“Last Exile”, the canned “Mardock Scramble”, and more recently “Shangri-La”. Besides anime concept design work, Murata-san is also prolific in published illustration, having released
A series of covers for the Japanese translated “Tara Duncan” (a French fantasy novel) by illustration extraordinaire Murata Range ( pronounced “Ren-Ji”). Tara Duncan has often been referred to a French Harry Potter of sorts, though I’ve never read it. Anyone ? As usual gorgeous artwork...
Although the original character designs were done by Murata-san, most of the design sheets are credited to Horiuchi Osamu, an animator/character designer from Gonzo. My guess is that the art pieces found in the book are redrawn from Murata’s original designs for animation purposes – but ple...