Masami Ōbari’s Robot Soul Artbook

Product Details

Title: Robot Soul (A4 size, 144 pages, full color)

Included Works

Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God
Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova
Brave Exkaiser
The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn
The Brave Express Might Gaine
Brave Police J-Decker
Dangaioh - Hyper Combat
Unit
Metal Armor Dragonar Gravion
Super Robot Wars OG: G Inspector
Super Robot Wars ZII
Super Robot Wars OGII
and others

Note

This book is written in Japanese

Since the 1980s, animator Masami Ōbari has had his hand in the creation of mecha designs for many anime. Now, the robots that Ōbari has created until now have been compiled into one artbook! In addition to the Brave series that has many fans even to this day after the series’ broadcast has ended in Japan, this book is bursting with many passionate illustrations from other series, including the famous robots introduced in the Super Robot Wars video game series. The heroic figures of Ōbari’s robots which he has breathed life into and given a soul to will set your heart ablaze!

After graduating from a technical high school, Ōbari entered the company Production Reed. There, he worked as the character designer on the Special Armored Battalion Dorvack movie and on Transformers, as well as being the mechanical designer on Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God at the age of 19. After he left Production Reed, he displayed his abilities by being appointed to the opening animation for various works and attained high praise. His characteristic illustrations have been given the name “Bari Mecha” for his humanoid designs in the head, arms, and legs, as well as his posing. Furthermore, he hasn’t stopped at just designing; he is active in a variety of areas including directing and producing anime, as well as designing video games.