PIE International

PIE International Ｐ＝Pretty Ｉ＝Impressive Ｅ＝Entertaining
Official global IG of
the Design/Art-book publisher in TOKYO🗼

＜Basic Information＞
PIE International is based in Tokyo, was established in 1985. We started publishing specializing books for graphic designers, and have expanded our area to wide-range, putting importance on the quality of visual image as below;

1.Graphic Design
2.Advertising
3.Japanese Culture (Traditional and contemporary)
4.Photography
5.Children's book
6.Comic

P stands for Pretty
I stands

for Impressive
E stands for Entertaining

＜Working environment＞
Our office is located in Otsuka, which was once a Karyukai (entertainment area) in the Edo Era about 200 years ago, and we have renovated the building which used to be a film processing company. About five minutes walk from Otsuka station of Toden Arakawa, the only tram in existence in Tokyo. Row of cherry blossoms trees along the street in front of our office is full bloom in spring, which is delight to the eyes. With such a casual and comfortable atmosphere in a downtown area rather than a hip and cool area in Tokyo, we are enjoying creating books for the people in the world.

🎉Grand Opening of Kinokuniya Malaysia × Katsuya Terada’s THIS AND THAT FairTo celebrate the grand opening of Books Kinok...
04/09/2025

🎉Grand Opening of Kinokuniya Malaysia × Katsuya Terada’s THIS AND THAT Fair

To celebrate the grand opening of Books Kinokuniya Damansara Heights Store on September 4, they’re hosting a Katsuya Terada’s THIS AND THAT Fair! 🎨✨

The event features a panel exhibition of artworks from Terada’s latest book, “THIS AND THAT” (released this May), and a special message board from Terada himself to celebrate the store’s opening! 🖼️📝

Along with the standard edition, the limited cover edition and signed copies will be available! 📚🔥

🎁 From 4th September, limited edition bookmarks and hand fans will be given to all customers.
Moreover, on 13th and 14th September, all customers who purchase books related to Katsuya Terada OR spend RM300 and above will receive a specially designed tote bag.

If you’re nearby, don’t miss the chance to visit the brand-new Books Kinokuniya Damansara Heights Store and experience Katsuya Terada’s THIS AND THAT Fair in person! 🇲🇾📖

📚Books Kinokuniya Damansara Heights Store
📍LOT 4.59.00 & 4.60.00, LEVEL 4, PAVILION DAMANSARA HEIGHTS, NO. 1, JALAN DAMANLELA, 50490 KUALA LUMPUR, WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
✉️[email protected]

🤖Katsuya Terada’s THIS AND THAT Fair
📍Books Kinokuniya Damansara Heights Store
🗓️September 4-30, 2025
*The fair will follow the store’s opening hours.

📖THIS AND THAT
Covering a 42-year career as an illustrator and manga artist, this book is filled with Katsuya Terada’s latest works, created using everyday art materials such as pencils, ballpoint pens, the iPad and more. It also includes commentary by the artist on those materials, which are a must-read for anyone who is interested in art, even just a little bit.

📖TERADA KATSUYA SKETCH
A GIANT 512-page collection of sketches of Katsuya Terada, who is always seeking new ideas and motifs for his drawings. Finally revealed his RAKUGAKI sketches and illustrations, long kept in his sketch book.

📖KATSUYA TERADA REAL SIZE
The definitive collection of Katsuya Terada’s black marker artworks. Containing over 150 illustrations, each work is displayed at 16% of the original size to show the whole artwork, along with the original size (real size).

📖Katsuya Terada TEN
This book is a catalogue for his exhibition (held at Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan / March 16 - June 30, 2013) of his works in the recent decade.

🖋️Who is Katsuya Terada?
Katsuya Terada, a.k.a. Rakugakingu (or “Doodle King”), is a Japanese illustrator who is well known in the US for his work related to Iron Man and Hellboy. He likes to doodle a little everywhere he goes and has done many live drawing events where he absorbs himself in drawing on walls. What is amazing is that he does this without doing any rough drafts.

📖Spaces and Designs that Create Local Communities📖 is now available in Asia/Oceania!*Only available in Asia/Oceania.New ...
03/09/2025

📖Spaces and Designs that Create Local Communities📖 is now available in Asia/Oceania!
*Only available in Asia/Oceania.

New local complexes that design a place to stay are featured!

With the increase in remote working, two-location living and urban escapees, there is a growing number of unique complexes that connect local residents, newcomers and tourists in the region (=local area). In this book, we introduce day services, cafés, shared offices and accommodation and more local complexes that provide a comfortable place for people at all stages of life.

