I stumbled across this artist around 2 years ago on one of my trips to Forbidden Planet @ Tottenham Court Road Branch . Unknown to me at the time, this artist had an affiliation with another of my favourite artists Tanaka Tatsuyuki via STUDIO4℃, a Japanese animation studio.
This animator mainly works freelance these days making music videos and other shorts. He has worked with the Wachowski Brothers to direct “Beyond”, a segment of The Animatrix and is said to be working on another short movie ‘Sachiko’, his second feature-length film. …

Tanaka Tatsuyuki has to be in my artist top-10, and has been responsible for some of the most sophisticated animations in the industry. He forged his name in the late 80′s whilst working freelance as a key animator on the arm mutation scene in the cult anime classic Akira.

Since then he has joined with a few other artist (including another favorite of mine) at Studio 4°C. He now spends his time creating illustrations, manga, and short animations and other commissioned works.
His book titled Cannabis Works is a joy to read …