Takashi Murakami, with his blend of his ancestral Japan with Western Pop symbols, exhibits in Valencia until 29 December.

For the first time in Valencia, Takashi Murakami, the most provocative and internationally recognised Japanese artist, exhibits his most colouristic and ironic work at the CAM Culture Room, La Llotgeta. The work titled Superflat. New Pop Culture can be seen until the 29 December. The exhibition consists of 21 lithographs and a series of small sculptures which make reference to manga imagery. The artist, known as the “Japanese Andy Warhol”, has a style that is characterised by the pictorial space in his works, which is literally flat, because it can be read in the same way from different points of view.

For more information: http://obrasocial.cam.es.

Especially, gak ada yang speacial sih, cuma ulang tahun Nagayan sama Photosets anak-anak Rikkai yang bejibun kayak calo di teminal pulo gadung…

Okeh… kita gossipin anak-anak TeniMyu hari ini…

Tapi sebelumnya…

Otanjoubi Omodettou Gozaimasu,

Nagayan-kuunn~!!

Yan-Yan

Ih… Udah ultah ke 30…^^

Iya sih, lahirnya sama ama si Papah, tahun 1979…
Tapi kok, di blog, Nagayan tulis 31 ya?? f(-_-”) Au Akh~

LANJOOOTT~!!

Hari ini, Koko ngobok-obok web buat nyari Photosets anak-anak TeniMyu. Mulai dari jaman nya si Mbah EiTaki, sampe jamannya Minami.

Iiihh~!! Banyak banget fotonya Konii-tan~ o(>w<)o

Apakah kalian tau, apa yang Koko suka dari Konii-tan??

Heuheuheu~ Nfu~ *dijitak Hide*

Entah kenapa, menurut Koko, matanya Konii-tan tuh lucu, imut, bundar~ *Yak Eyalah~ Kalo kotak, squidward kale~*

Sejenis mata Kime-Kime, namun beda. Sensasi nya aja yang sama. Kime-Kime, kalo sekali berkedip… wuihh~ anjrott!! Hati Koko langsung luluh! Sama kayak Konii-tan berkedip. Weeeeww~ Mas Koniii~ malem ini Koko bersedia dah, tidur bareng~ (*￣▽￣)~♥

Weeeww~

Selain Konii-tan, Koko juga sukkiii banget sama yang namanya mas KENN~

Lucunya KENN sampe bener-bener mirip Fuji Yuta!! (~OwO)

Udah deh, niat awal sih, nyari pemerannya ‘Tanishi’ siapa gitu, yang dari HIGA. Karena endut en imyut sih~ Hehe… Mulai gak normal nih anak suka yang big size.

Tapi, daijoubu lah~ yang penting imut!!

Udahan dulu, udah malem… Chichi-ue marah2 jadinya kalo besok harus berangkat siang nganter Koko.

Minna-san, Jaa-nee~!!!

