Range Murata


Range Murata is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist, known for his unique style combining dieselpunk and japanese moé elements. He is best known for his conceptual design work on anime series Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6.
He began his career in the early 1990s doing design work for video games, including having done the illustrations and character design for the fighting game series made by Atlus, Power Instinct.
He has published more than a dozen books of his work, some of the most notable being rule and futurhythm. He won the 2006 Seiun Award for "Best Artist of the Year".

Works

Anime

The Animatrix Blue Submarine No. 6Last ExileMardock Scramble SoltyRei Table and FishermanShangri-LaLast Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing-ID-0BEMBEM: Become Human

Video games

Printed works

Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City

Other works

Murata has been designing figures based on his printed art since at least 2007. These figures appear to be substantial works of art.
  • Figures and sculpture
  • *PSE Pro series figures, scale
  • *PSE Solid series small figures in sets of six
  • *Pinky street collaborations
  • Wall hangings
  • *Silk screen on silk 28×44 inches