Koyama Shigeto – YELLOW3 min read
Reading Time: 2 minutesKoyoma Shigeto is best known for his mechanical designs in Star Driver, or the ending for Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. But, he’s also the character designer for HEROMAN.
YELLOW is written in both Japanese and English, so Koyoma’s insights into his illustrations can be fully understood. YELLOW is B5-size in landscape format and 45-pages. It’s on a newsprint paper, using only shades of black, gray and yellow.
“I don’t know why, but I’ve been fascinated by the lockers in American schools. Some square centimeters worth of private space for each and every student. There’s a children’s kingdom inside.”
Koyama Shigeto
It’s refreshing to see Koyama’s subtle changes to Joey’s fashion, especially since anime characters wear the same clothes all the time.
I love the illustration with Joey and Lina in glasses and uniforms, as if the anime had taken place in Japan instead of the U.S. Koyama Shigeto says “For a designer, eye-glasses are unfailing items (when it comes to designing). For the main characters, I always thought one character is the limit.” It’s true, I seldom see shows with more than one main character in glasses.
Title: YELLOW タイトル: YELLOW Author: Koyama Shigeto Publication Date: 08/15/2010 Size: 45p NDL: -
