Shibuya culture PROJECT

- Especially for the remaining work on the impression, please talk.

Enlightenment × Black Jack
© Tezuka Productions / Enlightenment

But I am not help but thinking that "whether Osamu Tezuka was what kind of person?". For example, a picture of "Black Jack" of this Enlightenment-san, the counter electrode is a character that Tezuka drew a concise deformed, was realistic. Realistic, and, suspicious. It does not certainly also has a medical license I Black Jack, or rather people of underworld When we normally think of ... but it is I think very very suspicious (laughs). After the Black Jack was there to realistic, and I think I surely wonder if this kind of feeling of, it was interesting. Then Mr. ten_do_ten of work, it drew the "Astro Boy" in dot picture. Dot, So you are made in the collection of point was interesting is a place called "Boy" (= atom). Perhaps Black Jack and Merumo chan dot representation, it will not hold even doing with Kimba the White Lion. And, it's dot picture itself is whether the digital representation say futuristic. Meaning that the future of the robot that the atom has been drawn with only point is I think a very large.

- Or exhibition overall impression of this was your.

I collaboration, if not created a thing of the new values, but it is I think much sense there is no. This exhibition is an exhibition in which there can be no without Tezuka work, in the other hand, in the Tezuka work I think that was also at the exhibition not seen absolutely. Enlightenment's work, nor's work ten_do_ten, after, or "Jungle Emperor" of the ferocity and the instinct to think clipped Tetsuya Nagato's animals, the place to express wrapped in you were Tezuka's wafers, each of the artists I like a place that represents the straight while perceive the intent, has been handed down those that have been born in that clash. I felt the fun of collaboration.

- Please tell us about the encounter with Tezuka work.

Astro Boy ten_do_ten version, interesting is know as soon as it is the atom while simple.

I I'm 32 years old in 1976, was born, it is to remember, to the age of five or six years old, I have the memory of seeing the Astro Boy catalog, which was in the house. Certainly large format was the guy. I think that was the first anime experience for me. Came to see aware of "Osamu Tezuka," is, I was a high school and college students. In my so-called "Shonen Jump" generation, but I was reading or "Dragon Ball" and "SLAM DUNK" In the course of looking for a good works out interested in manga, the opportunity to touch the Tezuka work also with nature increased. It's not a mean apart from talks about the cartoon, I because it is the person who lifted the cartoon was a so-called minor cultures in the main culture. Robot works such as Astro Boy, then Gundam, to which can flow into the Evangelion, Jungle Emperor is because you are also through to the Disney work. As you follow the original, would ended up in absolutely Tezuka-san, I think you and bother me.

- To enjoy this exhibition, What should I do?

I wonder if indeed Tezuka-san was about one year later passed away, we had a retrospective exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Also the objective is the same Tteyuu honor the feat of Tezuka's, rather than simply not you introduce the work of Tezuka-san is in this exhibition, we'll also take the approach Tteyuu young artists, to Tezuka work and collaboration. What Tezuka-san has been left behind by digesting Nari to myself that get in a new work, I think that the exhibition to explore the point of view of how to look at the "Osamu Tezuka". I think there is a meaning in particular that do that kind of exhibition in Shibuya. For example, usually people come to see was higher young, such as not go Toka Museum. Perhaps more than just a fan of Mr. participating artists, some people may not know the Tezuka-san. But, through the planning, such as this, I do I become an opportunity to interested also in again Tezuka-san. Even if only known name Toka character, I think that transmitted absolute me greatness. People who were born in 80 years ago, still have given so influence, feel the awesome power even if it sees now. I think that it is a good opportunity to be touched it. Venue because Parco Factory, only and should I ascended to the top in passing came to shopping in Parco, I think the T-shirt of Merumo chan, good to wear as a fashion at the same level as the Hello Kitty and Mickey you. So I think that kind of threshold of the low event, I do not you say Once you even try to go to feel free.

The venue, the newly designed book cover was this time are lined up about 100 books. Also the figure of people who read the comics for the hand.