Rackgaki - Japanese Graffiti

[ShY1CAS]

precious moments & hip hop i found them around da early 90's.....

[ShY1CAS]

alot of western clans influenced japanese culture

[ShY1CAS]

akira was da bomb

[lo0ser555]

@ShY1CAS your talking about anime now?? haha.

[ShY1CAS]

evangelion was good..

[ShY1CAS]

pEACe ob

[ShY1CAS]

all kiDS whO sKATE.

[ShY1CAS]

thanks everybody....limp bizkit,lp,mj,2pac even u guys hate ur edit though props to all graf heads tis tpb crips bloods sum 13 14 up.....japan korea and more

[graff2SAKU]

nice i love japan

[massshysteria]

it must be alot more easier to get up in japan compared to us graff-alert westerners...

[lo0ser555]

damn those tags were sick!

[GoLdO504]

awesome tags man props!

[TheEsevee]

Been tryng to locate the soundtrack since this came out ! -_-

[ShY1CAS]

japan, an early example of graffiti was a freight that had a "mega man" character on it....it was rolling this was early graffiti art or a piece.... another example is the name "shy one" a bubble letter artist with a graffiti crew.. for early raving history check out "Richard Aguas" on Facebook look under my notes 4 da real hip hop culture...831 westside.

[ashleysmith338]

sugoine yaritai!! i speak japanese so booo-yahhhh

[harr7959]

Can you tell me where I can find a copy of this film? I live in Tokyo so if there is a shop that sells it I would love to know where. Looks like a great film. I love the graffiti in Tokyo, just wish there was more of it!

[emericanartist]

Good stuff~~I LOVE JAPAN! Mad Props from Austin Texas~

[oldschoolbx1970]

In Japan,there are over a 1,000 true Hip Hoppers who only stick to the originality of its culture. Most young black and Hispanic brothers and sisters don't even seem to realize that.

[MRDJDEATHSTRIKE]

@oldschoolbx1970 Yea that true it because in america they are brainwash to listen to the new crap out there can't blame them though.

That what happens when money comes in there a way you can be true and still make your green .

[Saroe23]

1:35 thats a dope hand style props.! amazing keep it up

[Nido43hood]

can enyone tell me more about soundtrack ?? pls! I love the vid. i bought the book two!!!!

[vourlok]

1:55 wtf pilot with a mop nib??

[TobyW360]

i saw you guys on "next"

[TacoBound]

1:35 holly cunt that is amazing!

[PY1ER]

who is the writer at 1:36 and 2:00 ?

[TheLedZeppelin420]

@PY1ER his name is "ZYSONE" hes all over tokyo.

[ushar305]

what is this fucking music called

[abram207]

woow!!

[incubi]

21,775.6 US Dollar is 2million yen

50k yen = is about 471 dollars.

[dabidoe]

i wanna ball out in tokyo....

[ogge125]

Japan keeps the graffiti alive man!

[iSRaTeCk]

music fucking good nice handstyle

i gotta find mops like they have fucking amazing

[megamass00]

The music is great !

[birdcjuda]

those handstyles that start at 1:35 are crescent fresh.

[graffiti1man]

japanese people are very disiplined wonder how far he as gone ^^

[omgcancer]

RAKUGAKI!! ;D

[GraffitiSoul5]

Thats how we ninjas ROLL!

[grapista9812]

those wer sick handstyles!!! e.t style hahahahah

[sid666kurt]

how the fuck does the spin guy get pilots to drip

[diwagraffiti]

secret asian technique. hehe

[sabotagegraffiti]

if u refill the pilot with ink above the felt on the inside, it should drip

[Lian2416]

i wonder-- why don't regions locate walls where graffiti artist can write? free walls. or maybe, just tell some locations are free to write?

[njonesboy]

they do

[DirectedSvensk]

2000.000yen for writing on a shutter

holyshit :o

[omgcancer]

25 dollars?

[SBACRU]

CMK does deserve some credit as well. They put Osaka / Kansai region on the graffiti map. Plus they have a very nice attitude.

[JaeDiEm]

toys nuthin, what you know bout it frenchie!

I bought y'all book bout a month ago, and it is HOT!!!

This is the side of Japan I aint never knew existed. Let alone so sick wit style, like so distinctive. I was just blown away.

Big Ups on the book and the film!

Nuthin but love from the HI.

One!

[xxxKINGFROGxxx]

haha i agree, the only reason this book got made was because some loosers in london wanted to make a "trendy" book to go on all the coffee tables...

Whats cool?

'Graffiti' and 'japan' = easy money!

[DjKojix]

yea Racgaki is better then american graffiti if i say. but he is really good. and i want to get the boook now, i just went back to tagging i stop for a min cuhz the cops got me, and my brother so its time to go on walls now.

[SBACRU]

Both Japanese and American graffiti are good. The only difference is the style. Both countries have their dope writers and toys. Nothing is better than the other.

[SBACRU]

I was only referring to those who did piece even its in the Sugaraki-Cho Hall of Fame in Yokohama.

Like Kazzrock for example. Ok he's been commercialized doing interviews and shit but he did got up back in the days.

[SBACRU]

No I'm not offended. True that I haven't even been to Japan but I got fascinated with the scene since I live in Asia and Japan is one of the pioneers of the Asian graf scene.

