When the Star Trek phenomenon first hit Japan, children's encyclopedia illustrator Toru Kanamori was hired to create covers, frontspieces, and black and white inside illustrations for dozens of books based on the TV show. Now living in suburban Tokyo, Kanamori recently showed his neighbor, David Bull, a cardboard box filled these masterpieces. Bull writes:
Kanamori-sensei is retired now, and can no longer take on such major projects as this kind of book illustration. But he does need to make a living, and wonders if there might be some way he could make use of this 'old' material. He reads and hears so much about Star Trek still, that he kind of thinks people might be interested in his illustrations, but beyond that vague impression, doesn't know how to go about getting them out into the world; he is – to put it politely – not so 'web savvy', nor does he have the resources or experience to get into business alone.So that's what this page is all about – tossing this out to the Star Trek community at large, and looking for feedback, suggestions, business offers, you name it. I have to mention right up front that Kanamori-sensei isn't going to sell these things outright – there isn't going to be a big eBay blowout here. But he's open to having them reproduced, licensed, published…
