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The end of the 1970s was when Design Mate started working on mechanical design for TV animation. Mori’s uncompromising attitude was very impressive. Morito’s illustrations, but he was very enthusiastic about his work, so I often had to wait (grins). Mori-san also illustrated the newsletter of “MFC” the TV Magazine Microman Club column section was ending, so this meant Takara wiould create the official fan club. 'MFC (Microman Fan Club)” was made around the same time. At this time, his art for Microman was widespread. 'This is exactly what we aimed for: a synergistic effect with Mr.

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In the Rescue Squad series developed in 1979, the character of Mr. “In 1978, the development of 'Timanic” began, and the following two years were a really rich time.“ By the way, the fashion corner of Micro Earth was created assuming that girls would buy Lady Command.”įollowing “Magazine Zero Zero”, TV Magazine Special Edition Volume Microman Book (published on November 15, 1977), TV Magazine Color Book 2, “The Definitive Edition of Microman Encyclopedia” (published on August 25, 1978) and Microman’s other publications would be released one after another. We did it with the total mobilization of the company. Ogawa (Iwakichi Ogawa), head of Microman development at the time at Takara, but the idea of the page layout and contents is my doing. “” Magazine Zero Zero “ started at the request of Mr.

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It is said that not only it gave a full view of MicroEarth, but also the lifestyle is shown… 3 (or Lady Command), was also a product of this period. Microman special one-shot magazine “Magazine Zero Zero”, which was sold as a set with Microman Command No. Regarding the spreads, it was almost the first time to work on such a magazine, but I thought that I had to make it competitive with the other pages….Mori-san’s (Yoshihiro Moritou’s) manga was also extremely detailed. At that time, I really received a lot of postcards. Within Microman Club, we also selected the reader-submitted postcards. “Full color promo spreads as well as the 'Microman Club” segments. Thank you very much for your hard work! To what extent did you design the article page? I was in my twenties at the time, so I think I managed to get through at a young age. I wasn’t just designing and painting, I was doing it all including photos for the catalogs, so I was so busy that I could hardly go home (laughs). So, to put it in an extreme way, it was a time when I was doing everything related to Microman. This would have been right when Microman Command started in 1977.

“Until then, the main packages, catalogs, and pamphlets were done by Sugawara (lead designer / current president of Design Mate at the time), and I was in charge of sketchwork, but I decided to take over everything including the graphics I was doing since then. In 1977, when the article serialization began in TV Magazine, what kind of position did Mr. I remember receiving an order like 'We want to make the magazine a little more powerful …” In other words, the design of the look and feel including sketches of the illustrations drawn by Masami Watanabe. 'The editorial department asked me to lay out the illustrations. I think that would have been my first point of contact with the editorial department of TV Magazine. After that, development of Microman articles started with TV Magazine, and I was in charge of the layout of those pages. In addition to 'Microman”, I was in charge of some of the advertisements for “MagneRobo Steel Jeeg” and so on. “In terms of Takara’s work, I have been sketching products since the launch, so I believe design for the product advertisement page was my first relationship. Higuchi (with Design Mate) and “TV Magazine”? (Editor)Ĭan you tell us the original point of contact between Mr. Higuchi provided us with this new illustration of the concept. It is said that the development was canceled due to problems with strength, even though a prototype was made. Each part is connected by five-part jointed arms, and each part can move flexibly.

■ Image sketch of Microman Arm System (working name) by Mr.