NISE Art Book Reviews

Book Title: Telegenic! Pages: 247 Size: 25x23.2cm Nishigori Atsushi (錦織敦史) is a animator, character designer and producer famous for his work on Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , The iDOLM@STER , Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. At the time of this review Nishigori -San is currently working at Studio Gainax . Nishigori-San started his career working at Toei's Animation Labs before joining Gainax in 2001.  He made his debut as a key animator working on Mahoromatic and then debuted as storyboarder and animation director in Puchi Puri Yuushii at the age of 24. His work on the Top wo Nerae! 2 OVA lead him to become the character designer of Gainax's Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. He has recently animated the opening sequences of 2006's hit anime film Kimi no Na wa Nishigori-San has received the Best Character Design award for his work on the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tv series at the 7th Tokyo Animation Fair in 2008             ...

Book Title: Sushiotan   Pages: 136 pages   Size: B5 18×25cm (7.0"x9.8") Ishizaki Toshio (石崎寿夫), also known as Sushio is a Gainax animator famous for his work on Dead Leaves, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , The iDOLM@STER and Kill la Kill .  At the time of this review Sushio-San is currently working at Studio Trigger . " Kill la Kill (Japanese: キルラキルHepburn: Kiru Ra Kiru) is an anime television series produced by Trigger. It follows vagrant schoolgirl Ryuko Matoi, on her search for her father's killer; this brings her into a violent conflict with Satsuki Kiryuin--the iron-willed student council president of Honnouji Academy--and her mother's fashion empire." Source : Wikipedia           Sushio-San usually releases art books ever year at the Comic Market. His books are usually thin and without a lot of pages. This 136-page softcover is packed with a lot of his rough sketches. A lot of his sketches in the book tell a sile...