The most gorgeous book in the history of ANIDO FILM has come! This book must be the gift for all animators, directors and big fans of animation!
The works of YOICHI KOTABE, a genius animator and animation director, who is also the best friend of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata in Studio GHIBLI.
YOICHI KOTABE has long career over 50 years. In these years, he has been the top animator, and created many famous characters such as HEIDI for "HEIDI THE GIRL OF ALPS", MARCO for "FROM THE APENNINES TO THE ANDES", etc.
Author : Yoichi KOTABE
［his profile is here］
Executive Editor : Takashi NAMIKI
Foreword : Isao TAKAHATA
Supervisor : Reiko OKUYAMA
First Edition : August 1, 2008
size: A4 wide (H297×W230mm) 300 Pages / Hardcover with cloth
with special acrylic resin case
Publisher : ANIDO FILM Ltd.
Printed in Japan
Language : JAPANESE except below with ENGLISH;
Introducition by Yoichi Kotabe
Foreword-"Our fellow, Yoichi Kotabe" by Isao Takahata
The titles of his works
Biographical Notes
Contents :
This book included a lot of his design works of animation like the key-animated drawings, in-between drawings and idea sketches from the beginning of his career to today. Included not only those most important titles above, but the many masterpieces when he had joined Toei Animation Studio such as "Wanpaku Oji No Orochi Taiji (Little Prince and the Eight-headed Dragon)", "Taiyo no Oji Horusu no Daiboken (Little Norse Prince Valiant)", "Dobutsu Takara-jima (Animal Treasure Irand) "Sora Tobu Yureisen (Fling Phantom Ship)" and "Nagagutsu o Haita Neko (Puss'N Boots)".
Besides the works, "Panda! Go Panda!" "Jarinko Chie(Chie the Brat)" the works with Takahata and Miyazaki, "Tatsunoko Taro(Taro the Dragon Boy)" which is the his largest work after he got free-lancer, and the works for games such as "POKEMON" when he had been worked at Nintendo also included.
With those large numbers of precious drawings, there are a lot of author's newest interviews about his each works (The text is Japanese only).
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