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| Araki Shingo |
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with 2011???? I don't know how many posts I wrote about artists who died this year. Yesterday was Araki Shingo's turn, one of the greatest character designer japanimation and manga have ever known. He died at the age of 73, juste one month before his 74th birthday.
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| Grendizer |
Araki Shingo became famous in drawing for anime such as Cutey Honey and Grendizer. But I became a big fan of the artist once I've seen all his talent when he designed the characters of the anime of Saint Seiya. Kurumada Masami, Saint Seiya's original mangaka, never been a good drawer at all. Araki Shingo totally unleashed the beautiful artistic potential within Saint Seiya in revisiting with his very own style Kurumada's characters. I sincerely think the huge success of Saint Seiya would have been totally different without Araki's touch.
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| The artist at work |
These past years, Araki Shingo was discrete and working on personal projects. Unfortunately we'll never see the final results.
May you rest in peace Araki-san...
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| Saint Seiya would have been nothing without him... |
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