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Unnecessary revamping of graphics leads some to view it as a case of anime-ization gone too far.
With its original design of a red-clad female ninja, this shamisen is set to become the collector’s item of the year.
Breathtakingly beautiful artwork combines illustration, photography, and the Japanese art of kirie.
A gorgeous take on the character that’s worlds apart from the Disney version, and can be read in English or Japanese.
Critics are calling the modern anime aesthetics “inappropriate,” but publisher says they’re missing the point.
Never would we have thought that characters designed by AI programs jumped from rudimentary to ultra-advanced in the space of three years.
Twitter debate shows that one person’s eye candy is another’s visual garbage.
13 years later and an ocean away from where he grew up, this illustrator proves the seed of greatness was always present in his artwork.
Ken Sugimori, art director and character designer for the Pokémon franchise, reveals the link between pocket monsters and wabi-sabi.
Japanese Twitter gets a good laugh out of these great examples of a common elementary school exercise. Happy Father’s Day!
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