#Ikuko Takahashi

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Artwork for "Magic Users Club (Maho Tsukai Tai!)". Commissioned for a pull out poster in "Maho Tsukai Tai! Official Documents (Megu Extra)" mook (magazine/book), BiBLOS Co. Ltd, December 1996. Layout by Ikuko Itoh, artwork by Hideki Takahashi, finishing by St. Tomcat and background by Studio Mimine. Scanned from my personal collection.

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Random Thought: Why does all "90's Anime style" fanart just look like Sailor Moon?

Okay, obviously not all fanart looks like it. But if you were to type in "90s anime style" here on Tumblr or DeviantArt at the time of this post, it at least seems to be the majority stand-in for 90s anime aesthetic, right? Especially in the characters' eyes.

Don't me wrong, this is not a knock against Sailor Moon. It is a great anime, and the collective character designs by Kazuko Tadano, Ikuko Ito, and Mari Tominaga among other staff are iconic. So iconic that Tadano was brought back as the character designer for the latest Sailor Moon movies. That is quite the staying power.

But let's be fair, there are plenty of 90s anime out there that can also be used as inspiration. So, here are the names of 11 character designers alongside some gifs of shows/projects they worked on in that role. Some you may not know but you've seen their work, and others you probably know for their distinct art style or association with a franchise.

Things worth noting: First, the years listed here with some anime may reflect when the artists' work started airing, rather than when the anime itself actually started. Some folks listed here enter their projects mid-production in other roles, while others are in the role from the start. Second, each entry will list 1 or 2 projects aired/released during the 90s, but it will be noted if the artist's role continues beyond that with certain franchises. Lastly, these artists are listed in no particular order, so no "top 11" hierarchy. With that said, here's our examples:

Hisashi Eguchi (Roujin Z[1991], Sonic the Hedgehog CD [1993])

2. Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru(Dragon Ball franchise (Z [1993-96], GT [1996], Daima [2024]), Digimon franchise [1999-2002, 2019-2023])

3. Kumiko Takahashi (Cardcaptor Sakura [1998-2000], Birdy The Mighty[1996])

4. Takahiro Yoshimatsu (Trigun[1998], Slayers franchise[1995-97])

5. Atsuko Nakajima (Ranma 1/2[1989-1992], You're Under Arrest[1996])

6. Sayuri Ichiishi (Pokémon[Pokémon design: 1996-present, human character design: 1996-2017])

7. Atsuko Ishida (Magic Knight Rayearth[1994-1995])

8. Masaya Onishi (Yu Yu Hakusho[1993-1994])

9. Toshihiro Kawamoto(Cowboy Bebop[1998-1999], Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team[1996])

10. Hiroshi Osaka(Gundam franchise[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam: 1993-1994, Mobile Fighter G-Gundam:1994-1995])

11. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto(Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water[1990-1991], Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise[1995-1997, 2007-2021])

Might've leaned a bit more on the Shonen side of things than Shojo, but I hope you can see my point😅. There are tons of 90s anime out there with their own unique feel and aesthetic. These are only 11 names that I found.

For anyone drawing 90s anime style fanart, I hope this has given you some inspiration, and I encourage anyone reading this to look up your favourite anime on Anime News Network's encyclopedia and see who's responsible for helping bring your favorite characters to life on screen and what other shows they've worked on.

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Sorry, but what's the difference between Rei's hairstyles?

This post got very long

Naoko has like 3 ways of drawing depending on when she’s rushed, habit, or when she has time, and just her style changes throughout the years.

In older art like the Prototypes and Tankoban and majority of Arc 1 and 2, Rei’s hair was pretty straight and wide, her bangs swoop to the side like Makoto and Minako but covers majority of her forehead and ears. There was a rogue strand of hair from time to time, sometimes Rei’s hair is in a part, sometimes it’s not

This is what Tadano used when designing SM Classic, Naoko has more free reign to change Rei’s hair cus it’s a manga but since anime is well, animated, the other 90s CDs were all kind of stuck with the designs Tadano left them with. 

Tadano

Tominaga

Itoh

(This is Sailor Stars settei but this is Itoh’s style)

Tamegai

Tamegai’s style in Stars is a little special cus he yeets most of Tadano’s style out the window and uses Naoko style at the time for the most reference, even the settei for Eternal Sailor Moon is strikingly similar to the one Naoko made.

anyway;

Naoko’s early style, early 90s.

