Popular YouTube channel EGAKU – Draw the Song (stylized as EGAKU -draw the song-) has announced a special event to mark the channel’s second anniversary. Below is the main image of the Egaku Exhibition, drawn by Kamome Shirahama of Witch Hat Atelier:
Main image of Egaku Exhibit by Kamome Shirahama
Egaku – Draw the Song channel regularly posts videos of influential names drawing unique art for their favorite songs. Previous “Egaku – Draw the Song” artists and their song selections include:
- Paru Itagaki (Beastars manga author): Chara – “Private beach” (link)
- Daisuke Hagiwara (Horimiya manga artist): LiSA – “YuKe” (link)
- Kento Matsura (Phantom Seer manga artist): supercell – “Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari” (link)
- Yumi Tada (author of the manga The Little Mermaid and the Prince): Rei Yasuda – “It’s Not the End” (link)
- Mizuki Yoda (MARRIAGETOXIN manga artist): Ryokoushoku Shakai – “Mela” (link)
Paru Itagaki: Chara – “Private beach”Daisuke Hagiwara: LiSA – “YuKe”Kento Matsura: supercell – “Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari”Yumi Tada: Rei Yasuda – “It’s Not the End”Mizuki Yoda: Ryokoushoku Shakai – “Mela”
For readers in Japan, you can find tickets and more information about the Egaku Exhibition here. The event will be held on the 8th floor of the Shinjuku Marui Main Building. Along with Paru Itagaki, Daisuke Hagiwara, Kento Matsura, Yumi Tada and Mizuki Yoda, Egaku – Draw the Song has confirmed other names for the event:
- Miki Yoshikawa (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, author of the manga Cuckoo Couple)
- Shave Koji (Sayonara, author of the manga Zetsubou-Sensei)
- Tsubasa Yamaguchi (Author of the comic Green Age)
- John Tarachine (Sex Education manga adaptation artist)
- Kamome Shirahama (Witch Hat Atelier comic author)
Egaku – Draw the Song begins fall 2021, bringing fans closer to the artists they love through music. Channel self description:There is a song that touches an artist’s heart.’EGAKU -draw the song-‘is a drawing channel where artists express their impressions of song lyrics in a single picture best. Now that the song is playing, select a pen channel. And draw songs.
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