LRNZ | MORE MIT 2010

The second wave:






T shirt artwork:






Annnnd here is the big guy:

LRNZ FOR JAPAN ANIME LIVE

LRNZ designed this logo/mascotte for THE international Anime event, in collaboration with BANDAI, Shueisha, Studio Pierrot, SONY ANIPLEX, Toei Animation, TV Tokyo and Sunrise.

From their website:

The first and official live event made and performed by the
Japanese creators of the famous Manga and Anime series
WORLD PREMIERE – PARIS, Zénith - October 2010
The Greatest SHOW OF MANGA & ANIME ever conceived in the World.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is an extraordinary event that brings live on stage the “all-star” of
the world of Japanese animation such as NARUTO-SHIPPUDEN,
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD, BLEACH, ONE PIECE
and GUNDAM Series.
A unique show for the first time on tour in Europe.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is a mix of live action, live recitation, special stories, flamboyant
effects and live music to sing along with the public the original theme songs of the TV
series.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is a fast paced POP OPERA that puts into reality a world of fantasy
and its heroes. A time-space gate that connects the fans with the dream world of Anime. A “must-attend” event for all cosplayers and Japanese pop culture lovers in general.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is what you will never watch on TV: in fact all animations and
stories have been re-created and re-edited exclusively for the show and what’s more, they contain hidden facts about the stories of the beloved Anime characters.
Over two and half hours of breathtaking show, divided into five chapters, each one
devoted to an animated series, dynamically orchestrated by a script that combines all the different elements of the show.
All contents featured in JAPAN ANIME LIVE are licensed and created by Aniplex, Toei
Animation, Sunrise, Pierrot, TV Tokyo and Shueisha, which are the major Japanese
Anime-maker companies.

LRNZ for MIT

Ok I know: this is a borderline illustration work.
It's more a illustration on photos process.
I usually don't like people working with photos.

Still I want to share it on this blog.

It's my work for Meet in Town, a music festival in Rome.
Xister involved me in the project as a creative director.

Honestly, I started working on it as a joke, but it did get dead serious in the end!
The basic idea was to develop a 3 step communication process, a teaser, the evolution and the final images.

Each step is made of 3 images and three simple animations I made starting from the illustrations.

The concept is very easy: 3 huge mysterious objects are coming, one from the desert, one from the ocean and one from the sky (yes, it's a SENTAI tribute).
Where do they come from and what are they coming for?

Then I got this idea to use the main auditorium structures as alien vessels and it was very fun to develop.
Hope that Renzo Piano will have fun as much as I did.

I hope that after the whole set of posters is out, somebody will think of the real auditorium as a GIANT action figure set of a sci fi movie rather than modern architecture. Maybe it will look like a fake repro of my spaceships.

Moreover: you are actually going INTO those BIG spaceships - to party.


These are the first images, including some previews for the next round of illustrations.
Enjoy!







Here are the first three videos:

EARTH VIDEO

SEA VIDEO

SKY VIDEO


Font by ADE Creative Studio!

Music and SFX by SNOB/MIT