Chapter. 1 Living
Facilities such as day care centers and cafes that support daily life to meet the needs of different generations are introduced.

Chapter. 2 Play
New centers for creativity, sharing ideas, and cultural exchanges such as playgrounds and cultural centers that can be enjoyed by people of all ages are introduced.

Chapter. 3 Experience
Social hubs where tourists and people looking to move to the area can connect with the local community using concepts such as experiential accommodation that make use of the area’s unique characteristics are introduced.

Chapter. 4 Learn & Work
Facilities such as libraries and shared offices that provide services that stimulate intellectual curiosity and where learning occurs through interaction between users are introduced.

Chapter. 5 Inspirations from Abroad
A wide range of the latest concepts from overseas, including North America, Europe, and Asia are introduced.

Size: 300 × 224 mm / 11.8 × 8.8 in.
Pages: 192pp. (Full Color)
Binding: Japanese
Price: ¥5,900
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784756260178
Publisher: PIE International

📖Small S vol. 79: Cover Illustration by NANAKAMI Mana📖 is now available in worldwide!【Special Issue! More Pages!】Cover i...
03/09/2025

📖Small S vol. 79: Cover Illustration by NANAKAMI Mana📖 is now available in worldwide!

【Special Issue! More Pages!】Cover illustration by the illustrator NANAKAMI Mana.

In addition, beginner tutorials in illustration making using COPIC and watercolor markers, solid watercolor paints, DIGITALTONE and CLIP STUDIO PAINT are also included.

●Cover: Nanakami Mana Watercolor illustration making
●Illustration Making, Product Trials and Tutorials
Touno Akari (COPIC Markers) / ri-rin (STAEDTLER Pigment Brush Pen) / Parum (Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush) / Shigure (Rembrandt Solid Watercolours Monopigmented) / Natsum / Lemon (I-C Screen Digital) / Kaminoq & ahatya (CLIP STUDIO PAINT Beginner Tutorial)
●Artist Profile
Shiiro, Yui , OYAKATA, Kobai Aya, Nanase Nagori, Hirokuma Hiromi, Shizu
●Interview
Hamunezuko
●SS Gakuen Creator Competition Project & Posted Illustration Corner
Pu, Kurosawa Kamimaru, Kokeshi, Meetan
●Illustration Series
yufushi
●Illustrations
Rif, Akise, Kyoko, Tako, Sawano, Bake2。, Momiji, nanohana, Mizutani Yutaka
●S-Rare
Risurisu and Ojisan
●New Corner: Kunstkammer SS “Theme Costumes”

Size: 297 × 210 mm / 11.7 × 8.3 in.
Pages: 184 pp. (145 pp. in Color)
Binding: Japanese
Price: ¥1,364 / $25.00 / £17.99
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784756259431
Publisher: PIE International

📖Graphic Designs from Stylish Shops & Cafes in Korea📖 is now available in worldwide!A special collection of original des...
03/09/2025

📖Graphic Designs from Stylish Shops & Cafes in Korea📖 is now available in worldwide!

A special collection of original designs from popular shops and cafes in Korea!

Collecting 100 stylish Korean shop designs.
This book introduces the elements that go into creating a store through plenty of photographs, from the interior and exterior design to graphic tools, original merchandise and more.
The names of those involved in the shop designs, such as designers, architects, graphic designers and illustrators, are also listed.
This is a valuable book which is full of information for discovering various Korean shop design creators.

Size: 255 × 190 mm / 10 × 7.5 in.
Pages: 224 pp. (Full Color)
Binding: Japanese
Price: ¥3,400 / $55.00 / £40.00
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784756259158
Publisher: PIE International

📖S vol. 87: Cover Illustration by Keiichi Arawi📖 is now available in worldwide!This month’s cover and illustration theme...
02/09/2025

📖S vol. 87: Cover Illustration by Keiichi Arawi📖 is now available in worldwide!

This month’s cover and illustration theme is by manga artist Keiichi Arawi. From “Nichijou” to “Amemiya-san”, this issue features gorgeous newly drawn illustrations that transcend the boundaries of these works! Also featured are interviews from Arawi’s student days and about his creative process.

Also featured are interviews with Osamu Nishi, creator of the manga “Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun”, and Shirai Momokichi, creator of “The Fake Association”. We are also delighted to feature Misato, the designer in charge of Sanrio’s Hanamaru Obake, along with plenty of cute designs and character visuals!

