Kaneko Yuji Animation Background Art Book

Yuji Kaneko, president of the art studio “Blueprint Co., Ltd.” has worked as art director for high-profile anime productions such as “Kill la Kill” and “King’s Ranking” as well as theatrical anime such as “Sakasama no Pathema” and “Mobile Suit Gundam: Cruz Doan’s Island”. This book is the first collection of his beautiful background artwork.

The book is filled with the charm of Kaneko’s warm and somehow new paintings, which he draws with an analog brush in a variety of genres, from realistic landscapes of the real world to fictional worlds such as science fiction and fantasy.
In his comments and columns, Kaneko introduces the direction required by the production side and how the background man devises and finishes his pictures based on the layouts drawn by the animation director.
This is a must-have book for aspiring animators and animation enthusiasts.

[Works published in this book include]
“Sacasama no Patema”, “Kill la Kill”, “Little Witch Academia”, “POWER PLANT No.33”, “Bubuki Blanke”, “Mobile Police Patlabor REBOOT”, “Himine to Masotan”, “We are still Underground” (music video work), “Josee, Tiger and Fish”, “Parallel Line” (music video work), “Godzilla S.P.”, “Tsuki to Laika to Vampire Princess”, “King’s Ranking”, “Let Me Hear Ai’s Voice”, “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan”.