Name: Kaneko Hidetoshi Animation Background Art Book - The Analog Paintings
SKU: 9784862466167
Availability: InStock

An animation background art book by Hidetoshi Kaneko, who has been active as a background art director since the 1980s. This collection focuses on analog background artworks (with some digital pieces included for comparison).

Featuring a curated selection of hand-drawn background art from numerous anime projects, spanning from “Giant Gorg” (1984) to “Shigurui” (2007). The book includes 491 color artworks and 279 art settings, making it an essential resource not only for anime fans but also for current anime creators.

[Featured Works]
Giant Gorg / Neo-Heroic-Fantasia Arion / The Five Star Stories / Record of Lodoss War / Teito Monogatari / Yuugen Kaisha / TRIGUN / Jubei-chan: The Lovely Eyepatch Secret / Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran / Sakura Wars TV / Hajime no Ippo / TEXHNOLYZE / Shigurui / BLACK LAGOON

Category：Japanese Animation Book, Japanese Illustration Book

Tag：background, Black Lagoon, Hajime No Ippo The Fighting!, Texhnolyze, Trigun

Pages：: 256
ISBN：: 9784862466167
Release Date:: December, 2024
Language:: Japanese
Publisher:: Born Digital

Author profile

Hidetoshi Kaneko

Animation Art Director.
Born in Tokyo in 1950. In 1972, began working in background art for animation at TCJ Co., Ltd.
Subsequently participated in Ad Cosmo, Gendai Seisaku Shudan, Mini Art, Topcraft, Cosmos Arts, among others.
In July 1986, co-founded Atelier Bouka Co., Ltd. with Kazuko Katsui.
Atelier Bouka Co., Ltd. was dissolved in March 2017.
Passed away in 2019.