Coverage on the event at Umezz.com's blog post, including a shout-out to Tokyo Scum Brigade's sick "蛇娘と白髪魔" costume:
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Showing posts with label kazuo umezu. Show all posts
UMEZU HALLOWEEN BONUS!
Coverage on the event at Umezz.com's blog post, including a shout-out to Tokyo Scum Brigade's sick "蛇娘と白髪魔" costume:
UMEZU HALLOWEEN BONUS!
Coverage on the event at Umezz.com's blog post, including a shout-out to Tokyo Scum Brigade's sick "蛇娘と白髪魔" costume:
UMEZZ CARNIVAL 2010
In a series of posts on their blog, Voidmare & Dr. Senbei covered the actual Umezz Carnival, along with his live rock concert and the accompanying animation festival. Here is the list of must-read posts (The 1st post includes bonus Demerin-as-Hebi Onna cosplay pics!)
+ Umezu Carnival 2010
"This year, the Kichijoji Theater provided the backdrop for a three-tiered event grounded with a talk show delving into the man's obsession with snakes, followed by an appearance by anime diva Horie Mitsuko, then topped off with a performance by his band CAPS!! and the Gwash dancers."[READ MORE ABOUT UMEZU CARNIVAL!]
+ Umezu Rock Live 2010
"If anything, retiring from manga has given him the time to focus on his second passion: Music. Umezu began writing songs for popular musicians back in the 70's and even recorded two full length CDs, Yami no Album (The Darkness Album) and Gwash!! Makoto-Chan/Umezu Kazuo World. The Umezu Carnival is held both to celebrate his birthday and scratch the rockstar itch that has been driving him batty for the past quarter of a century."[READ MORE ABOUT UMEZU ROCK LIVE!]
+ Kichijoji Animation Festival
"The 5th annual Kichijoji Film Festival was held yesterday as part of Kichijoji Anime Wonderland. Hometown animation companies Studio 4 C and studio Studio Deen, as well as manga publisher Coamix, were there to represent their turf. They were backed up by academic manga researchers from Kyoto Seika University, Takekuma Kentaro and Tsugata Nobuyuku."[READ MORE ABOUT KICHIJOJI ANIMATION FEST!]
ALSO FOR ADDED PLEASURE: Your the Man Now, Umezu
Unrelated to Umezu, I'm curious to know if anyone did horror/indie manga cosplay this year? Last year's bunch was fantastic... please email me any photos and I'll post them up! My buddy Moni and her BF dressed up as Maruo characters...
UMEZZ CARNIVAL 2010
In a series of posts on their blog, Voidmare & Dr. Senbei covered the actual Umezz Carnival, along with his live rock concert and the accompanying animation festival. Here is the list of must-read posts (The 1st post includes bonus Demerin-as-Hebi Onna cosplay pics!)
+ Umezu Carnival 2010
"This year, the Kichijoji Theater provided the backdrop for a three-tiered event grounded with a talk show delving into the man's obsession with snakes, followed by an appearance by anime diva Horie Mitsuko, then topped off with a performance by his band CAPS!! and the Gwash dancers."[READ MORE ABOUT UMEZU CARNIVAL!]
+ Umezu Rock Live 2010
"If anything, retiring from manga has given him the time to focus on his second passion: Music. Umezu began writing songs for popular musicians back in the 70's and even recorded two full length CDs, Yami no Album (The Darkness Album) and Gwash!! Makoto-Chan/Umezu Kazuo World. The Umezu Carnival is held both to celebrate his birthday and scratch the rockstar itch that has been driving him batty for the past quarter of a century."[READ MORE ABOUT UMEZU ROCK LIVE!]
+ Kichijoji Animation Festival
"The 5th annual Kichijoji Film Festival was held yesterday as part of Kichijoji Anime Wonderland. Hometown animation companies Studio 4 C and studio Studio Deen, as well as manga publisher Coamix, were there to represent their turf. They were backed up by academic manga researchers from Kyoto Seika University, Takekuma Kentaro and Tsugata Nobuyuku."[READ MORE ABOUT KICHIJOJI ANIMATION FEST!]
