Here’s a two-eyed purple violent primitive strange beast “Boryoku Genjin” soft vinyl doll, also known as NAGNAGNAG, produced by the artist Arai… The scary part are those eyes 👀 that close when the sofubi is laying horizontal and open while standing vertical… Much like those cheap dolls in the past 🤣… In 2008, Shigeru Arai from Tokyo started his creative production of sofubi aka soft vinyl doll “Boryoku Genjin” B.G with the name “NAGNAGNAG”, an extremely niche and limited kaiju, known as “Strange Beast” 暴力原人卍… A range of ghoulish yet somewhat adorable characters. Mr. Shigeru Arai, did really abstract style art piece probably falls under the range of so ugly but I like it. Unfortunately, Mr. Arai passed on in November 2023 hence cemented a legacy and permanence in the world of indies sofubi. Till today, there have been many sofubi inspired by his design, often imitated by never surpassed. Always remembered but never forgotten… Of course, I’m late in appreciating to genre of sofubi art… Those early releases with hair and painted ones seem beyond my reach…
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