Should you happen to be in Tokyo this Golden Week, you have until Tuesday (May 7) to check out a free (!!!) art gallery displaying some beautiful works by Amano Yoshitaka. If the name doesn’t ring any bells, some of the projects he’s worked on surely will: Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, and the incomparable Sandman: the Dream Hunters.
And if you happen to have a few extra yen laying about, you can also pick up some original pieces! The least expensive one we found was only about 40,000 yen (US$402), and the most expensive we spied was about 3.8 million yen (US$38,381). Even if you can’t pick up the original art, you can still get postcards, posters, notebooks, and calendars with Amano’s brilliant art. And! You’ll get a poster just for coming by!
Photo and event information below! (Some of the photos are not safe for work!!!)
Event name: Amano Yoshitaka Exhibit: 20,000 Years of Illusion
Location: Shinjuku Island Tower, South Tower, B1F, Aqua Plaza
Dates: May 2 to May 7
Time: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Final day until 6 p.m.)
Source: ARTVIVANT.net
Even Poster: ARTVIVANT.net
Photos: RocketNews24 (event photos/postcards), Wikipedia
▼ Some standups at the door. (Life-sized!)
▼ A statue eerily reminiscent of the classic 1927 film Metropolis
▼ No idea what this is…but we sure would love to hang it on our living room walls!
▼ Here’s the free poster! This alone is worth the price of admission! ;)
▼ A close up of the central characters
▼ And here are the postcards. There are two sets, both going for 500 yen (US$5.05).
▼ And one unrelated Amano piece, just because we can’t stop staring.
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