A handful of prints by Toshio Saeki are now available! A few previously available prints were restocked and there's also some brand new (to AkaTako) ones. "Chimushi" prints are mostly from 1999 and the tri-tone prints are from 2006. All signed, numbered, and dated.
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[Books have arrived as of September 8, 2016!]
Now available for pre-order, bilingual (Japanese-English) book illustrated by Takato Yamamoto and Aquirax Uno celebrates the 100th anniversary of Kyoka Izumi's famous play "Tale of a Castle Keep" (Tenshu Monogatari). Arriving end of August +/-, with a total of 48 illustrations. Regular edition and special limited edition available now!
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| Tale of a Castle Keep Regular Edition | Tale of a Castle Keep Limited Edition |
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Starting July 2 and ending July 4, there will be three big bursts of sale/discounted items on AkaTako!
Each day at midnight, 50+ items will be added to the SALE section. The following day at midnight, the previous day sale items are removed and 50+ new items will be added. You must be LOGGED IN to AkaTako to see sale items! Please email if you have any issues or need any help.
Three days, 50+ different items each day! So if you see an item that is on sale one day, you must buy it that day - it will not be on sale tomorrow!
All times listed are NYC time (GMT-4). Sale prices are not valid on previously purchased items. Sale prices are only valid for the time they are in the sale section. Please email if you have any issues or need any help.
Just arrived, Suehiro Maruo's "true color" Midori and Mr. Arashi figure - with or without original packaging - and a Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure with the original packaging!
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| Midori and Mr. Arashi figure | Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure |
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Five more new Midori items by Suehiro Maruo have just been added. There's two styles of tote bags, two colors of bandanas, and one mini clear file all featuring the protagonist of Shoujo Tsubaki.
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| Black Tote Bag | Natural Tote Bag | Blue Bandana | Pink Bandana | Clear File |
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Signed copies of the second volume of Suehiro Maruo's "Tomino Jigoku" are now available! Now you can read on to see what adventures the unfortunate twins Tomino and Katan will find themselves in.
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| Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 1 | Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 2 |
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Just arrived, four new Midori pins by Suehiro Maruo. Each pin features the sweet Shoujo Tsubaki holding her puppy in her arms and comes in various color combinations - two larger pins in either green or red, and two sets of four pins in different colors.
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A Suehiro Maruo painting "Vampire II" from 2009 is now available!
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Just arrived, four sets (of four postcards each) featuring the lovely dolls of Mari Shimizu! Featured dolls include her cut-away torso dolls with interior scenes, mysterious victorian vampires, Alice in Wonderland inspired creatures, and more.
 Mari Shimizu Postcard Set #12 |  Mari Shimizu Postcard Set #13 |
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 Mari Shimizu Postcard Set #14 |  Mari Shimizu Postcard Set #15 |
Several of the dolls/images were also printed in her new book "Wachtraum". Click the images or text above for more photos and information.
One extremely rare "Shoujo Tsubaki" figure of Midori and Mr. Arashi in the sepia tone and one difficult to find figure of "The Leopard Man and The Young Detectives" are now available! I was only able to find one of each for the time being.
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| Suehiro Maruo Shoujo Tsubaki sepia figure | Suehiro Maruo Leopard Man and Young Detectives figure |
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