Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
LA::Takashi Murakami to open animation studio
In an annoucement in today’s LA TIMES, Murakami is set to open an animation studio in Los Angeles in the Summer of 2009. “Animation and film have always been among my greatest influences, ever since I first saw ‘Star Wars’ and Hayao Miyazaki’s films,” Murakami said in a statement. “This studio represents a great step in the evolution of Kaikai Kiki and gives me a closer proximity to the community of artists with whom I hope to collaborate as I continue my explorations of animated and live-action film.”
The studio’s first project will be a feature-length animated film based on “Planting the Seeds,” the shorts that premiered at Murakami’s mid-career retrospective at MOCA.
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