●Cover Pin-up Keiichi Arawi
Special Edition Theme: Fushigi Kawaii
●Keiichi Arawi Cover Illustration Making and Interview

●Interview
Osamu Nishi, “Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun”
Shirai Momokichi, “The Fake Association”
Misato, the designer in charge of Sanrio’s “Hanamaru Obake”
Illustration Making
mg3/Megumi IC Screen Digital & Millipen
ба6очка「CLIP STUDIO PAINT」
●Newly Drawn Illustrations
Kanekoshake
ug0nba
TOTOMAME
pepparmint
gogospica
●Fushigi Kawaii Creatures Encyclopedia (Taki Tasaki, itoh(boiboi), KASUMI OOMINE, hyanahyu, _haru_, anndousakura, chiironz, mishina, CO-SEN
Kyoko Matsuda, Shoji Tanuki, chima group)

●Report, Interview & Introduction
Interview with Hiroyuki Takei, creator of “BUTSUZONE” and “SHAMAN KING THE SUPER STAR”
PVC creation making with “wa ru mimi” creator eri (Missile Kakurai)
Film “Shinmai kisha torokko Watashi ga yaraneba dare ga yaru!” (“Rookie Reporter Torokko: If I Don’t Do it Who Will!”) directed by Keiichi Kobayashi
Interview with Maya Takayama
Interview with TOMOWAKA celebrating the publication of the artist’s collected works “24/7 TOMOWAKA”
whippi & wrappi, tateyama fuyuko, cocoroiro glass factory (Shinno Kyohei), kosokoso, PACHIRICO, Kyushin Friends
Sekiguchi “Pikapon” Kaminari no kodomo (“The Child of Thunder”)
Interview celebrating the winner of the S Pen Tablet Art Submission Contest
KYOTO EXPERIMENT Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival 2024

●School Special Feature
●Shop S
●Posted Illustration Corner “Stars S” “Space S”
●Series
okama’s Fun World Building
Tanaka Masayoshi’s Red Pen Tutorial: Characters
How to Draw Zetto’s Sweets
●Motto Oshiete…♥ (Teach me more…♥) Nanakami Mana’s Illustration Development Techniques “Upataro”
Dochibi News
Yusuke Nakamura: Workshop Exploration Yuichiro Abe
Direct Connection: Ken’ichirō Nagao×Hitoshi Odajima and others
yukacinnamon’s Showa Girly Culture University
Theater: “3rd eye” Kyoko Tokunaga
●Exclusive Serial Illustrations by Range Murata, Hiroyuki Asada and Fū Midori

Size: 278 × 210 mm / 10.9 × 8.3 in.
Pages: 160 pp. (152 pp. in Color)
Binding: Japanese
Price: ¥1,600 / $29.99 / £19.99
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784756259424
Publisher: PIE International

📖HOKUSAI 100 Writing & Crafting Papers📖 is now available in worldwide!100 Writing & Crafting Papers of Hokusai masterpie...
02/09/2025

📖HOKUSAI 100 Writing & Crafting Papers📖 is now available in worldwide!

100 Writing & Crafting Papers of Hokusai masterpieces, from “The Great Wave” to “Hokusai Manga”!

Hokusai Katsushika, one of the great ukiyo-e artists of the Edo period, began his artistic career at the age of 19 and continued to paint a wide variety of works for almost 70 years. The bold compositions and colors characteristic of Hokusai are known to have had a great influence on European artists. This book features Hokusai’s representative collection of dynamic masterpieces such as “The Great Wave”, “One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji” and also “Hokusai Manga”. Whether decorating with a single image or using the paper as gift wrap, you can enjoy the variety of masterpieces in this 100 Writing & Crafting Papers collection.

Size: 148 × 210 mm / 5.8 × 8.3 in.
Pages: 220 pp. (Full Color)
Binding: Japanese, some English
Price: ¥2,000 / $29.99 / £25.00
Language: Japanese, some English
ISBN: 9784756259790
Publisher: PIE International

📖 TOKYO GENSO ART WORKS II 📖 is now available in worldwide!Come to a place once called Tokyo in the second collection of...
06/08/2025

📖 TOKYO GENSO ART WORKS II 📖 is now available in worldwide!

Come to a place once called Tokyo in the second collection of art works by TOKYO GENSO!!

TOKYO GENSO is a creator who depicts a ruined city of Tokyo with stunning creativity. That worldview has attracted the attention of many people and has been acclaimed on social media.
Shibuya Station, where the ground has partially collapsed and grass has covered the area; Tokyo Station covered with grass and mushrooms; Asakusa’s Kaminarimon entangled by the roots of trees and more…
Here is an ephemerally beautiful world where impossible scenes of the future stimulate the imagination.
Following TOKYO GENSO ART WORKS, which was published in Japan in 2020, TOKYO GENSO ART WORKS Ⅱ is the long-awaited second volume featuring, another Tokyo, in which the creativity of TOKYO GENSO, a genius in the art of ruins, shines through once again.
This book also features an interview with Yoji Nakaza, former director of Kusanagi, the art production company that handles backgrounds and other art for anime productions (in Japanese only).

Size: 182 × 257 mm / 7.2 × 10.1 in.
Pages: 144 pp. (Full Color)
Binding: Japanese
Price: ¥2,500 / $39.99 / £29.99
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784875867050
Publisher: GeijutsuShinbunsha Co., Ltd.

*Originally published from GeijutsuShinbunsha Co., Ltd. PIE International is in charge only for oversea distribution.

📖 LAM Artworks IKADUCHI 📖 is now available in worldwide!Announcing the release of the stunning first commercial art book...
05/08/2025

📖 LAM Artworks IKADUCHI 📖 is now available in worldwide!

Announcing the release of the stunning first commercial art book from the illustrator LAM!!

LAM is becoming popular both in Japan and internationally for the illustrator’s signature pop-style colors and way of drawing human eyes and make-up.
This is the first art book by LAM, an illustrator who is active in a wide range of areas, including character design and visual work, book cover illustration and more. This carefully curated selection of published works to date and numerous original artworks lets readers fully enjoy LAM’s work.

Commercial works featured (partial list)
Project SEKAI / Magical Mirai / Arcaea / Takt Op. / ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos / Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate / TOKYO CHRONOS / Uma musume: Pretty Derby
etc...

Size: 297 × 200 mm / 11.7 × 7.9 in.
Pages: 182 pp. (Full Color)
Binding: Japanese, some English
Price: ¥3,000 / $39.99 / £29.99
Language: Japanese, some English
ISBN: 9784756259486
Publisher: PIE International

S vol. 90: Cover Illustration by En Morikura is now available in Asia/Oceania!*Worldwide Release: Apr 7, 2026
11/07/2025

S vol. 90: Cover Illustration by En Morikura is now available in Asia/Oceania!
*Worldwide Release: Apr 7, 2026

📖Small S vol. 78: Cover Illustration by Yukoring📖 is now available in worldwide!This issue’s cover is by the watercolor ...
02/07/2025

📖Small S vol. 78: Cover Illustration by Yukoring📖 is now available in worldwide!

This issue’s cover is by the watercolor artist and illustrator Yukoring. The issue features an interview and illustration making guide using watercolors.

Also inside, we not only introduce beginners’ tutorials in COPIC markers and acrylic paints, watercolor markers and watercolor pencils, and CLIP STUDIO PAINT, but we also feature an article about what it’s like to color using materials from the 100 yen shop!
●Cover: Yukoring
Illustration making and interview
●Special Supplement
Small S Academy Character Book
● Illustration Making, Product Trials, and Tutorials
Yukoring (Watercolors)
Shirono (Acrylic gouache)
Kotori Hana (COPIC markers)
Maki Ashiya (Staedtler Karat Aquarell watercolor pencils)
Natsuki (Talens Rembrandt Watercolors)
Kayama (CLIP STUDIO PAINT)
Natsume Lemon (Kuretake ZIG Memory System Brushables)
Nanakami Mana “100-yen Drawing Challenge!”
CLIP STUDIO PAINT Beginners’ Tutorial
●Artist Introductions
Hiraki, Harusamemanana, Koo , Aoyagi, Mosu, Kaminoq, Tanaka Kun
●Interview
Yume
●SS Gakuen Creator Competition Project & Posted Illustration Corner
Maripori, mrk, Kokeshi, Toriumi Uki
●Serial Illustrations
yufushi
●Illustration
Wasabi, hiyorico, Konpe Ito, sheya, OIO, inukeki, Tonkotsu-sensei, Koeru Konegi, Mizutani Yutaka
●Theme Posts: Artist

Size: 297 × 210 mm / 11.7 × 8.3 in.
Pages: 160 pp. (124 pp. in Color)
Binding: Japanese
Price: ¥1,182 / $25.00 / £17.99
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784756259417
Publisher: PIE International

📖24/7 TOMOWAKA📖 is now available in worldwide!The first art collection from TOMOWAKA, who continues to draw fashionable ...
01/07/2025

📖24/7 TOMOWAKA📖 is now available in worldwide!

