TOUMA for "Byebye2018 Hello2019"
WHAT-IS: "ByeBye2018 Hello2019" is a serial feature where select artists share with us their past year in 2018, and what to expect from them in 2019!"
TOYSREVIL: How was 2018 for you? Share with us your most triumphant moment(s) in 2018. What did you find the most disappointing of 2018?
TOUMA: I feel that 2018 was a very meaningful year for me. In 2018, my eldest daughter and eldest son refrained from taking the exam, and I had to stabilize my income. I got a job making games at a "teaching" company (that designed Sonic the Hedgehog) for the first time in 14 years. And I was able to learn 3D software at the company.
I bought a 3D printer and started making my own work. The number of 3D printers has increased to two in the year 2018. I think that I got a weapon that will be very positive in expressing my work in the future.
TOUMA: What I was disappointed in 2018 was that in making a game (at my new job), I did not have much time to work for my own company (Touma Inc). When my economy gets better and my work can sell like old days, I can put more power into activities without (the need for) making a game, but I cannot do it now, and I am sorry for that.
TOUMA: I was able to do a solo exhibition (with the help of my most respected junior writer) again at the venue where I had a solo exhibition for the first time ten years ago, in Paradise, Taipei!
And with BANDAI (the biggest toy company in Japan), my original character "HITCH BEAR" was released as a capsule toy. This is truly wonderful.
TOYSREVIL: What is your most favorite toy, or piece of art you've seen in 2018?
TOUMA: I was able to join DesignerCon in the USA for the first time in two years. DCON is a really wonderful, and is my favorite event. Of course when I go to America, I would visit toy stores! But unfortunately Toys'R'Us was closed.
But I did go to Target and the Disney store, where I bought a large number of figures: Disney Infinity inspired "Star Wars" character figures (released in 2017), which was exclusive to TOYBOX, and I purchased about 20 kinds excitedly in the US and returned to Japan. The design sense is great!
Then there are also SHFiguarts made by BANDAI, and Masterpieces made by HOTTOYS - I think that these are already an "art".
TOYSREVIL: What are you most looking forward to in 2019? Any plans for your work, for the new year you can share with us?
TOUMA: Although I can not announce it yet, I think that I can announce a new project with BANDAI around the spring of 2019.
TOYSREVIL: Folks are recommended to stay connected to TOUMA-san's touma.biz / facebook.com/Toumartinc / instagram.com/toumartinc / and as well CLICK HERE for coverage of his works on TOYSREVIL since 2006! My Bestest Wishes for you and your family, Touma-san!
TOYSREVIL: How was 2018 for you? Share with us your most triumphant moment(s) in 2018. What did you find the most disappointing of 2018?
TOUMA: I feel that 2018 was a very meaningful year for me. In 2018, my eldest daughter and eldest son refrained from taking the exam, and I had to stabilize my income. I got a job making games at a "teaching" company (that designed Sonic the Hedgehog) for the first time in 14 years. And I was able to learn 3D software at the company.
I bought a 3D printer and started making my own work. The number of 3D printers has increased to two in the year 2018. I think that I got a weapon that will be very positive in expressing my work in the future.
TOUMA: What I was disappointed in 2018 was that in making a game (at my new job), I did not have much time to work for my own company (Touma Inc). When my economy gets better and my work can sell like old days, I can put more power into activities without (the need for) making a game, but I cannot do it now, and I am sorry for that.
TOUMA: I was able to do a solo exhibition (with the help of my most respected junior writer) again at the venue where I had a solo exhibition for the first time ten years ago, in Paradise, Taipei!
And with BANDAI (the biggest toy company in Japan), my original character "HITCH BEAR" was released as a capsule toy. This is truly wonderful.
TOYSREVIL: What is your most favorite toy, or piece of art you've seen in 2018?
TOUMA: I was able to join DesignerCon in the USA for the first time in two years. DCON is a really wonderful, and is my favorite event. Of course when I go to America, I would visit toy stores! But unfortunately Toys'R'Us was closed.
But I did go to Target and the Disney store, where I bought a large number of figures: Disney Infinity inspired "Star Wars" character figures (released in 2017), which was exclusive to TOYBOX, and I purchased about 20 kinds excitedly in the US and returned to Japan. The design sense is great!
Then there are also SHFiguarts made by BANDAI, and Masterpieces made by HOTTOYS - I think that these are already an "art".
TOYSREVIL: What are you most looking forward to in 2019? Any plans for your work, for the new year you can share with us?
TOUMA: Although I can not announce it yet, I think that I can announce a new project with BANDAI around the spring of 2019.
TOYSREVIL: Folks are recommended to stay connected to TOUMA-san's touma.biz / facebook.com/Toumartinc / instagram.com/toumartinc / and as well CLICK HERE for coverage of his works on TOYSREVIL since 2006! My Bestest Wishes for you and your family, Touma-san!
