Midday Moon: The Art of Shiromizakana
Illustration works drawn by the popular animator Yukiko Horiguchi under the name of Shiromizakana are now featured in the illustrator’s debut commercial publication!
Featuring approximately 210 works of book cover illustrations, collaborations, and original works, this expanded edition also offers around 10 new analog art works. This book also includes works that have been revised or specially created for this edition.
This collection by Shiromizakana, who has been involved with many famous works as an animator, presents works that show the artist’s distinctive sense of light in illustrations. It is a must-see for anyone who loves Japanese anime-style illustrations!
※Shiromizakana is the pen name used by the animator Yukiko Horiguchi (“LUCKY☆STAR", "K-ON!", "Tamako Market”, “22/7”, the movie “HELLO WORLD”, and the light novel “Demons” Crest”) for her illustration works.
- Size:7.9 × 5.9" / 200 × 150 mm
- Pages:154 pp. (Full Color)
- Binding:Hardbound
- Publisher:PIE International
- Language:Japanese
- ISBN:978-4-7562-5921-9
- Author:Shiromizakana
For more information, please contact the distributor/bookstore who covers your country.
*Available Worldwide from JUN 2025 (Asia/Oceania from AUG 2024)
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【Artist Profile】
Shiromizakana is an illustrator who made her book debut in 2007 with the cover art for The Outside of Door (Dengeki Bunko). Shiromizakana’s illustrations have appeared in magazines, and she illustrated paperback series including Colosseum (Dengeki Bunko), Kokoro Connect (Famitsu Bunko), Hakuchouki (DX Bunko), and Jana-ken no yūutsuna jiken-bo (GAGAGA Bunko). In recent years, Shiromizakana has also worked on projects such as the magazine cover for Comic Yuri Hime (Ichijinsha) in 2019, Ikite sae ireba (Bungeisha Bunko NEO), and “Haru-chan,” the NHK news weather forecast character.






