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    Anyone have good info sources on the figures made by Dehara? The story behind it all, his style, etc. Thanks
     
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    yea i was looking through the website, but google translator doesnt seem all that accurate. i am looking more for the history of his work... main themes, stuff like that

    i see the overall yakuza theme and the figures seem to be comments on various society flaws in japan, but has anyone read interviews with dehara or anything discussing his work

    have there been more figures than the yakuza themed ones?

    is he making a profound statement on human sexuality or is he simply a pervert? :lol:
     
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    As for “the [jingi]” them Japanese Mafia. It is [yakuza] of the new type which does not belong to group, does not protect benevolence ceremony completely. The [chi] [ya] and others [chi] [ya] it seems it is the Japanese sword [bu] of [ishida] and the remaining overnight hair which pick off the neck of the woman it is to turn, man Morita, the taciturn hit man Mr. blood, [goku] wife [ponita] which loves the mink, the Mr. soap 40 year of [pon] pulling lives, [ken] and Cray Gee Siraga [kouno] which yearn to the Takakura health. Such they Shinjuku unfold extreme contention in the stage. As for opportunity because also the neck of [ponita] where [ishida] of woman equipment love is Morita's [suke] was put away to be, with. Even the general people of Shinjuku the firewood densely it is with to large war it keeps developing. Shinjuku population became finally half. Generally known “Shinjuku clearly war” is.
     
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    Here's a good interview:

    http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyointerviewa ... iewinc.htm

    So far as I'm aware there's no "one stop shopping" site in English that will offer all you're asking for. Unless RFSOers who know a lot about the man are willing to help out, I think your best bet is to use Google to find the various art sites, blogs, and so on to find blurbs, pictures, and so on, to get an amalgamate view.

    Giant Robot in the USA sells some of his figures and books.
     
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    Heh, cross post.
     
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    dehara interview

    me and cupco interviewed him for the converse conversations project. it's in the zine that comes with the pair of shoes. Giant Robot has done a few stories/interviews with him as well. just check the back issues.
     
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    haha

    i had to set the google search to english only to find that one near the top

    do you know if his work has a big following here? it's pretty intriguing. i like the process of illustrating with sculptures to tell these types of stories
     
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    Hm, define "big following." :)

    He's certainly caught the art world's attention, and to some extent, the toy collector world's, perhaps because of the affordability of his original works as well as his uniquely odd toys. There's a lot of respect and affection here for what he's doing, for his originality and twistedness. RFSO member drano recently posted this link to a short movie on the man:

    http://www.ars-berlin.com/temp/asics_pr ... style.html

    Michael has a cool Dehara shelf, as does joenm.
     
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    whoo! i got a mention! haha. i know ive seen way more impressive dehara collections on here.

    i love dehara because if its quarky, home made esque style, which are the factors that caught me with kaiju as well. i got into him late in the game, and the hunt for more figures is fun because i can actually get ahold of some of his figures. i still havent caught any handmade ones yet but my dehara collection is slowly growing. once i get a few more figures in these comming weeks ill show some more of what ive gotten.
     
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    VGA has one of the nicest Dehara collections
     
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    cool where do you hunt mainly for them?
     
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    on teh intranetz :twisted:
     
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    The large photo prints (12"X20" or so) are very cool too. I scored a number of those from the show at, I believe it was GiantRobot, a year or two ago.

    Figures sliced in half and posed in cityscapes. That sort of thing.
     
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    Zakka in nyc carries dehara stuff and usually has his toy/figs/books etc in stock. Amazing OG japanese design store thats been in soho/chinatown for a long time. They have killer cabbage and killer tomato in the webstore now
    http://zakkacorp.com
     
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    yeah, zakka had a few handmade figures, some keychains and stickers, and the oyasi war veggies when i went there in the spring time.
     
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    Just came across this on the Kaijin blog. The characters are apparently from an anime called Space Brothers. I love the dude on the left!

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    Those are too great!
     
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    Paradise Toy has another great Dehara exhibit at the moment in Taipei

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    Giant Robot Issue #34 is the best source for a great detailed interview. Also has some excellent interviews with Tadanobu Asano, Christopher Doyle, Takashi Miike and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang as well.
     

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