Exhibition

KRAZY!
The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games

Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery
Friday, March 13 — Sunday, June 14

Takashi Okazaki. Afro Samurai [film still]. STUDIO GONZO, 2007. © 2006 TAKASHI OKAZAKI, GONZO / SAMURAI PROJECT.

KRAZY! will be New York's first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games—three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire generation of American youth. The exhibition, organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, will be presented in an environment designed by cutting-edge architectural practice Atelier Bow-Wow, featuring life-size blowups of popular figures from the worlds of anime and manga within an intriguing sequence of spaces that evoke Tokyo's clamorous cityscape. Co-curated by leading North American and Japanese specialists, KRAZY! will give visitors a direct experience of new forms of cultural production and offers fresh insight into the interdependence of three art forms of the future.

View a full exhibition checklist (PDF)

KRAZY! Catalogue Order Form (PDF)

View KRAZY! architectural diagrams (PDF)

Anime Film Screenings
The anime films that are featured in KRAZY! will be shown full-length in the recently upgraded—with digital projectors and 5.1 surround sound—auditorium at the Japan Society. The films that will be shown are:

Katsuhiro Otomo's classic, Akira (1988); Masaaki Yuasa's Mind Game (2004); Satoshi Kon's, Paprika (2006); Patlabor 2: The Movie, by Mamoru Oshii (1993); The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004), by Makoto Shinkai; and Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Episode 9, 17, 18, and 27 (1982-83), designed by Ichiro Itano.

Screenings will begin Saturday, March 14 and will continue until June 14, 2009. Viewing times are Friday: 3:00 to 9:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 to 5:00 pm in the Japan Society Auditorium.

View a full film schedule (PDF)

View our KRAZY! YouTube playlist

Admission
$10; students & seniors $8;
Japan Society members and children under 16 FREE.
Admission is FREE to all on Friday nights, 6-9 PM.

Docent-led walk-in tours are conducted Tuesday-Sunday at 12:30 pm with additional tours on Saturday & Sunday at 2 pm. Japanese language tours are conducted Friday nights at 6 pm by appointment only. Tours are free with admission and approximately 30 minutes in duration.

Group tours can be arranged by calling (212) 715-1224.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday through Thursday 11 am - 6 pm
Friday 11 am - 9 pm
Saturday & Sunday 11 am - 5 pm
The gallery is closed on Mondays and major holidays.

March 28, 2009 - Win gift cards to Kinokuniya Bookstore, view anime in our auditorium, act out scenes, and tour the KRAZY! exhibition. Party open to 300 guests. Click here for more details!

Talking KRAZY! Japan's Evolving Pop Culture
Thursday, March 12, 6:30 PM

Konnichiwa Friends Family Tours of KRAZY!
Saturday, March 14, 2 PM — 3 PM
Saturday, April 11, 2 PM — 3 PM
Saturday, May 9, 2 PM — 3 PM
Saturday, June 13, 2 PM — 3 PM

KRAZY! Art Cart
Sunday, March 29, 2 PM

Gallery Lessons
Tuesday-Friday, March 12-June 14, 11 am – 12 pm & by appointment