUAL KEY



As is it usual, the artist who receives the Grand Prix in the Angoulême  Bande Dessinée International Festival one year,  designs the graphic key for next year's festival. So Otomo created this illustration for next year's event.

Katsuhiro ‪Otomo‬, who was in january granted with the Grand prix du Festival d’Angoulême will occupy the place of honor at next year's festival that will take place from january 28 to 31 in the french city of Angoulême. Otomo himself will held an special meeting at the theatre of angoulême during which he will talk about the genesis of his master work Akira. The mayor french publisher of his works Éditions Glénat BD, will also curate an exposition where forty cartoonists from all over the world will deliver an original creation inspired by Otomo and his work that will be released as a book too.


Stay tunned to the official channels of the 'Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême':
Website: http://www.bdangouleme.com/
Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/festivalBDangouleme
Twitter: @actudufauve
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