TATSUYUKI TANAKA
JAPAN

Tatsuyuki Tanaka is a Japanese artist famous for manga style illustrations and animations.

His first remarkable work was producing the original pictures for the animation film "AKIRA", undoubtedly the finest example of manga ever. He joined as a key animator.

He also published a collection of his works "CANNABIS WORKS".

In recent years, he made an animation "Wonder 'Bout" which is promotion Video for Utada (a Japanese singer) as well as producing work for Sony Playstation video animations.

He is currently producing work for the omnibus animation film "Genius Party" and the comic "BOILED HEAD".

Science fiction, cyberpunk, alternate realities, fantasy, robots, and fantastic machines, these are just a few of the themes covered by famed artist and illustrator Tanaka. Having done the image boards for Fushigi No Umi No Nadia (The Secret of Blue Water), character designs for the video game Linda Cubed, and tons of storyboards for Studio 4C (famous for it's work on Spriggan, MEMORIES, and Vampire Hunter D, as well as Grasshoppa and Vermilion Pleasure Nights), he is a truly remarkable artist ranking with the likes of Range Murata, Jun Tsukasa, Nihei Tsutomu and Masamune Shirow.