#satoshi okano

[maurofonseca]

ring racers making my brain work in regards to classic sonic and how it's best treated as an art style and unused concepts and so on

[stephensharpe]

In case you missed it, a former designer from SEGA, Satoshi Okano has been revealing some concept artwork from Sonic Adventure and various other games, and even revealed the full design of a character that was hidden in Speed Highway. This is my take on that Spider woman, apologies it's a bit eye strain-y. Not quite sure why my mind went neon raver. She did have her original legs, then tights before settling on hairy legs that look like those fluffy leg warmers!

[thesonicstadium]

Lots of new #Sonic Adventure & Sonic Jam concept art has come to like courtesy of Satoshi Okano! He's posted concept art for various locations within the Egg Carrier, a tower in the Mystic Ruins, & buildings in Sonic Jam's Sonic World. #SonicNews #SonicTheHedgehog

[sonichedgeblog]

Concept sketches of Sonic, drawn by Satoshi Okano. This was used on the cover of SEGA Saturn Magazine, and as a wallpaper on the 'Sonic Jam' disc. Support us on Patreon

[demifiendrsa]

Weekly Shonen Jump 55th anniversary appendix in Weekly Shonen Jump 2023 issue #33

1968 Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #1 Otoko Ippiki Gaki-Daisho by Hiroshi Motomiya 1969 Dr. Toilet by Kazuyoshi Torii 1970 The Gutsy Frog by Yasumi Yoshizawa 1971 Tezuka Manga Award 1st Edition Samurai Giants by Ikki Kajiwara & Ko Inoue Boy of the Wilderness Isamu by Soji Yamakawa & Noboru Kawasaki 1972 Astro Kyudan by Shiro Tōzaki & Norihiro Nakajima 1973 Play Ball by Akio Chiba Hochonin Ajihei by Jiro Gyu & Jo Big 1974 Akatsuka Manga Award 1st Edition 1975 The Circuit Wolf by Satoshi Ikezawa Doberman Deka by Buronson & Shinji Hiramatsu 1976 Toudai Icchokusen by Yoshinori Kobayashi Kochikame by Osamu Akimoto 1977 Ring ni Kakero by Masami Kurumada Susume!! Pirates by Hisashi Eguchi 1978 Cobra by Buichi Terasawa 1979 Kinnikuman by Yudetamago 1980 Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama 1981 Captain Tsubasa by Yoichi Takahashi Cat's Eye by Tsukasa Hojo Stop!! Hibari-kun! by Hisashi Eguchi 1982 High School! Kimengumi by Motoei Shinzawa 1983 Fist of the North Star by Buronson & Tetsuo Hara Ginga -Nagareboshi Gin- by Yoshihiro Takahashi 1984 DRAGON BALL by Akira Toriyama 1985 City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo Miraculous Tonchinkan by Koichi Endo Sakigake!! Otokojuku by Akira Miyashita 1986 Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada 1987 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki The Burning Wild Man by Tadashi Sato 1988 Bastard!! by Kazushi Hagiwara Jungle King Tar-chan by Masaya Tokuhiro Rokudenashi BLUES by Masanori Morita Magical Taluluto by Tatsuya Egawa 1989 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 5.000.000 copies in circulation Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai by Riku Sanjo & Koji Inada Video Girl Ai by Masakazu Katsura 1990 SLAM DUNK by Takehiko Inoue Chinyuki by Man Gataro Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi 1992 Hareluya II Boy by Haruto Umezawa 1993 Tottemo! Luckyman by Hiroshi Gamo Hell Teacher Nube by Makura Sho & Takeshi Okano 1994 Midori no Makibao by Tsunomaru Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki 1995 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 6.530.000 copies in circulation Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san by Kyosuke Usuta 1996 Hoshin Engi by Ryu Fujisaki Yu-Gi-Oh! by Kazuki Takahashi Kochikame 20th Anniversary & Chapter 1000 1997 I's by Masakazu Katsura Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro ONE PIECE by Eiichiro Oda 1998 Rookies by Masanori Morita Whistle! by Daisuke Higuchi HUNTERXHUNTER by Yoshihiro Togashi 1999 Hikaru no Go by Yumi Hotta & Takeshi Obata The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi NARUTO by Masashi Kishimoto 2000 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean by Hirohiko Araki BLACK CAT by Kentaro Yabuki 2001 Bobobobo Bobobo by Yoshio Sawai BLEACH by Tite Kubo 2002 Strawberry 100% by Mizuki Kawashita Eyeshield 21 by Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata 2004 Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi Katekyo Hitman Reborn! by Akira Amano D.Gray-man by Katsura Hoshino Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation by Yoshiyuki Nishi 2005 Neuro: Supernatural Detective by Yusei Matsui 2006 To Love Ru by Saki Hasemi & Kentaro Yabuki 2007 Sket Dance by Kenta Shinohara 2008 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan by Hiroshi Shiibashi Toriko by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Bakuman. by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata 2009 Kuroko's Basketball by Tadatoshi Fujimaki Beelzebub by Ryuhei Tamura Medaka Box by Nisio Isin & Akira Akatsuki 2010 ONE PIECE New World Begins 2011 Nisekoi by Naoshi Komi 2012 Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. by Shuichi Aso Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki 2013 World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara Isobe Isobee Monogatari by Ryo Nakama 2014 Hinomaru Zumo by Kawada My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi 2015 Black Clover by Yuki Tabata 2016 Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs by Tadahiro Miura Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge BORUTO by Mikio Ikemoto & Ukyo Kodachi The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu Kochikame 40th Anniversary and Serialization End 2017 We Never Learn by Taishi Tsutsui Dr. STONE by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi 2018 Jujutsu Kaisen by Akutami Gege

