The following art work is by the very prolific illustrator Shigeru Komatsuzaki (1915-2001), whose fantastic work is of a retrofuture that was not meant to be. The man did incredibly detailed artwork for models from television, anime, & science fiction inspired bizarreness that can't be beat. I came across these & thought I'd share. Originally found
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The Missiler, 1970
Giant Shocker Machine, 1975
Space colony, 1980
Crawler, 1968
Mobile marine airport, 1980
Tokyo volcano, ca. 1965
Attack Boy, 1970
Undersea super tunnel, 1981
SHADO-mobile, ca. 1970
UFO, ca. 1970
Solar City, 1982
Thunderbird 1, 1964
Thunderbird 2, 1964
Thunderbird 3, 1964
Thunderbird ships, 1964
Rikishi Boy, 1970
Frog car boat, 1961
Baron car boat, 1961
Highway rescue boat, 1981
Space train, 1981
Moon bus
Air car
HariHari, 1970
Sea monster battle, 1954
The Mole (Jet-Mogura Tank), 1968
Thunderbird 6 – Sky-Ship 1, 1968
Thunderbird Mars Explorer – Zero X, 1967
Proteus Bluebird CN7, 1963
Long John – Spirit of America, 1963
Earthquake, 1979
Guardman Robot, 1970
Underground metropolis, ca. 1980
World Space Force, 1982
Horizon Car, ca. 1960
Ark of Space, 1968
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The Missiler, 1970
Giant Shocker Machine, 1975
Space colony, 1980
Crawler, 1968
Mobile marine airport, 1980
Tokyo volcano, ca. 1965
Attack Boy, 1970
Undersea super tunnel, 1981
SHADO-mobile, ca. 1970
UFO, ca. 1970
Solar City, 1982
Thunderbird 1, 1964
Thunderbird 2, 1964
Thunderbird 3, 1964
Thunderbird ships, 1964
Rikishi Boy, 1970
Frog car boat, 1961
Baron car boat, 1961
Highway rescue boat, 1981
Space train, 1981
Moon bus
Air car
HariHari, 1970
Sea monster battle, 1954
The Mole (Jet-Mogura Tank), 1968
Thunderbird 6 – Sky-Ship 1, 1968
Thunderbird Mars Explorer – Zero X, 1967
Proteus Bluebird CN7, 1963
Long John – Spirit of America, 1963
Earthquake, 1979
Guardman Robot, 1970
Underground metropolis, ca. 1980
World Space Force, 1982
Horizon Car, ca. 1960
Ark of Space, 1968
Wow--those illustrations could be the kernel around which to build a whole new RPG. Easily. Great stuff!
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ReplyDeletegarrisonjames - I'm glad to bring it too you! I'll be statting up a few of these in the near future!
ReplyDeleteHamel - Welcome aboard! Shigeru Komatsuzaki as he is known in this country was one of the most prolific illustrators of children's toys,television shows,giant monsters, etc. the world has ever seen. I got to know his artwork through a Japanese model magazine in the early 90s that I got from a store down in West Hartford Ct called War & Pieces. The place closed down in the late 00s. The Mr.Komatsuzaki was a giant as far as I'm concerned & should be better known to the world. He deserves far more respect than he gets. There's more to come!