Comments on: Tekkon Kinkreet background art

By: peter w

peter w — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:47:39 +0000

For me, Tekkon Kinkreet is remarkable in that both the original manga and the film are obsolutely astonishing for similar and yet also quite different reasons. For almost anyone who has scant evidence that comics can actually outgun the novel as a published form, Tekkon is, I think, that rare example. Equally, anyone left cold by animation in general, maybe doubting its ability to present a genuinely mature and layered drama, need look no further than its filmic sibling. Probably the best movie I’ve watched in over a decade and the DVD release has a particularly excellent/slightly harrowing making of.

By: Fabio Lai

Fabio Lai — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:15:56 +0000

OMG, these backgrounds are simply amazing!

By: Scott Watanabe

Scott Watanabe — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:24:55 +0000

These books are great, one called Kuro(Black) and one called Shiro(White). The Kuro book is concept sketches of the backgrounds and Shiro is the background paintings. Both great books and can be found on various websites as well as kinokunyia as Tom mentioned. If your around the bay area theres one in SF Japantown and San Jose. Happy Shopping!
http://store.animebooks.com/teartboshkib.html
http://store.animebooks.com/teartboshkiw.html

By: Tom Scholes

Tom Scholes — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:24:25 +0000

Great movie and great artbook.
It is available in the US, I got mine from Kinokuniya. They have several stores on the west coast of the US and one in New York.
http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/guest/cgi-bin/wshoseaohb.cgi?W-NIPS=9981555126&AREA=02&LANG=J

By: Francis Yeh

Francis Yeh — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:56:06 +0000

The movie was great! It took some time for me to get used to the character style, but it really grows on you.