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Studio Ghibli fan and Part-time artist Hannah Alexander created this dazzling Art Nouveau version of Princess Mononoke from Hayao Miyazaki’s classic animated film.
There was a time when sumo wrestlers and kimono-clad ladies made shipping companies look beautiful.
So Saitama, Superman, Batman, Captain America and Iron Man all walk into a bar. What happens next is a little messy.
David Bowie’s creative genius even inspired works by a legend of the Japanese video game industry.
The first-edition Pokémon Trading Card Game cards might be getting a 21st century reprint, but maybe you should save some of your cash for one with a gorgeous, hand-painted background instead.
With all the information technology around these days, it’s getting harder and harder to build a gigantic gold statue in peace.
New year, new bullet train as Japan Railway debuts its high-speed art gallery.
Why is this young man riding the horse bicycle around Bangkok? We have no idea, but we can’t stop watching this video!
This is what happens when you combine centuries-old traditional Japanese painting with modern anime, and we love it!
An amazing scale model artist has created a rideable steampunk mecha for a Sylvanian Family doll, out of… a tub of chewing gum?!
In 1957, Macoto Takashi revolutionized the manga world. Now, the 81-year-old artist continues to produce astounding art and shares it in an annual one-man exhibit.
An artist tweeted a photo of “the process of turning a mushroom into an owl,” and commenters were amazed. But should they have been more skeptical?
Check out this unbelievably simple yet detailed “three paper cup One-Punch Man cartoon art!”
Internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Takashi Murakami has returned to Japan with a long-awaited exhibition and Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills is celebrating with a cafe that offers up his art in edible form.
“Just keep drawing.” To improve his skills, a striving artist takes this advice and runs with it… to a rather unlikely place!
Japan’s rabbits, frogs and monkeys from a long, long time ago are collecting goodies from a galaxy far, far away.
Lovers of science, color, and pretty, shiny things in general will also love this beautiful “Spectrum Cube” necklace!
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