Mori Chack, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mori Chack

Japanese graphic designer

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1973

Place of Birth: Sakai, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: artist, graphic designer, illustrator

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Mori Chack

  • Mori Chack (????? Mori Chakku, born on March 23, 1973) is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer, who was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
  • He is famous for his Chax product line, and especially the character Gloomy Bear, a 2 m tall, violent, pink bear that eats humans.
  • The design is an antithesis to the excessively cute products produced by Disney, Sanrio's Hello Kitty, and other companies.
  • Mori Chack believes that humans and animals are incompatible, and an animal is wild by nature.
  • This is expressed most pronouncedly by the Gloomy Bear, which is often shown blood stained and attacking humans.
  • Gloomy Bear is also available in different colors with slightly different designs.
  • There is also a Space Invaders 30th anniversary gloomy bear. From the Cube Works press release: Gloomy, an abandoned little bear, is rescued by Pitty (the little boy).
  • At first, he is cute and cuddly, but becomes more wild as he grows up.
  • Since bears do not become attached to people like dogs by nature, Gloomy attacks Pitty even though he is the owner.
  • So Gloomy has blood on him from biting and/or scratching Pitty.
  • The Gloomy with blood is called Chax Colony Edition.
  • A segment on Gloomy Bear and a short interview with Mori Chack are featured in Episode 6 of Series 2 of the BBC Three series Japanorama.
  • The topic of the episode was "Kawaii", which is Japanese for "cute". Mori Chack also created other characters in a similar style, as for example Podolly, a sheep in a wolf skin, reversing the common phrase of a wolf in a sheep skin, and Kumakikai, a robo-gloomy with rockets for feet and a soft silver vinyl body.
  • Often, his graphics also carry a political message, as for example the drawing of the Statue of Liberty, except the figure is holding a molotov cocktail and a sign with the question "Free?". His products are famous in Japan.
  • He also has an elder brother, and a younger sister, who also work in graphic design.

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