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●BOOK● Character Design Genma Taisen - WARNING! (キャラクターオブ幻魔大戦―WARNING! )





The first illustrations book by Katsuhiro Otomo covers the character designs he did for the animation movie Genma Taisen (幻魔大戦) also known as Harmagedon, directed by Rintaro (りんたろう), released on Japan on march 12, 1983. The book contains many color illustrations and plenty of sketches all by Katsuhiro Otomo.


BOOK DETAILS
Publishing House: Kadokawa (角川書店 )
Publishing date: 1983-V-01
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 96
Size: 11.7 x 9.2 x 0.1 inches (A4)
Retail price: ￥980
ISBN-10: 4048520105
ISBN-13: 978-4048520102


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●BOOK● GENMA TAISEN Fujimi Anime Comics 3 (幻魔大戦 富士見コミックスアニメ版 3)




GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) the last animation film directed by Rintaro (りんたろう) in which Katsuhiro Otomo has worked as character designer has been published as a anime comic using frames from the actual film. This is the third volume of five.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Fujimi Shobo (富士見書房)
Release date: 1983-IV-30
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 159 
Size: 7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Retail price: ￥690
ISBN-10: 482918003X
ISBN-13: 978-4829180037

AVAILABILITY
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●MANGA● AKIRA part 9



AKIRA part 9
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.8
1983-IV-18 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
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●MANGA● AKIRA part 8



AKIRA part 8
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.7
1983-IV-4 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff

●MAGAZINE● BESSATSU ANIMEDIA「GENMA TAISEN」 (別冊アニメディア「幻魔大戦」)





This Special Edition of the Animedia magazine covers the last animation film directed by Rintaro (りんたろう), GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦)  that marks the film collaboration of Katsuhiro Otomo in an animation project as character designer. Plenty of the material included in this magazine was later included in the book: Character Design Genma Taisen - WARNING! (キャラクターオブ幻魔大戦―WARNING! )


MAGAZINE DETAILS
Publisher: Gakken (学習研究社)
Release date: 1983-IV-1
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 136
Size: B5
Retail price: ¥580


AVAILABILITY
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●BOOK● GENMA TAISEN Fujimi Anime Comics 2 (幻魔大戦 富士見コミックスアニメ版 2)




GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) the last animation film directed by Rintaro (りんたろう) in which Katsuhiro Otomo has worked as character designer has been published as a anime comic using frames from the actual film. This is the second volume of five.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Fujimi Shobo (富士見書房)
Release date: 1983-III-30
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 160
Size:7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Retail price: ￥690
ISBN-10: 4829180021
ISBN-13: 978-4829180020

AVAILABILITY
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●MANGA● AKIRA part 7



AKIRA part 7
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.6
1983-III-21 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff

●LP● GENMA TAISEN Original Soundtrack DRAMA-HEN (幻魔大戦 オリジナル・サウンドトラック《ドラマ編》)




This doble LP contains the soundtrack with dialogue and sound effects of the animation film GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) directed by Rintaro in which Katsuhiro Otomo worked as character designer was released today in LP format. This OST was composed by Nozomu Aoki (青木 望) and Keith Emerson and 'Children of the light' vocals performed by Rosemary Butler.

LP DETAILS
Label: Canyon
Release date: 1983-III-12
Run Time: 119 min
Retail price: ¥3,800
Catalogue number: C38G0167

OTHER EDITIONS
This LP was re-released as CD in 1999.
●GENMA TAISEN Original Soundtrack DRAMA-HEN (幻魔大戦 オリジナル・サウンドトラック《ドラマ編》)

●LP● GENMA TAISEN main theme CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT (幻魔大戦メインテーマ光の天使)



7 inch EP that includes the main theme of the animation film GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) directed by Rintaro in which Katsuhiro Otomo worked as character designer was released today in LP format. The music was composed by Nozomu Aoki (青木 望) and Keith Emerson and 'Children of the light' vocals performed by Rosemary Butler.

LP DETAILS
Label: Canyon
Release date: 1983-III-12
Retail price: ¥700
Catalogue Number: 7Y-0039

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TRACK LIST
A side: 光の天使/CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT
B side: 地球を護る者/CHALLENGE OF THE PSIONICS FIGHTERS

●LP● GENMA TAISEN Original Soundtrack (幻魔大戦 オリジナル・サウンドトラック)



The soundtrack of the animation film GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) directed by Rintaro in which Katsuhiro Otomo worked as character designer was released today in LP format. This OST was composed by Nozomu Aoki (青木 望) and Keith Emerson and 'Children of the light' vocals performed by Rosemary Butler.

