The Japanese version of that book was translated and published by Sanrio and I read it when I was at junior high school, or maybe even high school. What’s more, Froud and Lee co-authored a book called Faeries. Their designs influenced creature design and they did the drawings for The Lord of the Rings series and also The Dark Crystal. In fact, it’s more openly inspired by the work of two British artists, namely Brian Froud and Alan Lee. If I am honest, for me these are not really art nouveau.
So in order to strengthen the fantasy element for the illustration, I adopted some of the art nouveau style. This is because anime has to move, so you can’t really have that ornate type of lining. However, when I do some kind of package illustration I do use that technique from that era. When it comes to the art nouveau approach, my designs aren’t influenced by this. Specifically, he explained that the 1978 artbook Faeries, penned by both Froud and Lee, was very important in regards to how he viewed fantasy art. While there is a certain art nouveau aspect to his later Aura Battler Dunbine and The Record of Lodoss War designs, Izubuchi openly cited the work of both Brian Froud and Alan Lee more directly in how it influenced his work.
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