Inside the Violent Mind of Otaku Artist MR.
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2018
- Takashi Murakami collaborator, MR. is well-regarded for his illustrative, anime-inspired paintings and cartoonish sculptures. However, the Saitama-based creative resents the cutesy label often slapped upon his work. “From when I was around 13, my family had a rough time,” he admits. “Like with my older brother’s domestic violence.” The effect this turbulent upbringing had on MR.’s work is striking, considering the saccharine sweet designs that he often subverts with aggressive paint splashes and brush slashes.
As a teenager, he was obsessed with manga, video games & anime and was subsequently tagged as an “otaku,” a subset of Japanese culture primarily made up of young males who forfeit social skills for personal pastimes. “When I was a teenager, I thought ‘otaku’ was something embarrassing,” says MR. “I was embarrassed … that I was an otaku.” Eventually, however, “I started thinking that embarrassment could be a weapon … it is interesting to let that embarrassment [explode].” We head inside the artist’s humble studio to witness that explosion as MR. fabricates his signature cartoon-indebted creations by means of paint and pencil.
Yeah, if you could not do shitty editing and title the video in such a way that makes him seem like a psychopath, that'd be great. The guy seems like a genuinely cool person.
lmao.. Hypebeast wanna be that kind of Dr. Phil sequence..
@Verti Gho That's not my point. My point is that instead of portraying him as an artist who grew up with a violent childhood and coped via doing art, they make it seem like he's an artist with a "violent mind", as if he's gonna go on some kinda murderous streak or something. It's incredibly lame.
@@TheGreatMillz Yeah wtf. He's depressed, not a violent person
Yeah tbh I kind of found it unessacary. The editing peeps acted like they were filming Micheal Myers; just record the dude, it's not like he's contemplating mass genocide
Lol ur likes are 911 that’s what you need to call
hey hypebeast can you make your editing better so you're not exploiting abuse victims for having dark thoughts and giving the audience the impression he's dangerous, ok thanks - another abuse victim
Nigga this isn't exploitation MR literally agreed to be in this video and describe his story. He comes off as the opposite of violent
@@wheresmyrooptoff4056 When you realize that incidents of being tricked into being put in a shock documentary are more common than you might think
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No they really aren't. This isn't a documentary or even close to that either. Murakami is speaking his mind and he even said his thoughts are violent. Obviously the title is not the best choice but in no way is he being exploited, he's a collaborator and artist and lives for this shit.
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... His work isn't violent at all? This just makes me think they blatantly mistranslated portions of his dialogue or arranged it in a really damning way.
I think by "Violent" they mean something more akin to "Aggressive". MR's illustrations are full of "aggressive paint splashes and brush slashes" that, I guess, he does not intend to put in but does anyway out of 'Trauma'.
It's like when you get mad and just want to punch things except it's subconscious for him and is reflected in his art.
I guess...
The most violent part of the video was the editing. I didn't notice any mistranslations personally but I'd never heard of MR before and his work blew me away. Just amazing clarity and style.
true that - they sure have a very "vague" interpretation of violent.
it's not like there is blood and gore or mutilation in his art..
it's just "violently, unapologeticly candy coloured" ^^;
which doesn't surprise me as he works with master Murakami.
Yeah, and his artworks are cute and girly, not blood-splattering or freaky.
Some of his older works included guns and knifes
Not very violent. This is just confusing.
His paint job on the sculptures is dope.
That title sounds deceiving when I watched the entire video. Sounds like grim rather than violent. I love his giant anime sculptures and his artwork though.
Yeah this is kinda clickbait. There’s really nothing violent about him.
