From the Comics Division
I fell in love with Noryioshi Ohrai's art back in the 80's when I would see some of his movie poster art hanging up at the theater. Though I didn't know who the artist was, his art stuck with me. Then in the 2000s someone had found and posted a bunch of his Star Wars and Godzilla art online and I finally put the two together.
Recently I stumbled on several comic covers he did of Demon Lord Dante for Weekly Bokura Magazine and they are exciting. I love the wild swings Japanese creators have taken over the years. You never know what's going to take off and I feel like most publishers these days take the safest bet by just publishing nostalgic remakes.
The weekly manga anthologies published in Japan seems to be the solution. Print a bunch of different stories each week, see whatpeople like, and eliminate the ones people don't.
Anyway, back to Ohrai's covers here...not much else to say other than I'm picking up what he's putting down here.
More cover art from Weekly Borurka Magazine collected here: LINK
I particularly like this one too:
