Week 12: Junji Ito Resources & Presentation Details

Hi, here's some resources for Junji Ito's work:

Junji Ito Archive
Tomie
Gyo
Uzumaki: Low Quality

And I have a google drive folder of some choice scans that I made while I was researching for this presentation. It contains some images of Gyo, Uzumaki, Tomie, Dissolving Classroom, and Shiver. Feel free to flip through (using your Ringling email) to get a feel for Ito's artistic style. Some panels were scanned due to their notable dialogue as well. Here's a link to my presentation.

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And to finish this post off here's more about the alternative Japanese artist that I mentioned at the end of my presentation:

Suehiro Maruo is one of the more classic gore artist. He depicts scenes more inspired by eroguro (erotic gore), in a style reflective of the muzan-e subgenre of the ukiyo-e period. His art and story was used to make the 1992 animated film Midori: Shōjo Tsubaki which showed scenes of rape, violence, and graphic depictions of circus performers.
Shintaro Kago's popularized work is more along the lines of something I like to call "pop-gore." It is vibrantly colored and inventive like a theme park. His familiar graphic design images almost cannot be taken as seriously as they're more so an assembly of broken shapes of viscera vs. his more brutal, personal gore manga work.
Takato Yamamoto has been one of my favorites since high school, a lot of these artist have, however Yamamoto's attention to minute detail has always struck me. Dead eyes and pale figures are the primary subjects of his work. Bondage is a common theme in his work, as are ribcages and other significant parts of the skeleton. Stringy entrails are often traced around Yamamoto's canvas to encapsulate the tortured subjects. His style of detail is reminiscent of Gustav Klimt.
And finally, Kaneoya Sachiko. She is the youngest on this list; a very contemporary artist. Using a 50s Japanese manga style, she experiments with erotic visuals like taboo subjects between men and animals and medical horror. In her art book, she explains how her real goal is to depict the little moments that are attractive about men, such as the small parts of skin that are exposed when wearing a collared shirt. She explores a true perversion that I've always appreciated.