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

New Shintaro Kago Items
Dec 11, 2014

Just added, new mini booklet "The Art of Shintaro Kago 3", a set of four pins/buttons, and four new smaller versions of giclée prints.

The Art of Shintaro Kago 3 SIGNEDThe Art of Shintaro Kago 3 inside pageShintaro Kago Pin Button Badge Set
The Art of Shintaro Kago 3
cover		The Art of Shintaro Kago 3
inside page
Four Pins/Buttons

The four new, smaller Shintaro Kago prints are about 75% smaller than the previous release. They were printed exclusively for an art fair but AkaTako was able to purchase a few of them as well.

Shintaro Kago print print Dream Toy Factory smallShintaro Kago print Murder Art Through the Ages small SIGNEDShintaro Kago print Sadistic Circus 1 small SIGNEDShintaro Kago print VICE small SIGNEDShintaro Kago Murder Art Through the Ages size comparison
Dream Toy Factory
print		Murder Art Through the Ages
print		Sadistic Circus 1
print		VICE
print		Size comparison

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Five Kitanya Design Charms
Nov 13, 2014

There's five brand new designs of Kitanya Design Factory kinbaku charms now available. All charms are hand cast, hand painted, hand tied with mini-rope, and then clear-coated for durability.

Kitanya Design Axolotl Black kinbaku charm Kitanya Design French Maid Lady kinbaku charm Kitanya Design Nurse Lady kinbaku charm Kitanya Design Swimmer Lady kinbaku charm Kitanya Design White Bunny Blue Kikko kinbaku charm
Axolotl Black kinbaku charm French Maid kinbaku charm Nurse kinbaku charm Swimmer kinbaku charm White Bunny kinbaku charm

Previous styles of charms and dolls have also been restocked!

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New Takato Yamamoto Book Grass Labyrinth
Oct 20, 2014

Now available for pre-order and expected to ship end of November, "Grass Labyrinth" is a special book in two parts - Japanese language novel by Kyoka Izumi which is illustrated by 29 of Takato Yamamoto's black and white underdrawings PLUS 28 full color works by Takato Yamamoto. Each book will be signed and the limited edition is numbered as well.

Takato Yamamoto Grass Labyrinth regular editionTakato Yamamoto Grass Labyrinth limited edition
"Grass Labyrinth" regular edition"Grass Labyrinth" limited edition
Regular edition is hardcover with a dust jacket
and one bookmark.		Styled after the highly collectible first edition "Kyoka-bon",
the special edition is limited to 500 pieces and includes a
purple slipcase, melon colored book edges, dust jacket,
incense, one postcard, and six bookmarks.
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Two New Talking Heads Issues
Sep 23, 2014

Just added, two new issues of Talking Heads Magazine. Number 57 is "Japanese Style Renaissance" and features current artists exploring classic Japanese techniques and themes. Number 58 is "Fairytale" and explores the other side of fairytales that we usually don't see in books.

Talking Heads No. 57 Japanese Style Renaissance Talking Heads No. 57 Masami Teraoka
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Talking Heads No. 58 Fairytale Talking Heads No. 58 Shiori Matsumoto

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Four Military Namio Harukawa Drawings
Sep 22, 2014

Four brand new original drawings by Namio Harukawa are now available by special order. Each has a military theme and will ship to you direct from Tokyo.

Namio Harukawa Drawing 32 Namio Harukawa Drawing 33 Namio Harukawa Drawing 34 Namio Harukawa Drawing 35

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Trevor Brown Li'l Miss Sticky Kiss Posters
Sep 8, 2014

A big surprise to have found one each of these Trevor Brown posters again. Only 150 of each were printed and they have long been sold out on AkaTako! Li'l Miss Sticky Kiss plays dress up as "Nazis Are Sexy" and "Nursie". Each poster is signed.

Trevor Brown Nazis Are Sexy poster SIGNEDTrevor Brown Nursie poster SIGNED
Trevor Brown
Nazis Are Sexy poster		Trevor Brown
Nursie poster

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One Week Labor Day Sale
Sep 1, 2014

Ending at midnight on Friday, September 5, AkaTako is clearing off a shelf or two and giving you some big discounts! You'll have to be logged in to AkaTako to get the sale price. These items are on sale:

Kenichi Murata 11 Sleeping Princesses postcards Suehiro Maruo Maruograph DX I SIGNED Suehiro Maruo Maruograph DX II SIGNED Takato Yamamoto Necrophantasmagoria
Kenichi Murata
11 Sleeping Princess cards
was $24 now $18		 Suehiro Maruo
Maruograph DX I
was $58 now $42		 Suehiro Maruo
Maruograph DX II
was $58 now $42		 Takato Yamamoto
Necrophantasmagoria (unsigned)
was $49 now $35
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Takato Yamamoto Nansou Satomi Hakkenden SIGNED Trevor Brown Black and White book Trevor Brown Drawing Book EU Trevor Brown Toy Box postcards
Takato Yamamoto
Nansou Satomi ....
SOLD OUT		 Trevor Brown
Black and White
SOLD OUT		 Trevor Brown
Drawing Book EU
was $27 now $12		 Trevor Brown
Toy Box Postcards
was $34 now $17

At midnight (Eastern Time in the US), all prices will go back to normal so don't miss out! If you need help logging in just send an email.

A few tips: if you have ever placed an order on AkaTako, just request a new password. If you have never placed an order before, create a new account.

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Eight Rare/OOP Books
Aug 25, 2014

Seven rare and out of print manga and one volume of S&M Sniper have just been added. Most of them were published in the 1980s and are quite hard to find!

[sold out]Hiromi Hiraguchi Neppu HibarigaokaHoichi Rokuhara Kodomo JanaimonHoichi Rokuhara Pinky Panic
Aki Uchiyama
Ankoro Trio		Hiromi Hiraguchi
Neppu Hibarigaoka		Hoichi Rokuhara
Kodomo Janaimon!		Hoichi Rokuhara
Pinky Panic
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Midori Shida Ranyakata 1st EditionMidori Shida RanyakataShunichi Muraso Shoujo HanazonoS&M Sniper 2007 Vol 7
Midori Shida
Ranyakata 1st Ed		Midori Shida
Ranyakata		Shunichi Muraso
Shoujo Hanazono		S&M Sniper
2007 Vol 7

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