2019 Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira 2020 Undead Unluck by Yoshifumi Tozuka MASHLE by Hajime Komoto Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki Me & Roboco by Shuhei Miyazaki BURN THE WITCH by Tite Kubo SAKAMOTO DAYS by Yuto Suzuki 2021 The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui WITCH WATCH by Kenta Shinohara Blue Box by Kouji Miura 2022 Akane Banashi by Yuki Suenaga & Takamasa Moue

[greenyvertekins]

MAN. Satoshi Okano's art of Sonic is just astounding. He did the "Sonic on skateboard" and "DJ Sonic" pieces which were lined and coloured by Uekawa but this specific artwork of Sonic singing with a mic was never given the same treatment.

[kinopioa]

Satoshi Okano recently posted his concepts for the Spider Girl easter egg in Sonic Adventure amongst his Samba De Amigo art. I cleaned up the pic and colored my interpretation

Interestingly, I have a feeling this was a later "censored" concept compared to the CG render used for the poster

Wonder if he still has the model...

[soahcity]

New Sonic 3D Blast & Sonic Adventure Development Sketches Released by Satoshi Okano

New Sonic 3D Blast & Sonic Adventure Development Sketches Released by Satoshi Okano #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicNews

[ocarockarina]

So for whatever reason it looks like I totally forgot to post the finished piece I made for Sonic’s 32nd anniversary back in June 😅

Had so much fun trying my hand at all these different art styles from the incredible artists that have worked on the series over the past 3 decades! ☺️

Artist inspirations from top left to bottom right:

Naoto Oshima (Original JP design)

Greg Martin (Classic NA design)

Studio Junio (Sonic CD opening animation)

DiC Animation

Satoshi Okano (Sega Saturn)

Yuji Uekawa (Sonic Adventure)

Sonic X

Sonic Boom

Tyson Hesse (Movie Sonic)

Sega/Marza Animation (Modern 3D Sonic)

Poster inspiration is probably obvious 😉

@taylorswift @taylornation

[death-crab]

Sonic Redesign for Sonic Adventure - Satoshi Okano

[bamteam2023]

Had started following you since I stumbled upon that ring-on-the-water picture from Twitter and then your DJMix character stuff; I wondered what were the main inspirations you got for your artwork style. I can tell that you got a taste for SEGA and Y2K stuff (its in the description lol), but thought on asking what were the games in particular that inspired you the most for this.

