Updated Drawing - Page 9

Skylark · July 26th, 2012, 12:01 PM

Below is a drawing by Akemi Takada: artist/illustrator and animation character designer of Creamy Mami, Fancy Lala, Kido Keisatsu Patlabor, Kimagure Orange Road, Imomushi no Boken, Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura - and even Science Ninja Team Gatchaman – and many other shows.

My exposure to the wonderful world and works of Akemi Takada has not only been through those memorable, influential, life-affirming (or also life-enhanced) entertaining shows like Urusei Yatsura, Kimagure Orange Road, and Patlabor - but I’ve also been able to enjoy the expressive quality of her original drawings of those TV characters on exhibit at Anime Expo 2000, and in other Anime Expo exhibits that have displayed her works. I've also been blessed with a few of her published albums of her drawings sent to me by a friend in Japan.

Fans here at AnimeNation should enjoy and celebrate this charming recent drawing below by the hard-working artist/Illustrator (and jewelry maker too!). I came across this lovely work by way of one of Akemi Takada’s twitters. I could not find the original URL, but here is that same image posted here after I made sure I’d get permission out of honor and respect for the artist and the fans.

A work that is really a fine hello from artist Akemi Takada to her fans and all admirers of original art whomever and wherever you may be:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

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Skylark · August 6th, 2012, 02:14 PM

Okay, I'm sharing this animation video by a Mr. Barry Munden because it's fun and I enjoyed it:

http://www.boomandzoomgraphics.com/spacebat.html

Hiroshimafuu · August 6th, 2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Skylark

Below is a drawing by Akemi Takada: artist/illustrator and animation character designer of Creamy Mami, Fancy Lala, Kido Keisatsu Patlabor, Kimagure Orange Road, Imomushi no Boken, Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura - and even Science Ninja Team Gatchaman – and many other shows.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

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Thanks for the link! Hmm... which do I regret more...not getting my Orange Road tapes signed by Akemi Takada at Anime America in 1994, or not getting my Nuku Nuku tapes signed by Megumi Hayashibara at Anime America in 1995...

Skylark · August 6th, 2012, 06:37 PM

Glad you found the link, Hiroshimafuu.

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Hmm... which do I regret more...not getting my Orange Road tapes signed by Akemi Takada at Anime America in 1994, or not getting my Nuku Nuku tapes signed by Megumi Hayashibara at Anime America in 1995...

Probably the same regret I had for not walking up to meet Osamu Tezuka in person to say hello, and thank him for Kimba the White Lion when I had the chance to meet him at a 1980 Comic Convention. He was only six feet away from me and uncrowded. I was too young and too shy back then. Sheesh.

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Btw, he was wearing that artist's cap like the one below. Could never forget that.

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Skylark · August 15th, 2012, 08:23 AM

Gotta throw some music in this thread again somewhere and it might as well be here: a piece from the anime Shamanic Princess that really caught me and sounds wonderfully Japanese to my ears:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDtkp...eature=related

Enjoy.

Skylark · September 4th, 2012, 08:58 AM

Uh, speaking of music -- in this sort of thread/blog we have here. . .

Someone asked me, after I had gone through that life-or-death heart surgery a couple years back, what it feels like after you've got back and thought you were not sure you'd never see the earth again. For someone that draws like myself the effect is some of the best work I can organize and command -- there's a sense of celebration and confidence I hope to convey in my drawings. I can't really show people what I mean yet (since most of what I think is the best material so far is in the commissioned project that I'm currently working for a client). However, someone like Jazz artist Peter White and Mindi Abair's live music can sure express it for me in their music.

The celebration after the surgery feels like this by Jazz artist Peter White and Mindi Abair in a performance in Tokyo, Japan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCe_o...ature=youtu.be

The confidence sometime after that feels like this by Mindi Abair:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5oZ2...ature=youtu.be

As for the presentation of the drawings you'll have to wait a few months, then I'll let you peek at what's going on.

Have a good day, AN.

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Skylark · February 1st, 2013, 03:29 PM

Thank goodness for digital computers -- at least for the arts. With a pencil (or maybe with conte') we can now see the handwriting of an individual and the art one attempts to convey in animation. I can say that this short piece is animation at it's very best. Enjoy the feeling, the emotion, and the being-in-the-moment the artist here wants to convey:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBk3ynRbtsw

Bye.

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July 26th, 2012, 12:01 PM	#121
Skylark Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 731	Akemi Takada Below is a drawing by Akemi Takada: artist/illustrator and animation character designer of Creamy Mami, Fancy Lala, Kido Keisatsu Patlabor, Kimagure Orange Road, Imomushi no Boken, Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura - and even Science Ninja Team Gatchaman – and many other shows. My exposure to the wonderful world and works of Akemi Takada has not only been through those memorable, influential, life-affirming (or also life-enhanced) entertaining shows like Urusei Yatsura, Kimagure Orange Road, and Patlabor - but I’ve also been able to enjoy the expressive quality of her original drawings of those TV characters on exhibit at Anime Expo 2000, and in other Anime Expo exhibits that have displayed her works. I've also been blessed with a few of her published albums of her drawings sent to me by a friend in Japan. Fans here at AnimeNation should enjoy and celebrate this charming recent drawing below by the hard-working artist/Illustrator (and jewelry maker too!). I came across this lovely work by way of one of Akemi Takada’s twitters. I could not find the original URL, but here is that same image posted here after I made sure I’d get permission out of honor and respect for the artist and the fans. A work that is really a fine hello from artist Akemi Takada to her fans and all admirers of original art whomever and wherever you may be: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater ***** Last edited by Skylark; July 26th, 2012 at 12:10 PM.

September 4th, 2012, 08:58 AM	#126
Skylark Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 731	Life & Death Uh, speaking of music -- in this sort of thread/blog we have here. . . Someone asked me, after I had gone through that life-or-death heart surgery a couple years back, what it feels like after you've got back and thought you were not sure you'd never see the earth again. For someone that draws like myself the effect is some of the best work I can organize and command -- there's a sense of celebration and confidence I hope to convey in my drawings. I can't really show people what I mean yet (since most of what I think is the best material so far is in the commissioned project that I'm currently working for a client). However, someone like Jazz artist Peter White and Mindi Abair's live music can sure express it for me in their music. The celebration after the surgery feels like this by Jazz artist Peter White and Mindi Abair in a performance in Tokyo, Japan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCe_o...ature=youtu.be The confidence sometime after that feels like this by Mindi Abair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5oZ2...ature=youtu.be As for the presentation of the drawings you'll have to wait a few months, then I'll let you peek at what's going on. Have a good day, AN. **** Last edited by Skylark; September 4th, 2012 at 09:02 AM.

February 1st, 2013, 03:29 PM	#127
Skylark Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 731	Thank goodness for digital computers -- at least for the arts. With a pencil (or maybe with conte') we can now see the handwriting of an individual and the art one attempts to convey in animation. I can say that this short piece is animation at it's very best. Enjoy the feeling, the emotion, and the being-in-the-moment the artist here wants to convey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBk3ynRbtsw Bye. **** Last edited by Skylark; February 1st, 2013 at 03:38 PM.

August 6th, 2012, 02:14 PM	#122
Skylark Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 731	Okay, I'm sharing this animation video by a Mr. Barry Munden because it's fun and I enjoyed it: http://www.boomandzoomgraphics.com/spacebat.html

August 15th, 2012, 08:23 AM	#125
Skylark Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 731	Gotta throw some music in this thread again somewhere and it might as well be here: a piece from the anime Shamanic Princess that really caught me and sounds wonderfully Japanese to my ears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDtkp...eature=related Enjoy.