40hara – Shimapan (GOT, 2020) – My Comment

Shimapan is an artbook that is a compilation of work from several artists who decided to draw original illustrations for 40hara, the originator of this publication’s theme. Each page is dedicated to a separate artist and shows a girl in striped underwear on the left. The title Shimapan itself means striped panties to be exact. Bottom part of the underwear idarwn alone on the right. There is also brief information about the artist and his signature. At the very beginning, there is a table of contents with thumbnails and artists’ names.

It is appropriate to mention the very idea for the artbook logo. The last syllable of the word pan (short for パンツ/pantsu) – ン (n) – uses pantsu as this line at the top of the logo.
All the illustrations are rich in detail, with superbly executed shading. The sheer quality of the printing and the rich color saturation simply makes it great to look at. At the very end, there is an interview with the creator of the project (40hara) and Yom. He’s known primarily for a series of artbooks with the pantyhose theme (which I will certainly also write about in the future) and the anime Miru Tights, in which he made character designs. The publication counts 95 pages and is in A4 format. Shimapan is wrapped in a high-quality color wrapper and obi. All the artists whose work is inside are listed there by the way. The cover price is ¥2909 – currently, you can still buy new copies, but at a slightly higher price (around ¥3400).

40hara – Shimapan (GOT, 2020) – Show Off

Before we move to the gallery, where you can see some photos of the artbook’s contents, let me show you how it looks from the outside.

This is how it looks in the wrapper:

And without:

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