ALSO FOR ADDED PLEASURE: Your the Man Now, Umezu
Unrelated to Umezu, I'm curious to know if anyone did horror/indie manga cosplay this year? Last year's bunch was fantastic... please email me any photos and I'll post them up! My buddy Moni and her BF dressed up as Maruo characters...
TOKYO SCUM BRIGAGE X COSPLAY = UMEZZING!
KAZUO UMEZU & KANEKO DEMERIN COSPLAY!!!
Pull your jaw off the floor and go check out all of their Comiket 78 coverage.
TOKYO SCUM BRIGAGE X COSPLAY = UMEZZING!
KAZUO UMEZU & KANEKO DEMERIN COSPLAY!!!
Pull your jaw off the floor and go check out all of their Comiket 78 coverage.
JOHNNY RYAN X KAZUO UMEZU
I checked out the opening, and really loved the stuff that Johnny Ryan created (Matt's stuff was awesome as usual too. I'm not a hufe fan of La Merde's simple style but the entire show is worthwhile). Johnny's a friend of Same Hat and a fan of weirdo manga, so I was geeked (and not too surprised) to see that he had done a Kazuo Umezu tribute piece as part of the show!
All of Johnny's pieces from the show are selling out fast, but the Cat-Eyed Blecky one is still available for sale via the GRSF website!
For more Johnny Ryan action, check out his website. Volume 2 of his battle manga serial gross-out fest Prison Pit is coming out later this year.
JOHNNY RYAN X KAZUO UMEZU
I checked out the opening, and really loved the stuff that Johnny Ryan created (Matt's stuff was awesome as usual too. I'm not a hufe fan of La Merde's simple style but the entire show is worthwhile). Johnny's a friend of Same Hat and a fan of weirdo manga, so I was geeked (and not too surprised) to see that he had done a Kazuo Umezu tribute piece as part of the show!
All of Johnny's pieces from the show are selling out fast, but the Cat-Eyed Blecky one is still available for sale via the GRSF website!
For more Johnny Ryan action, check out his website. Volume 2 of his battle manga serial gross-out fest Prison Pit is coming out later this year.
8 FREE KAZUO UMEZU POSTCARDS
The next EIGHT people who leave comments saying they want one will get a postcard mailed to you tomorrow. I also have a special separate postcard gift for the NINTH person who leaves a comment! I literally don't have any more cards after those, so it's totally first come, first served.
PS: I already designated another 4 cards to people I owed mail so Jaclyn, Zytroop, Azraelito, and TomorrowBoy- you're already on the list and no need to enter.
UPDATE: DONE! That was super fast. Here are the 8 folks getting postcards tomorrow:
A.B.
adam
mxxbock
Lilly
4zumanga
Malasdair
burialapplicant829
miss nas
EXTRA BONUS POSTCARD (a Suehiro Maruo postcard!)
Dembol
SORRY JOSHUA & RUSSELL, YOU WERE TOO LATE (BY A MINUTE).
Can all 9 of you above send me your mailing address to [[samehat AT gmail DOT com]]
MORE REAL POSTS COMING SOON (TOMORROW?)
8 FREE KAZUO UMEZU POSTCARDS
The next EIGHT people who leave comments saying they want one will get a postcard mailed to you tomorrow. I also have a special separate postcard gift for the NINTH person who leaves a comment! I literally don't have any more cards after those, so it's totally first come, first served.
PS: I already designated another 4 cards to people I owed mail so Jaclyn, Zytroop, Azraelito, and TomorrowBoy- you're already on the list and no need to enter.
UPDATE: DONE! That was super fast. Here are the 8 folks getting postcards tomorrow:
A.B.
adam
mxxbock
Lilly
4zumanga
Malasdair
burialapplicant829
miss nas
EXTRA BONUS POSTCARD (a Suehiro Maruo postcard!)
Dembol
SORRY JOSHUA & RUSSELL, YOU WERE TOO LATE (BY A MINUTE).
Can all 9 of you above send me your mailing address to [[samehat AT gmail DOT com]]
MORE REAL POSTS COMING SOON (TOMORROW?)
