Kunihiko Ikuhara

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/ikuninoise/ Websitehttps://ikuni.net Kunihiko Ikuhara nicknamed Ikuni was born December 21 1964 in Osaka Prefecture Japan. Ikuhara is an idiosyncratic postmodern anime director that had a significant impact on the development of anime styles from the 90s and onward. His surrealist psychosexual works are why fans often compare him to David Lynchhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DavidLynch. Although he is a beloved creative mind Ikuhara is very hard to deal with and is an overwhelming perfectionist leading to a small but important catalog of work. Style Ikuhara is an incredibly unique artist but draws a lot of influence from Osamu Dezakihttps://anilist.co/staff/100393/OsamuDezaki making interesting anime that focuses on maximal impact on minimal drawings. Key examples would be Oniisama e...https://anilist.co/anime/795/Oniisamae/ and Versailles no Barahttps://anilist.co/anime/338/VersaillesnoBara/. Their directing also show similarities in how they try to provoke feelings from the viewer. One particular recurring trait would be their Dutch angleshttps://aninomiyako.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/obliqueness.jpg?w=500h=561 which is used to depict unrest and disorientation. Ikuharas usual stylistic and narrative devices include pretense deception metaphors bluffs and repetition of gags. His iconography is consistent to the point people made humorous bingoshttps://i.ur.com/vlVmMu6.jpg for his works. His enthusiasm and history with theater led to his most apparent stylistic trait namely a stage playlike presentation with a miseenscne policy of showing only what is necessary maintaining a tight control of his canvas at all times. Images themselves become a strong narrative tool. The themes of his work often tackle adolescence and LGBTQissues and turns them into cartoonish fables that gets to the heart of the issues.