Kyo from DIR EN GREY publishes a picture book, collaboration with Hello Kitty was refused?!
Fans flooded the area before the start of the event at 1pm. Kyo signed close to 1500 books and responded with a smile to an enthusiastic ‘I got mesmerized by this mysterious world’ voice from fans.
Kyo said that the idea for the book appeared suddenly. Soon there was a talk about collaborating with Sanrio well known for Hello Kitty, however it was completetly refused. Hello Kitty is doing various collaborations, with many local souvenirs or horror items released, so why was this idea refused?!
‘They might have wanted to avoid quite scary characters… I hate the usual happy endings. I’d submit/send [my work] to someone who has sympathy for realism’ explained Kyo.
In the picture book appear characters made by Kyo, the family of Zemeckises including Penyu. There’s the meeting of father and mother, and various conflicts, not present in a usual picture books, that darkness and sadness, yet upon finishing reading there’s a lot of satisfaction.
Kyo said that in the future he will try to make a sequel and work again with mascot characters. If the popularity skyrockets, who knows maybe the collaboration with Hello Kitty will someday come true.
Created by Kitan Club, they’re called “Banana no moe poozu ga iyou ni kawaii ken”, which roughly translates as “The Case of the Banana’s Poses Being Strangely Cute.” Their name is as awkward and wonderful as the figures themselves:
If you need unsettlingly cute anthropomorphic banana peel friends in your life (and who doesn’t?) but are nowhere near any capsule toy machines, it looks like there are at least a couple sets currently available for purchase via eBay.