LP DETAILS
Label: Canyon
Release date: 1983-III-12
Run Time: 38 min
Retail price: -
Catalog Number: C28Y0044

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TRACK LIST
A side
1. ハルマゲドン序曲
2. 啓示
3. 失われた惑星(トッカータとフーガニ短調より)
4. サイオニクス・プリンセス
5. フライング、フライング/JOE AND MICHIKO
6. 甦る使命 

B side 
7. 光の天使/CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT
8. 幻魔咆哮
9. ソニー・ザ・キッド/SONNY’S SKATE STATE
10. 遥かなる時
11. 幻魔の攻撃/ZAMEDY STOMP
12. 地球を護る者/CHALLENGE OF THE PSIONICS FIGHTERS

●BOOK● GENMA TAISEN Fujimi Anime Comics 1 (幻魔大戦 富士見コミックスアニメ版 1)




GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) the last animation film directed by Rintaro (りんたろう) in witch Katsuhiro Otomo has worked as character designer has been published as a anime comic using frames from the actual film. This is the first volume of five.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Fujimi Shobo (富士見書房)
Release date: 1983-III-12
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 158 
Size: 7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Retail price: ￥690
ISBN-10: 4829180013
ISBN-13: 978-4829180013

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●PAMPHLET● Crusher Joe (クラッシャージョウ)



Theater Program of the film Crusher Joe (クラッシャージョウ) directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和) in which Katshuriro Otomo (大友 克洋) has collaborated as  special guest designing the ship Anakune.

PAMPHLET DETAILS
Publisher: Shochiku Co: Ltd. (松竹株式会社事業部)
Release date: 1983-III-12
Language: Japanese
Number of pages:-
Size: 29.7 x 20 x 2 cm
Retail price:-


AVAILABILITY
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●ANIMATION FILM● GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦)


Today it was released in Japan GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) the last animation film directed by Rintaro (りんたろう) in which Katsuhiro Otomo has collaborated as character designer. The movie is based in the novel written by Kazumasa Hirai (平井 和正) that was also adapted to manga by Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎) and started it's serialization in 1967 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine (週刊少年マガジン)

FILM CREDITS


Directed by
Rintaro (りんたろう)

Screenplay:
Chiho Katsura (桂 千穂)
Makoto Naito (内藤 誠)
Mori Masaki (真崎 守)

Music: 
Nozomi Aoki (青木 望)

Original story:
Kazumasa Hirai (平井 和正)
Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎)

Character Design: 
Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋) 

Art Director: 
Takamura Mukuo (椋尾 篁)

Animation Director: 
Takuo Noda (野田 卓雄)

Director of Photography: 
Iwao Yamaki

Art Department Assistant:
Kazuo Oga (男鹿 和雄)
Tadao Kubota (窪田 忠雄)

Assistant Animation Director: 
Kazuo Tomizawa (富沢 和雄)

Color Coordination:
Yoshiharu Wakai (若井 喜治)

Editing:
Osamu Tanaka (田中 修)

Finish Check:
Emiko Matsumoto (松元 恵美子)
Michiyo Iriomote (西表 美智代)

Music Director:
Keith Emerson

Executive producer:
Haruki Kadokawa (角川 春樹)
Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎)

Producer:
Susumu Aketagawa (明田川 進)

Animation: 

Background Art:

Distributor:

In-Between Animation:
Anime Toro Toro (アニメトロトロ)
Kusama Art (草間アート)
Meruhen-Sha (メルヘン社)
Tiger Production (タイガープロダクション)

Production:

●PAMPHLET● GENMA TAISEN movie pamphlet (幻魔大戦 映画パンフレット)



Theater program ofGenma Taisen (幻魔大戦) , the animation film directed by Rintaro (りんたろう) in which Katsuhiro Otomo worked as character designer.


PAMPHLET DETAILS
Publisher:-
Release date: 1983-III-12
Language: Japanese
Number of pages:-
Size:-
Retail price:-


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●ANIMATION FILM● CRUSHER JOE (クラッシャージョウ)



Today it was released in the Japanese theaters the animation movie CRUSHER JOE (クラッシャージョウ) directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和). Katshuriro Otomo  (大友 克洋) has been among the special guest designers who has participated in the film together with authors such as Rumiko Takahashi and Akira Toriyama. Otomo was in charge of the design of Arakume (アラクネ). A small picture of the design is collected in the page 173 of the artbook KABA.


MAIN FILM CREDITS

Directed by 
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和)

Scrip & character designt: 
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和)

Screenplay:
Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和)

Storyboard:
Mamoru Hamatsu (浜津 守)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和)

Original creator & Supervision:
Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙)

Art Director: 
Mitsuki Nakamura (中村 光毅)

Animation Director:
Norio Kashima (鹿島 典夫)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦 良和)

Mechanical design: 
Shoji Kawamori (河森 正治)

Art design: 
Michiaki Sato (佐藤 道明)

Producer: 
Takayuki Yoshii (吉井 孝幸)

Assistant Director:
Mamoru Hamatsu (浜津 守)

Original Music:
Norio Maeda (前田 憲男)

Photography:
Katsuji Misawa (三沢 勝治)

Planning:
Eiji Yamaura (山浦 栄二)

Sound:
Koichi Chiba (千葉 耕一)
Sadayoshi Fujino (藤野 貞義)

