著者

坂口 将史

出版者

広島芸術学会

雑誌

藝術研究 (ISSN:09149872)

巻号頁・発行日

no.30, pp.13-27, 2017-07-13

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Currently, we are surrounded by numerous manga, anime and television game characters. This paper explicates the influence of character design development on character properties by focusing on a character created by Narita Tohl (1929- 2002), Kaiju.In ancient times, the kaiju symbolized a creature that transcended all human knowledge because it was a combination of animal parts; the ancient people believed animals were formidable. However, the current combinations used to depict the kaiju do not represent the supernatural abilities of the creature because people today do not believe in the power of animals. Designers before Narita had defined kaiju as a living creature and created using those combinations because they believed a realistic kaiju should have a body comprising known animal parts. By contrast, Narita defined kaiju as an unknown animal, and therefore his kaiju design incorporated inanimate and abstract forms.Thus, Narita freed the kaiju design from the restriction of using known animal parts. By means of this liberation, the symbolic form of kaiju, prevalent during the ancient times, was restored. Thus, the character design development by Narita changed the property of the character.

著者

坂口 将史

出版者

九州大学大学院芸術工学研究院

雑誌

芸術工学研究 (ISSN:13490915)

巻号頁・発行日

no.30, pp.13-24, 2019-03-20

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Tokusatsu is a filming technique that has become known as a unique aspect of Japanese culture in recent years. Ordinarily, it is thought that tokusatsu is produced by skillful artisans, but in the "Kumamoto Castle x Tokusatsu Special Effects Art Castle Revival Project" held at the Kumamoto Contemporary Art Museum from December 16, 2017 to March 18, 2018, the tokusatsu technique was used as an exhibition method for the purpose of recreating Kumamoto City as it was recovering from the earthquake. As a result, many amateurs of tokusatsu, namely, volunteers and visitors to the exhibition, participated and created tokusatsu. The application of tokusatsu in the exhibition enabled amateurs to participate in this creation, with the idea that creating and filming miniature models that looked real was more important than creating perfect models. In addition, amateurs created a realistic city in tokusatsu through the close observation of real or miniature cities and communication among themselves. In short, the peculiarity of tokusatsu is that everyone can participate in creative activities with physical things and have new experiences through this creation.