ART OF BATTLE - Koichi Ohata Robot Chronicle

In the 1980s, when Japanese robot anime was at its peak, mechanical designer Koichi Ohata created robots with bold, original designs that gained enthusiastic fans not only in Japan but also overseas.

This book is a collection of valuable materials, including original drawings of mechanical designs created by Ohata and image boards leading up to battle scenes.

* The above is a description translated from Japanese by an automatic translator, so it may contain errors or inaccuracies.

Book in original Japanese version without furigana.

Original description in Japanese provided by the publisher:

80年代に全盛期を迎えた日本のロボットアニメにおいて、骨太で独創的なデザインのロボットを生み出し日本のみならず海外での熱狂的なファンを持つメカニックデザイナー・大畑晃一。本書は、これまで大畑氏が生み出してきたメカデザインの原画やバトルシーンにつながるイメージボードなど、貴重な資料を数多く掲載した作品集です。