Later on Rei’s hair gets more “round” and curves inward similar to Ami and it’s not as flat (most of her hair drawings end up losing that straighter look) and Rei’s bangs usually ends in a big ol puff. Usually when she’s rushed Naoko draws everyones hair in that kind of way. I wanna say you see this style around Arc 3 and later on. 

Shinsoban takes this later style but is just basically softer and cuter, same for Kanzenban but that tries to go back to the roots and makes Rei’s hair a lot straighter and flatter compared to everyone else. The bangs now open in a part. There is the occasional rogue strand. 

Crystal is tricky cus you need to know where Sakou gets the inspiration from. Which is Kanzenban and inside the manga (where Rei’s hair comes out in the puff more often than the covers and splash pages), and then you gotta know the later designers; Takahashi and Tadano take from the previous style.

Like the 90s, the CDs of Crystal were all kind of stuck with the designs Sakou left them with while they add their own spin to it

So Sakou as we all know takes from Kanzenban but also from various forms of Naoko’s style during the years. And Tadano and Takahashi just follow suit so there’s not much difference between Sakou and Takahashi outside of artstyle. . While the artstyle may have changed, the designs really haven’t. So Takahashi still draws Rei’s hair strands coming inward, like Sakou, so I feel Tadano might do the same? 

There’s a very boxy style to Sakou’s designs, more use of squares than circles.

Takahashi 

(Sakou)

The art we see in the game art is that Rei’s hair seems to be taking inspo from the 90s more-so with the bangs covering her entire forehead, how it curves backward like Minako, instead of inward like Ami and the lack of a part, the shape being more Itoh or Tamegai based, this game style feels very 90s style but late-in-the-series 90s style. I can’t pinpoint it exactly… but since we have Sakou and Takahashi together to compare I can’t see the Crystal style besides the zigzag highlight on every strand (Sakou defintely, Tadano and most of teh 90s anime’s zig zag highlights took up the hair in a rectangular way) and the color.

Oddly enough now that I stare at it, it kind of reminds me of Fukano’s style, maybe even Tominaga?? 

There’s definitely more 90s in this design more than Crystal, imo

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Naoko Takeuchi (Manga) vs. Ikuko Itoh (90′s Sailor Moon) & Akira Takahashi (Sailor Moon Crystal S 3)

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1, 5, 9 & 11

favorite drawing from this year

i really like this one.....

favorite little detail in a drawing you did

kinda answered this one already but a second detail i put into something was lancer's card on the sleepover picture (that a bunch of people did notice!)

any new art mediums youve tried (or overall styles if you havent tried new mediums)

i have an airbrush and an unpainted garage kit! i'm not very good at any of it yet!

artist(s) that influenced/inspired your art style

WHOOF i mean there's a lot....! junji ito, john waterhouse, yoshitaka amano, alphonse mucha, ikuko itoh, atey ghailan, simone ferriero, loish, rudolf koivu, rumiko takahashi, bill bate, natalie de corsair, heikala and the list doesn't even end there but maybe that gives some idea

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Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report released on April 9, 1994.

Studio(s): Studio Pierrot and Movic

Director: Masakatsu Iijima

Producers: Haruo Sai, Ken Hagino, and Naoji Hōnokidani

Score: Yusuke Honma

I'll also list all of the artists involved in making the background art and the key animators! This movie looks incredible and directors tend to get a much bigger cut of the credit than they deserve.

Background Art: Emi Kitahara, Emiko Koizumi, Hideaki Kudo, Hirofumi Shiraishi, Hisae Saito, Hitoshi Nagasaki, Ikuko Ōoka, Kaoru Inoda, Kazuo Ebisawa, Kumiko Nagashima, Masumi Nishikawa, Mio Isshiki, Ryō Kōno, Sadayuki Arai, Sawako Takagi, Shigenori Takada, Shinichi Uehara, Shinobu Takahashi, Shuichi Hirose, Toshiharu Mizutani, Toshiyuki Yoshimura, Yasunari Usuda, Youngil Park, Yuka Kawashima, Yuka Okamoto, Yūko Kobayashi

