This Sydney Exhibition Explores the Eye-Catching Architecture Behind Your Favourite Japanese Anime Films
Explore the process behind transforming hand-drawn cityscapes into big-screen backdrops.
Those intricately drawn cityscapes seen in anime movies will be front and centre at a new exhibition presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney from next month.
Running from June 2 until August 11, Anime Architecture celebrates the hand-drawn backdrops and architectural world-building of some of Japan's most iconic animated sci-fi flicks. The exhibition will explore the processes that go into bringing these dreamed-up environments to life, capturing the journey from pencil drawings through to those dramatic big screen stills.
Get up close and personal with animations by legends of the scene, including Takashi Watabe, Hiromasa Ogura, Haruhiko Higami, Atsushi Takeuchi and Mamoru Oshii. Their resumes include the likes of Patlabor: the Movie, Ghost in the Shell (the original, not the live-action remake) and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, all of which feature in the showcase — as well as behind-the-scenes perspectives on other acclaimed Japanese films such as Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis.
The exhibition is set to be accompanied by an event program, which will be revealed in the coming weeks.
Catch Anime Architecture at The Japan Foundation, Sydney, at Level 4 Central Park, 28 Broadway, Chippendale. It'll run from June 2 - August 11, with an opening reception on Friday, June 1.
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