Release date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Price: 3,300 yen (TAX INCLUDED)
Publisher: AMUSE INC. Co., Ltd.
■Picture book "Chigu Hug"
Illustration/original idea: NOPPO (s**t kingz)
Original work: Ryo Takada
Art direction and design: Kenta Shibano
Edit: Yohei Sanjo (ORDINARY BOOKS)
Moderator: Hana Kobayashi
[Contents] A4 variant / 50 pages / hardcover (planned)
■Original book "Forest Voice"
Author: Ryo Takada
Edit: Yohei Sanjo (ORDINARY BOOKS)
[Contents] A5 variant/24P/saddle stitching (planned)
*Cover design is subject to change.
NOPPO's picture book "Chigu Hug" will be published!
The illustrations and original idea were created by NOPPO, a member of the world-famous dance performance group s**t kingz.
NOPPO is not only a dancer, choreographer, and actor, but has also demonstrated his individuality in art activities, such as working as an illustrator on collaborative products with apparel select shop ``FREAK'S STORE'' and apparel brand ``Ron Herman.'' For NOPPO, which has carried out a wide range of activities based on the idea of ``sharing the joy of dance'' with a strong desire to ``make dance accessible to everyone,'' art is also a form of communication. This is one of the activities that I take very seriously. Up until now, I have been working on approaches to make dance feel more familiar to everyone through various forms such as dance workshops for children with hearing impairments, This story is filled with the feelings that NOPPO wants to convey to children.
The person who wrote the original story (title: "Forest Voices") for the picture book "Chigu Hug" based on NOPPO's thoughts made his debut as a theatrical film scriptwriter in 2011 with "Pre-Wedding Express", and in 2014 with "Only There Screenwriter Ryo Takada won the Kinema Junpo Best 10 Screenplay Award and the Yokohama Film Festival Screenplay Award for ``The Shining Light''. The stories he tells with a mixture of warmth and a touch of sadness, created by the charming characters he draws, are sure to reach the hearts of not only children but adults as well. The picture book and the original book are included in a set so that the parents of the children or the children who read the picture book can read it again when they are a little older. I hope you enjoy each one.
[NOPPO comment]
At least once in your life, you will definitely think about and worry about how to interact with other people. For example, I got too close to this person and we didn't get along, or I feel so comfortable being with this person, why? And. I thought it would be fun to express the distance between you and someone like that using the four elements.
It was set ablaze by fire and wind.
It becomes limp with ``earth'' and ``water.''
Even if you try to resist the reactions of likes and dislikes, they will definitely come out. But let's embrace the good and bad things about ourselves and others, and look forward to the future while having fun. So this is what I came up with.
By the way, the title "Chigu Hug" is
"Chiguhagu = Kuichigai"
"Chigu = encounter"
"Hug = HUG"
Even if I meet someone whose values are different from mine, I wish we could accept each other, acknowledge each other, and live our lives with love, just like hugging each other. I named it with this in mind.
For the original work, Ryo Takada came up with a wonderful story full of love. Please enjoy the relationships between the four characters and the main character that can only be experienced in the original work.
*Obis, bookmarks, stickers, flyers, etc. that come with magazines, books, music works, video works, etc. are "promotional items" that are not included in the product, so they may be different from the same product depending on the time of order and arrival. It may not be included. (When ordering, we cannot confirm or specify the presence or absence of accessories.)
Please note that we cannot accept exchanges, returns, or refunds due to defects such as the presence or absence of these accessories, damage, stains, etc.