Nyarome Plush

This exclusive plush features Nyarome, a slender, bipedal cat with long, triangular earswho lives under a drainpipe with his quirky companions—Beshi, a laid-back, observant frog and Kemunpas, the elderly caterpillar, and was created exclusively for Art of Manga, the groundbreaking exhibition organized by the de Young museum located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Regarded as a pioneer of gag manga, creator Akatsuka Fujio created the beloved character Beshi from his noted manga Mōretsu Atarō. Produced by Tokyo-based Fujio Productions, this super soft plush toy is the perfectly cute keepsake from this momentous exhibition and comes complete with a nylon ribbon so you can hang him up for display. Do not wash, spot clean with a cloth that has been diluted with a neutral detergent and thoroughly rung out before use. Made in China. Measures approx. 8 x 6 in.    Art of Manga spotlights artistic expression in innovative Japanese comics and graphic novels that are rapidly becoming an internationally recognized mode of communication. Drawing from both Western comics and satire and Japanese printing and art history, manga immerses readers in stories that often become forerunners of greater cultural shifts.