Special Guest Designer:
Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明)(MAX 310)
Fujihiko Hosono (細野 不二彦)(Nightwalker)
Fumiko Takano (高野 文子) (Anessa)
Hideo Azuma (吾妻 ひでお) (Group Ouch)
Hisaichi Ishii (いしい ひさいち) (Saiteijin)
Katsuhiro Otomo  (大友 克洋) (Arakune)
Keiko Takemiya (竹宮 惠子) (Date Wear)
Miki Tori (とり みき) (Bagpiper)
Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子) (Chug)
Satomi Mikuriya (御厨 さと美) (Rudora)
Satomi Onju (Rudora)
Shinji Wada (和田 慎二)(Goby)
Yumiko Igarashi (いがらし ゆみこ) (Boo Boo)

Animation: 
Random (ランダム)

Backgrounds:
Studio Cosmos (スタジオコスモス)
Studio SF (スタジオSF)

Broadcaster: 

Production:
Studio Nue (スタジオぬえ)

Theatrical Distribution: 


●MANGA● AKIRA part 6



AKIRA part 6
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.5
1983-III-7 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff

●MANGA● AKIRA part 5



AKIRA part 5
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.4
1983-II-21 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff

●MANGA● AKIRA part 4



AKIRA part 4
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.3
1983-II-7 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff

●MANGA● AKIRA part 3



AKIRA part 3
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.2
1983-I-17 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff

●MAGAZINE● SF IZUMU (SF イズム) 1983 Vol.3 No.1

This month's SF IZUMU magazine features a special report about Otomo titled ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO SF MANJŪ RANDO (大友克洋 ＳＦ饅頭ランド) as well as a talk between him and Japanese film director Kazuhiko Hasegawa (長谷川 和彦). 

SF IZUMU (SF イズム) 1983 Vol.3 No.1


MAGAZINE DETAILS: 
Publisher: Miki Shobō (みき書房)
Release date: 1983-I-5
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 130
Size: 14.8 x 21 cm
Retail price: ¥500

●LOGO DESIGN● M·A·S·H ROOM COMPANY LIMITED

Katsuhiro Otomo established his studio M·A·S·H ROOM COMPANY LIMITED in 1983 in Kichijōji (吉祥寺), a neighborhood in the city of Musashino in Tokyo, Japan. Stickers were distributed with this illustration in these two color variations.

●BOOK● MANGA



This book collects various short stories by a diversity of manga authors such as: Hirata Hiroshi, Tamori Yousuke, Hoshino Yukinori, Marrs Lee,Miyanishi Keizo, Fukuyama Youji and Mukaide Masaichi. Katsuhiro Otomo's SUIKA MESHIA (スイカメシア) was collected in this book. This story was also collected in Katsuhior Otomo's art book KABA.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Metro Scope (メトロ・スコープ)
Release date: 1983
Number of pages: 88
Size: A4
Retail price: ￥1,000
ISBN 10: 4946427015
ISBN 13: 9784946427015

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●ILLUSTRATED ESSAY● MANJU KOWAI (饅頭こわい) #40 --Last--




MANJU KOWAI (饅頭こわい) #40
Kariyatetsu, ikegami ryōichi 「otokoōzora」 sono kenpō o oboe chaou!
(雁屋哲、池上遼一「男大空」その拳法を覚えちゃおう！)
Variety (バラエティ) No.2
1982-XII-21 | 2 pages | B&W

●MANGA● AKIRA part 2



AKIRA part 2
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.1
1・3 | 1982-XII-20 | 20 pages | B&W + Color

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff

●SHORT FILM● JIYUU O WARERANI (じゆうを我等に)

Katsuhiro Otomo wrote the screenplay, made the storyoards, produced and directed this 60 minutes long live action movie. The ticket is reproduced in the page 168 of his art book KABA.


MAIN FILM CREDITS
Written, directed & produced by 
Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)

Photography: 
岡本順孝 & 古賀信明

Music: 
Metrofarce (メトロファル)

Lighting: 
露越俊由

Editor: 
Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)

Cast
河野哲郎 
桜井叶 
久住昌之
泉靖紀 

●MANGA● AKIRA part 1

AKIRA part 1
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.24
12・20 | 1982-XII-6 | 26 pages | B&W + Color


Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 1 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 1 colored by Steve Oliff


●ILLUSTRATION● AKIRA STARTS




Katsuhiro Otomo's has drawn the cover illustration for the number 24 of YOUNG MAGAZINE (ヤングマガジン) in which starts the serialization of AKIRA.

The illustration is reprinted in the page 43 of the artbook AKIRA CLUB.

●MAGAZINE● VARIETY GENMA TAISEN SPECIAL (バラエティ 幻魔大戦スペシャル)

This month's Japanese Variety (バラエティ)Magazine features a special report on the upcoming animation film GENMA TAISEN (幻魔大戦) directed by Rintaro (りんたろう) , with character designs by Katsuhiro Otomo. The magazine collects many Otomo settings and sketches as well as a foldout poster illustrated by him.

VARIETY GENMA TAISEN SPECIAL (バラエティ 幻魔大戦スペシャル)
MAGAZINE DETAILS
Publisher: Kadokawa (角川書店)
Release date: 1982-XII-1
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 128
Size: B5 variant
Retail price: ¥490


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