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牙狼(GARO)ガロ

This weird, big, kamenrideresque thing was showing at Yodobashi Camera in Yokohama on Thursday night outside the hobby section. It flashed the creators names in kanji so stylized that I couldn't read a one. In the end, it listed a “Project GARO”
so I went back and looked it up. Turns out it is a Fewture models associate, Keita Amemiya creation; I think he did one of the more grotesque re-imaginings of Kamen Raider, and he has made other inspiring comics like Red Mausoleum. Here is the official site for GARO; it looks like it will air in Japan this month, but my PSX doesn't see it in the programming guide.

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