• 473x670 mm
• The Original Picture Collection, cover
• Medium / Color ink, Color spray, Color copy
• Paper type / BB Kent rough

For a long time I had been intent on drawing Usagi and Chibi-Usagi against a red background with some flowers for the cover of the second volume. I prefer the characters' faces without smiles. I like their expressions and poses, as well as the colors of the whole picture.

• 370 x272 mm
• The Original Picture Collection, a newly drawn picture
• Medium / Color ink, Poster color
• Paper Type / Shin Kusaki-zome Nami-kuchi Shirakabe (New Glass and Tree Dye Medium Shirakabe)

I initially planned to use this picture as a back cover. Instead, I used it as the first page of this collection thinking that it would best suit Sailor Moon Picture Collection, volume II. I really like it. I drew this picture and the one for the cover of this collection at the same time. In this picture I used my favorite art nouveau motif. In fact, I am dedicating my life to collecting art nouveau antiques.

• 362 x 514 mm
• The Original Picture Collection, a newly drawn picture
• Medium / Color ink, Color Spray, Collage
• Paper Type / Canson paper
• Picture edited by Terralune

At the time when I was thinking about the rough sketch of this picture, Chibi-Usagi had not yet been born in my head. When I actually drew the rough sketch, there was an empty space next to Mako. I had left it like that for a long time and been feeling that the picture looked unbalanced. However, by adding Chibi-Usagi, the picture was finally complete. Now, Chibi-Usagi has come into an existence that we'd miss her when she's not around.

• 480 x 375 mm
• The Original Picture Collection, a newly drawn picture
• Medium / Color ink, Color spray
• Paper Type / Sheep skin, Harsh color, Tracing paper

I love buying clothes. I read magazine articles on clothing collections and browse catalogs from clothing stores every season. I would decide what to buy while telling myself, for example, "Ok, I will wear white this year." The clothes on the two characters are from a designer that I wanted to purchase from a little while ago. However, I haven't had many chances to go out recently and didn't buy any, so I put the clothes on them.

• 380 x 270 mm
• The April issue of Nakayoshi 1993, a frontispiece poster
• Medium / Color ink
• Paper Type / BB Kent rough

This picture became a supplemental poster to the April issue of Nakayoshi. I felt uneasy and wondered if everybody would really put it up. However, when I visited my cousin's child, Mizuki, I found that this poster was hanging on the wall in her room. And she told me, "I like this poster the best." Very happy to hear that.

• 362 x 513 mm
• The April issue of Nakayoshi 1993, title page
• Medium / Color ink, Modeling paste
• Paper Type / Mermaid
• Picture edited by Diana

This picture is very memorable because I finished it in a hurry and then took a secret trip to Paris. It reminds me of a fantastic restaurant under the Eiffel Tower, a glittering merry-go-round, and a lovely small hotel on Vandome Square

• 370 x 550 mm
• The June issue of Nakayoshi 1993, title page
• Medium / Color ink
• Paper Type / Canson paper
• Edited by Diana

Actually, I made a mistake on Mako's right arm and put a patch on the spot. I was very happy when my friend, a comic book writer, said that "Sailor Moon's face is sexy." Yes, I wanted to draw a sexy picture. I really want Tuxedo Mask to ride the Porsche 962 LM, which is placed in the middle. I was happy to be able to draw the car.

• 515 x 730 mm
• KC Volume 4, pinup
• Medium / Color ink, Color spray
• Paper Type / Canson paper
• Version 1 edited by Diana. Version 2 edited by Terralune.

I painted this picture as a gift for someone who is very important to me. However, Osabu, who is in charge, and I, being poor-natured, thought, "Let's publish the picture somewhere first since I've already painted it." And then we used it as a pinup, then a calendar, and I have not yet given it to the person whom it was intended for. Since I was able to include the picture in the collection, I thought, finally this time, I have the chance to give it you, dear Murakami.

• 380 x 535 mm
• KC Volume 4, cover
• Medium / Color ink, Color spray
• Paper Type / BB Kent rough
• Picture edited by Diana

This picture was on the cover of Sailor Moon Volume 4, whose first edition sold 1,200,000 copies. During the time I was working on the picture, it was confirmed that Sailor Moon would be adapted into a musical and I met the cast who would play the Sailor Soldiers recurrently. Perhaps because of this, the faces of the Sailor Soldiers in the picture resemble the cast members, Sakurakko. I might have drawn so unconsciously. How's everybody?

• 390 x 545 mm
• The September issue of Nakayoshi 1993, title page
• Medium / Color ink, Color Spray
• Paper Type / BB Kent rough
• Picture edited by Diana

Not being able to come up with a composition for the color title page, I really had problems with the expressions and the placement of Sailor Moon. As a result I didn't like it very much. It was a little difficult to draw the Earth, which is in the background of Neo Queen Serenity. Anyway, I intended to create a cool picture.