Key Animation: Akihide Saitō, Chihiro Hayashi, Fuminori Kizaki, Hajime Kamegaki, Hideyuki Motohashi, Hikaru Takanashi, Hiroharu Nishida, Hiromi Niioka, Hirotaka Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Kanbe, Hiroyuki Okuno, Hisahito Natsume, Isao Sugimoto, Junichi Kigawa, Junko Abe, Kari Higuchi , Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazumi Minahiro, Kazuya Kuroda, Kazuyuki Ikai, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Keiko Shimizu, Kenji Yamazaki, Kunihiko Ito, Mamoru Hosoda, Mamoru Kurosawa, Masahito Yamashita, Masaki Hosoyama, Masayuki Fujita, Mayumi Hirota, Munenori Nawa, Naoyuki Owada, Osamu Nabeshima, Satoru Iriyoshi, Satoshi Fukushima, Shinji Seya, Shinsaku Kōzuma, Shuji Kawakami, Shunji Suzuki, Susumu Yamaguchi, Tadakatsu Yoshida, Tadashi Abiru, Takashi Yamazaki, Takayuki Gorai, Takenori Mihara, Takuya Satō, Toyoaki Shiomi, Yasunari Nitta, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Yoshinori Kanada, Yoshiyuki Kishi, Yuichi Endo, Yuko Kusumoto

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Uramichi Oniisan announces more cast members!

Previously announced cast members:

Kamiya Hiroshi as Omota Uramichi

Miyano Mamoru as Daga Iketeru

Mizuki Nana as Tadano Utano

Sugita Tomokazu as Usahara Tobikichi 

Nakamura Yuuichi as Kumatani Mitsuo

Kimura Ryohei as Kikaku Hanbee

Suzumura Kenichi as Uebu Saito

Ono Daisuke as Nekota Matahiko

New cast members:

Miki Shinichiro as Furode Yusao

Horiuchi Kenyuu as Derekida Tekito

Hanae Natsuki as Edei Eddy

Takahashi Minami as Ennoshita Kayo

Satou Rina as Heame Ikuko

Nakai Kazuya as Furitsuke Capellini

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Me: wait a min

Wait A Min

WAIT A MIN

RORONOA ZORO / HIJIKATA TOUSHIROU IS FURITSUKE CAPELLINI NEE-SAN?!

I CAN’T WAIT

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       NENSHA: THE THOUGHTOGRAPHY IN JAPAN

 It’s also called “ projected thermography” or “ psychic photography” and it’s the claimed ability to “burn” images from one’s mind onto surfaces such as photographic films by psychic means.  “Thoughtography” is the image of objects on the retina of the human eye that might so affect it that that photograph could be produced by looking at a sensitive plate. This term was first introduced by doctor Tomokichi Fukurai in the late 19th century, a period of high interest in spiritualism in Japan. Fukurai was assistant professor of phychology at Tokyo University and he began experimenting with parapsychology with the help of 3 mediums: Chizuko Mifune, Ikuko Nagao and Sadako Takahashi. If these names sound familiar you’re right. they have the names or surnames of the famous character of the movie trilogy The Ring ( or Ringu, in Japanese) based on the novels of Koji Suzuki. Fukurai believed in the paranormal and extrasensory abilities. Chizuko Mifune was born in 1886 in the prefecture of Kumamoto and declared that she had acquired clairvoyance through spiritual exercise and through a particular deep breathing technique. This clairvoyance had been "induced" by her brother-in-law Takeo who was working on research on hypnotism in the city of Kumamoto. The man hypnotized her and induced her to be sleepwalking and asked her to try to ascertain the fate of the soldiers of the Sixth Division. It was the years of the Russian -Japanese war and the Hitachimaru, a warship had been sunk but there was still no news of the Sixth Division, a group of soldiers who had left for the ship to join the crew. Chizuko declared during hypnosis that the soldiers of this group had not died, had failed to reach the ship and had returned to the port of Nagasaki from where they had sailed. So it was: the soldiers were really safe and what the woman said was true. Chizuko, on the advice of her brother-in-law, learned to empty her mind and control breathing in order to obtain visions. She agreed to work with Dr. Fukurai to obtain true recognition of her powers. The girl was only 24 years old and on September 15, 1910 the Doctor decided to attend a public conference so that she could prove her powers to the public, but things did not go well: the dean of the university's psychology faculty, Kenjiro Yamakawa , invited the young woman to read the text of some messages hidden from her sight. When at the end of the test, however, it became known that the real author of the tickets was the doctor and not a stranger, the participants began to suspect that in reality the woman and the doctor had previously agreed on what was written in the notes , creating not a scientific proof of a mental power but a simple fraud. The following year Chizuko takes her own life by ingesting poison, depressed and persecuted by the harsh criticism of those who did not believe in her psychic abilities.

