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The arrival of the age when illustrators can send out their own messages
Celeina: We have selected “Tô Voltando” by Simone, a song by Masanao Amano, the editor-in-chief of “Kikan esu” magazine and “Small esu” magazine. There is one work that you have been involved in that caught my attention. Ai Yazawa did the illustration for the Japanese jacket of Courtney Love’s album “America’s Sweetheart.
Amano：Yes. Courtney enjoyed reading Ai Yazawa’s manga released in the U.S. with her daughter, and she was a fan. At the time, she wanted to create her own alter ego character, like David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” , and she thought that Ai Yazawa was the person to design it. She was inspired by the idea. So American publisher who handles Ms. Yazawa’s manga contacted me because I was acquainted with them. So I took Ms. Yazawa and went to introduce her to Courtney Love at the hotel where she was staying when she came to Japan. Anyway, Courtney talked about her concept with machine gun talk, and since Mr. Yazawa also liked Courtney, we both said, “Let’s draw! They were so excited. Courtney gave her cell phone number to Ms. Yazawa and told her to call her anytime.
Takano: Isn’t that amazing?
Celeina： Thanks to Mr. Amano, we have this jacket.
Celeina：We have heard a lot about you, Amano-san, but how do you think the illustration industry will change in the future?
Amano: Until now, illustrators were often asked to do “illustrations” for novels or something like that, and they were in charge of a certain part of the media. But I feel that it is becoming more and more exciting, and from now on, illustrators will be able to send out their own messages, get their works out into the world, and expand and grow from being in charge of a partial piece of media.
Takano: It’s like everyone is coming closer to the illustrator’s creativity, isn’t it?
Celeina：I am looking forward to seeing the illustrator industry expand rapidly in the future.
Amano: I am looking forward to it.
Celeina： “FIST BUMP” welcomes today Masanao Amano, editor-in-chief of the magazines “Kikan esu”and “Small esu”. Thank you very much.
Amano: Thank you very much.
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