Part 1 Encyclopedia

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Very cool!

This is more the sort of thing I hoped for in the 50th Anniversary book - sketches and behind the scene stuff!
 

Tsushi

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Agreed, I feel like they are much more guarded about those things in newer books. But I also know there's the problem of losing and damaging things over time. Obviously all of this is precious to fans but Lupin must have thousands, or even millions of materials if you're counting ref sheets, development sketches, frames and things.

It was a surprise to find so much material in this one. I guess you never know what you're going to get!
 
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Do you have any idea where all that stuff is? Monkey Punch's home town Hamanaka doesn't have a Monkey Punch archive, one has to assume. It all must be with TMS.
 

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I do think they have some of his work in archives in Hamanaka, but that's just Kato's art. For Lupin art in general it's scattered across many places. Right now you can go on Mandarake's auction website and bid on painted cels from Part 2 and Cagliostro. So some are circulating for sale, or in private collections. I mean I have a couple myself and I know other fans do too.

Some obviously is with TMS, but for this book, these sheets, they specifically said Otsuka was the one who gave them these pieces to scan. While he was alive he probably kept plenty but after he passed, who knows where all that art went to. I would guess a vast amount are long gone, lost, destroyed, damaged. Floods, earthquakes, etc damage buildings, paper is fragile and time can really age these things fast.

With a series this extensive and this old, there is no doubt that it's spread across many places. With Telecom closing now, more materials are sure to be scattered or thrown away just to save office space storage.
 

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this is so cool! i love the glimpse into what fandom spaces were like in the 80s. what a great find!
 
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