Gallery of Fantastic Art

GoFa is dedicated to bringing Japanese art, including anime and manga to people all over the world. GoFa promotes artists, hosts exhibitions, and plans events worldwide to bring you some of the most interesting, beautiful, and exclusive art from Japan!

Are you an anime or manga fan? GoFa represents some of the most popular anime and manga artists in Japan, including Takada Akemi, Kia Asamiya, Yoshitoshi Abe, Murata Range, Shou Tajima, Yutaka Izubuti, Yuuji Kaida, and many others. GoFa is proud to bring you exhibitions and personal appearances by these artists. GoFa works in colloboration with these artists to produce some of the most unique and technically spectacular artwork imaginable. GoFa presents this exclusive artwork on its website at www.gofa.co.jp  Also, check the website to see when GoFa is holding events in the U.S., and sign up for our e-mail magazine to stay up-to-date on the latest anime, manga, and SFX news in Japan!

More than a fan? GoFa is seeking to participate in more events all over the world. If you are hosting an event and would like GoFa to be involved, please contact us! We have contributed to events in the United States and Europe, and we are excited to get more involved in the growing fandom for anime and manga. If you are involved in a fan organization and would like more information on GoFa’s activities, please get in contact with us.

Got a Website? We want to link with you! Check us out on the web at www.gofa.co.jp and e-mail us at info@gofa.co.jp  Our site is both in Japanese and English, and we want to hear from all fans everywhere!

More About GoFa:

Anime, manga, and video games are a rich cultural asset with a unique history and skill set that developed in Japan. Tokyo has become the center of these arts, attracting creators and fans alike. GoFa, which represents the vanguard of creativity for these arts, is fittingly located in Tokyo.

GoFa’s main activities include:

• Displaying the illustrations, computer graphics, figures, and costumes of 100 of Japan’s top creators.
• Providing a forum for Nagai Go, a seminal Japanese anime and manga artist, and displaying the drawings and lithographs of this hot young mover and shaker in the field.
• Cooperating in domestic and international exhibitions and conventions with an expanding global network that now includes New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Sydney, and Hong Kong.

Anime, manga, SFX and video games from Japan have captured the world’s interest, making them an important Japanese cultural asset. Yet this cultural asset and its value go beyond national boundaries and time zones – it is a shared global asset transcending race, language, and nationality in providing enjoyment to people. GoFa supports this global trend and is a strategic base for furthering it.

GoFa’s role as a gallery and exhibition space also includes a web presence for Japan’s latest anime and manga information. In addition, rare and exclusive artworks produced at GoFa are available for purchase via the web. All anime and manga works are sold under license from their respective creators. The cool, real-time Web Gallery provides access to a broad, fantastic world of art and culture.


The Establishment GoFa

Kabuki and group dance are widely known around the world as representative Japanese performing arts. Arts such as taiko drumming and buto dancing are performed in front of full houses in venues such as Carnegie Hall. Moreover, Japanese architecture, fashion design and music are well appreciated both in Japan and around the world. Yet while these arts may be a trend sweeping over the world, their popularity has not inspired a movement and therefore has not reached its full potential.

Games and illustrative arts are some of the few Japanese artistic assets to enduring popularity internationally. People around the world watch Japanese animated films and shows such as Ultra Man, Godzilla and Gameran on television, all of which have influenced the world of science fiction special effects.

The time has come for a system that raises recognition of Japanese contemporary arts and international exhibitions of them to a level commensurate with the nation’s economic strength. Animated film, science fiction special effects, games and illustrations are entertainment arts developed in Japan and represent an important Japanese cultural asset. GoFa is a gallery that serves as a strategic base for reaffirming the value of these arts and supporting their global popularity."