[xxxKINGFROGxxx]

until sakakuraicho closed down 2 years ago, most of the pieces on the wall were old and crap by normal graff standards, it was hardly ever painted and the styles was US.

[wooshDX]

i perfer racgaki than american graffiti

[diwagraffiti]

nice!

[pnoyxmafia]

i have the entire documentary on my psp :D

[SBACRU]

I just bought the book. Nice book on Japanese graffiti. The DVD is also nice

[JCOOK2112]

Man i'm hyped i'm going 2 japan next spring wit my school deffinitly bring sum montana MOPs and sum OTR's gonna b sick...

[themonkwithin]

yea but dont do anything ugly

[777JUN777]

respect

[ghomega]

What's the name of the song ?

Nice vid!

[DragonCypher]

I have the original on canvas for the SUG graphic that shows up at 0:47.  Shit is sick!

[EVOLAD4]

this dvd comes with a book it freakin shweet.....!

[BuddenOne]

thats wassup graffiti everywhere ...someone hit me up i wanna know if u guys got Etch over there.

[xxxKINGFROGxxx]

Nah, its non existant. but if you brought some over it would be big news.

[BuddenOne]

lol yeah man once those japanese fools start fucking around with the etch bath. The real message would get around.Government would be pissed!!

[GBallaJ]

0:48 that is so fucking awesome mann

[blackjin21]

yo wats this beat

[skitfu]

The Spiraling's sick as fuck!!! Wish I thought of it.

[winni8167]

love the beginning

[hillcrestG]

japan is amazing, not the the graff.

[tumulos]

JAPANESE RULEZ!

OSAKAFEVER

[tumulos]

JAPANESE RULEZ!

OSAKAFEVER

[hydrobill]

Damn this shit looks tight! Great jpb getting the real cats on this- my boys Very and Tabu, and the very dope Ekys, Wanto, Sect, ZYS and King QP!. I wonder if any of my tags squeezed their way into this DVD... hafta buy a copy and check it out!

Respect!

[MateiMocanu]

i saw this 30-min doc a few weeks ago, while i was skimming thru the book; nice to see the relatively insulated japan catch up with this worldwide phenomena (i.e. tagging, stencils, graffiti writing) and adapt it their own peculiar way. exquisite photography, yet too much emphasis on time lapses. all the cities mentioned seemed to have their own style of graffiti writing which was nice, inasmuch it allows the viewer perceive this phenomenon in all its unity in diversity trait. nice.

[nachdurst07]

nice video, you know how to do...

but i got a question: why do japanese witers don`t use the japanese kind of letters? i think that would be some kind of interesting developement in graffiti...

[graffnameseed]

some do but its harder cus english u can see some letters wen there all styled up but in japanese if u change some parts thay will read as a differnt word intirly and u realy cant find symbols for graffiti names unless its a word like SEEN or COPE also thay could be going with graffiti tradition and keeping it english cus thats how it started, u hav to know ur history not to be a toy, or other small reasons

[nachdurst07]

ok, thanks

[5uk1m0n5t3r]

If you watch the whole documentary, Very1 states that it's easier to get your name noticed overseas if you use alphabets but there were times when he would switch to using Katana lettering too. For them the more stylish letters come from the English alphabet and find them easier to write.

[SBACRU]

You mean "katakana". Anyway, Its different now. I'm Filipino and at the same time, I'm Asian. Asia is known for the use of characters whether its traditional Chinese, Hangeul, Kana, etc. I used to do my pieces in English / Latin alphabet but recently, I've been doing my pieces in "alibata" which is the traditional Philippine alphabet. Its the same with some fellow writers in HK that prefer doing their pieces in Chinese. It gives us an Asian identity. On the side of Very, I give him props!

[5uk1m0n5t3r]

Wow thanks for the info! You write in the Philippines? I'm filipino too from an island in the visayas called Aklan. I just moved to California about a few weeks ago though and I do admit I am very toy lol. May I see some of your work? :) You've gotten me interested in this "alibata" alphabet and I'm guessing it originated somewhere in like Quezon Province?

[SBACRU]

Very-1 and Dist actually painted in The Philippines, in Manila. Me and my crew painted with him when they were here. If you want to see the flix, go to the Manila section of Art Crimes.

Both are one of the most prolific writers in Japan along with the SCA crew. Kazzrock though was the pioneer though he does more commercial graf.

[diwagraffiti]

yeah, we respect all certain styles. stop the hate and paint. flip-one is a graf pioneer here

[xxxKINGFROGxxx]

They are prolific at opening their mouths and going to magazines and spreading the same photos everywhere. Busk is only writer in Tokyo who paints a lot but keeps his stuff secret.

[5uk1m0n5t3r]

Oh wait you have some in your channel lol sorry XD

[Jules72Bear]

tagging sucks

[graffnameseed]

nigga u aint shit

[SBACRU]

Isn't it suppose to be "Rakugaki" ?

[5uk1m0n5t3r]

Yes, "Rakugaki" is the Japanese term for Graffiti but the Japanese writers eventually used the word Rackgaki which originated partly from the graffiti term "Rack"

[MuraMza]

ill. I'd like to see more

[graffnameseed]

dope

[sakubatzumatsu]

SECOND! just passing by..

[zogmfirst]

FIRST! nice jap graff