Welcome to AkaTako - your USA based source (with a small outpost in Europe) for underground and hard to find Japanese art: signed art books, limited edition prints and posters, licensed enamel pins and t-shirts, artist produced postcards and mini books, original drawings and paintings, and lots more. We ship worldwide!
Not sure where to start? Check out the more popular artists and items just below. A bit further down the page is a news feed of everything going on with AkaTako.

THE LATEST NEWS

Oct 10, 2015

Two lovely originals by Namio Harukawa are now available - they are both watercolor + pencil and ship directly to you from Tokyo. Just send an inquiry to get all the details.

Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 36 Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 37

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Sep 14, 2015

Brand new manga "Ibutsu Konnyu" by Shintaro Kago packs a punch into very short format stories. Forty-three stories packed into only 164 pages! Manga is signed and is super bizarre in the best way possible.

Shintaro Kago Ibutsu Konnyu manga SIGNED Shintaro Kago Ibutsu Konnyu manga SIGNED
Shintaro Kago Ibutsu Konnyu front cover Shintaro Kago Ibutsu Konnyu inside pages

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Sep 13, 2015

Volume #63 of Talking Heads magazine - "Beautiful Boy's Melancholy" is now available! A slight departure from the usual content, this issue finally focuses on boys in Japanese art (additional, non-boy content after the main feature too).

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Talking Heads No. 43 front cover Talking Heads No. 43 inside pages

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Aug 8, 2015

Signed copies of the latest Shintaro Kago mini book "Collapsed Face Girls" are now available. Whether exploding or collapsed, each girls inner thoughts (or insides) are revealed!

Shintaro Kago Collapsed Face Girls SIGNEDShintaro Kago Collapsed Face Girls SIGNED

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Aug 2, 2015

Brand new release of an expanded, revised edition of Takato Yamamoto's "Necrophantasmagoria Vanitas" contains additional images, new cover, and better quality printing! Signed copies now available.

Takato Yamamoto Necrophantasmagoria Vanitas

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Jul 19, 2015

New original works by Shintaro Kago have just been added - there's ten new black and white drawings (ink on paper) and six full color "Funny Girl" paintings (watercolor on paper).

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Jul 12, 2015

I'm very happy to say I've finally found one of Hajime Sorayama's most iconic images - the red octopus print! Signed and numbered limited edition of only 240 pieces, number 49 is now available on AkaTako.

Hajime Sorayama Red Octopus poster SIGNED
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Jun 25, 2015

Hiroshi Nonami's epic photo book "VAJRA" features Japan's famous Kabuki troupe Gekidan Shinkansen costumed in all their dramatic characters. It's a very large, oversized book filled with amazing fantasy Gothic Samurai photography.

Hiroshi Nonami VAJRA SIGNED front coverHiroshi Nonami VAJRA SIGNED inside page

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