current song: Nagayama Takashi – Slow Jam
current mood: Huh! Gerah!!
location: home

~~~~~~~~~~~~OwarU~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mytop 5 lists and WHY:

Top 5 Kombi of all time:
1. Tunnels
2. Downtown
3. Ninety-nine
4. Taka and Toshi
5. (Dont have one yet)

Tunnels never did manzai, and started off more as a monomane/gag duo. They were incredibly popular in the 80s and managed to obtain over 30% of the ratings nationwide with their shows (which is incredibly hard, for any show) and having seen their earlier works and Tunnels Mina-san okagedeshita, and Kuwazugirai, I can say I love those shows more than Downtown’s gottsu ee Kanjii and Gaki no tsukai. I love all 4 shows, but somehow I cannot imagine Gaki no tsukai without Matsumoto. Or Hamada. If either left, i dont think i would want to watch the show. That includes Heyx!3, their reliance on each other is amazing (as in a great bond) but it seems to say that we are only good as a team, and not solo. I love how Downtown takes punishments in their shows (theyre always the butt of the joke two, even though these two are incredibly big names in the show business). The second thing is, I love manzai too, but i just havent seen enough / understood enough to like it more than Tunnels work (which is understable without Japanese)

Ninety-nine is there solely because of Morning Musume and their connection with Tsunku, that and Okamura dances funny

Taka and Toshi are incredibly funny! Their manzai skits are…truly hilarious, though they tend to rely on their props to really cause the imagination to stir. But its amazing, Tunnels got to play pranks on them too! You can see Taka and Toshi skits on youtube (I may have linked to them in the past)

Top 5 Comedians of All time
Note: I like Japanese comedians, manzai and owarai above ALL other forms of comedy…which is why this list only has Japanese comedians.

1. Ishibashi Takaaki
2. Hitoshi Matsumoto
3. Masatoshi Hamada
4. Takashi Okamura
5. Tamori

1. Ishibashi Takaaki
I had my first true encounter with Japanese, and I can say hes been the reason why I even like it
Taka-san is outrageously funny, ridiculous at times, yet hes still a very sensible and well respected man. Hard to explain, until at least you watch him at work. Hes INCREDIBLY knowledgeable and smart, frequently citing a lot of western and Japanese references (which is funny when they relate or you can understand where hes coming from). His work in Tunnels (the comedy duo) is legendary, being very naturally funny (more so than Downtown in Gotsu ee Kanjii, to me least least) although he never really did true manzai.

His face expressions are amazing, and basically he can pull off any kind of emotion on his face at any time…he should really be an actor. His dress sense is very conservative, but to me its clean and respectable. And with Taka-san, I feel like Im laughing at his expressions AND his actions/ what he says. He is just so straightforwardly funny, and he is incredibly daring, referring to different things, touching female artists, asking for their numbers, showing the audience his knowledge of the video equipment,  etc . His friendships with many famous people such as Nakai-kun, Matsuda Seiko, Tamori, Morning Musume etc are envious and it always seems like many positive things come out of it. His way of life (getting married, then having a child, being a family man, etc has also been positive to me), and hes like 180cm tall.

Even after their Tunnels era ended (in terms of popularity) hes been going well doing solo work, something that I cannot imagine Downtown (and neither can they) going solo. His successful transition is a reflection of his ability

Simply put, I LOVE HIM!!! Hes the best comedian

2. Although Taka-san is very much above everyone else in this list, Matsumoto comes 2nd (though not TOOO close).
Heres where I explain why Taka-san is my #1 vs why Matsumoto is my 2nd. So basing it on their comedic abilities alone, I think Taka-san and Matsumoto are pretty much even and equal. Their quick, their ad-lib skills are amazing and they can think of a reference / retort /challenge (all humourous of course) to anything. The thing that gives Taka the edge is that because of being in Tunnels and doing monomane and ippatsu gags a lot, he has more control of his face and can pull of a billion expressions that Matsumoto cant. So basically, as neither do manzai [anymore] and I see them mostly on Utaban and Heyx!3, Taka-san is the better of the two.  This and the above list on Tunnels vs Downtown will explain why. I really do like Matsumoto though, and its hard to say, if I could understand Japanese and manzai, where his position would be (though I would understand Tunnels works more too)

