In April 2017, the animated film of Yuasa Masahiro and Morihiko Megumi’s original work, “Spring is short, the girl is going forward!” In Japan, it was captured and won a lot of praises. It won the Best Picture of the Japan Film Academy Award and the highest award in the long section of the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
In June of the same year, “Spring is short, girl is going forward!” “At the Shanghai International Film Festival, public opinion is booming, and countless Chinese fans are also immersed in this magnificent summer night story
This is not the first collaboration between Mori Kento and Yan Yuzheng
As early as 2010, Mori Kanden’s novel “The Four Stacks of Half-Mythology” was adapted from Yumiya Masaaki to TV animation, and the hot fantasy writer + Japanese god-level director’s heavenly match made a 9.1. High scores
From the delicate text written on the paper by Mori Kanden Mei Yan, how to transform into the animation of Tang Shaozheng’s unrestrained?
The key person in the middle is the master we are talking about today – the Japanese national illustrator. Nakamura Yusuke.
You don’t necessarily hear about his name, but you must have seen his distinctive paintings. He is the behind-the-scenes hero of Mori’s novel visualization
In 2006, Nakamura Yusuke first painted “Spring is too short, girl forward!” In the cover of the novel, in 2008, he continued to collaborate on the design of the cover of the “Four Stacks of Myths”
Immediately after the two works were adapted into animations, Nakamura Yusuke was the official position of the role, responsible for the animated version of the character design
Deeply participated in the work that Mori Kanden Meiyan was first adapted into an animation. The original illustration and role of Nakamura Yusuke can be said to be the original “injection of the soul”, the first person to visualize Moriji’s novels
Even though Mori has worked with other illustrators, when people saw the name of Mori Kanden, the first time they were associated with it, it was the face of Nakamura Yusuke’s girl who smiled and laughed
The story of Mori Morimoto is mostly in Kyoto, the ancient Kamogawa, only the garden festival, the fantasy flavor of the pseudo electric white orchid, and the eternal love and mourning between the girl and the boy, and the decoration of Nakamura Yusuke. The strong and youthful illustrations are naturally matched
The youth and the mystery and charm of the opposite sex in the adolescents are all in the eyes of the girl. The animated style of Yusho’s madness is also perfect with the style of Nakamura Yusuke
Tang Yu director praised: “He (Nakamura Yusuke) is really smart, completely a monster! If you design the original case, his thinking time is really long, but once you start working, you can complete the task quickly.
The color and lines of his works are very characteristic, giving me the impression of prints, that is, prints. I personally feel very consistent with the style of my work. In addition, the composition of his works is very avant-garde, especially The observation of contemporary girls is unique, and my creations have many traces of him.”
It can be said that the genius combination of “Mori Kanden Mei Yan × Nakamura Yusuke × Tangshen Zhengming”, from the text to the drawing paper to the film, led the following artistic generations, about the most romantic and gorgeous delusions of Kyoto
In China, perhaps Nakamura’s name is not so loud, but in Japan on the other side of the sea, the 1978 mushroom head painter can be said to be a national-level super popular illustrator
The collaboration between Nakamura Yusuke and Mori Tomei is not only the cover of the two novels, but also the cover for the “Zi Xiang and Smile” of the Tai Zhezhi novels edited by Mori
Generation cult The classic “Sailor Suit and Machine Gun”, he also painted the cover of “Nakamura-style” for the original work of Akagawa
Left: 1981 Movie Poster Right: The cover of the novel.
Dong Chuan’s daily mystery novel, adaptation of the Japanese TV drama “Beyond After Dinner” starring Kitagawa Keiko and Sakurai Sho, the cover of the series is arranged by Nakamura Yusuke
Nakamura Yusuke’s cooperation list also includes other celebrities in the mystery novel: Ishida Yoshi, the author of Ikebukuro West Exit Park, and Edokawa, the Japanese reasoning master..
I sang the theme song of “Naruto Ninja”, “Fullmetal Alchemist”, “Death” and “Dororo”, and also for “Spring is short, girl is going forward!” “The four-story and half-mythology series” is a popular band. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION is a fanatic of Nakamura Yusuke. Almost all album covers are drawn by Nakamura
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Album “フィードバックファイル2” cover.
The lead singer, Goto Masako, does not hide his love for Nakamura: “It seems to be the fate of fate. In 2002, I fell in love with Nakamura’s illustration at first sight. At that time, I had only one thought in my heart: the one who gave us the envelopes on the record. Non-Nakamura Yusuke is none!”
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Album “ソルファ” cover.
Nakamura Yusuke only has a sense of presence in popular culture? No! He is actually a true national illustrator
Can be compared to our “Xinhua Dictionary” as a classic of a generation, known as “Kanakawa New Word Source”, the new version of the cover is also designed by Nakamura Yusuke!
