I'm very happy to say I've finally found one of Hajime Sorayama's most iconic images - the red octopus print! Signed and numbered limited edition of only 240 pieces, number 49 is now available on AkaTako.
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Not sure where to start? Check out the more popular artists and items just below. A bit further down the page is a news feed of everything going on with AkaTako.
Not sure where to start? Check out the more popular artists and items just below. A bit further down the page is a news feed of everything going on with AkaTako.
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Hiroshi Nonami's epic photo book "VAJRA" features Japan's famous Kabuki troupe Gekidan Shinkansen costumed in all their dramatic characters. It's a very large, oversized book filled with amazing fantasy Gothic Samurai photography.
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The most recent four issues of Talking Heads Magazine are now available. Each is Japanese language but with enough pictures to hold your interest if you can't read it. Around 230 pages, these fat little magazine pack a punch!
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| Talking Heads 59 Strange Pet | Talking Heads 60 Uniform-ism | Talking Heads 61 Retro Futurism | Talking Heads 62 Taisho Aesthetics |
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New signed, limited edition poster by Hajime Sorayama: "Blonde on Black Sheets" is now available. Extra-large, oversized print on very heavy weight paper.
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New Shintaro Kago book "Panna Cotta" is the same format and size as "Candy Filled Girl's Head" and is stuffed full of full color paintings. This collection is of works which were shown at various exhibitions in Japan and there is a full list of those exhibitions (in Japanese) included with the book.
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Over 90 full color images included! Click the title or images above for more photos and information.
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Four brand new hardcover books have been added to AkaTako. Two are signed by the artists! "Badaism" is full of crazy sketches, "Lilith in the Mirror" is packed with erotic photos, "The Longest Dream" is an extended re-imagining of an Alice character, and "Kingdom of Daydream" has classic fairytale characters asking realistic questions.
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| Daisuke Ichiba Badaism | Kenichi Murata Lilith in the Mirror | Tomomi Hasegawa The Longest Dream | Yuko Fukase Kingdom of Daydream |
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Now available for pre-order and expected to arrive mid-May, two brand new signed posters featuring some classic Trevor Brown artwork!
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| "Medical Play" | "Girl on Toilet" |
Both posters are A2 sized and will be signed.
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As part of last year's "Creation Project 2014", artists submitted works to be used for the covers of hand made Tohoku style notebooks. Each one was made in workshops for disabled persons in the Northeast part of Japan.
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| Fuco Ueda Tohoku Style Notebook | Takato Yamamoto Tohoku Style Notebook |
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New, expanded edition of Hajime Sorayama's "Sexy Robot" series, "Sexy Robot: Gigantes" has over 1000 images in it with a more comprehensive look into his artwork history. All copies are signed.
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| "Sexy Robot: Gigantes" cover | "Sexy Robot: Gigantes" inside page |
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Brand new "Funny Girl" watercolor paintings by Shintaro Kago have just been added. There's twelve smaller ones and four larger size paintings.
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