Darth Vader Tribute Piece

Not much kaiju enthusiasts here on the boards but, I thought I'd share this anyways.

This is "Gorilla Punch" by Anraku Ansaku---one of the most brilliant but enigmatic artists whose behind some of the most exciting characters in the Japanese soft vinyl world. He's also one of my favorites.

This Gorilla Punch is the (Darth) Vader version--very hard to track down. I heard most of the Vader tributes that Anraku made were to be given to close friends only. Most of Anraku's pieces have a run of 30 or less. This particular one cost me a bit actually.

This is also for the Star Wars fans. Enjoy!

AHHHHHH! I love it! Where'd you get that?

But, at 30 pieces worldwide only...no hope for me in getting one...>.>

Nice Capture, but I think you should learn to crop your photo. hahaha.

Zako, scored this at an auction, and this particular piece is even lower than 30 pieces made someone said

Kikingaso, turuan mo ako para ok ang mga pictures!

JAY wrote:Zako, scored this at an auction, and this particular piece is even lower than 30 pieces made someone said

Kikingaso, turuan mo ako para ok ang mga pictures!

Download ka lng PhotoFiltre. Hahaha! It doesn't have "layers" though like Adobe Photoshop. Pero for basics like crop and resize, ok na yun.

This is very nice Jay! Ganda ng details! sarap siguro hawakan nito! How big is it? May 5 figures kaya yan? Wish ko na lang makakuha nyan! kahit may available, baka hindi kaya ng budget!

applebee8 wrote:This is very nice Jay! Ganda ng details! sarap siguro hawakan nito! How big is it? May 5 figures kaya yan? Wish ko na lang makakuha nyan! kahit may available, baka hindi kaya ng budget!

This is so nice to have it in hand. Its around 6 inches tall. Medyo mahal.hehe.

Ang novelty ng mga works ni ANRAKU--yung uniqueness ng characters at 'punk' approach niya sa mga designs niya. Very well informed, old skool feel. High quality pieces at a very, very low run. Parang he produces to hardcore fans lang and he has a "list" of people he constantly contacts for his pieces, halos alam niya kung sino ang mga collectors niya.

Here is a link of a short catalogue (not complete) of some of his works. He's an animator by the way--his real bread and butter, pero like I said, very mysterious itong mamang ito. He doesn't like publicity and very little known about him. Click on the white katakana/kanji on the left.

http://www.geocities.jp/monstock_tokyo/anrakuansaku.html