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Special Exhibiton
KAMEN RIDER ART GALLERY Exhibition
- Message from SHOTARO ISHINOMORI
In 2011, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the birth of a national hero, "Kamen Rider". Today, Kamen Rider is still working in television and movies, and is still captivating the imaginations of children, of course, and also those of adults.
The aim of this exhibition is to show visitors the origins of immensely popular world of Kamen Rider, by introducing the work of Ishinomori Shotaro, a 'comprehensive artist', and the creator of Kamen Rider.
We hope that visitors will be able to understand Ishinomori's message, directly through original panels of the manga Kamen Rider drawn by Ishinomori, valuable rough sketches of the characters of Kamen Rider and its monsters, and indirectly through nostalgic and relevant documents and other magazines published at the same time, and manuscripts from contemporary mangaka that have inherited Ishinomori's 'Kamen Rider Tamashii (Spirit)' (Kamen Rider's soul and spirit)
What is 'comprehensive art'?
In 1989, Ishinomori Shotaro, who was always on the frontier of manga expression, drawing everything from flowing shojo manga over SF manga to experimental manga and didactic manga for adults, published a "Manga Manifest", in which he advocated the manga medium and declared manga a medium in which everything can be
drawn, hence a comprehensive art. That is why in this exhibition, following Ishinomori's manifesto, we refer to manga as a comprehensive art.
| Period |
July 14 - September 11, 2011 10am - 6pm (Last entrance is at 5:30pm) *Open everyday and opening hours will be extended to 8pm (addmission until 7.30pm) from July 14 to August 31. Closure: September 7 |
| Venue |
Kyoto International Manga Museum, 2nd Floor, Galleries 1, 2, and 3 |
| Admission Fee |
Adults: 1,300 yen, *This fee includes the museum's General Admission fee. |
Organized by Kyoto International Manga Museum
Cooperation from ISHIMORI PRODUCTION INC., TOEI COMPANY,LTD.
Exhibit content
Let's reminiscence over the Kamen Rider series from the Showa (1926-1989) era!
The exhibition shows Ishinomori's works "Kamen Rider", "Kamen Rider Black", as well as the other works of comprehenisive art, even rough sketches of Kamen Rider J and monsters featured in the series (170 replicas).
The inherited 'Rider Soul'
Here we exhibit manga works by Sugaya Mitsuru, Muraeda Kenichi, and Shimamoto Kazuhiko, who all had Ishinomori as a mentor. These wonderful artists invite you to the World of Kamen Rider. (Approximately 70 replicas)
Valuable Kamen Rider artifacts and merchandise
This is an exhibit of the Kamen Rider artifacts and magazines published at the time from the Manga Museum's collection and other collectors, and of the 'Kamen Rider notes', written by Ishinomori Shotaro, from the archives of Ishinomori Productions. About 280 extremely rare objects!
A collection of Kamen Rider figurines from the Showa and Heisei (1989~) eras!
A gathering of Showa era Kamen Riders and Heisei era Kamen Riders!?
Here we exhibit, among others, the very lifelike RAH and PBM series, and the very charming and uniquely designed S.I.C. series (about 100 figurines).
Profile of Ishinomori Shotaro
Real name: Onodera Shotaro. Manga Artist. Born January 25, 1938 in Tome-gun (now Tome city), Miyagi Prefecture.
In 1954, while in high school, he debuted in "Nikyu Tenshi" (second-rate angel). Upon graduating high school he went to Tokyo, and started working as a manga artist.
He is also known as the writer of the live-action SFX series, "Kamen Rider" (masked rider), and worked on manga and film simultaneously, as a pioneer in the mixed media genre. Later he would call himself a 'comprehensive artist' rather than a manga artist. During a period of over 45 years, he worked on the forefront of the many genres that cover creating images, exploring all options available to him as a comprehensive artist.
His major works include "Cyborg 009", "Kamen Rider", "Sabu to Ichi torimonohikae" (Sabu & Ichi's arrest warrent), and Manga Nihon no rekishi (A manga history of Japan), among others. He passed away in 1998. In 2006, Kadokawa shoten published 770 of his works in 500 volumes, including a compilation called "Ishinomori Shotaro Manga Daizenshu" (The great and complete collected works of Ishinomori Shotaro), which made him the author that holds the Guinness Book of World Records' record for the largest amount of published comic books by a single author.
Related Events and Workshop
Greeting from the first Kamen Rider.
| Day and Time |
July 17, 2011, 1:30pm~, 2:30pm~, 3:30pm~ (about 30mints. each) |
| Venue |
Kyoto International Manga Museum, 1st Floor, Atrium Hall |
| Admission |
Free *However, a General Admission ticket is required. |
CHARACTER SHOW
"Let's GO KAMEN RIDER"
It is the show by Masked Rider OOO, Masked Rider Den-O, Masked Rider (Kamen Rider).
| Day and Time |
August 13 and 21, 2011, 2pm-, 4pm- (1 hour each: including show and photo time.) |
| Venue |
Kyoto International Manga Museum, 1st Floor, Multi-Purpose Room |
| Admission |
Free *However, a General Admission ticket is required. |
| Capacity | 250（Seated in order of arrival） |
| How to Apply |
Advance applications are not necessary. Tickets will be distributed at the Museum from 10am on the day of the event. *This event will be in Japanese only. No English translation will be available. |
Nakoshi Yasufumi and Yoro Takeshi talk about Ishinomori Shintaro.
for more information *Link to Japanese page
| Day and Time | July 18, 2011, 4pm - 5:30pm |
| Venue |
Kyoto International Manga Museum, 1st Floor, Multi-Purpose Room |
| Admission |
Free *However, a General Admission ticket is required. |
| Featured guest |
Nakoshi Yasufumi (Psychiatrist, Guest Professor of Faculty of Humanities at Kyoto Seika University ) Yoro Takeshi (Kyoto International Manga Museum executive director) |
| Capacity | 200（Seated in order of arrival） |
| How to Apply |
Advance applications are not necessary. Tickets will be distributed at the Museum from 10am on the day of the event. *This event will be in Japanese only. No English translation will be available. |
Workshop
Baking vinyl Kamen Rider pictures
| Day and Time |
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the period of the Special Exhibition （July 14 -September 11, 2011） *Open everyday during August 11am - 5pm（Final participants will be admitted at 4:30pm.） |
| Venue |
Kyoto International Manga Museum, 1st Floor, Atrium Hall |
| Admission |
600 yen *However, a General Admission ticket is required. |
| Capacity | 50 sheets per day. |
| How to Apply |
No prior application is necessary. Please inquire at the Workshop Area on the day of your visit. |
Round table
Talk about KAMEN RIDER by manga artist, Sugaya Mitsuru
for more information *Link to Japanese page
| Day and Time | September 4, 2011, 2pm - 4pm |
| Venue |
Kyoto International Manga Museum, 1st Floor, Multi-Purpose Hall |
| Admission |
Free *However, a General Admission ticket is required. |
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Featured guest |
Sugaya Mitsuru (Manga artist ) Ooya yasunori (Kyoto International Manga Museum researcher) |
| Capacity | 200（Seated in order of arrival） |
| Admission to the event |
Advance registration not possible. Tickets will be distributed at the Museum from 10am on the day of the event on a first-come-basis, please line up in orderly fashion. *This event is held in Japanese only. No English interpretation will be available. |
The schedule and details of this event are subject to change.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