He also boarded the cover of the music textbook for Japanese high school! The combination of elegant classical and youthful literature and art has led to the unanimous envy of “older graduates” at home and abroad
In view of the high popularity and characteristic style of Nakamura Yusuke, the Hankyu Tram Kobe Line invited him to cooperate with the “Shuangfeng” “pain tram”
拂 dawn to the evening, showing the beautiful scenery of Kobe
From popular music album posters, best-selling novels, award-winning animation originals, textbook cover design, to limited tram decoration, many popular art exhibitions, Nakamura Yusuke’s paintings take into account personal characteristics and nationality, can be called a brush creates a whimsical universe in the Nakamura style
No wonder the illustrator Odashima said: “This kind of box world now also resonates with young girls and makes them want to enter. This thirst is a pass, and we can instantly become a resident of Nakamura Yusuke World. .”
Nakamura Yusuke exhibited at the French exhibition.
NHK “トップランナー” program Nakamura Yusuke special edition.
Nakamura Yusuke, who graduated from Osaka University of the Arts, has been creating illustrations since college, but has never mentioned it to anyone around him
His early works are mostly hand-painted and colored, and the simple black and white lines are filled with impact red, yellow and blue blocks, which makes his manuscript have a print-like texture and is extremely impactful. In the painting, the sailor wears a fragment of the daily life of the girl, and has a faint literary atmosphere of the old-fashioned novel illustration
Then Nakamura Yusuke continued to expand his own boundaries by designing various album covers and novel covers
“The women I like have been drawn in the painting!” The ever-changing girls have gained a long-lasting vitality in his writings
Nakamura Yusuke’s album cover of “S▲ILS”.
In 2009, Nakamura Yusuke published his first collection, Blue, which featured a variety of illustrations from the past decade and was a comprehensive review of his previous creations
And in another ten years later, the official Chinese version of this illustration collection “Nakamura Yusuke’s Illustrator World I: Blue”, after all kinds of twists and turns, finally came to us!
“Blue” is the first commemorative collection after Nakamura Yusuke’s ten years of creation. This introduction is also the first time that its collection has been published in the Chinese-speaking world
The author personally selected a variety of illustrations from the college era to 2008. The book includes nearly 200 works in a variety of categories, including early hand-drawn manuscripts, music album covers, bestseller covers, postcards and posters. Sorted by picture number, with the blue flowing in the depths of memory as the main line, the exhibition history of Nakamura Yusuke is displayed in all directions
“The Maid Cafe” “The Outer Building” author and cartoonist Shihei Zheng, is a university student and a long-time friend of Nakamura Yusuke, and enthusiastically recommended the paintings:
“The fascinating illustrations of Genius Yusuke are all included in one volume. It’s really exciting. It’s definitely a book that I can’t get tired of in my life. He gave me a picture when I was in school, I watched it for ten years. I don’t feel tired. So I can’t be wrong!”
Open the book, you can enjoy the unique and retro style of Nakamura Yusuke in one time, immersed in the story of the sailor suit girl and the rose youth
The style of painting has both the old-time charm of Taisho Showa and the light imagination of the Art Nouveau style. The composition is bold and dynamic, and the color is deep and windy. Romantic fantasy overlaps with the real scene, presenting a glass box-like whimsical world
As the musician Hashimoto Sayuri said, “If you have already seen his album, it is the only ending.”
This Chinese print collection specially uses the same cover and square version as the Japanese version, and re-enacts the Japanese version of the frame. Zhang’s paintings have the feel and texture of the independent framed works
内内精选 209g High specification special paper, striving to perfectly present the dreams of Nakamura Yusuke. This kind of paper is thicker and more opaque than the usual drawing paper. It feels like a cardboard and has a good color rendering effect
Because I want to be able to achieve 180° as much as possible, this book has tried a variety of techniques during the proofing and repeated trials. Considering that the paper is too thick and the number of pages is large (thickness exceeds 1 yuan coin), the wire is easy to fall off the shelf, and finally the glued book spine is selected, which can be smoothly spread without falling off
Why is this album named “Blue”? Yusuke Nakamura wrote in his postscript:
“This is my first album, which contains almost all of my work from college to last year. When I reviewed this huge number of pasts like a classmate, I was surprised to find myself. I have been painting the same thing, although the settings, motifs and color schemes are different, but the same color is in the depths.
The color sometimes seems to be the dark blue of the school uniform in the passing time
Sometimes it looks like the blue of the clear sky, or the blue of the deep sea. In some people’s eyes, it may be the color of the unripe red fruit, or the color of the fallen teardrop.
I wrap these wraps, tie the ribbons, and finally, the book is named “Blue”.”
“Nakamura Yusuke’s Illustrator World I: Blue”, we are here wrapped in a wrap, tied with a ribbon, presented for you
We Anitama also collaborated with the publishing company Houlang Publishing Co., Ltd. To jointly sell this book. The book will be pre-sold starting today (October 25th). The original price is 199.8 yuan. Currently, the community joint initial price is priced at 138 yuan (package), and the reservation will be shipped in order from October 28th
【Ways to purchase】
Buy link: https://j.youzan.com/lL_4lJ.
【details】
- Author: [日] Nakamura Yusuke.
- Translator: Wang Ting.
- Word Count: 48 thousand.
- Book number: 978-7-5356-8854-5.
- Pages: 200.
- Publishing: Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House Houlang Publishing Company.
- Printed: 10
- Size: 200 mm × 200 mm.
- Format: 1/20.
- Edition: 1st edition, October 2019.
- Binding: Paperback.
- Print: The first print in October 2019.
- Inner paper: 209g Korean color