Illustration format: 42 x 59,4 cm (or 16,53 x 23,38 inches), numbered (500 copies), offset printing on high quality paper.

The context

This illustration shows the production imageboard, used during pre-production to direct the artwork of the film Ghost in the Shell and features the scene just after movie's main character, Major Kusanagi chased the villain down and out an empty alley. Due to the strong elements of action in the plot, after discussing the storyline with the director of the movie, Shuichi Kusamori wanted to convey a sense of freedom and liberty in his drawing.

Radiant White is a 100% cotton paper with a smooth, velvety surface texture which guarantees archival standards and brilliant colors. Its premium matt inkjet coating meets the highest standards regarding density, color gamut, color graduation and image sharpness. We selected this exclusive paper with our printing partner YPP because it not only yields fantastic results in terms of colour reproduction but also feels very close to the paper of the original artwork.

The scene as seen in context of the film:

The artist - Shuichi Kusamori

(photo © Yasuyuki Takagi, 2023)

Shuichi Kusamori in his studio
(photo © Yasuyuki Takagi, 2023)

Shuichi Kusamori is a Japanese art director and background illustrator. Background artist on Ghost in the Shell. He was also artistic director on the second instalment, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence in 2004, and on other well-known Japanese anime licences such as Metropolis and the Psycho-Pass series.

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