Shuichi Seki
Shūichi Seki ( Japanese関 修 一), born in 1946 and currently living in Ōta (Tokyo), is a Japanese animator and character designer who created the characters in the children's TV series Wickie and the Strong Men or Tom Sawyers , which is known in Germany Designed and animated adventures .
career
His beginnings as an animator and designer began in the TCJ studio (later Eiken ), including working on the anime, Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden in 1968. After the restructuring of TCJ, Seki switched to Nippon Animation in 1973 , where he worked among other things worked on the series of the World Masterpiece Theater (WMT for short). Other studios so far have been MK COMPANY , Production IG , Studio 4 ° C and AIC . Since 2014 he works on art books , where he exhibited new watercolors or illustrations in oil colors to the different WMT projects in which he has participated.
style
Based on the literary children's books on the World Masterpiece Theater, his style is geared towards young target groups. Seki not only draws in the Japanese style, but also gives his character designs features of western cartoons. In order to design the figures as true to detail and historically authentic as possible, Seki used the impressions of the painter Norman Rockwell from the Saturday Evening Post , or Sears & Roebuck catalogs from 1902, for example to explain American customs, character traits and designs of the characters in the anime to define Tom Sawyer.
Main participation in projects
Animated series
- 1968: Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden
- 1973: Yama Nezumi Rokkī Chakku - Rocky and his friends
- 1974: Chiisana Baikingu Bikke - Wickie and the strong men
- 1974: Arupusu no Shōjo Haiji - Heidi
- 1975: Arabian Naito: Shindobatto no Bōken for Arabian Nights: Sindbad no Bōken - Sindbad
- 1976: Manga sekai mukashi banashi
- 1977: Ritoru Ruru to Chitchai Nakama
- 1978: Perīnu monogatari - Perrine
- 1980: Tomu Sōyā no Bōken - Tom Sawyer's adventure
- 1981: Kazoku Robinson Hyōryūki: Fushigi na Shima no Furōne - Robinson family
- 1981: Wanwan Sanjūshi - D'Artagnan and the 3 Muske Animals
- 1981: Meiken Jorī - Belle and Sebastian
- 1982: Minami no Niji no Rūshī - Lucy in Australia
- 1983: Mīmu Iroiro Yume no Tabi - Wanted, discovered, invented
- 1983: Kojika Monogatari - All my friends
- 1984: Little El Cid no Bōken
- 1986: Ozu no Mahōtsukai - In the land of the Wizard of Oz
- 1986: Uchūsen Sajitariusu - The Star Fighters
- 1986: Bosco Daibōken
- 1986: Butten Monogatari
- 1987: Hitomi no Naka no Shounen: Juugo Shounen Hyouryuuki
- 1987: Gurimu Meisaku Gekijō - Grimm's fairy tale
- 1988: Ganbare! Moudouken Serv
- 1990: Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan - The Secret of Daddy Long Legs
- 1991: Torappu Ikka Monogatari
- 1991: Ochame na Futago: Kurea Gakuin Monogatari - Hanni and Nanni
- 1991: Watashi to Watashi: Futari no Lotte
- 1992: Yousei Dick
- 1992: Daisougen no Chiisana Tenshi Busshubeibī
- 1992: Boku no Patrasche
- 1999: Shūkan Storyland
- 1999: Bābapapa sekai o mawaru - Barbapapa
- 2001: Fōchun Doggusu
- 2003: Asutoro Bōi: Tetsuwan Atomu
- 2004: Fantajikku chirudors
- 2004: Burakku Jakku - Black Jack
- 2005: Doraemon
- 2005: Kōkyōshihen Eureka Sebun - Eureka Seven
- 2006: Wanwan Serepū Soreyuke Testsunoshin
- 2006: Roketto Gāru
- 2007: REIDEEN
- 2008: RD Sennō Chōsashitsu
- 2009: Rupan Sansei Vāsasu Meitantei Konan
- 2010: Lupine III - The Last Job
- 2010: Sengoku Basara
- 2011: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Persona 4: The Animation
- 2012: Amagami SS + plus
Animation films
- 1993: MOTHER 最後 の 少女 イ ブ
- 1995: 2112 Nen Doraemon Tanjō
- 1996: MEMORIES
- 1997: Elmer no Bouken
- 2009: Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita No Uchu Kaitakushi
- 2010: Konchū Monogatari: Mitsubachi Hatchi: Yūki no Merodī
- 2013: PERSONA3 THE MOVIE # 1 Spring of Birth
- 2014: PERSONA3 THE MOVIE # 2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
Publications
- 2014: The World of Shuichi Seki - Character Design Wonderland, ISBN 978-4-487-80838-0 .
- 2019: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Character Design Wonderland, ISBN 978-4-487-81275-2 .
- 2019: The Story of Perrine - Character Design Wonderland, ISBN 978-4-487-81274-5 .
- 2019: Little Viking Vicky - Character Design Wonderland, ISBN 978-4-487-81276-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shūichi Seki in Anime News Network. Retrieved March 15, 2020 .
- ↑ The World of Shūichi Seki - Character Design Wonderland . Tokyo Books, ISBN 978-4-487-80838-0 , pp. 144 .
- ↑ Shūichi Seki - Character Design Wonderland . S. 144 .
- ↑ Shūichi Seki - Character Design Wonderland . S. 137 .
- ↑ Shūichi Seki - Character Design Wonderland . S. 138 ff .
- ↑ Shūichi Seki - Character Design Wonderland . S. 123 .
- ↑ Shūichi Seki - Character Design Wonderland . S. 137-140 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seki, Shuichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 関 修 一 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese animator and character designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |