Kaneko is a god tier artist, and one of the best Art Directors in Animation right now. Even while being among the few artists who still maintains a traditional background art scheme he out does near all competition

So agreed! He's super friendly on Twitter too, very approachable, really seems like a great guy. Was just digging through some old files & reminiscing and realized I'd been sitting on these backgrounds he posted back when the show aired, so figured they belonged here. :)