The scene of this test is also found in the film The Ring: Shizuko is interrupted by a man who shouts at the deception and then collapses on the dying ground and the spectators notice the presence of Sadako who looks at everything in the shadows. After the death of Chizuko, Doctor Fukurai continued his research and was mainly interested in nensha, the ability to print images on sheets or film with the power of thought. A specialty of the medium Ikuko Nagao. She also died a year after meeting the doctor. She became ill with fever and also in this case it was said that the stress of being criticized harshly caused the disease. Before her death the doctor was already working with another medium, Sadako Takahashi. Like Chizuko, Sadako had developed her powers by concentrating and perfecting breathing, and by 1911 she began producing nenshs. Examples of nensha were included in the book that Dr. Fukurai published in 1913 under the title "Clairvoyance and Photography of Thought" (Toushi to nensha). Although the book was not well received by the public, the doctor continued to research the paranormal and "psychic" photography throughout his life.

He was hired by Koyasan University and is still considered today as the pioneer of parapsychology in Japan and the founder of the Japanese system of hypnotic psychology. Interest in nensha, known as thoughtography, also took hold in England. Skeptics say that you cannot have a photograph of thought and even professional photographers would say that psychic photographs are artfully created fakes, once negatives were manipulated, today photo retouching allows you to edit photos easily and in a short time . Very often in the past this type of photography was the result of a defect in the camera, lenses or film, or reflections caused by the flash, or sudden chemical reactions during the development of the film and even overlapping.

Note: I found about nensha after re - watching The Ring movie and I think it’s really interesting how the fictional characters were somehow connected to real people. 

Image 1: example of thoughtography by Dr Fukurai.

Image 2: photo of Chizuko Mifune

Image 3: photo of Dr. Fukurai.

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Six Good Boys and Girls Join the Cast of Uramichi Oniisan TV Anime

  All you good little children out there are sure to have a good time today, because six new cast members and the opening theme song performers have been revealed for Uramichi Oniisan, an upcoming TV anime based on the dark comedy manga by Gaku Kuze about a children's TV host who can't help but let his grim and pessimistic personality slip through on air. The new cast members include:

  Shin-ichiro Miki as Yusao Hirode.

Kenyu Horiuchi as Tekito Derekida.

Natsuki Hanae as Eddy Edei.

Minami Takahashi as Kayo Ennoshita.

Rina Sato as Ikuko Heame.

And Kazuya Nakai as Furitsuke Capellini.

  The opening theme for Uramichi Oniisan is performed in character by Iketeru Daga (CV: Mamoru Miyano) and Utano Tadano (CV: Nana Mizuki).

    The Uramichi Oniisan manga is serialized in Ichijinsha's comic POOL digital magazine, and an English language version is also published by Kodansha Comics under the title Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan. Kodansha Comics describes the story of the series as follows:

  How did the cynical Uramichi end up hosting a TV show for small children? And how long is the studio going to let him keep teaching the kids the sorrow and exhaustion of life instead of, say, the ABCs?

    The Uramichi Oniisan TV anime is directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama and features animation production by Studio Blanc.. The series is scheduled to broadcast in Japan beginning in July of 2021.

  Sources:

Ota-suke

MoCa

  Copyright notice: © Gaku Kuze・Ichijinsha / "Uramichi Oniisan" Production Committee 

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time

By: Paul Chapman

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Crunchyroll to Stream Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime

Crunchyroll has announced that they simulcast the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō anime series. The first episode will premiere on the service on December 10 and new episodes will be available every Monday. 

The series will be available to Crunchyroll users in the following territories:“North America, Central America and South America including the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,…

[kimimitsubooumushi]

6月17日 満月

from A to I

絞られ吊られ 沈黙の贄

尽きる日輪

もう 散らす華もなし

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illustrations: Akiko Homma 

words: Ikuko Takahashi

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Saintia Shõ - La secuela de las Doce Casas

Ya pasó la primer saga de las nuevas Saintia de Saint Seiya (Los Caballeros del Zodiaco). En este caso veremos la historia de Shõko, una joven estudiante de secundaria, que se separó de su hermana Kyõko, quién fue al extranjero para estudiar en la Fundación Graad. Hasta que un dia, una Driade ataca a Shõko para utilizar su cuerpo como recipiente para la diosa Eris, así aparecen las Santias en acción...

