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Kiwako Imoto straddles a V engine with a skull with goggles.
This illustration was created for the cover of the second volume of Biorg Trinity manga.
Kiwako is a Bugrar who has the ability to fuse with motorcycles. In the story, metal arms extend from her arms and legs, and she is depicted speeding through space rotating a hollow wheel. In this illustration, however, she has yet to fuse with the motorcycle, and the machinery that connects to the engine is depicted in the mechanical and surgical-style drawings behind her.
The cloth around the green-haired Kiwako's neck looks like the collar of a sailor suit, and her bra and boots are decorated with colorful skulls reminiscent of the Mexico’s Day of the Dead.
The army green belt extends from her chest and is draped over her thighs and resembles a parachute belt. It's unclear whether these items are practical or fashion, but they accentuate the character's appeal.
The colorful stickers decorate the giant hammer with the words "RIDERS," "CRASHER," "SPEEDBOY" and "AIR." The fact that it is practically overkill is indeed what makes it so appealing.
This illustration is filled with Oh!great's edgy adolescent charm.
*The work is made up of a set of 2prints
*Signature on prints (handwritten)
Oh!great made his debut in 1995 with SEPTEMBER KISS, which appeared in Manga Hot Milk (Byakuya-Shobo).
He has serialized Tenjho Tenge and Biorg Trinity (co-created with Otaro Maijo) in Ultra Jump (Shueisha), and Air Gear in Weekly Shonen Magazine (Kodansha). He won the 30th Kodansha Manga Award in the shonen category for Air Gear.
He has also designed numerous characters for anime and games. He is currently serializing Bakemonogatari (original story by Ishin Nishio) in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
The Bio Bug is a disease that causes holes to appear in both palms and allows people to inhale and fuse with whatever they want. Featuring an ensemble of characters, the series is a coming-of-age drama set in a world with a fragile balance. It's a challenging work jointly created by the novelist Otaro Maijo and Oh!great with the aim of making a novel in the form of manga, rather than the manga version of a novel.
Never-before-seen color and detail
A collection featuring realistic colors that cannot be produced with the offset printing process used for comics and manga magazines. Available in two sizes, A2 (420 mm x 594 mm) and A1 (594 mm x 841 mm). This collection is printed on the 100% cotton velvet fine art paper used in museum collections.
At Shueisha, we have been digitally archiving manga since 2007. We initially captured color originals with the EverSmart Supreme II high-precision scanner. Since 2015, we have been using the Phase One IQ180 high-resolution digital camera. As of 2020, we are using the iXG100MP model from Phase One's Cultural Heritage series. We are able to capture and save ranges of color that cannot be reproduced by commercial printing, and we can even capture the texture of the paper that the artist used.
For the Real Color Collection label, we send these captured and adjusted images to a printer that has undergone color management. The pigmented inks used in Epson inkjet printers are light-resistant and retain their original color even in the kind of light conditions that would cause dye color inks used on the originals to fade.
Not only do the ranges of color exceed those produced by the offset printing methods used for comic covers, but we are also able to achieve levels of light resistance and durability that even exceed those of the original pictures drawn on paper.
A set of original size prints and enlarged original prints
The collection, based on works drawn on paper, contains a set of two types of prints, one in the original size (often B4) drawn by the artist, and another enlarged to A2–A1 size. One can witness the precision that went into the original size prints. The blown-up prints allow one to feel the impact of the work and notice details that only become apparent when the artwork is enlarged.
The original box includes a blockchain-linked sales certificate
All works are registered to Startrail PORT, NFT management service. Works include a blockchain-linked sales certificate with an affixed NFC tag sticker (letterpress printed by Kazui Press). You can view the information recorded on the NFT by scanning the NFC tag sticker with a smartphone. We will send you your product in an original Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage box.
Work Size A2 (420 mm x 594 mm) or A1 (594 mm x 841 mm)
Paper used Velvet fine art paper
Printing Method Archival Inkjet Print
Package Contents
Main product
Blockchain-linked sales certificate (letterpress printed by Kazui Press, linked with NFC tag sticker)
Matte paper
Special paper to absorb any harmful substances
Instruction manual
Storage case (Foil stamped interior/exterior)
