{"id":42363,"date":"2024-11-12T10:43:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=42363"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:45:19","slug":"murakawa1125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/murakawa1125\/","title":{"rendered":"Michio Murakawa on Bluesky, October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Follow Murakawa on Bluesky here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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October 7<\/em><\/p>\n

I barely finished the art. The update schedule for Yamato 2199<\/em> Episode 57 is still undecided. I’ll spend a few days drawing for other projects before returning to the serialization.<\/p>\n

While drawing this manga, I became acutely aware of my own pace again. Mecha-heavy pages are brutal, taking a day and a half per page and leaving me exhausted (whereas I can draw several character pages in a day). I should be able to improve the accuracy of estimating workloads at the rough stage going forward.<\/p>\n

Anyway, taking today off to clean!!<\/p>\n

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October 9 (left)<\/em><\/p>\n

So cool! The night before the commotion in Shinjuku.<\/p>\n

October 21 (right)<\/em><\/p>\n

Tamamori-san’s art book is out of stock on Amazon. I hope Mag Garden does a reprint or something.<\/p>\n

The other day, I was at a meeting with the editor in charge of the Yamato 2199<\/em> serialization (publication date still undecided), and I learned that Kadokawa has almost no stock left of my art book; it’s only available through online stores or whatever retail stock is left. And since publishers avoid creating new inventory, it seems a reprint is unlikely.<\/p>\n

Books have truly become one-time encounters; if you miss buying one, there’s no next time. Depending on the publisher, even for manga, if sales are slow, they might handle sequels as new releases printed only as e-books. Books are rare.<\/p>\n

If I see Tamamori-san’s art book in a bookstore, I want to buy another copy!<\/p>\n

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October 23<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry for the wait. The manga version of Yamato 2199<\/em> is finally updated and finally released. I’ve been swamped with design work for REBEL 3199,<\/em> so even though the story was ready, I couldn’t find the time to draw it properly. But now, I’m back as a manga artist.<\/p>\n

I plan to proceed with the Rainbow Star Cluster arc using a completely different structure from the anime version. Having mecha pages slows me down, but I’ll do my best to draw them. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n

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October 24<\/em><\/p>\n

Left: posted on Twitter by Yokon2199<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

I drew this on a whim, but the destructive power is insane!<\/p>\n

Right: Murakawa’s reply:<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried drawing one recently too!<\/p>\n

Yokon2199 responded:<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow! The shipboard uniform version! The texture is amazing, and the face is so cute! Is this for Winter Comiket…? Looking forward to seeing the full image.<\/p>\n

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