Same Hat has a roundup of the news regarding horror manga-ka Kazuo Umezu’s (“the Drifting Classroom”) plans to paint his house in red and white stripes and how his neighbors aren’t terribly happy with that decsion:
The skinny cartoonist with curly hair is often seen wearing bold red-and-white stripes, a habit attributed to his fantasies of being a pirate.
“Red and white stripes are my trademark and I planned to paint them somewhere on the house,” the 70-year-old told the private TBS network.
“But it was said to destroy the landscape,” he said. “I was in high spirits but now I’m deeply troubled.”
Umezu says he has not broken any law and argues that his house in the quiet backstreets of the trendy Kichijoji area would be “beautiful.”
There’s more in the link, including a video clip and some photos.
