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Yamada Akihiro Exhibition - Worlds from a Magic Brush -

The Kyoto International Manga Museum is proud to present an exhibition of original works by the manga artist and illustrator Yamada Akihiro.

This exhibition will showcase Yamada's diverse repertoire of manga, illustrations, game and anime character designs which elicit a delicate and beautiful view of the world. The exhibition will also offer an insight to his work process, with a display corner that shows his creative ingenuity and different rendering methods through the use of a slideshow and changing art supplies.

As an accompaniment to the exhibition there will be a live drawing event, in which Yamada will be invited to create artwork on the spot.

Indulge to your heart's content and be mesmerized by the world view brought forth by the artist's hand.

Exhibition Period	April 29 - June 5, 2011 10am - 6pm (Admission until 5:30pm) Regularly scheduled closures on Wednesday, except May the 4th, when the museum will be open.
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum, 2nd floor, Gallery 4
Admission fee	Free * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.

Exhibition Details

A total of 130 exhibition items focusing on original color illustrations and design sketches from amongst the artist's diverse work in illustration, games, anime and book cover design.

Approximately 50 of the exhibited artworks will be changed midway.

First term: April 29 - May 17
Second term: May 19 - June 5

● Roughly 80 artworks comprising of manga manuscripts, illustrations, character designs etc.

Conceptual notes, manga manuscripts and color illustrations from the series Beast of East （published by Gentosha Comics）
Character designs and cover illustrations from Twelve Kingdoms (Kodansha. Written by Ono Fuyumi), as well as a signature board signed by Ono Fuyumi.
Cover illustrations and a production process slideshow for Records of Three Kingdoms (Kodansha. Written by Ozawa Akitomo)
Manga manuscripts and color illustrations from Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis (Kadokawa Shoten. Written by Mizuno Ryo)
Cover and front matter illustrations from the novel Legend of Lodoss (Kadokawa Shoten. Written by Mizuno Ryo)
DVD Cover art and anime design illustrations from Rahxephon (BONES. Written by Izubuchi Yutaka)
Cover illustrations from Legacy I (Wave Publishing. Written by Cayla Kluver) And others

● Production process slide show

A slide show of the illustration process for a book cover of Records of Three Kingdoms (Kodansha), recorded through stop motion photography. From line drawing, to the final color inking

● Stories from behind the artwork, tracing creative originality

A side-by-side exhibition of an original manga manuscript in a pre-coloured state and completed colored artwork, in order to illustrated the production process.

● Related Publications (roughly 50)

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Yamada Akihiro - Worlds from a Magic Brush -

Live demonstration by Yamada himself, of sketching and painting, etc. A sensory experience conducted in an atmosphere like that of the regular art demonstrations held in the museum's studio corner.

Date	May 5, 2011 2pm - 4pm
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum, 1st floor multipurpose hall
Admission	Free *However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.
Capacity	250 people （Admittance in order of arrival)
Participation	Pre-registration is not required. Numbered tickets will be distributed from 10am on the day.
Featured guest	Yamada Akihiro (Manga artist and illustrator)
Facilitators	Ito Yu (Kyoto International Manga Museum Researcher) Ogawa Tsuyoshi (Kyoto International Manga Museum Workshop Coordinator)

* An autograph session will be held after the event, which will be restricted to 100 customers who purchase related products from the museum shop on the day.

* This event will be live broadcasted on Ustream.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kyotomm

* This event will be in Japanese only.
No English translation will be available.

≫ About the Manga Studio

Yamada Akihiro

Manga artist and illustrator. Yamada Akihiro is a resident of Kyoto Prefecture, born in Kouchi Prefecture in 1957, who debuted professionally in 1981. Characteristic for his beautiful, delicate literary style, his forte is in creating works with a view of the world that intoxicate the reader. He is a popular artists with many fans throughout Japan and abroad, known for masterpieces such as Beast of East, and Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis, and has produced illustrations for novels such as Twelve Kingdoms as well as anime character designs for Rahxephon and a wide range of other work. He was featured in solo exhibitions from 2006, starting with the Yokoyama Memorial Manga Museum in Kouchi prefecture. He held an exhibition entitled "Dall'Ukiyo-e all'illustrazione contemporanea" in the Albertina Museum in Torino, Italy in 2010 and was acclaimed as one of the great graphic artists to have emerged from the tradition of ukiyo-e woodblock printing. In recent years, he has worked on the concept designs for the movie Shinobi: Heart Under Blade and cover illustrations for Records of Three Kingdoms published by Kodansha Aoitori Bunko.

The schedule and details of this event are subject to change.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

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