History Creator / TakashiMurakami

* ShoutOut: The [[{{Planimal}} white-beast with a fruit-tree coming out of its head]] from ''[[https://d2jv9003bew7ag.cloudfront.net/uploads/Takashi-Murakami-The-500-Arhats-2012-detail-a.jpg The 500 Arhats]]'' was deliberately based off of the Forest Spirit from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''.

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!! Murakami's artwork:

* NotSafeForWork: A few pieces possess [[{{Hentai}} surreal (and explicit) sexual content]], including:
** ''Shunga: Gibbons'' (for GagPenis)
** ''Shungs: Bow Wow'' (for CountryMatters)
** ''My Lonesome Cowboy'' (for GagPenis)

** ''3m Girl'' (for GagBoobs)

** ''Hiropon'' (for GagBoobs)

* ''Art/{{Isle of the Dead|Takashi Murakami}}''

* {{Otaku}}: The whole point of the "Superflat" movement is meant to be the art world's way of acknowledging the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture" (anime and manga being two notable inspirations), so much of his art using visual tropes associated with Japanese culture, pre and post-Westernization.

** [[Art/OniEmbodiments Embodiment of "A" and Embodiment of "Um"]] respectively.

** [[Art/OniEmbodiments ''Embodiment of "A"'' and ''Embodiment of "Um"'']] respectively.

** ''Art/EmbodimentOfA'' and ''Art/EmbodimentOfUm'' respectively.

* RedOniBlueOni: ''Art/EmbodimentOfA'' and ''Art/EmbodimentOfUm'' respectively.

* ''Art/EmbodimentOfA''
* ''Art/EmbodimentOfUm''

He works in fine arts media (such as {{painting|s}} and {{sculpture|s}}) as well as commercial media (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts.

He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial media (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts.

Works made by Murakami with their own TV Tropes pages include:
* ''Art/EmbodimentOfA''
* ''Art/EmbodimentOfUm''
* ''Art/{{Isle of the Dead|Takashi Murakami}}''

* BuxomIsBetter: ''3m Girl'' and ''Hiropon'' (no doubt for the sake of analysis, given the [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructive]] nature of his work).
* ChestBlaster: ''Hiropon''
* EyeMotifs

* FrenchMaid: ''3m Girl''
* HospitalHottie: ''Nurse [=Ko2=]''

* {{Mascot}}: Mr. DOB

-->-- '''Takashi Murakami'''

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* MushroomSamba: With the extreme [[RainbowMotif Rainbow]] {{Color Motif}}s, motifs involving [[FlowerMotifs flowers]], [[EyeMotifs eyes]], [[SkeletonMotif skulls]], [[FungusHumongous mushrooms]] and octopi, [[AnimateinanimateObject everything having a face to some capacity]] and hyperrealistic {{Youkai}} of every shape and size to accent typical Anime weirdness, it is enough for anyone to question what he was taking.

* AnimeHair: ''My Lonesome Cowboy'' in the "[[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Goku]]/[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]]/[[Characters/KingdomHeartsSora Sora]]" sort of way.[[note]]If you seek to see for yourself, keep in mind that it is NotSafeForWork.[[/note]]

Takashi Murakami (born ''村上 隆 Murakami Takashi'' on February 1, 1962) is a contemporary artist and founder of the [[{{Postmodernism}} postmodern]] pop-art movement "Superflat".

* HospitalHottie: ''Nurse Ko2''

* Art/{{Isle of the Dead|Takashi Murakami}}

* RedOniBlueOni: ''[[https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-art-of-takashi-murakami/16/ Embodiment of 'A']]'' and ''[[https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-art-of-takashi-murakami/17/ Embodiment of 'Um']]'' respectively.

* MushroomSamba: With the extreme [[RainbowMotif Rainbow]] {{Color Motif}}s, motifs involving [[FlowerMotifs flowers]], [[EyeMotifs eyes]], [[SkeletonMotif skulls]], [[FungusHumongous mushrooms]] and [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopi]], [[AnimateinanimateObject everything having a face to some capacity]] and hyperrealistic {{Youkai}} of every shape and size to accent typical Anime weirdness, it is enough for anyone to question what he was taking.

* MushroomSamba: With the extreme [[RainbowMotif Rainbow]] ColorMotif{{s}}, motifs involving [[FlowerMotifs flowers]], [[EyeMotifs eyes]], [[SkeletonMotif skulls]], [[FungusHumongous mushrooms]] and [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopi]], [[AnimateinanimateObject everything having a face to some capacity]] and hyperrealistic {{Youkai}} of every shape and size to accent typical Anime weirdness, it is enough for anyone to question what he was taking.

* NotSafeForWork: A few pieces possess [[{{Hentai}} surreal (an explicit) sexual content]], including:

* {{Postermodernism}}: He primarily uses his art as a fun-house mirror reflecting the shiny, plastic, candy-coated absurdity of Japanese pop culture.