Decorated Gas Tank In Japan

Nicotan (mascot of Shibata Gas) -- Shibata, Niigata prefecture [via]


Watermelon -- Tomisato, Chiba prefecture [via]


Soccer ball -- Kiryū, Gunma prefecture [via]


Tokkikki (Niigata prefectural mascots) -- Niigata [via]


Ouchi dolls -- Yamaguchi prefecture [via]
There are more pictures at pinktentacle

Art to Support Japan

Artists from different places to express love and support for Japan through their art. I put some of them together and share below. Some of them are running fund raising for donation.


by Kordelia



by Andrea Castelletti


by ONGoingDrifter13


by Gallistero


by suzuharu


by uzu-maki


James White


by anonimus-kyreii


by blacklabelwood


by Dan Matutina


JAPAN **Tsunami Appeal**


by dj-neogirl


by hujogafe


by GrahamH220


by Everlongdesign


by soulatech


by ChaseJC



By FCP


by imcreative


by MiseryLolita


Gavin Strange


by Nakanishi


By lonelypeopleart


by Shanx

See more Art here http://randomnies.blogspot.com/2011/03/people-express-love-and-support-for.html

FIVE RINGS: Artists Help Japan – Earthquake & Tsunami 2011

FIVE RINGS: Artists Help Japan – Earthquake & Tsunami 2011

The strongest M9.0 quake ever recorded in Japan struck off the north-east coast of the main land of Japan on March 11. The area was then flooded and destroyed by over 30 feet high, massive Tsunami following. Death toll will likely keep rising, now it could be tens of thousands....

There is many way we can help!

" Dice Tsutsumi, an art director at Pixar Animation Studios and a good friend of many of us, has quickly made his move to set up a fund called Artists Help Japan working with Give2Asia who he worked with for Totoro Forest Project to help preserve Sayama Forest back in 2008, asking for your help.
Give2Asia, as a part of Asian Foundation, has a local team based in Tokyo to assess the current situation and to obtain more information on the needs of survivors.

I think we believe the power of artists in this community who have been already trying to lend their helping hands before and make a difference to this kind of adverse circumstances by joining together from industries in animation, film, illustration, graphic design, fine art, comic book and any art-related world you could serve at.

There are many ways to be a small part of help and it could be as little as $10 to make a difference.
I know that's the common way of saying, but in fact, if you could imagine 1000 people donate $10 each, it will be $10,000 and that's something they can totally use for practically helping survivors' immediate needs such as water, food and maybe another blanket for the area known for cold, long winter.

So nothing can be too little and your generous thoughts will be greatly appreciated !"
>>>>DONATE NOW!

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The Sun Will Rise

Hope!!! Keep praying for Japan

by David Bastidas

Stand Up Japan

Stand Up Japan! illustration by tokyogenso

Pray For Japan

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009 Vintage Illustration

Vintage illustartion of 009 for the comic magazine 秋田書店月刊誌『冒険王』by Shotaro Ishimori 石森章太郎.


[ via ameblo.jp ]

Takehiko Inoue Sketches To Cheer Japan On

Japan Mangaka Takehiko Inoue is doing his part in support of the quake rescue efforts, he keeps posting series of inspirational “smile” sketches on Twitter to cheer the country.






http://twitpic.com/photos/inouetake
http://www.itplanning.co.jp/

Japan earthquake: How you can help

With the death toll now numbering more than a 1400 and climbing...

For us outside of Japan we can offer no physical help, so contributing to disaster aid/relief organizations is the next best option. Here’s a useful list compiled by Time Out Tokyo :

The Cause Action website has an extensive list of groups accepting donations for disaster relief efforts, ranging from Yahoo! to the Democratic Party of Japan. Some are payable by bank transfer, in case you don't have a credit card, though most of the information is currently only available in Japanese. See the complete list here.

The following international sites are recommended:

American Red Cross Canpan Fields (Japanese NPO)
Save the Children Non-Believers Giving Aid (scroll down the page for Japan earthquake relief)
NGO Jen (in English and Japanese)
International Medical Corps Association of Medical Doctors in Asia



Hope the worst is over, and Japan can recover soon.

Ani-Wave Interview

We had an interview on a popular ACG magazine in HK《 動漫狂熱 Ani-Wave 》, we talked about the production of the comic. Take a look if you are interest.

"Blood And Steel" comic on New Youth Magazine

Finally our comic is released!! The first chapters ( 34 pages) of our Graphic Novel is published at the New Youth Magazine today. There will be 2 more chapters come with the next 2 issue and then the Book One will release on 4 April. Cover featuring our hero characters.