A comparación de las sagas anteriores de Saint Seiya, Saintia Shõ, es la más corta de todas las temporadas, en la historia de los Santos de Athena. Con un inicio muy prometedor (en donde podemos ver claramente que hay más de un personaje principal), las Saintia recorren una aventura, buena; a comparación de otras anteriores, la historia es muy básica y con muchos altibajos.

Al compararla con historias como la de Autoría, en Soul of Gold (2015), que tiene 13 capítulos, en donde se puede ver mucha acción, cómo fue siempre Saint Seiya, Saintia Shõ le falta ese tinte de acción, como en otras. Asu vez, las batallas que tienen las Saintia son protagonizadas por Shõko, Milo y Aioria (los caballeros dorados), quiénes participan en casi todas las peleas de los diez capítulos, exceptuando una en donde Shõko (al igual que en temporadas anteriores) necesita la ayuda de sus compañeras.

La historia en sí, transcurre al mismo tiempo que finaliza la saga del Santuario, no hay muchos villanos, quizás es una de las cosas que provoca que no haya mucha acción en la temporada, las peleas del Santuario que se muestran, le dan un poco más de acción a esta historia. Y a comparación de todas las batallas finales, esta tiene una batalla que deja mucho que desear.

Esperemos que la próxima temporada de las Saintias, no sea tan pobre y tenga una buena historia y con ese tinte de acción que suele tener Saint Seiya, al parecer al enemigo que van a enfrentar, se lo muestra como si fuera uno de los más poderosos que se pueda ver en la serie, sin contar que es uno de los dioses griegos más violento de los que hay.

Ficha Técnica

Saint Seiya Saintia Shõ (聖闘士星矢・セインティア翔 Seinto Seiya Seintia Shō)

Director Masato Tamagawa

Escritor Ikuko Takahashi

Estudio Toei Animation, Gonzo

Música Toshihiko Sahashi

Primera Emisión 10 de Diciembre de 2018

Última Emisión 18 de Febrero de 2019

Episodios 10

Basado Manga Saint Seiya Saintia Shõ

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“Saint Seiya: Saintia Shou” anime PV. It will premiere on “ANIMAX on PlayStation” on December 10th.

-Staff-

Series Director: Masato Tamagawa

Series Organization: Ikuko Takahashi

Character Design: Keiichi Ichikawa, Ayana Nishino

Music: Toshihiko Sahashi

OP & ED: main cast

Studio: GONZO

Planning, Production: Toei Animation

-Cast-

Shou Equuleus (CV: Aina Suzuki)

Kido Saori (CV: Inori Minase)

Kyouko Equuleus (CV: M・A・O)

Mii Delphinus (CV: Megumi Nakajima)

Toshihiko Seki

Tanaka Hideyuki

Ryoutarou Okiayu

Rina Satou

Ursa Minor Xiaoling (CV: Suzuko Mimori)

Katya de Northern Crown (CV: Yukiko Morishita)

Cassiopeia Erda (CV: Ayana Taketatsu)

via: https://www.saintia-sho.com/pc/

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More Cast Members Announced for the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime

More Cast Members Announced for the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime

Five more cast members have been announced for the forthcoming Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō anime:

Hideo Ishikawa is Jabu

Rika Tachibana is Atë

Marika Kōno is Emony

Aki Kanada is Mirai

Akeno Watanabe is Shinato

Masato Tamagawa is the series director for the anime at GONZO. Ikuko Takahashi is in charge of series composition. Keiichi Ishikawa and Ayana Nishino are designing the characters. Toshihiko…

[crystalbehindthescenes]

I was rewatching bits of the 90s anime, and it occured to me that the senshi didn't even have much in terms of hair highlights until later in the series (esp. not on Usagi and Mina); when the animation quality went up for movies or around S/SuperS, they were thick wavy lines, and by Stars they sometimes were thick zigzags, depending on the animators. So, IDK what anime the anti-Sakou crowd has been watching, but Takahashi's hair bubbles are definitely the LAST thing I would associate w/ 90s SM.

Yea you dont see highlights commonly until Ikukos style begins to update by Sailor Moon R. Most highlights for Tadano are seen during promotional art.The only character with prominent highlights were usually Rei and Mamoru (their hair was jet black so there was no real shading to begin with)

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y.m.o. cover by clammbon.