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[[Image:StudioOxHumongousCityCommanders01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Where is your god, now?"]] | [[Image:StudioOxHumongousCityCommanders01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Where is your god, now?"]] | ||
Founded by [[Atsuhiko Sugita]] in 1985, '''Studio OX''' (スタジオ OX) | Founded by [[Atsuhiko Sugita]] in 1985, '''Studio OX''' (スタジオ OX) was originally a freelance art studio produced more "anime styled" Transformers art for ''[[TV Magazine]]'' and ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' throughout the early years of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] in Japan. in 1991 they became a company, providing production and conceptual artwork for various anime, primarily for reboots of older franchises, such as ''Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier'', ''Tekkaman Blade'', and the ''Getter Robo: Armageddon''. They also created some short OVA series like ''Idol Project'' and ''Wild Cardz''. Sugita left the studio in 2000, which was defunct in 2003. | ||
Their Transformer character designs are notable for being far more detailed than [[Floro Dery]]'s models, as well as borrowing visual elements from Japanese mecha designs. Being an actual ''studio'' composed of numerous artists (most of whom went without individual credits), the | Their Transformer character designs are notable for being far more detailed than [[Floro Dery]]'s models, as well as borrowing visual elements from Japanese mecha designs. Being an actual ''studio'' composed of numerous artists (most of whom went without individual credits, until the artwork was reprinted), the art direction Studio OX's ''Transformers'' work was quite loose with artists utilizing their own styles, resulting in some pieces being very mechanically accurate, while others were more overtly stylized, in a manner popular for many mecha anime in the mid to late 80s. | ||
Studio OX's participation in the ''Transformers'' franchise was gradually phased out as the popularity of the series died down. By the time of ''[[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]]'', nearly all [[story page]]s and magazine artwork was provided by [[Ban Magami]] with additional pieces of box artwork from [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] to round out the decreased page space. | Studio OX's participation in the ''Transformers'' franchise was gradually phased out as the popularity of the series died down. By the time of ''[[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]]'', nearly all [[story page]]s and magazine artwork was provided by [[Ban Magami]] with additional pieces of box artwork from [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] to round out the decreased page space. | ||
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==Artists== | ==Artists== | ||
Although not all members of Studio OX were properly credited when their work appeared in magazines or reprints, | Although not all members of Studio OX were properly credited when their work originally appeared in magazines or reprints, most if not all did receive individual credits for the later art collections: | ||
*[[Shin Matsuo]] | *[[Shin Matsuo]] | ||
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*[[Atsuhiko Sugita]] | *[[Atsuhiko Sugita]] | ||
*[[Asao Takahashi]] | *[[Asao Takahashi]] | ||
*[[Noritaka Suzuki]] (member of the studio, but didn't produce OX-styled Transformers art until after studio was closed) | |||
==Artwork collections== | ==Artwork collections== | ||
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Image:PredakingTVMag1.jpg| | Image:PredakingTVMag1.jpg| | ||
Image:Springerstudiooxcharactermodel.jpg|He never looked that good in the cartoon. | Image:Springerstudiooxcharactermodel.jpg|He never looked that good in the cartoon. | ||
Image:GestaltTrioTVMagazine.jpg| | Image:GestaltTrioTVMagazine.jpg| | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 23:42, 8 February 2020
Founded by Atsuhiko Sugita in 1985, Studio OX (スタジオ OX) was originally a freelance art studio produced more "anime styled" Transformers art for TV Magazine and Comic Bom Bom throughout the early years of Generation 1 in Japan. in 1991 they became a company, providing production and conceptual artwork for various anime, primarily for reboots of older franchises, such as Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier, Tekkaman Blade, and the Getter Robo: Armageddon. They also created some short OVA series like Idol Project and Wild Cardz. Sugita left the studio in 2000, which was defunct in 2003.
Their Transformer character designs are notable for being far more detailed than Floro Dery's models, as well as borrowing visual elements from Japanese mecha designs. Being an actual studio composed of numerous artists (most of whom went without individual credits, until the artwork was reprinted), the art direction Studio OX's Transformers work was quite loose with artists utilizing their own styles, resulting in some pieces being very mechanically accurate, while others were more overtly stylized, in a manner popular for many mecha anime in the mid to late 80s.
Studio OX's participation in the Transformers franchise was gradually phased out as the popularity of the series died down. By the time of Zone, nearly all story pages and magazine artwork was provided by Ban Magami with additional pieces of box artwork from Hidetsugu Yoshioka to round out the decreased page space.
Artists
Although not all members of Studio OX were properly credited when their work originally appeared in magazines or reprints, most if not all did receive individual credits for the later art collections:
- Shin Matsuo
- Morifumi Naka
- Tsuyoshi Nonaka
- Masami Ōbari
- Shinya Ohira
- Akihide Saitō
- Hirotoshi Sano
- Atsuhiko Sugita
- Asao Takahashi
- Noritaka Suzuki (member of the studio, but didn't produce OX-styled Transformers art until after studio was closed)
Artwork collections
Several resource books have been printed in Japan collecting large portions of Studio OX artwork:
- Transformers Generations (Original and Deluxe printings)
- Transformers Visualworks
Gallery
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