I have a lot of inspirations for my current styles, most from (as you probably guessed) Sega games! Yuji Uekawa's Sonic Adventure era art, Satoshi Okano's artwork (fantastic stuff btw), NiNO's Puyo Puyo Fever 2 art, Akira Toriyama, Bust a Groove's art, Cool Cool Toon's art and many MANY Y2K art and graphic design. I was heavily inspired by BEMANI's games like beatmania IIDX and DDR when making the djMIX crew! J.Tony, for example, is heavily based on Beat from Jet Set Radio Future and one of the DJs from beatmania IIDX!

There's so much more, but we'd be here all day LMAO.

Hope this answers the question! And thank you for asking!! <3

[jpf-sydney]

The Tokyo Toilet

Book review:

Imagine being collaterally photographed by tourists as you exit a public toilet. Such are the perils of the stunning revitalisation of 17 such amenities in Shibuya, Tokyo. Each facility in The Tokyo Toilet is visually striking with unique designs including one composed of transparent partitions that transition to opaque when occupied.

From July 2020 through until March 2023, one by one, 17 public toilets completed transformations into new, barrier free buildings of bespoke, avant garde design. The instigator, or officially the project initiator and sponsor, being Koji Yanai, a scion of the apparel empire that includes Uniqlo. Driven by the vision of inclusiveness, it was Yanai's goal to supplant the negative impression of public toilets as dirty and smelly, instead as beautiful, safe places accessible to all. The Tokyo Toilet was the product of 16 creative teams and cooperation between several large stakeholder bodies.

Expectedly, the bulk of the book is dedicated to each of the toilet blocks. Large, full-page photography over multiple pages are accompanied by non-parallel bilingual text, first in Japanese then in English. A supplementary section has 30 pages of drawings and specifications with scale technical diagrams, labelled dimensions and perspectives. Reflections from each of the major stakeholders are present. The private, philanthropic organisation The Nippon Foundation oversaw the project. Shibuya Ward handles the ongoing maintenance, which includes three daily cleans by uniformed workers emblazoned with the project logo. TOTO provided the bathroom equipment supplies. Daiwa Lifenext constructed of all the facilities. There are no shortage of famous further attached names; Daido Moriyama contributed early photography, Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma are amongst the contributing architects.

Some of the project setbacks are interesting. Despite the obvious beauty of the refurbished toilets and polite Japanese society, graffiti and vandalism did occur. This was in fact, directly causative to the production of the now celebrated film Perfect Days by Wim Wenders. Yanai and creative director, Takuma Takasaki set about changing the problematic mindset of toilet disownership with a film that would foster a sense societal of pride in the facilities. Another problem, perhaps not evident from this book, was the discovery that Shigeru Ban's flagship transparent panel toilets were not clouding over fast enough during winter cold weather - oops. Temporary rectification was a matter of making the glass panels permanently opaque but as of May 2024 the original transparency function has been restored and will stay until at least mid October.

Shelf: 518.51 TOK The Tokyo toilet : Shibuya Tokyo Japan = Za Tōkyō toiretto. text by Tami Okano ; photogrphs by Satoshi Nagare.

Tokyo : TOTO Publishing, 2023. ISBN: 9784887064041

275 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, plans ; 26 cm.

Parallel text in English and Japanese.

[skeith-platinumprincess]

Former Sonic artist Satoshi Okano took to Twitter today with some cryptic tweets that seem to imply that a Sega vs Capcom game is in development! Full details below!

[thesonicstadium]

Another Sonic mystery has been revealed! If you've played Sonic Adventure, chances are you've noticed the mystery billboard girl in Speed Highway. Well, Satoshi Okano has uncovered some old sketchbooks, and found her full design! #SonicNews #SonicTheHedgehog

[sonichedgeblog]

Simple sketches by Satoshi Okano of a character they called Fly The Vampire, trying to come up with a more "scary" character. This concept is similar to a character they made for 'Astro Go! Go!' - a Super Famicom game in 1994. Support us on Patreon

[hedgehoghavoc]

Thinking of this interview with Satoshi Okano talking about how New York hip hop and street culture influenced his contributions to Sonic's redesign for the Adventure era, name-dropping groups like RUN-DMC, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest.