A Sky Longing for Memories: The Art of Makoto Shinkai
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (673 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941220436 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle school. About the Author Makoto Shinkai is a Japanese film director, animator, and writer. He has won numerous awards: 12th DoGA CG Animation Award; 1st New Tokyo International Animation FestivalGrand Prize; 7th Kobe Animation Prize; 6th Japanese Media Art; Awardfor Digital Media; 34th Nebula Award(World Con); 59th Mainichi Films Animation Prize; 2007 Asia Pacific Film Award; and theLancia Platinum Grand Prize (Italy). Shinkai developed his abilities as a video game designer for FalCom, where he worked on the cult-classic role-playing game Y"S. Shinkai is unique as an animator as he cut his teeth by producing almost all elements many of his works - from animation to music composition to voice acting. His film credits include: Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promise
Shinkai developed his abilities as a video game designer for FalCom, where he worked on the cult-classic role-playing game Y"S. Makoto Shinkai is a Japanese film director, animator, and writer. His film credits include: Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our EarlyDays, 5 Centimeters Per Second, and
Inside you will find hundreds of backgrounds from from his award-winning works: 5 Centimetres per Second, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star, and a TV advertisement for the Mainichi Newspaper.In addition to the backgrounds, there is a section about the software and technique behind CoMix Wave's animation, which discuss the key features of the software the studio has developed to use at various stages of production. A Sky Longing for Memoriesis a Makoto Shinkai fan's dream! Featuring art created by the beloved director, this full-color art book is packed with art from the many movies he directed for Studio CoMix Wave. The English edition also comes with a lengthy interview with Mr Shinkai and other key members of his studio.. The book is a 175 page LANDSCAPE FORMAT softcover, the majority of
Exceptionally beautiful [[VIDEOID:9ee6e5eadedac7c0396877baf2f88983]]This is one of the most beautiful animation background artbooks I've seen. I've actually reviewed the original Japanese edition æ°æµ·èª ç¾è¡ä½åé 空ã®è¨æ¶ ~ The sky of the longing for memories ~ which was published in 2008. Publisher Vertical Comics has provided a huge fan service by translating the book into English. It's certainly worth translating and more people should get to see this book.The only difference I noticed is the lack of dust jacket. Even the paper used is the lo. "Four Stars" according to Samuel. Beautiful backgroungs! But the book is a bit small and there is not enough details about the movies' production.. Scale is too small I really love Makoto Shinkai backgrounds, colors, details and everything.It is a good book but scrolling through pages made me feel like I want to see each picture in a bigger scale, I feel like I need to zoom-in, but I can't (at least full page for each image or larger scale for the whole book would be good).It is more of a collection of background thumbnails, or pieces that scaled down to that size, than art-book to appreciate every piece of his amazing art. Quite a disappointment for me personally.Good things, that paper is good. Also, they have part in a book where