In 1987, when manga-ka Hirohiko Araki penned the first chapters of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," he was still exploring what would later be known as his signature artistic style. Soon, "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" became Araki's magnum opus, and the long-running series is widely celebrated for its unique use of standard shonen tropes. The influence of Araki's manga series is so great that it inspired a string of manga, anime, and video games, including the "Persona" franchise, which owes a lot to the concept of "Stands" in Araki's series.
Araki sets the events of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" in 1800s England, wherein Jonathan Joestar, aka JoJo, and his brother Dio Brando are engaged in a feud over the inheritance of familial property. Things take a supernatural turn after Dio becomes a vampire, and JoJo is forced to learn magical techniques to combat his brother. Part three of the manga, which is the most popular in the series,...
Araki sets the events of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" in 1800s England, wherein Jonathan Joestar, aka JoJo, and his brother Dio Brando are engaged in a feud over the inheritance of familial property. Things take a supernatural turn after Dio becomes a vampire, and JoJo is forced to learn magical techniques to combat his brother. Part three of the manga, which is the most popular in the series,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
I recently came across a page on the website of the Cinématheque Française devoted to their eye-popping collection of Japanese posters, many of which I had never seen before. Though there are some striking examples of the highly dramatic painterly style of the 1950s (like this Throne of Blood), what really caught my eye were the collage designs of the ’60s perfected by the great Tadanori Yokoo and Kiyoshi Awazu (both subjects for a future column).
I thought I had a pretty good grasp on Nagisa Oshima but I had never even heard of Band of Ninja (1967) until I saw this rule-busting poster (designer unknown). I never would have thought that putting a photo of the director in the middle of a poster was a good idea until I saw this, but somehow it works amid the myriad illustrated, photographic and typographic elements.
Band of Ninja, it turns out, is a most unusual film itself.
I thought I had a pretty good grasp on Nagisa Oshima but I had never even heard of Band of Ninja (1967) until I saw this rule-busting poster (designer unknown). I never would have thought that putting a photo of the director in the middle of a poster was a good idea until I saw this, but somehow it works amid the myriad illustrated, photographic and typographic elements.
Band of Ninja, it turns out, is a most unusual film itself.
- 4/23/2010
- MUBI
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