Hirohiko Araki JoJo Exhibition: Ripples of Adventure
A second venue was opened in Osaka from November 24, 2018 to January 14, 2019.[1] Another venue was held in Nagasaki[2] from January 25 to March 29 and a venue in Kanazawa[3] was initially announed to be held from April 25 to May 23. However, the Kanazawa venue was reported to an ulterior date due to health concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Summary
The event encompassed the entirety of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's history and acted as a culmination of its 30 years of publication. Featuring original artwork from Araki, both old and new, the exhibition hall utilized various technologies to create the "largest displays in the history of the JoJo manga series."
This is the second time The National Art Center, Tokyo (Japan's largest museum) has held a personal exhibition for a Japanese manga artist, the first being Osamu Tezuka back in 1989.[1]
In the press conference of this event held on June 21, 2018, an anime adaptation for Vento Aureo was revealed.
The exposition featured about 200 exhibits and 280 original drawings disposed into several different named spaces. New works of art such as sculptures by Motohiko Otani and Kunihiko Morinaga as well as a display by the visual design group WOW were displayed alongside Araki's drawings and paintings.
One of the key features of the exposition is a series of twelve canvas 2 meters high and 1.2 meters wide featuring several nearly life-sized characters disposed in a U shape to surround the visitors. The disposition aimed to put the characters in the same space as the visitors. Its name and theme is "There is always a traitor".
In the event were sold a lot of different merchandise (keychains, wall posters, stickers, office material...) including the catalog HIROHIKO ARAKI JOJO EXHIBITION RIPPLES OF ADVENTURE with illustrations and manga panels.
Message from Araki
Gallery
Exhibition
Grand Opening with Hirohiko Araki & Ryosuke Kabashima
"Banners of that fated blood" Exhibit
"There's always a traitor" Exhibit
Araki's layouts for Traitor Exhibit
Araki's tools for Traitor Exhibit
"JoJo Chronicles" Exhibit
"JoJo Chronicles" Exhibit #2
JoJo Manuscripts Exhibit
"JoJo's Design" Exhibit
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan section of JoJo's Design Exhibit
"JoJo Road" Wall Exhibit
Statue Exhibit by Fashion company "ANREALAGE"
ANREALAGE Statues lit up
"Attracting Stand Users" exhibit by Motohiko Odani
Motohiko Odani Statues #2
"Morph" Exhibit by Motohiko Odani
CGI Video Exhibit by WOW Studio
Merch Store
Nagasaki Exhibition Building
Promo Art #1
Logo
Message from Araki
Fliers from Jump Festa 2018
Artwork
Visual for Kanazawa's Ripples of Adventure. From left to right: Enrico Pucci, Whitesnake, Noriaki Kakyoin, Johnny Joestar, Ermes Costello, Tamaki Damo, Lucy Steel
Kanazawa exhibition ad poster
Visual for Nagasaki's Ripples of Adventure. From left to right: Jean Pierre Polnareff, Trish Una, Risotto Nero, Prosciutto, Lisa Lisa, Sandman, Pocoloco, Funny Valentine, Jobin and Mitsuba Higashikata, Wamuu, and Giorno Giovanna.
Nagasaki exhibition ad poster
Gyro, DIO and Jotaro
Iggy, Kira and Weather Report
