Preparing the exhibits

Preparations for our next exhibition “Cityscapes in Anime Background Art” at the Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Museum of Architecture in Kanazawa are in full swing.

Here, the teams of the museum and our partner Eizo Workshop are busy preparing the background artwork of Patlabor 1 & 2 and Ghost in the Shell by Hiromasa Ogura and Shuichi Kusamori.

These works will be on display from 16 June to 19 November 2023.

Click here for more information about the show.

Laser measurement is used to figure out the dimensions of the artwork without touching it. The exact dimensions are a pre-requisite for framing the artwork.

Layouts and original background art of Patlabor 2 - the Movie.

A spectacularly wide background piece by Shuichi Kusamori for Patlabor - the Movie.

Background for Patlabor - the Movie by Shuichi Kusamori.

Background for Ghost in the Shell by Shuichi Kusamori.

Left: Original background for Ghost in the Shell, cut no. 231 by Shuichi Kusamori. This piece is part of the same sequence out of which we have just published new prints. Right: Solegraph print of Ghost in the Shell, cut no. 228. This piece will be numbered and signed by Shuichi Kusamori.

Background for Ghost in the Shell by Shuichi Kusamori.

Background for Ghost in the Shell by Shuichi Kusamori.

Background for Metropolis by Shuichi Kusamori. We published this one as a solegraph and poster.

Photos taken by Yasuyuki Takagi.