JoJo’s product update. First off, a whole mess of Phantom Blood goods, mostly Johnathan focused. You’ve seen Johnathan Joecat before, and he also comes in a mini-form to make a key chain. For new things, we have:
A Stone Mask throw pillow. If you’re ever at one of those boring parties where people never shut up about things you could never care about, just roll over and say, “Fuck it, vampire time,” and then run away! Or just sleep on it. Pillows work that way.
Second is the official Johnathan handkerchief. If you ever have trouble talking to someone cute, give them this with a basket of grapes. If they get it, you know right off the bat you can marry them immediately forever because that’s not a common trait to share.
You can check out the product page for all four of those on the official Araki JoJo site. The Johnathan Joecats have already launched and are available on the Tobineko subsite. The handkerchief and pillow are launching later this month.
Those, however cool I might find the handkerchief, are trinkets. This next thing is the big news.
“Hirohiko Araki’s Favorites! The Laws of Film”
Suspense is the Key to Fun
A Hirohiko Araki special book about how he’s been influenced by movies, particularly Hollywood movies. It has seven chapters, and there is a chapter listing. I have no idea what some of them are supposed to be about. I’ll do my best in listing them here.
Chapter 1: “Best of the Best ‘Heat’ and ’96 Hours/Time'”
Chapter 2: “‘What makes a man cry’ is a True Condition for a Masterpiece”
Chapter 3: “Suspense is the Technique of Masters”
Chapter 4: “Love Affairs and Erotic Suspense”
Chapter 5: “Eastwood is a Genre”
Chapter 6: “I’m Not Watching this Movie Lightly!”
Chapter 7: “Urban Legends are Necessary to a Masterpiece”
It’s really only Chapters 1 and 7 that I’m not clear on what they should be because a lot of stuff, like “Eastwood” and “Genre” are written in katakana. I mostly don’t know what “96 Hours” is and was caught off guard by “Urban Legends.”
It’s a cool thing is what I’m trying to say. Learning about what influences Araki other than Italian fashion is always interesting because his work is so insane. The book is coming out this Friday for ¥777, and you can order from Shueisha’s book site once it launches.
(Images from the official Araki JoJo site. © LuckyLand Communication, Shueisha, Hirohiko Araki, and Takaratomy)
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