VIZ Pictures and New People are continuing to expand their New People Artists series, and the latest release is “HISASHI TENMYOUYA: SAMURAI NOUVEAU”.

Hisashi Tenmyouya was a graphic designer and is now a contemporary artist. His painting style is described as NEO-Traditional Japanese, and he uses gold foil and fine brushes during this documentary for his art pieces. If you would like to view some of Hisashi’s work, you visit his official website over here – it’s hard to pick a favourite amongst all of the wonderful pieces.

As a celebration of the DVD’s release, there will be 2 special screenings of the documentary at the San Francisco VIZ Cinema complex on Saturday, March 6th at 1pm, and Sunday, March 7th at 3pm.

Seiji Horibuchi, President and CEO of VIZ Pictures and the founder of NEW PEOPLE:

“Hisashi Tenmyouya has shown steadily since his first show in 1990 at age 24, including shows at the Whitney in New York and others in Tokyo, Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Kiev and Sao Paulo,” says Seiji. “Besides winning the Taro Okamoto Memorial Award in 2003, he was chosen as one of 14 artists in the world to participate in the design of the FIFA World Cup Poster for the in 2006 World Cup. We’re honored to release this new documentary and look forward to more people discovering the world of Hisashi Tenmyouya.”

The DVD of “HISASHI TENMYOUYA: SAMURAI NOUVEAU” will be released on March 9th, and will cost $24.92US or $35.99 CAN. If you would like to find out more about the release, you can visit www.viz.com and if you would like to know more about the screenings you can visit www.vizcinema.com.

You can also find the DVD available in our RightStuf and Amazon stores!