![]() The exhibition featured his drawings "a favorite of otaku artists" the series of drawings showed monsters transforming into buildings, stones and trees and other inanimate objects. Narita's work was included in the Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture exhibition at the Japan Society in New York City. He continued to create and exhibit his oil painting and sculptures throughout his life, including a public art work, Demon Monument, located in Fukuchi City, Kyoto. ![]() In 1968 he became a freelance artist and worked on films and movies including Kono ko wo nokoshite, The Bullet Train, Mahjong horoki, and Senso to ningen. He went on to work in TV special effects for the shows, Totsugeki! Human!!, Enban Senso Bankid, and Mighty Jack. He is best noted for his work on the Ultra series, known in the vernacular as "Narita's Monsters". In addition to work as a designer, Narita was also a sculptor, painter, and director of special effects. He then began working as a Tokusatsu (action film) artist for Toei starting in 1960 and in 1965 he began working for Tsuburaya Visual Effects Productions. Narita studied painting and sculpture at a Musashino Art University in Japan, and afterwards made part of his income doing special effects production work on the 1954 film Godzilla. His family moved to Aomori prefecture shortly after his birth. ![]() Narita was born on September 3, 1929, in Kobe City, Japan.
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