NEW "MY NAME IS SHINGO" COVERS
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Each book is around ~150 pages and sells for 1500 Yen. Volumes 5 & 6 will be released later in 2010. For other posts about UMEZZ PERFECTION releases, check out these results!
NEW "MY NAME IS SHINGO" COVERS
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Each book is around ~150 pages and sells for 1500 Yen. Volumes 5 & 6 will be released later in 2010. For other posts about UMEZZ PERFECTION releases, check out these results!
LINKS AROUND THE INTERWEBS
- Tokyo Scum Brigade vs. Kazuo Umezz Parts 1 & 2 The big news! My friends at TSB have begun serializing their in-depth interview with Kazuo Umezu! They were lucky enough to visit the Makoto-chan house in person, have lunch with Umezz & Demerin, and interview him on camera a few weeks ago. By everyone's reckoning, this is Umezu's first English language interview. In the first two parts, the TSB boys talk to Uncle Kaz about his childhood, and early encounters with Tezuka's manga and drawing Shojo weeklies. These are a MUST-READ for Same Hat horror junkies!
[PART 1] & [PART 2] - Jog dissects the '80s MANGA anthology (and in doing so, drops major science on the definition of "manga" among Western audiences). This was a fascinating read from pretty much the best comics/manga reviewer on the internet. Jog uses this odd collection of manga (featuring Keizo Miyanishi , Noriyoshi Olai, Otomo and others) as a jumping off point for a long discussion of publishing trends since the early 80s.
[PART 1] and [PART 2] - I DRAW YOUR SHIT series on the Electric Ant Zine Blog! It's a series of posts where we take turns doing tributes/covers to each other's characters. It's admittedly self-referential, but has become a great excuse for the extended EAZB readership to get off out butts each week and draw. So far, we've done TING & TERNG, the conjoined twin bullies from Hellen Jo's Jin & Jam #1, and MAX GUY from Lamar Abrams' Remake. It's open to anyone that wants to join, so check 'em out and take part in the next round (starting on Monday)
[LINK] - The Drifting Classroom: The Game: The Soundtrack OTAKU USA games/anime editor and Same Hat buddy Joseph Luster created a chiptune tribue to an imagined 8-bit game adaptation of Kazuo Umezu's child/anarchism nightmarescape manga Drifting Classroom.
[LINK] - Daul Kim, RIP Not necessarily relevant to everyone here, but I wrote up a short memorial post for the passing of supermodel / blogger Daul Kim, who died by suicide last month. Among other things, Kim was a cool girl and into the same stuff as us: blogging, zines, Shinya Tsukamoto, Wong Kar-Wai, Klaus Kinski, etc.
[LINK] - Who is Makoto Takahashi? Same Hat BFF zytroop has been on a role lately at KURUTTA (despite a tragic hard drive crash), but this post was a stunning gem for me- a collection of art from a "1957 shōjo manga called The Rows of Cherry Trees (さくら並木) by a man named Macoto, or Makoto, Takahashi (高橋真琴)."
[LINK]
(Kazuo Umezu in high school showing off a drawing!)
I also share a bunch of random posts on Google Reader, which you can see on the links on the left or can view/subscribe to them here.
LINKS AROUND THE INTERWEBS
- Tokyo Scum Brigade vs. Kazuo Umezz Parts 1 & 2 The big news! My friends at TSB have begun serializing their in-depth interview with Kazuo Umezu! They were lucky enough to visit the Makoto-chan house in person, have lunch with Umezz & Demerin, and interview him on camera a few weeks ago. By everyone's reckoning, this is Umezu's first English language interview. In the first two parts, the TSB boys talk to Uncle Kaz about his childhood, and early encounters with Tezuka's manga and drawing Shojo weeklies. These are a MUST-READ for Same Hat horror junkies!
[PART 1] & [PART 2] - Jog dissects the '80s MANGA anthology (and in doing so, drops major science on the definition of "manga" among Western audiences). This was a fascinating read from pretty much the best comics/manga reviewer on the internet. Jog uses this odd collection of manga (featuring Keizo Miyanishi , Noriyoshi Olai, Otomo and others) as a jumping off point for a long discussion of publishing trends since the early 80s.
