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Anonymous Animals

Original name	Anonymous Animals
Release date	1992
Format	Graphic Art
Lost?	Partially

Anonymous Animals is a partially found series of graphic artwork by Osamu Sato. Several pieces could be viewed on OSD's now-defunct website.

Exhibition

There was a solo exhibition for Anonymous Animals held at the Tierrart Gallery in Tokyo^[1], which took place from November 4-21 1992^[2]. According to an interview in the Japanese magazine Illustration, 20-30 creature designs would be shown.^[3]

Partially Lost Status

There are 11 designs currently known to the community, 9 of which are from the online gallery. One missing picture was discovered by a Japanese Twitter user in an art textbook^[4]. Another was found in the aforementioned magazine Illustration.

Trivia

T.B.C., a character from Eastern Mind, has a 2D design in the Tong-Nou Illustrated Book, which originated in this series. An image below showing this design compared to an early 3D render was sourced from a 1994 issue of the magazine MacJapan Bros.
- A character that is also from Eastern Mind, Moku-gyou’s 2D design in the Tong-Nou Illustrated Book can be also seen in this series. The design can also be seen in the Xia-Che music video.

Several artworks of Anonymous Animals can also be seen in other works of Sato. For example, the music video of Xia-Che and I LOVE YOU.

Gallery

Exhibit advertisement.
The missing animal.
Another Anonymous Animal, image from Illustration.

References

Art
Graphic Art	Alphabetical Orgasm • Alphabetical Animals • Anonymous Animals • Face to Face • Gradation of Happiness
Books	Corporate Identity and Works • The Art of Computer Designing • Lovely Sweet Dream • Rhythm 'n' Face Supplementary Reader
Videos	Compu Movie • The Esoteric Retina
Other	Homosexual • Aura 20/07/01 • Maru Sankaku Shikaku • Symmetric • Magazines

Lost Media
Alphabetical Animals (book) • Anonymous Animals • Are you ready to start? • Bonus (Single) • Daimonji Espresso (Single) • Done (Single) • LSD Transformed • LSD Transformed New Fancy Tracks • Maru Sankaku Shikaku • Music for Alphabetical Orgasm

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061126040451/http://osd.co.jp/sato/sato_history.html

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230223232937/http://osd.co.jp/graphic/graphic_old/index_graphic.html

[3] Illustration, October 1992 (p. 119)

[4] ttps://twitter.com/nekkun58/status/1241329219545608192

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-'''Anonymous Animals''' is a series of graphic artwork by Osamu Sato. Several pieces could be viewed on [https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060516/http://osd.co.jp/new_web/?/gallery/OSD_gallery_AA.html OSD's now-defunct website].
+'''Anonymous Animals''' is a partially found series of graphic artwork by Osamu Sato. Several pieces could be viewed on [https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060516/http://osd.co.jp/new_web/?/gallery/OSD_gallery_AA.html OSD's now-defunct website].
 ==Exhibition==
-According to OSD's old website<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20061126040451/http://osd.co.jp/sato/sato_history.html</ref> there was an exhibition for Anonymous Animals, held in November 1992 at the Tierrart Gallery in Tokyo. The postcard scan below, [https://web.archive.org/web/20230223232937/http://osd.co.jp/graphic/graphic_old/index_graphic.html showcased on the same website], specifies it took place from November 4-21.
+There was a solo exhibition for Anonymous Animals held at the Tierrart Gallery in Tokyo<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20061126040451/http://osd.co.jp/sato/sato_history.html</ref>, which took place from November 4-21 1992<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230223232937/http://osd.co.jp/graphic/graphic_old/index_graphic.html</ref>. According to an interview in the Japanese magazine <i>Illustration</i>, 20-30 creature designs would be shown.<ref>[http://compu-lsd.com/archive/interviews/Illustration%20Vol.%2078%20-%20Oct.%201992/ Illustration, October 1992 (p. 119)]</ref>
 ==Partially Lost Status==
-Several pictures are believed to be missing from the above online gallery. One [https://twitter.com/nekkun58/status/1241329219545608192 Japanese Twitter user] has shown a missing picture featured in an art textbook. Another was found in the [http://compu-lsd.com/archive/interviews/Illustration%20Vol.%2078%20-%20Oct.%201992/ October 1992 edition of Illustration]. It's unknown how many works are in the complete series.
+There are 11 designs currently known to the community, 9 of which are from the online gallery. One missing picture was discovered by a Japanese Twitter user in an art textbook<ref>https://twitter.com/nekkun58/status/1241329219545608192</ref>. Another was found in the aforementioned magazine Illustration.
 ==Trivia==
 * [[T.B.C.]], a character from [[Eastern_Mind:_The_Lost_Souls_of_Tong-Nou|Eastern Mind]], has a 2D design in the [[Tong-Nou Illustrated Book]], which originated in this series. An image below showing this design compared to an early [[Karacters|3D render]] was sourced from a 1994 issue of the magazine <i>MacJapan Bros</i>.
+** A character that is also from Eastern Mind, [[Moku-gyou]]’s 2D design in the Tong-Nou Illustrated Book can be also seen in this series. The design can also be seen in the Xia-Che music video.
 * Several artworks of Anonymous Animals can also be seen in other works of Sato. For example, the music video of [[The Esoteric Retina|Xia-Che]] and [[I LOVE YOU]].