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Vintage avant-garde manga by Maki Sasaki
"A Dream To Have In Heaven" (Tengoku De Miru Yume - 天国でみる夢) by Maki Sasaki is a surreal non-narrative one-shot manga published in the November 1967 issue of the now-defunct Garo, an alternative manga...
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Psychedelic posters by Aquirax Uno
Graphic artist Aquirax Uno, a prominent figure in the Japanese underground art scene of the 1960s-1970s, is famous for creating psychedelic posters featuring strange (and occasionally grotesque)...
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Sonosheet cover art
Mirrorman In the 1960s and 1970s, Japan saw an explosion in the popularity of sonosheets -- cheap, flexible phonograph records printed on thin sheets of vinyl. Widely available from a variety of...
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Computopia: Old visions of a high-tech future
[+] In 1969, Shōnen Sunday magazine featured a series of illustrated articles entitled "Computopia," which depicted life in a pleasant future pervaded by computers. Here are three illustrations from...
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Mechani-Kong and Dr. Who’s secret pyramid base
In 1967, Shōnen Magazine published a set of illustrations detailing the secret weapons of Dr. Who, an evil scientist bent on capturing King Kong who regularly appeared in "The King Kong Show," a...
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Illustrations of future robots (1969)
"Robot Age," a series of illustrations published by Shōnen Sunday magazine in 1969, offers a glimpse into a utopian future populated by sophisticated robots. Robot workers [View full image] In the...
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Sci-fi illustrations by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Here is a collection of sci-fi illustrations by the prolific Shigeru Komatsuzaki (1915-2001), whose fantastic work appeared on plastic model kit boxes and in magazines and picture books in the 1960s to...
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Tetsujin 28 manga covers (1956-1966)
Tetsujin 28-gō, the famous Japanese robot manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, ran as a monthly insert in Shōnen Magazine from July 1956 to May 1966. The manga follows the...
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Posters by Kazumasa Nagai
Here is a collection of posters by graphic artist Kazumasa Nagai from the 1960s and 1970s. Kōrakuen Jumbo Pool, 1973 Growth - Life Science Library, 1966 Toshiba IC, 1967 The Mind - Life Science...
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Vintage political posters
Here is a selection of old Japanese posters featuring political, social and environmental messages. Sheltered Weaklings (Takashi Kono, 1953) [+] Anti-pollution poster (Kenji Ito, 1973) Against the...
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