Anime Portraits

I remember growing up and catching Speed Racer and Astro Boy on TV. Later, it was Princess Knight while I was home sick, watching public television.

I didn’t really get into anime and manga until the early 1990s, with Ranma ½, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and other shows from that era.

It wasn’t until my trip to Japan in 2022—and the purchase of a Kurumi Tokisaki figure—that I became hooked on collecting figures and creating backgrounds for photography.

Please enjoy this collection of images. All figures are my own, except for Kaori from Your Lie in April. The photographs are mine; the characters belong to their respective creators.

My figure photography explores both character portraiture and visual storytelling. Anime Portraits focuses on expression, detail, and the personality each figure brings, while Atmosphere & Narrative leans into mood, setting, and the quiet stories created through light, shadow, and composition.

Anime-style figure of a demon girl posed in front of a softly blurred outdoor background, with shallow depth of field isolating the subject.

A stylized anime figure of a girl with short brown hair and teal earrings, wearing a pink sweater with a red bow and a blue skirt. She poses with one arm raised behind her head, softly lit against a smooth gray background, with the lighting emphasizi

Anime-style figure of a brown-haired girl wearing a blue dress, posed simply against a clean, minimal background with even lighting.

Anime-style schoolgirl figure photographed outdoors against a soft blue sky, wearing a white blouse with a red bow and a dark pleated skirt, holding a bag over her shoulder and looking slightly upward with sunlight casting gentle shadows across her f

Anime-style figure of a blonde girl in a school uniform holding a violin and bow, posed against a dark patterned background with soft, directional lighting.

Anime-style figure of Sailor Mercury with short blue hair and teal eyes, wearing a blue-and-white sailor uniform with a large bow and star choker, posed with arms slightly out against a softly blurred neutral background with a hint of greenery on the

Anime-style figure of a red-haired girl in a flowing white dress, posed gracefully against a soft teal background with gentle studio lighting.

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