Takara box art, 1983-84
Unless otherwise credited, all art is by Rokuro Shiratori
Masanori Onoue
Masanori Onoue
Shin Ueda
Masanori Onoue
Shin Ueda
Shin Ueda, 1997
Shin Ueda, 1997
Artist unknown
Artist unknown
Bonus
By Rokuro Shiratori for Dual Magazine
Masanori Onoue
Garage kit released by Lark
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Awesome pictures! Great resolution, too. Thanks for this!
In a better version of this planet, Rokuro Shiratori would have a massive art book. Someone needs to explain to me why he doesn’t.
I’m surprises that FASA didn’t turn these into Battlemechs…
Someone else gave it a try:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Echo-Ro-Warrior-Set-1-Robot-Grand-Commander-With-Weapons-Instructions/142418153108
I wish we knew who the artist of the 1/48 box art was. It has a signature! That’s my favorite VOTOMS art of all time. I love how dynamic it looks, especially with the impossible elbow articulation on the Marshydog (which some kit designers have attempted to emulate more recently).
Yeah, I looked high and low, but no name has yet come up to match the signature.
In light of the interview you posted, is it possible that it’s Kouichi Inoue (K. Inoue)?
I don’t think he’s an artist himself. And I’m not convinced that “Inoue” is the signature. It’s just too muddled.