Sailor Moon Art Director motifs

[Lady Pen]

Same here, but Tadano isn't bad at all - just not as good IMO.

Tadano was good as well. However in those pictures I see that Itoh's drawings have more details and the perspectives are on point. Tadano's are more ' flat '.

 

[Talentless Fool]

Lovin' the perspectives!

https://flic.kr/p/2pRBMfx https://flic.kr/p/2pRuUgT https://flic.kr/p/2pRABQR https://flic.kr/p/2pRzvYa https://flic.kr/p/2pRABR2

 

[YuYu Yuichiro]

I don't think anyone's talked about it so here's some of the SuperS Laser disc covers

 

[YuYu Yuichiro]

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Tadano's are more ' flat '.

And flatter still in the reboot, where she's at her flattest.

 

[Talentless Fool]

I've always been a big fan of this Art Style - those of the S era are stunning!
Unfortunately, this artist never worked on the series itself.

https://flic.kr/p/2pRHBbv
One of my all times favorite illustration of the 3 Outers; everyone looks stunning here!
https://flic.kr/p/2pRJM53
Chibi-Usa looking slightly older gives off a completely different vibe!
https://flic.kr/p/2pRBSfj
Actually all of these 3 illustrations were used in a French anime magazine that I bought in 2006 to introduce the S season.
It mentioned Chibi-Usa coming back from the future to aid the girls so I always thought that she would have been slightly aged up becoming a Senshi herself.
https://flic.kr/p/2pRHFzv
This one looks straight out of a shoujo manga!
https://flic.kr/p/2pRGvVR

 

[YuYu Yuichiro]

I've always been a big fan of this Art Style - those of the S era are stunning!
Unfortunately, this artist never worked on the series itself.

https://flic.kr/p/2pRHBbv
One of my all times favorite illustration of the 3 Outers; everyone looks stunning here!
https://flic.kr/p/2pRJM53
Chibi-Usa looking slightly older gives off a completely different vibe!
https://flic.kr/p/2pRBSfj
Actually all of these 3 illustrations were used in a French anime magazine that I bought in 2006 to introduce the S season.
It mentioned Chibi-Usa coming back from the future to aid the girls so I always thought that she would have been slightly aged up becoming a Senshi herself.
https://flic.kr/p/2pRHFzv
This one looks straight out of a shoujo manga!
https://flic.kr/p/2pRGvVR

Kinda reminds me of Mari Tominaga actally.

 

[tux67]

This one looks straight out of a shoujo manga!
https://flic.kr/p/2pRGvVR

This is one of my favorite Sailor Moon posters. I love Saturn's facial expression. It's just stunning

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

I've always been a big fan of this Art Style - those of the S era are stunning!
Unfortunately, this artist never worked on the series itself.

Probably an artist from Kodansha.

I love Saturn's facial expression.

Me too - wish there were a solo poster of her in full body from it.

 

[Talentless Fool]

Kinda reminds me of Mari Tominaga actally.

I can see that, especially on the detailed hair.
I guess we can describe it as a Hisashi Kagawa X Mari Tominaga mix.

Probably an artist from Kodansha. Toei

Generally these illustrators are unfortunately left unnamed and all that is credited is Toei Animation T_T

Other gorgeous illustrations of the same Art Style from the Stars era

https://flic.kr/p/2pRRcai https://flic.kr/p/2pRRSur https://flic.kr/p/2pRSnTx https://flic.kr/p/2pRRcba https://flic.kr/p/2pRRcc2

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Generally these illustrators are unfortunately left unnamed and all that is credited is Toei Animation T_T

So Toei did those on-print only arts for Kodansha's publications, Banpresto's trading cards, etc.?

 

[Talentless Fool]

So Toei did those on-print only arts for Kodansha's publications, Banpresto's trading cards, etc.?

Well, they follow the character designs of Toei, don't they?
Since Sailor Moon was a Media Mix production, these companies simply commissioned them from Toei studios

Kagawa did do those SuperS illustrations from Takeuchi's concepts and they were published under Kodansha.
https://flic.kr/p/2pRRXKr https://flic.kr/p/2pRRhbA https://flic.kr/p/2pRRXLP
If I'm not mistaken, I think Takeuchi also did do the roughs for this collection of illustrations.
https://flic.kr/p/2pRRhcC https://flic.kr/p/2pRRXNn

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

^ I always like the cover arts of those film comics - too bad they've never published the ones for Stars (nor the anime album for that season). *sigh*

 

[Akari @ria]

If I'm not mistaken, I think Takeuchi also did do the roughs for this collection of illustrations.

yes,these are some of the sketches for this kind of book

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