Shintaro Kago
Encyclopedia
, is a Japanese guro manga
artist. He debuted in 1988 on the magazine COMIC BOX.
subjects such as extreme sex, scatology
and body modification
.
He has also written Sci-Fi
non-guro manga, most notably Super-Conductive Brains Parataxis (超伝脳パラタクシス Choutennou Paratakushisu) for Weekly Young Jump
.
Many of his shorts are experimental and bizarre. He frequently breaks the fourth wall
, and he likes to play with the page layout in extreme ways, mostly for comedic effect.
From September 3–15, 2007, the Vanilla Gallery in Tokyo held another exhibition of his works, called Unsanitary Festival in the Cool of the Night (納涼不衛生まつり Nōryō fueisei matsuri).
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
artist. He debuted in 1988 on the magazine COMIC BOX.
Style
Shintaro Kago's style has been called "fashionable paranoia". He has been published in several adult manga magazines, gaining him considerable popularity. Many of his manga have strongly satirical overtones, and deal with grotesqueGrotesque
The word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow. The original meaning was restricted to an extravagant style of Ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome at the end of the 15th century...
subjects such as extreme sex, scatology
Scatology
In medicine and biology, scatology or coprology is the study of feces.Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its diet , healthiness, and diseases such as tapeworms. The word derives from the Greek σκώρ In medicine and biology,...
and body modification
Body modification
Body modification is the deliberate altering of the human body for any non-medical reason, such as aesthetics, sexual enhancement, a rite of passage, religious reasons, to display group membership or affiliation, to create body art, shock value, or self expression...
.
He has also written Sci-Fi
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
non-guro manga, most notably Super-Conductive Brains Parataxis (超伝脳パラタクシス Choutennou Paratakushisu) for Weekly Young Jump
Weekly Young Jump
, launched in 1979, is a weekly Japanese magazine that publishes various seinen manga in each issue. It is published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines.- History :...
.
Many of his shorts are experimental and bizarre. He frequently breaks the fourth wall
Fourth wall
The fourth wall is the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a traditional three-walled box set in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play...
, and he likes to play with the page layout in extreme ways, mostly for comedic effect.
Trivia
On April 4, 2006 an exhibition of his works, called Unsanitary Condition Exhibition (不衛生博覧会 Fueisei Hakurankai) was opened. Similarly, in the same month the first edition of his personal movie convention called Shit Film Festival (うんこ映画祭, Unko Eigasai) was held by him.From September 3–15, 2007, the Vanilla Gallery in Tokyo held another exhibition of his works, called Unsanitary Festival in the Cool of the Night (納涼不衛生まつり Nōryō fueisei matsuri).
List of works
- Shine! Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (輝け!大東亜共栄圏)
- Aiko, the 16 Year Old Girl (アイコ十六歳)
- Six Consciousnesses Thought Changing Ataraxia (六識転想アタラクシア)
- Everything's Peaceful (万事快調)
- The Big Funeral (大葬儀)
- Notebook of Murder and Killing (殺殺草紙・大江戸奇騒天外)
- Atrocious Comedy in Front of the Station (喜劇駅前虐殺)
- Bride in Front of the Station (駅前花嫁)
- Wandering Cartoon Eccentricities in Front of the Station (駅前浪漫奇行)
- Dance! Kremlin Palace (踊る！クレムリン御殿)
- Kasutoru Shiki (かすとろ式)
- Health Plan (健康の設計)
- Eccentric People Magazine (奇人画報)
- Super-Conductive Brains Parataxis (超伝脳パラタクシス)
- Paranoia Street (パラノイアストリート)
- Ruggedness Nymphomania (凸凹ニンフォマニア)
- Superhuman (人間以上)
- Hannya Haramita (ハンニャハラミタ)
- Sudden Delusion (飛び出す妄想)
- Notebook of Murder and Killing - The 13 Cruel Sufferings of the Great Edo (殺殺草紙・大江戸無残十三苦)
- Refurbishment - Everything's Peaceful (新装・万事快調)
- Dream Toy's Factory (夢のおもちゃ工場)
- Correct Perverted Sexual Desires (正しい変態性欲)
- Manga of Hole, Character, Blood, Etc. Appearances (穴、文字、血液などが現れる漫画)
- Doodlebug vs Girl in Pieces (アリ地獄VSバラバラ少女)
- Black Theatre: Granny's Dead Body is Stinky! (ブラックシアターおばあちゃんが死体くさいよ)
- Fraction (フラクション)
- An Inquiry Concerning A Mechanistic Worldview of the Pituitary Gland
- Abstractions