Happy Therapy

Ok, Junzo Mizuno was in the Washington Post today, by way of AP and ANN, on account of her upcoming harmonic convergence with My Little Pony, Debbie Gibson, LeAnn Rimes, and Hasbro Toys (details here). So this seems as good a time as any to take a peek into The Miz’s latest book A-ko chan no Beautiful Cinema,which went on sale in Japan earlier this year.

The tome itself is a compilation of 55 short movie reviews that Junko made in her distinctive manga style for Princess Gold magazine. The selection of films, seemingly plucked out of the æther at random, range from Ocean's Eleven, Queen of the Dammed, Minority Report, to Legally Blond 2. And there is nothing predictable about her weird caricatures of movie stars (like Anger Management-era Jack Nicholson, above) as they parade through the Mizunoverse.

But the real highlights come in the form of spot illustrations that have the titular A-ko chan, and her rabbit familiar Kuro, cosplaying as a variety of iconic movie characters ranging from Hannibal Lecter, Rachel from Blade Runner, Barbarella, and Lone Wolf and Cub (above). Cool and crazy...

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[James Leung]

I met Junko in New York. She was very cool to hang out with... and she makes some awesome action figures.