The Hilariously Crazy Japanese Retro Futurism of the 60s

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[masudashizue]

Shigeru Komatsuzaki is responsible for many of these illustrations. He did much of the box art for science fiction-themed plastic models of the 60s and 70s.

[monsterhobbies]

The Japanese drawings make me think of the old Thunderbirds art work.

[kingslaphappy]

The one with the guitar catapult and water cannon sax is wild! Also, the colour red seems to be very popular for these illustrations.

[flapjackfae]

Even more terrifying than the apparent anger of the wall-bots, is the fact that they also seem to be accordions. Frightening.

[olivercuenca]

This sort of makes me want to see a Fallout: Tokyo

[pencilpauli]

@5:50
The Arctic vehicle with the biplane on top actually was a thing, sans gun turrets and amphibious capability, as it was used for scientific exploration of the Antarctic.
If you type "Antarctic Snow Cruiser" in the YouTube search engine you will get some videos about it.

IIRC It was developed for a US expedition in 1941 iirc, but ironically funding was cancelled due to the war!
The project resumed post-WW2 and carried a 5-passenger Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing biplane on its roof.

[sportingchances]

Very interesting to see the Japanese vision of the future, a lot of crazy ideas. Super cool!

[princecharon]

The vehicle around 0:50 looks more like a modified Gemini spacecraft, possibly with a version of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory attached, not Apollo - it's just the location and the RCS that look like they came from the Apollo program.

[morenofranco]

Thanks, Ultra - This is a really great compilation of retro art.

[gfodale]

5:35 That vehicle did exist and did go to Antarctica. No guns, but did have the plane. Cockpit was different style also, but basically accurate in the rest of the body.

[Kornholio]

Ah. Japanese and something penetrating something. Classic.

[Rafaga]

That was so hilarious and bizarre at the same time. Thanks for posting this fantastic video.

[charliebaby]

@5:50 agreed. ive seen the antarctic snow cruiser in action too. it ended up stranded during its first mission, permamntly and now lost to the ice

[laserbender]

The art is fantastic in this video, but there is one point that needs correcting. At 5:34 an arctic snow tank is mentioned as a concept vehicle. In fact, the United States did build an Antarctic Snow Cruiser. It was not built for warfare but for exploration of Antarctica. The Snow Cruiser did have a search plane on it's top, but sadly the vehicle went missing.

[joshuasteward]

The spacecraft on the first illustration is based off a Gemini capsule, not Apollo

[jayviescas]

At around 1:11 that's not a modified Apollo capsule but an altered Gemini capsule.

[nairbvel]

At 0:48, that's a modified *Gemini* capsule, not Apollo. :-) It also looks, rather disturbingly, like the "hands" of the rescue craft are tearing into the surface of the capsule...! The vehicle at 5;25 looks suspiciously similar to Thomas Poulter's "Antarctic Snow Cruiser, " an actual behemoth that was built & used for Antarctic exploration 1939-1941... complete with the airplane on its back.

[kelseystickney]

Do you know of any collected art books for retro futurism? I'm sure we'd all be interested in a good physical copy of illustrations like these.

[BloatedBearucraticNightmare]

There is a company commercially harvesting nodules off the floor of the ocean as we speak.

[andyf]

the thing at 5:0 looks like the soviet ekranoplan