The first art collection from TOMOWAKA, who continues to draw fashionable art works 24/7.

TOMOWAKA is an illustrator who has fans of all ages and genders and who is active in a wide range of fields, including publishing, advertising and creating illustrations for the artist yama’s music video. This long-awaited first art collection features stylish portraits composed of simple, refined lines and pop colors, along with commercial works and original short manga comics.
Readers can fully enjoy TOMOWAKA’s works on themes such as “Portrait”, “Season”, “Situation” and “Series” (“boy meets cat” on illustrations of boys and cats). That the fashion, accessories, and backgrounds of interiors are all stylish is an additional point.
The chapter on commercial works features a wide range of Japanese anime works and collaborations with singers and idols. There is also a short manga comic (in Japanese) at the end of the book.
This book has a distinctive cover and dust jacket design with high-quality binding. The colors, which are one of the charms of TOMOWAKA’s works, are reproduced to the fullest extent possible using high-quality Japanese printing technology.

Size: 220 × 182 mm / 8.7 × 7.2 in.
Pages: 240 pp. (Full Color)
Binding: Japanese, some English
Price: ¥2,500 / $29.99 / £25.00
Language: Japanese, some English
ISBN: 9784756259455
Publisher: PIE International

📖Little Animals of the Forest 100 Writing & Crafting Papers Saeko Inui📖 is now available in worldwide!At last! A 100 Wri...
01/07/2025

📖Little Animals of the Forest 100 Writing & Crafting Papers Saeko Inui📖 is now available in worldwide!

At last! A 100 Writing & Crafting Papers title based on Saeko Inui’s picture books, which have sold a combined total of over 500,000 copies*!

Illustrations from the picture books exploring grown-up feelings I Love You and I’ll be By Your Side by Saeko Inui, the picture book artist acclaimed in Japan, have been turned into a 100 Writing & Crafting Papers title. This book is filled with charming forest creatures, including many that have also appeared in the picture books, who will gently embrace your heart on 100 sheets of paper. Perfect for using not only as a notepad, but also for framing as décor or wrapping gifts, this is a book you’ll want to give to someone special.
*As of June 2024, I Love You and I’ll be By Your Side have sold a combined total of over 500,000 copies.


- 14th Youchien Picture Book Award
- 10th Seibunkan Group Picture Book Award, 2nd Place
- 2nd Place at the 6th Miraiya Picture Book Grand Prix
- “KINOBESU” (“Best of KINOKUNIYA!”) Kids’ 2023, 2nd Place
- Prize at the 13th Libro Picture Book Grand Prix
- 6th Book House Café Award, Bronze
- 15th MOE Picture Booksellers’ Award, 11th Place
- 3rd Picture Book Specialists’ Selection: “A Picture Book to Give to Someone You Miss”

Size: 148 × 210 mm / 5.8 × 8.3 in.
Pages: 208 pp. (Full Color)
Binding: Japanese
Price: ¥2,000 / $29.99 / £25.00
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784756259318
Publisher: PIE International

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2-32-4 Minami-Otsuka
Toshima, Tokyo
170-0005

営業時間

月曜日 09:30 - 18:30
火曜日 09:30 - 18:30
水曜日 09:30 - 18:30
木曜日 09:30 - 18:30
金曜日 09:30 - 18:30

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+81353954820

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＜Basic Information＞ PIE International is a publisher based in Tokyo, established in 1985.

We started publishing specializing books for graphic designers, and have expanded our area to wide-range, putting importance on the quality of visual image as below; 1.Graphic Design 2.Advertising 3.Japanese Culture (Traditional and contemporary) 4.Photography 5.Children's book 6.Comic P stands for Pretty I stands for Impressive E stands for Entertaining ＜Working environment＞ Our office is located in Otsuka, which was once a Karyukai (entertainment area) in the Edo Era about 200 years ago, and we have renovated the building which used to be a film processing company. About five minutes walk from Otsuka station of Toden Arakawa, the only tram in existence in Tokyo. Row of cherry blossoms trees along the street in front of our office is full bloom in spring, which is delight to the eyes. With such a casual and comfortable atmosphere in a downtown area rather than a hip and cool area in Tokyo, we are enjoying creating books for the people in the world.