Tag Archives: Takashi Murakami

Jellyfish Eyes: The New Yôkai?

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2013 by Robert Hood

Images of the cute yet bizarre kaiju (that is, monsters) inhabiting Takashi Murakami’s much-anticipated fantasy Mememe no Kurage (Jellyfish Eyes) reveal an imagination that has taken its own established aesthetic and created a weird, toy-like pantheon of creatures very reminiscent, in … Continue reading →

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Jellyfish Eyes: Early Trailer

Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2012 by Robert Hood

Check out this early trailer for Japanese artist Takashi Murakami’s proposed live-action fantasy trilogy, Mememe no Kurage (Jellyfish Eyes): [youtube ZFzBR9afBdI] Full of the sort of cuteness displayed by much of Murakami’s work, and looking rather kid-centric (and no doubt … Continue reading →

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First Sighting of Jellyfish Eyes’ Monsters

Posted on Saturday, November 24, 2012 by Robert Hood

Two of the monster designs for Part 1 of artist Takashi Murakami’s proposed live-action fantasy trilogy, Mememe no Kurage (Jellyfish Eyes) [if you need to catch up, see  The Art of Monsters: Takashi Murakami and Jellyfish Eyes], have surfaced — … Continue reading →

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A Second Helping of Jellyfish Eyes

Posted on Monday, October 15, 2012 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain discussed at length Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and his upcoming live-action giant monster film, Jellyfish Eyes. (See The Art of Monsters: Takashi Murakami and Jellyfish Eyes.) As exciting as that is, the website for the … Continue reading →

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The Art of Monsters: Takashi Murakami and Jellyfish Eyes

Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2012 by Robert Hood

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami has made a name for himself by successfully drawing upon popular culture as a major influence — specifically in adapting aspects of manga and anime to his own artistic vision. In the process he revolutionised the … Continue reading →

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