I dunno, its getting so that you can’t erect a crazy giant striped house in a nice neighbourhood anymore. Certifiable avant-garde manga artist Kazuo Umezu (72), author of Makoto-chan and Cat-eyed Boy, won a legal battle waged against him by fellow neighbours over his outlandish new house design. Seemingly out of place in a black suit rather than his usual red and white striped sweater, Umezu at least wore a striped tie displaying his signature colours to the hearing. Some one’s posted a video of a news report about the house with one neighbourhood resident refering to its striped colors and smiling tower as a “violent design”.
Court rules manga artist’s red-and-white striped house doesn’t harm landscape [via The Mainichi Daily News]
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