Yeah he and his ary is great but the video editing is just weird
@@starwarsmememan7587 There's nothing violent about otakus or weebs or the content they watch, either. It's sad because anime these days are too innocent and girly.
terrible editing, title and description. I hope this doesn't make him feel bad
foam agrees.. I did like the video because of his art but yeah this was tasteless..
this dude would be interesting without the dumb edgy narrative u took on it
I don't see where the "violence" is, Hypebeast. He seems like a genuinely sweet guy who has gone through some very difficult things in life and uses art as a way to express what's going on inside. Perhaps you should change the title of the video? not very respectful to refer to someone like MR as having a "violent" mind when that simply isn't the case. He went through trauma, and his art is a way of venting. Nothing, absolutely NOTHING about that is "violent", not even the content of his art could be described as such.
They're referring to his brush strokes as in the random splotches of paint and such that he puts on his work and his horror work that he also does. When you have aggressive brushwork it is often referred to as violent.
@@george_yassington i think by the way they edited the video, they were refering to him, not his brushwork. and even if that was their intent, obviously that is not what the average person is going to think, as i think you're the only person so far to make that connection, at least that i've seen. Granted, the internet is full of clickbait titles, but that doesnt mean it cant be called out, especially in the context of video about man who creates artwork to, at least in some way, cope with what has happened in his life. and the title specifically says "the violent MIND", not "artwork" or "brushwork", so, although you make a good point, it isnt likely that's what they were going for.
@@gerrykeay1100 Fair point. I saw a few other artists in the comments also mentioning his brushwork and they spoke about in the video description but I can see where you're coming from. He's also known for his more horror themed works in the us, most notably his more recent work for Kanye west and Billie Eillish. I actually wish they highlighted his horror art more than his moe works
@@george_yassington yeah, if they had looked at more of the harsher pieces and not so much the cutesy ones, it would have made a little bit more sense. the title wouldnt be entirely justified, but it wouldnt be so... disconnected from the actual content of the video.
Thank you.
The video doesn't match the context
Yeah bro. I read the description before watching and I was perplexed.
qleo it just went over your dumbass head.. you're probably from this era so that's normal
@@lordeowstheking Era includes you unless your like 50+
@@lordeowstheking there is no era where its normal nor should there be
Hypebeast culture trying to pretend like they're somehow deep lol ok.
You're clearly missing the point
Sad how so many agree with you even though you're completely mislabeling the video
Did you not watch the video?👿
do otakus even count as hypebeasts? they seem to be almost opposites :/
@@wheresmyrooptoff4056 I think this was a comparison but I dunno
I mean yeah, what otaku wouldn’t be hyped for new manga or a light novel or sum idk
I wish we had learned more about his artwork instead of just focusing on his ominous past and scary sound effects
Saaame
Too much flashing red filter slapped onscreen
Violent? Please change the title because it is honestly very misleading
This man seems like a genuinely talented and intriguing person
"passionate" or "vivid" both would be more fitting words -
than a word that makes one think he usually table-flips and punches holes through canvases. ( canvi? )
The way this video is edited makes the guy seem like a sociopath instead of someone who uses his art as a way to cope. They make him seem like a “violent” person when he doesn’t draw gore or anything. The title is misleading and the way they portrayed him in here was messed up. His Instagram is @misteryanen if you want to follow him. He is an amazing artist and you can tell he puts a lot of detail into his work.
Him: *A victim of abuse and a hard family growing up*
Him: *Still draws cute anime girls and has a passion for art. The way he talks is very chill and relaxed*
Hypebeast: *I diagnose you with violence*
HYPEBEAST trying to push a narrative lol.
There is no narrative you absolute dunce.
where's my rooptoff yeah just a shitty editing job and a title that makes people go in thinking this guys an absolute psycho path.
Wow. His art is beautiful.
where can i follow this man
Edit : found it instagram.com/misteryanen/
@@saki-go1wr thank you!!
Do he worked on pharrel wiliams it girl video?
@@kolacao8134 yes he did!
I have mad respect for this man✊
Hey he’s the guy who directed Pharrell’s “It Girl” music video !!
