Director Kazuaki Terasawa on the Visual Philosophy of Nippon Sangoku
Anime News Network interviews director Kazuaki Terasawa about the visual design of Nippon Sangoku. Terasawa explains the series blends traditional Japanese painting techniques with 3D renderings of modern structures to depict a future Japan that has regressed to the Meiji era. Color and texture are used on a cut-by-cut basis to reflect character emotions, categorized into joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.