3. Hamada is well respected and I like how hes angry, scary and totally sadistic. hes regarded more as the head of the group for Downtown, for various reasons I can see (such as taking the lead) but he is just not as naturally funny as matsumoto or Taka…even not doing his tsukommi role.

4. Okamura is only here because of the morning musume relations and acts he has done, otherwise I would of liked to put Sanma here (though I havent really understood what he was talking about)

5. Tamori is here for his amazing ability to renact a lizard and freak out Matsuda Seiko and Tunnels!

A new video project sees Kirsten Dunst dressed up as a Japanese princess running through the streets of akihabara singing a cover of “turning Japanese” by the Vapours. Takashi murikami & McG are involved with this project… No intro needed for Takashi, but if ya don’t know McG, he directed the new terminator. Weird?!

Quelle: Slamhype

Mehr Infos HIER.

Pagi ini, Aiko terbiasa bangun teyad…(telat maksudnya…)
Dan yang biasa membangunkan adalah sang suami yang setia mendampinginya dari tidur sampai bangun.

Namun pagi ini…

— DRRTT *sfx Ponsel Aiko berdering dengan ringtone…*

ROCK MUSICAL BLEACH – NO CLOUDS IN THE BLUE HEAVENS CATHARSIS OF ETERNITY

*tenet~net~teneett~*

Dengan mata setengah berupil pun Aiko masih sempat melihat siapa yang memanggilnya pagi-pagi budeg begitu.

calling…

Haha-ue
0813XXXXXXXX

Hah~!! Si Mamah!?? Bukannya biasanya beliau garadag-grudug ke atas terus gedor-gedor pintu gue??!! (O_O”)

Diangkatlah telepon yang berasal dari lantai dasar rumahnya tersebut.

A: “Ya, Maa~hh….??”
H: “Geura hudang, maneh teh!!” [Cepet bangun!!]
A: “Iyaaa~!!”

Aneh banget nyokap gue bangunin gue pagi-pagi pagi ‘Morning Call’ f(=_=”)

Ah, ogah banget gue kalo morning call-nya dari si mamah. Mening denger morning call-nya Tezuka alias Kunikki… Hahay… Gak kebayang Tezuka-bucho yang sinisnya setengah mati bilang ‘SAYANG/YAYANG MET PAGI…’ sama Aiko… (>w<*) *ngakak guling-guling*

Maklum aja, semalem Haha-ue baru saja dibelikan sebuah perdana baru dari Chichi-ue. Mungkin Morning Call paginya gretongan *gratisan* kali…

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Siang ini, seperti biasa Aiko o-el di komputer tercintanya, Seraphine.
Aiko nonton BuriMyu ver 0.1 dari Youtube. Hahahay… jadul bangeettt~ jaman mereka nyanyi masih pake mic yang dipegang.

Tapi disini Kengo masih imut bangeett~ Soalnya sekarang udah imit-imit… *digatak kursi*

Eh… pas Nagayan (Hitsugaya Toushirou) nyanyi, kok ada sangkar burung ya?? Apakah itu??

Nagayan Nyanyi, Shibata nongol...

Nggak taunya… Itu shibata, burung parkit yang selalu dibawa kemana-mana oleh Chado pas chapter-chapter pertama BLEACH.

Hahahayy… Gue kirain sangkar burung hiasan yang dimainin sama Tuti (Ichimaru Gin) selama di backstage doank. Nggak taunya… itu properti panggung… ^w^ senangnyaaa~

Jya~Jya~Jyaann~

Jaja furi ame ni…. nurenagaraaa~

current mood: sick
current song: BuriMyu Casts – Bengara Koushi
location: home

~owari~

You’ve probably fairly familiar with the work of Takashi Murakami, whether you’re aware of it or not; the Japanese artist’s work featured on the cover of Kanye West’s third album ‘Graduation’, as well as vanguarding the ‘Superflat’ style of art that has gained him numerous fans in both high- and low-culture markets.

In the latest of a prolific series of collaborations with French fashion house Louis Vuitton, which includes limited edition handbags and soft toys, Murakami has designed a set of floor rugs, based around two of the artist’s designs and produced in an extremely limited run of 20 each. The circular flower design pictured above is available in both 2 metre and 3 metre diameters, and are handwoven in a distiguished Indian rug factory. Very nice designs, if you can get your hands on one!

James

I love Takashi Murikami. And whatever he does.

I like Takashi Murikami. I like him alot. He has an exhibition at the Galerie Emmanuell Perrotin in Paris for the next month.
Whilst I won’t be attending, I can dream about superflat amine until my heart is content. Which is never.

The Gallery site

Takashi & his superflat design is world famous!
Now he takes his superflat to 3D with plush toys. They come in 3 different sizes and have his signature flower design. Love it.

Click here to get your own!

