ANIME ARCHITECTURE: IMAGINED WORLDS AND ENDLESS MEGACITIES BY STEFAN R

An unrivaled visual guide to the cityscapes and buildings of the most celebrated and influential anime movies.

Anime has been influencing cinema, literature, comic books, and video games around the world for decades. Part of what makes anime so popular are the memorable and breathtakingly detailed worlds designed by the creators, from futuristic cities of steel to romantic rural locales.Anime Architecturepresents the fantastic environments created by the most important and revered directors and illustrators of Japanese animated films, such as Hideaki Anno, Koji Morimoto, and Mamoru Oshii.

Unprecedented access to vast studio archives of original background paintings, storyboards, drafts, and film excerpts offers readers a privileged view into the earliest stages of conception, development, and finished versions of iconic scenes from critically acclaimed movies such asAkira,Ghost in the Shell,Metropolis, and more. Revealing the secret creative processes of these major anime studios,Anime Architectureis perfect for anyone touched by the beauty and imagination of classic anime, offering inspiration for artists, illustrators, architects, designers, video game makers, and dreamers.

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