This man had family problems and even so, he did stand up expressing himself through art and what you do about it is make he look like a psycho? Revolting
I wouldn't say that he has a "violent mind". He's just scarred and depressed. A lot of artists are, including me. I've drawn a girl amaciated and chained up with scares, a whip, a cannon ball and blood dripping from her. It was all in black and white. It was inspired by Elfen Lied, but still. I've also written dar stories. It's a "dark mind", but not a violent one.
great video, been a fan of his works for the longest
Am i the only one that still doesnt understand whats this video is about
Read the captions idiot
@@wokeconsultant6703 the editing I somewhat...ediot
Bro this was super dope not expecting it
Keep em coming hypebeast
Wtf is going on with the editing, tho. It looks like a Ted Bundy biography documental but it's just a guy telling us about his trauma and the really cool way he copes with it...
How is he violent? He is able to express his emotions on to his artwork. That doesn't make him violent. Being able to do that is freaking amazing. His works are also cool, and unique. But that doesn't make him or his artwork violent'.
Read the description it doesn't help much but it might help clear things up a bit. I think it's a misunderstanding on the translating part. By violent they didn't mean him as a violent person but he does have a violent past and the way he colors the background is by "violently" splashing colors. In the description they descrived his art as like "saccharine sweet" (whatever that means) to me his art is... it sure is cute but it has some darker tinge to it. Like someone that's smiling on the outside but dark on the inside... that's the vibe his art gives me. I still do think that the editing on this video is just weird though.
Kitten Mimi hmmm I know what you mean.
@@kittenmimi5326" ok, someone had a bad past and suffering...so he is violent..."
What's wrong with you? Bad peooel don't need 5o have bad past
He's not violent, he's an awesome anime artist.
When the tittle said “violent” I was expecting art depicting murder and cruelty but I got an anime artist that draws/sculpts cute girls, if the tittle is “true” then I guess they confused expressive with violent when it came to his artwork
I personally really like MR.’s art. I it’s a way for him to vent then let him vent. The arts can be a great form of escapism. I, for example write, I channel my anger onto the page and it does become quite morbid. Sure I am not nearly in as bad of circumstances as MR. but everyone needs some way to cope with stress.
His art is adorable and think I recall seeing it somewhere before. Needless to say I thought this video would've been more lively, upbeat and cute based on the thumbnail...
Amazing man
I don't understand how he is violent. I mean, he just expresses his thoughts and feelings. Just like every artist
His work does not look violent at all. Honestly I think it looks really cool, he is really making something that is different and unique. I’d totally look at more of his work.
*His work is AMAZING I don’t understand wtf you’re doing with the editing and title*
The only "violent" thing here is Hypebeast trying to make this man look like a monster.
Why tf is he interpreted as someone mentally unstable? This sucks in so many ways
The world can be messed up. But without stuff like that we cannot truly appreciate art like this.
This dude seems really cool.
So why did you portray as some sort of sociopath?
I am highly impressed and interested in those sculptures. I would buy this mans work in a heartbeat.
are you gonna plug his Instagram? or any social medias? or even say his name?
NO! we are HYPEBEAST, dammit!
I love his work. Real art can only be born from deep emotions. I would love to have some of his work in my home, especially a big anime doll!
When i saw the thumbnail i just had a sense that one of the words in the title would be otaku
*Laughs in Berserk*
*Laughs in Goblinslayer*
*Laughs in Weird anime from the 80s*
Laughs in Hajime isayama
Hello, does anyone know how those plastic sculptures are made or do not know what material is made on that scale? and what kind of materials are ...
I think they might be 3d printed? He has some related stuff on his Instagram (Misteryanen) if you want to check it out
Welcome to the family,MR!Like your style.
He has a sculpture in Singapore called Anzu-Green Gables. Can be found in UA-cam in my channel
I love this guy's studio
For violent, is it because of the colors?
Is this the art director for the music video of the song "It Girl?" He has a very similar style.
That title should be changed and used for documentary on me, I sometimes like to draw cute characters in scary/violent/morbid situations.
His art isn’t violent at all! Sure, you could say it’s chaotic, but in an artistic way. It don’t see the violence here. His art is used as a way to cope and vent, not the mark of a psychopath, so the editing makes no sense, if not borderline awful. He’s a victim, not a psychopath🙁
Whoever your editor is, I hope they get fired
at 2;06 is it screen printing?
