Orders for "Kimitoshi Yamane Mono GRAPH: Sunrise Edition", the latest art book by mechanic designer Kimitoshi Yamane, are now being accepted! Over 1,000 mechanical designs from "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" and "Cowboy Bebop" are included in the book.

Orders have begun for "Kimitoshi Yamane Mono GRAPH: Sunrise Edition," an art book by mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, which will be released on October 27, 2023 (Friday).

Kimitoshi Yamane, a mechanical designer who has created mechanical designs for many years for many original Sunrise productions including "Cowboy Bebop," "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED," "Escaflowne in the Sky," and "Infinite Leviathan," has started taking orders for his art book, "Kimitoshi Yamane Mono Orders for the "Kimitoshi Yamane Mono GRAPH: Sunrise Edition" are now being accepted at Amazon, TIME's "Ani Fueba" online store, bookstores nationwide, and bookstores! Online Store operated by TIME, as well as bookstores and specialty stores nationwide.

The book is a comprehensive collection of Kimitoshi Yamane's design works up to the recent years, and allows readers to see more than 1,000 of his various mecha designs all in one volume.

⇒ Kimitoshi Yamane talks about the real pleasure of mechanical design 20 years after " Cowboy Bebop" (Anime Industry Watching No. 47).

The cover is "Escaflowne in the Sky".

The visuals of the oil illustrations of "Escaflowne in the Sky" were arranged for this art book.

The book contains a wide variety of artworks, including rare celluloid drawings and oil paintings.

■Sales Site
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Also scheduled to go on sale at Amazon, bookstores, and specialty stores nationwide!
Please check the website and official twitter for the latest information on stores that will be handling the book and purchase privileges that will be announced in the future!

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Author's introduction

■Koutoshi Yamane
Born in 1966. Born in Kawamoto-cho, Shimane Prefecture. Mechanic designer.
After graduating from a technical college in Tokyo, he made his debut as a mechanical designer at an animation planning and production company, Artmic. He participated in Sunrise's production of "Mobile Budden G Gundam. He has since worked on "Escaflowne in the Sky," "Cowboy Bebop," "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Platoon," "Infinite Leviathan," "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin," "G Reconguista," "Mobile Suit Gundam: Senko no Hathaway," "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan," etc. He has been in charge of mechanical design for many works.

[Product information

Kimitoshi Yamane Mono GRAPH: Sunrise version
◆Order now being accepted
Release date: October 27, 2023 (Friday)
Size: A4 size
Number of pages: 384 (16 color pages, 368 B&W pages)
List price: 5,450 yen (excluding tax), 5,995 yen (including tax)
ISBN: 978-4-909185-15-0
Publisher: TIME Inc.

<Containing works
Original works
Escaflowne in the Sky (1996)
Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Infinite Leviathan (1999)
argento soma (2000)
OVERMAN King Gainer (2002)
Cluster Edge (2005)
Gundam works (TV series)
Mobile Suit Gundam (1994)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY (2004)
PRESS RELEASE
Press Release TIME Inc.
G Reconguista (2014)
Theatrical works
Escaflowne (2000)
Cowboy Bebop: Gateway to Heaven (2001)
Norageki (2011)
G Reconguista (2019-22)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Senko no Hathaway (2021)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cruz Doan (2022)
Original Video Animation Works
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Platoon (1996-99)
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO/Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO2 (2008-09)
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin (2015)
Product Planning (Bra Model)
U.C.HARD GRAPH (2012)
Event Movie & EXTRA
Ring of Gundam
GUNDAM THE RIDE
Ez8 & ZAKU Hobby Japan drawing

In addition to the above, the book includes a newly drawn color illustration "Swordfish II 2022," a dialogue with Yoshinori Sayama and Yutaka Izubuchi, two of Japan's leading mechanical designers and longtime close friends, and a contribution from Renato Rivera Rusca from an overseas perspective (English translation available)!

(Currently under supervision *The contents are subject to change.)