Astrae Oratio Art Director on the New Legend Style
The interview details how the former Blue Archive art director and team are deliberately reviving the new legend aesthetic of late Showa and early Heisei works in Astrae Oratio.
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Dynamis One art director Kim In, known as hwansang and formerly of Blue Archive, discussed the new legend magic RPG Astrae Oratio in an interview. The team built the IP around magic, new legend, and administration themes, drawing on late Showa and early Heisei era works.
Kim In, art director of Astrae Oratio at Dynamis One, said the team designed the new IP with scenario director isakusan and DoReMi, with illustrator Mx2j supervising character art. Kim, who works under the name hwansang and previously served as art director on Blue Archive, now spends about 10 percent of his time drawing and the rest directing the overall art.
The team chose magic as the core motif, then added new legend and administration to stand out in a saturated market. Influences include the 1982 novel Demon City Shinjuku, the Boogiepop series, Shakugan no Shana, and TYPE-MOON works. Kim described the appeal of new legend as the contrast between ordinary daytime life and mysterious nights, which the art expresses through black and white contrasts.
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