A Nag Pa I Root (NAGNAGNAG) and der Angora Patio

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i could use it for medicinal purposes as my back is always jacked... too bad the local and state authorities still have zero tolerance if you work with them... regardless if prescribed or not.

 

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BTW, I never thought that was your intention with the photo! I'm sorry I didn't make that clearer in my first post, because I know you're better than that. It's just something I thought about. If someone made their first post a pic of a toy with weed then I would conclude that they're being "that guy" but you have a lot of sound posts under your belt so I wouldn't peg you for being that guy.

 

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Yeah, this wait on the "Metal Box" is killing me! I just want to SEE what it's going to look like! But like everything Shig does, I imagine he's painting away at every little detail! Can't wait!

 

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Pil Metal box fudge brownie!!

Shame it didnt work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvxdT6uWAtM

 

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so you people are telling me pot and kaiju just don't mix...

 

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Has this guy ever baked anything before, duffus.

 

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Smoking herb makes u cool.

 

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Most sig-quote-worthy material I've seen yet...

 

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i do hope you're joking

 

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The ellipses were used for sarcastic effect...

 

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but i thought, it was ellipsis..

 

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No, I am talking about math here...

 

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Are we seriously debating the merits of weed in the prolapsed butt-hole thread? Believe me, when your anus is hanging out of your body, the sticky is the least of your worries.

 

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^^ I'll smoke to that

 

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Otani Oniji Ukiyo-e Nzombie tribute flyer.



Working on some other header art, and was experimenting with lines and a new pen...
Would love to see Shigeru do a classic yakuza samurai with the Nzombie.

 

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WTF is a "yakuza-samuraï" ? Anyhow, I ♥ Moku-Hanga woodblock printing.

 

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Ok, maybe just yakuza, from the Edo period, in samurai attire. Complete with body tattoos. Like a Zatoichi villian.

Or do a Nzombie Zatoichi tribute, with no eyes.

 

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There were no Yakuza during the edo period, although the groups that would one day become the Yakuza were around. Both merchants (fencing stolen goods) and gamblers (illegal at the time) were on the lowest of social ranks. I forget the names of the two groups but the merchant class was eventually allowed titles and single sword carry (only samurai were allowed to carry a daisho). So in a way they existed but they certainly weren't the image one normally thinks of when talking Yakuza. The whole samurai image is somewhat romanticized in the crime world. Sure, many current Yakuza may have come from a samurai lineage but the average gangster would have been executed by an actual samurai had they pulled that shit back then.

I still like the idea of a tattoo covered NZombi wearing fundoshi, maybe with a blade accessory.

 

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I have been schooled! Curse you movies and video games for lying to me in my FACE!

Yeah, pretty much petty low-life sword-carrying Nzombie thug. With Tattoos. That's all I want.

 

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Tekiya were the 'merchants', smugglers et cetera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekiya
and Bakuto the gamblers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakuto

 

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Thanks RudeB! Bakuto! That's what I'm thinking of and talking about! Gambling gangsters!

One of my favorite scenes from Kitanos Zatoichi...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UqJgV10 ... ure=relmfu

 

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^ ^ Ha, yes! This is the Kitano I love!!

 

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I should have known wikipedia would have the answers! My batto-do Sensei used to talk about this stuff. He was none too amused with the romanticizing of the Yakuza or ninja. He felt like it was a huge slap in the face to traditional samurai ethics.

 

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I've always wondered if the Yakuza has any hands in the Japanese toy community? It's insane how much power that they have, for instance, after WW2 some of the heads of the Yakuza in Japan, had insurmountable supplies of Efedrin, that was being tested on soldiers as a stimulant for battle. They made a deal with the Japanese government, that they would keep cocaine and heroin out of the country, if they were allowed to sell the Efedrin, even today, heroin, and cocaine abuse, is almost unheard of in Japan, but Efedrin remains a staple of modern society there.

Also during the Tsunami the Yakuza were the first people to help with relief supplies, the Sumiyoshi-kai which is the second largest crime family, even offered refuge to foreigners, which is apparently a huge deal, considering the right-wing mafia is largely known to be xenophobic.

With their hands so entrenched in Japanese Society, is it crazy to think they might play a hand in toy production?

 

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Seems like there wouldn't be enough money in it to be worth their while. But who knows? I posted a link to this article a while back elsewhere - touches on possible Yakuza ties going all the way to the top of Olympus (think cameras, not mountains):
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... us-scandal