Hideaki Anno's "Shin Evangelion the Movie," for which he served as general director, became a blockbuster hit, grossing over 10 billion yen at the box office. This exhibition will cover past works Anno participated in when he was an animator, as well as his latest work as a director and producer, and will explore the secrets of his creative activities. 

The exhibition also includes rare original drawings and miniatures from Hideaki Anno's "anime" and "special effects" works, which were his starting point, a vast number of handwritten notes and illustrations from his amateur days to the present, and a variety of production materials ranging from scripts, settings, image sketches, storyboards, layouts, original drawings to miniature sets that are essential for creating his unique images. 

The exhibition introduces a wide variety of production materials from scripts, settings, image sketches, storyboards, layouts, and illustrations to miniature sets, all of which are indispensable for creating unique images.

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In 1966, in response to the voices of prefectural residents, the museum was established as the Shinano Art Museum Foundation in Shiroyama Park adjacent to Zenkoji Temple, and in 1969 it was transferred to the prefectural government. In 2021, the main building was built and renamed the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum.

The museum's four pillars of "appreciation," "learning," "exchange," and "research" are at the core of its activities. These activities include collecting modern and contemporary art, with a focus on works by local artists and Shinshu landscape paintings; holding collection exhibitions and special exhibitions; providing art groups with opportunities to present their works; offering a variety of learning programs; conducting exchange activities outside the museum; and researching and disseminating modern and contemporary art. The museum is also actively engaged in research and dissemination of modern and contemporary art.

Through these activities, the museum aims to be a people-oriented museum where artists, curators, visitors, and all other people who gather there learn from each other, infuse cultural enrichment and creative joy into daily life and serve as a hub of exchange and tourism that connects the prefecture and beyond through art.

Hideaki Anno Exhibition

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