While waiting to meet her friends outside of a Louis Vuitton store, Aya’s cell phone is eaten by the LV Panda, who then promptly swallows Aya – but the inside of his stomach is gateway to a psychadelic wonderland. Based on characters created by famed superflat artist Takashi Murakami.

This is a really good commercial, great use of color and music, but I can’t help myself to think that this is really similar to that one digimon movie…

I just found out that there are only 26 episodes of HSHC :’( I really enjoyed that show!! Its so sad that they discontinued it… I just started watching it a few days ago and fell in love <3 its just so funny and lighthearted! LoL ive been watching Code Geass and Death Note lately so its a big change Anyone know any other animes similar to HSHC?

-Mid

Louis vuitton make cool things! They do cool collaborations with amazing creators and never disappoint. The only thing that prevents my purchases is availability and price.
But this panda = incredible. And you get a nice little pouch to put him in

Just a collage I made on some spare time. These are some of the characters from superflat first love.

UPDATE 7/17: Showtimes now posted – 5 days to auction

Commoner: But is there anyone who’s really good? Maybe goodness is just make-believe.
Priest: What a frightening…
Commoner: Man just wants to forget the bad stuff, and believe in the made-up good stuff. It’s easier that way.

Starts Friday, July 17th
@ The Senator Theatre
For One Week Only!

Presented with a stunning
digitally restored 35mm print

The husband, the wife… or the bandit?

“Rashomon (1950) struck the
world of film like a thunderbolt.”
Roger Ebert – Chicago Sun Times

Jonathan Rosenbaum – Chicago Reader
Bosley Crowther – New York Times
Roger Ebert – Chicago Sun-Times
Variety Staff – Variety

Starring:
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori,
Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki & Kichijiro Ueda

Daily showtimes for “Rashomon” are:
3:45, 5:45 & 7:45pm.
On Friday and Saturday evenings we also
offer a 9:45pm late show of “Rashomon”.

Admission $8 for everyone

A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing ponits of view.

Running Time For “Rashomon”:
Approx. 1hr and 30min.

Click here for film information
Awards & Nominations

The Restoration

The basis for this stunning new restoration was a 35mm
print created in 1962 from the original camera negative;
while the print itself was in good physical condition, the
source material from which it was made was extremely battered.
Due to the extensive printing and handling it
had received over its lifetime, many shots were already
starting to shrink and wrap, and there were numerous
scratches, dust, and dirt in the damaged negative.
Scanned at 4k resolution, that 47-year-old print has
been meticulously cleaned both digitally and by
hand, complete with a new seamless soundtrack.

This essential restoration has been made possible by
the Academy Film Archive, the National Film Center of
the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and
Kadokawa Pictures, Inc., with funding provided by
Kadokawa Cultural Promotion Foundation and
Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation.

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Baltimore, MD 21212
www.senator.com

Information Line: 410.435.8338
Office Line: 410.435.1118

Always call the day you plan to attend
to verify features and showtimes.

This is incredible for numerous reasons:
1) I love murikami!
2) kanye is amazing! All kanye. Even autotune singing kanye.
3) Japanese-super-flat-anime is cool!
4) it’s freakin’ gold!!!!
5) it’s art.
6) it encapsulated all of the aforementioned (5) into one awesome statue!

Honeymag is right… Pharrell Wiliams is on his Warhol shit. For those that don’t know… Andy Warhol turned images of everyday items and brands of American culture into art. Pop art may be making a comeback with the Murakami / Williams duo making moves. The piece shown in this interview is called The Simple Things. Takashi Murakami’s work is instantly recognized and inside the mouth of his character is 7 everyday items covered in precious stones. It sold for 2 million in the first 30 minutes. Check the interview.

Das Kunstwerk von Pharrell und Takashi Murakami wurde für 2 Mio. $ verkauft.

Takashi Murakami der Japanischer Künstler, der an der Art Basel mit Pharrell Williams seine Kunstwerke ausgestellt hat, hat ein Manga-Kurzfilm für Louis Vuitton produziert. Trifft den Zeitgeist perfekt…

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