[HN Gopher] Sci-fi illustrations by Shigeru Komatsuzaki (1915-2001)
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       Sci-fi illustrations by Shigeru Komatsuzaki (1915-2001)
        
       Author : andsoitis
       Score  : 63 points
       Date   : 2022-12-05 14:12 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | y-curious wrote:
       | This has really strong Cowboy Bebop vibes. The space stations
       | look very familiar.
        
         | YurgenJurgensen wrote:
         | Thunderbirds was pretty influential in Japan (and with
         | popularity lasting long enough to be issued on LaserDisc, then
         | again on DVD and again on BluRay). You can see a lot of Gerry
         | Anderson in 70s and 80s Japanese fictional mechanical design.
        
       | Cyberdog wrote:
       | Love it. Does anyone know of any active artists who do a similar
       | style of art?
        
       | bovermyer wrote:
       | That "Highway Rescue Boat (1981)" illustration... I'd watch a
       | movie based on that.
        
       | MikusR wrote:
       | Those are very creative Photobucket Logos
        
         | itronitron wrote:
         | why did the artist paint the photobucket logo on all of their
         | illustrations?
        
       | ghostbrainalpha wrote:
       | Oh man, I really want a Space Train that goes around the moon.
       | 
       | I know it doesn't make sense, but it would look so cool.
        
       | jbm wrote:
       | That's a lot of toy packaging! Japanese toy companies used to be
       | known for their more flexible price points and gorgeous box art;
       | this was even the case when I was collecting Transformers. Sadly,
       | this just isn't the case anymore; when Takara became Takaratomy,
       | the MBA disease turned their local market releases mostly into
       | Hasbro-releases as-is.
       | 
       | Lots of disaster imagery; the highway-as-a-boat is new to me. The
       | "Ark of Space" with people being held back at gunpoint was
       | particularly entertaining.
        
       | three_seagrass wrote:
       | Very retro futuristism: https://old.reddit.com/r/retrofuturism
        
       | jrd259 wrote:
       | Is there any reason to be concerned that this site opens links to
       | mc.yandex.ru, visor.sberbank.ru and kraken.rambler.ru?
        
       | JenBarb wrote:
       | I've been following this twitter account for my daily dose of
       | retro sci-fi art: https://twitter.com/70sscifi
        
         | _the_inflator wrote:
         | I am a hardcore fan of this account:
         | https://twitter.com/borgposting
         | 
         | This dude posts so much quality, incredible work.
        
       | swayvil wrote:
       | Wow that's powerful stuff!
       | 
       | I think it might be proudly hosted on Photobucket.
        
       | DoingIsLearning wrote:
       | Back button hijack warning.
        
         | 4gotunameagain wrote:
         | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ :)
        
         | mftb wrote:
         | The site added eight entries to my history, which I had to
         | employ to escape. It's too bad, I like those illustrations.
        
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