{"id":373,"date":"2022-08-27T13:17:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T04:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryohirano.com\/?post_type=works&#038;p=373"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:07:20","slug":"dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-series-book-cover-art","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/works\/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-series-book-cover-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Gently&#8217;s Holistic Detective Agency Series ; Book Cover art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas Adams, known for his &#8220;Hitchhiking Guide to the Galaxy&#8221; series, has finally translated his famous &#8220;Dark Gentry&#8221; series into Japanese after a lapse of 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>I have been a big fan of Douglas Adams for a long time, and I was in charge of the book cover art for his books.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-369\" src=\"http:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A1Vna5knOyL.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A1Vna5knOyL.jpeg 1656w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A1Vna5knOyL-211x300.jpeg 211w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A1Vna5knOyL-721x1024.jpeg 721w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A1Vna5knOyL-768x1091.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A1Vna5knOyL-1081x1536.jpeg 1081w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A1Vna5knOyL-1441x2048.jpeg 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372\" src=\"http:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"peer text-xl leading-tight lg:text-3xl lg:leading-tight\">\n<p>Douglas Adams, translated by Kazumi Yasuhara, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawade.co.jp\/np\/isbn\/978-4-309-46456-5\/\">Dark Gentry: Holistic Detective Agency<\/a>&#8221; (Kawade Shobo Shin Sha)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"peer text-xl leading-tight lg:text-3xl lg:leading-tight\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-370\" src=\"http:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_gently_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_gently_2.jpeg 1448w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_gently_2-211x300.jpeg 211w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_gently_2-721x1024.jpeg 721w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_gently_2-768x1090.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_gently_2-1082x1536.jpeg 1082w, https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_gently_2-1442x2048.jpeg 1442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"peer text-xl leading-tight lg:text-3xl lg:leading-tight\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-371\" src=\"http:\/\/ryohirano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dirk_2_optimize.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Douglas Adams, translated by Kazumi Yasuhara, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawade.co.jp\/np\/isbn\/9784309464664\/\">The Long Tea-Time for the Soul<\/a>&#8221; (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cover design: Kensaku Kato (LABORATORIES)<br \/>\nCover Art and GIF animation: Ryo Hirano<br \/>\nCover formatting by Satoru Sasaki<\/p>\n<div class=\"peer-adjacent-sibling:mt-2\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas Adams, known for his &#8220;Hitchhiking Guide to the Galaxy&#8221; series, has finally translated his famous &#8220;Dark Gentry&#8221; series into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":374,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"work_category":[8,9],"class_list":["post-373","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","work_category-client","work_category-illust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"work_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryohirano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_category?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}