This example-packed overview of contemporary Japanese illustration showcases the works of 100 of Japan's most successful and exciting artists and designers. The images embrace a huge range of styles, from traditional to futuristic, from classic ukiyo-e prints to the worlds of manga and anime. Some look towards urban street culture or build their own surreal dreamscapes, while others revisit a playful world of childhood innocence or explore darker realms of violence and terror. The book also includes ten interviews in which the illustrators discuss their work and what inspires them. The range of amazing images and subjects in this book is hugely memorable, an exciting journey to the utterly idiosyncratic but wonderful world of the Japanese sensibility.

AKIKO MATSUO  18

ATSUSHI MATSUBAYASHI 24

AYA OTA 26

AYAKO OKUBO 30

CHIGI 34

CHINATSU SOZEN 38

COCOLO 42

DRAGON76 46

EITO YOSHIKAWA 50

FOORIDER 54

INT. FOORIDER 60

HAL WATANABE 64

HARGONSS WIG 66

HEISUKE KITAZAWA 70

HIDEKI TANAKA 76

HIROAKI YAMADERA 80

HIROKI TSUKUDA 84

HIROMI TORIYAMA 88

HIROSHI YOSHII 92

HIROYUKI IZUTSU 96

HIROYUKI MUSO 100

IMAITOONZ 102

IPPEI GYOUBU 106

INT. IPPEIGYOUBU 110

ITOMAN 114

KAHORI MAKI 118

KANA NAGANO  120

KAORU HIRONAKA 124

KAZUHIKO IFUKU 126

KAZUKO TSUJI 128

KAZUYA TAOKA 130

KEIKO ENOBI (ATORON) 134

KENTARO HISA 138

KINPRO 142

KOMTENA 146

KOSUKE IKEDA 150

KOUZOU SAKAI 154

INT.  KOUZOU SAKAI  160

KOYA OKADA 164

KURONO 168

KURUMI AOYAMA 174

MAKO 176

MAMICO 178

MAMORU YAMAMOTO 182

MANABU HASSEGAWA 186

MARUMIYAN  188

MASARU YAMAGUCHI  194

MASAYOSHI MIZUHO 198

INT. MASAYOSHI MIZUHO 204

MASHU OKI 208

MAYKO FRY 212

MEGUMI TERADA 214

MINAKO SAITO

 BOTSFORD 218

MINCHI 220

INT. MINCHI 226

MISAKO AONO 230

MIZUKI ABE 232

MOE FURUYA  236

NAOSHI 240

NATSUKI ARAI 244

NATSUKI LEE 250

NATSUKO YOSHINO 252

NICO 254

NORICO URAMOTO 258

RED HOT MAMA  262

RYOHEI HASE 264

INT.  RYOHEI HASE  270

RYOHEI YAMASHITA 274

RYOICHI ISO  280

RYU ITADANI 284

INT. RYU ITADANI 290

RYUJI SHISHIDO  294

SAEKO TAKAGI 298

SATOSHI MATSUZAWA 302

SATOSHI SHIGIHARA 306

SAYAKA 310

SEEVERT WORKS 316

INT. SEEVERT WORKS 322

SEIJIRO KUBO  328

SHIRO TANIGUCHI 332

SHOBU TSUCHIYA 334

INT. SHOBU TSUCHIYA 340

SHOHEI 344

SHOJONOTOMO 350

SHU-THANG GRAFIX 354

SHUHEI TABUCHI  358

SMO 36O

SUSUMU YAMAUCHI  366

TADAOMI SHIBUYA 370

TAKASHI YAMASAKI 374

TAKENAKA 376

TAKERU TOYOKURA  380

TAKU ANEKAWA  384

TAMIO ABE 386

TATSURO KIUCHI 390

INT. TATSURO KIUCHI 394

TENT 398

TOMOHIRO YASUI  402

TOMOMI OHSUGI  404

TOSHIFUMI TANABU 406

TOSHIKAZU SASAO  410

TSUKASA TOMOYOSE

(ATORON) 412

WIEDEN+KENNEDY

TOKYO LAB 416

YOSHIKAZU TAKAI 422

YUKINORI DEHARA 426

YUSAKU MAEDA  428

YUSUKE SAITOH 432

YUTA MIYAZAKI  436

YUTANPO SHIRANE 438

YUUITI MIYAKAWA 444