In 2020 it’s still confusing how his work is considered “violent” - I had to google him to see if maybe his other work were violent but they were not - definitely their was miscommunication here.
He's not violent he looks chill
Now I’m scared thanks a lot
Who produced this??? I mean the one who thought of this idea to film this person?
He's just living his life now and the way it's been edited is like turning him into a very different person. dafuq.
They just wanted money by portraying him as scary for view in youue
*the guy paint anime figures......SOMEBODY STOP THAT MONSTER!!!*
"violent mind" bitch where? he's seems like a good person
As an artist surrounded by other artist, I see his work as something dark, it scared me. I want to say this because I feel not many people saw this, a lot saw this as just cute, but for me it's something else.
He draws cute girls using vivid colors, and then uses violent coloring techniques and obscure colours that make the image feel wrong. It's like looking at someone really hurt inside putting a smile on their face.
*Sigh* if only this video had more dislikes than likes cuz this video was misleading. I can totally understand him as artists dig deep within themselves to make great art, and seeing the cute anime girls around him seem like a way to coop with depression.
"Mr. Magic" is probably my favorite all-time artist after Max Ernst. His art is, indeed, perverse and eyebrow-raising, but its eccentricity and sheer disregard for pleasing any audience is what makes him such an amazingly original man in a sea of not-so-arousing portraits of modern society.
Can y’all stop make him look like a weirdo? He’s not, and his job is original, like he did a good job putting down a wall like the embarrassment, to express himself.. so why you do that?
Legend. There will never be a replacemt.
*His past is violent, but his masterpieces aren't.*
the literal next title in my results‘ Mr. Is the Japanese Artist Who Helped Turn Anime Into Fine Art’ by the way i looked up ‘biological illustrators japan‘
okay good job
Seems like this video was in youtube's reccomandations
Translate "violent" to aggressive and you're in the right corridor...
💞💊Sorta reminds me of Bisuko Ezaki with the character call Menhera Chan.💉💞
The intro (and the video in general) made me think he made some kinda Junji Ito type stuff
His art is buetiful.
Those figurines are dope
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pov: you're trying to find a single comment which is not referring to this guy being a sociopath
Why is this edited like he's a psychopath
Good ❤
*::sees title::*
*::watches video::*
Soo... Am I to conclude that we'd be more creative if we had trauma in our childhoods...? ...and that it's... bad? Wait, whut? I'm confused. o.O
I don't know if thumbing up is pro childhood trauma or thumbing down is against creativity...? But you don't have an auto-created "thumbs down" video list, so I thumbs up the video. 👍
But is he ok
nobody:
takashi murakami:
True story ?
Still better art than the modern blank white canvas
depression is artsy!!~~*~**~*
The Psychic Cell Phones
MR: I want to kill everyone here and then myself
Me: Big mood
Bruh u know how stupid that sounds
His mind doesn't seem violent at all, please change the title
nah a grown ass man making art specifically of children, young girls is scary. this is violent
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I don't think he's violent i think he's just depressed..
of course, he lives in Saitama
This turned out... Weird...
The title is very misleading. I feel bad for him; He seems like a genuently nice person that just wants to express his feelings by drawing but he gets misinterpreted.
Dude, this guy is violent at all.
inside the violnt mind of a guy who makes cute figures and poppy coloured anime paintings wtf?
WTH
No wonder he's violent... He's SAITAMA
this man seems genuinely interesting and nice, but the editing makes it seem a bit too, well, psychopathic-ly like, if you can understand what im saying
what im trying to say is that he sounds like a killer when we all know its just the editing
This man is drippy af
I don't think that word means what you think it means....
Read the description, the editors knew what they were doing and did not literally mean that Takashi's mind is violent. The title is not meant to convey violence in that literal sense. The video isn't even edited to convey him negatively.
Sooooooo what about him being violent? There’s no violence at all, just art.