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Image via Complex Original Murakami has been compared to everyone from Andy Warhol to Renaissance masters.
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Image via Complex Original But he doesn't see himself as a modern-day Warhol because he's lacking The Factory's drug culture.
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Image via Complex Original Instead, he modeled his studio off of the gigantic manga industry in Japan
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Image via Complex Original Murakami leads his employees in morning calisthenics everyday.
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Image via Complex Original He invented the Superflat art movement.
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Image via Complex Original He is the third contemporary artist and the first Japanese artist to show work at the Palace of Versailles in France.
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Image via Complex Original He may be the first artist to create paintings and sculptures from his archive of digital clip art.
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Image via Complex Original Murakami created his own alter ego.
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Image via Complex Original He had his own radio talk show in Tokyo.
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Image via Complex Original He breeds lotus plants, guppies, and beetles.
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Image via Complex Original He makes music videos, where he's turned celebrities like Pharrell and Kirsten Dunst into anime characters.
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Image via Complex Original He's collaborated with Kanye West.
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Image via Complex Original And Pharrell Williams.
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Image via Complex Original Murakami helped Marc Jacobs design Louis Vuitton handbags.
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Image via Complex Original His Instagram makes us want to hang out with him.
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Image via Complex Original He's not afraid to be controversial.
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Image via Complex Original He admits to being a zombie.
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Image via Complex Original He believes his own artwork is way too expensive.
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Image via Complex Original He sells his characters as vending machine toys.
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Image via Complex Original Murakami has helped young artists gain exposure through his company, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
