Mori Chack (森チャック Mori Chakku, born upon March 23, 1973) is the artiste 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 gorgeous products produced by Disney, Sanrio, and new 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 comprehensible in vary colors with slightly rotate designs. There is then a Space Invaders 30th anniversary hysterical bear.
From the Cube Works press release:
A segment on Gloomy Bear and a unexpected interview subsequently 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 subsequent to rockets for feet and a soft silver vinyl body. Often, his graphics next 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 next the question “Free?”.
His products are famous in Japan. He as a consequence has an elder brother, and a younger sister, who also ham it up in graphic design.
The environment Gloomy Bear is receiving a TV anime in April 2021.
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