I first saw Dragon Ball in 1986 on a random Saturday Cartoon Express, anime was scarce, hidden in obscure corners of the video rental regimes. In 1992 I saw Ghost in the Shell, and Akira on vhs, my aesthetic universe permanently reoriented, I was twelve.
Through art school, as a sculptor and bronze craftsman, and metal fabricator, I watched the rise of a new aesthetic and cultural monolith. I based scholarly research on its forefathers, predicted its promise as a global economic and social super structure.
When I found tattooing, I was able to answer the question of what I am meant to do. The marriage of tattoos and anime is literally the dreams coming true and it is an honor to bear witness.