Exhibition Outline

With the cooperation of Studio Ghibli, a 'TOKUSATSU – Special Effects Museum' will open this summer in our museum.
This exhibition will spotlight the special craftsmanship such as seen in "miniatures", and will present on an unprecedented scale its entrancing world that is distinct from VFX or CG. It will focus on the appeal of Japan's world-classvisual techniques, known as'TOKUSATSU'.

Title TOKUSATSU – Special Effects Exhibition
Venue Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN)
Access
  • FROM KIYOSUMI-SHIRAKAWA(HANZOMON LINE)
    From "Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station" on the Hanzomon Line: 9 min.−walk from the B2 exit.
  • FROM KIYOSUMI-SHIRAKAWA(OEDO LINE)
    From "Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station" on the Toei Oedo Line: 13 min.−walk from the exit.
  • FROM KIBA(TOZAI LINE)
    From "Kiba Station" on the Tozai Line: 15 min.−walk from the 3 exit.
    Get off at "Tokyo-to-Gendaibijutsukan-mae" on the Metropolitan Bus for "Narihirabashi (10)"
  • FROM KIKUKAWA/SHINJUKU LINE
    From "Kikukawa Station" on the Toei Shinjuku Line: 15 min.−walk from A4 exit.
    Get off at "Tokyoto-Gendaibijutsukan-mae" on the Metropolitan Bus (10) for "Shinbashi" "Fukagawa
    Shako", "Kiba Station"
Period Tuesday, July 10 —Monday, holiday, October 8 2012
Closed on Mondays (except July 16, August 13, 20, September 17, 24, October 1, 8,
closed on July 17, September 18)
Opening hours 10:00~18:00 *Last admittance 30 minutes before closing.
General information by telephone 03-5405-8686 (Hello Dial)
Official Website https://www.ntv.co.jp/tokusatsu/
Admissions
  Adult/College student High & middle school student Elementary student
Advance Ticket ¥1,300 ¥800 ¥300
Current Ticket ¥1,400 ¥900 ¥400
Groups of 20 or more ¥1,100 ¥800 ¥300
  • *Advance tickets on sale from May 10th, 2012 through July 9th, 2012.
  • *Free admission for children under elementary school.
  • *Tickets are valid for the MOT collection.
Organized by
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History & Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
  • Nippon Television Network Corporation
  • Mamma Aiuto Inc.
Planning support
  • STUDIO GHIBLI, INC.
  • GHIBLI MUSEUM, MITAKA
The Director of this exhibition
  • Hideaki Anno
The Deputy Director of this exhibition
  • Shinji Higuchi
Exhibition Coordinator
  • Tomoo Haraguchi
  • Yuji Nishimura
Supported by
  • The Yomiuri Shimbun
  • TOKYO FM
  • tvk
Sponsored by
  • KDDI CORPORATION
  • EPSON
Special Cooperation with
  • Toho Co., Ltd.
  • Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.
  • KADOKAWA CORPORATION
  • P-Production
  • Senkosha Inc.
  • Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd
In cooperation with
  • TOKUSATSU LAB. CO., LTD
  • Kohei Ando Laboratory, Waseda University Art and Science Center
  • Walt Disney Studios Japan
  • Good Smile Company
  • Tomoo Haraguchi's collection
  • M1GO
  • khara Inc.
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