[PART 1] and [PART 2] - I DRAW YOUR SHIT series on the Electric Ant Zine Blog! It's a series of posts where we take turns doing tributes/covers to each other's characters. It's admittedly self-referential, but has become a great excuse for the extended EAZB readership to get off out butts each week and draw. So far, we've done TING & TERNG, the conjoined twin bullies from Hellen Jo's Jin & Jam #1, and MAX GUY from Lamar Abrams' Remake. It's open to anyone that wants to join, so check 'em out and take part in the next round (starting on Monday)
[LINK] - The Drifting Classroom: The Game: The Soundtrack OTAKU USA games/anime editor and Same Hat buddy Joseph Luster created a chiptune tribue to an imagined 8-bit game adaptation of Kazuo Umezu's child/anarchism nightmarescape manga Drifting Classroom.
[LINK] - Daul Kim, RIP Not necessarily relevant to everyone here, but I wrote up a short memorial post for the passing of supermodel / blogger Daul Kim, who died by suicide last month. Among other things, Kim was a cool girl and into the same stuff as us: blogging, zines, Shinya Tsukamoto, Wong Kar-Wai, Klaus Kinski, etc.
[LINK] - Who is Makoto Takahashi? Same Hat BFF zytroop has been on a role lately at KURUTTA (despite a tragic hard drive crash), but this post was a stunning gem for me- a collection of art from a "1957 shōjo manga called The Rows of Cherry Trees (さくら並木) by a man named Macoto, or Makoto, Takahashi (高橋真琴)."
[LINK]
(Kazuo Umezu in high school showing off a drawing!)
I also share a bunch of random posts on Google Reader, which you can see on the links on the left or can view/subscribe to them here.
NOT TO BE OUTDONE: UMEZZ CHEST INK
Cat-Eyed Boy!! This masterpiece of madness was created by "Spanarn" at the Old Bones Tattoo shop in Malmö, Sweden:
[click for a bigger version]
Thanks to Ola for sharing his tattoo here! You can also check out the growing collection of other tattoos featuring horror & indie manga.
NOT TO BE OUTDONE: UMEZZ CHEST INK
Cat-Eyed Boy!! This masterpiece of madness was created by "Spanarn" at the Old Bones Tattoo shop in Malmö, Sweden:
[click for a bigger version]
Thanks to Ola for sharing his tattoo here! You can also check out the growing collection of other tattoos featuring horror & indie manga.
"GWASHI! KAZUO UMEZU DESU"
I read that the footage was filmed over the course of 3 years by Koji Ito, one of Umezu's staff/webmasters, and shows us Kazuo Umezu's daily life (including his lawsuit over the Makoto-chan house), creating manga and art, in addition to "exploring Japan's issues with creativity and art appreciation." From the trailer it looks like the doc also features interviews with other manga artists, authors, and pop culture talking heads.
GWASHI! KAZUO UMEZU DESU debuts properly on 11/23 in Tokyo's Tollywood Theatre, and plays through December. Umezz and company have created a new site just for news about the film, so check it out! The boys from Tokyo Scum were able to see an advance screening of the film and say it's rad... and will be interviewing Uncle Kaz very soon in person!
"GWASHI! KAZUO UMEZU DESU"
I read that the footage was filmed over the course of 3 years by Koji Ito, one of Umezu's staff/webmasters, and shows us Kazuo Umezu's daily life (including his lawsuit over the Makoto-chan house), creating manga and art, in addition to "exploring Japan's issues with creativity and art appreciation." From the trailer it looks like the doc also features interviews with other manga artists, authors, and pop culture talking heads.
GWASHI! KAZUO UMEZU DESU debuts properly on 11/23 in Tokyo's Tollywood Theatre, and plays through December. Umezz and company have created a new site just for news about the film, so check it out! The boys from Tokyo Scum were able to see an advance screening of the film and say it's rad... and will be interviewing Uncle Kaz very soon in person!
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