Maker
Photography by Yuki Yonekura and Toshiaki Makihara (AirBoard)
Flight of Fancy
Kazuhiko Hachiya mines cartoons for his real-world inventions.
Kazuhiko Hachiya is famous in Japan for his quirky, entertaining creations. He is also about to become the first person to fly in an anime-inspired jet.
The 42-year-old Tokyo-based artist is in the final stages of making the jet-engine version of OpenSky, a one-person glider with a 32-foot wingspan based on a popular Japanese film. “My biggest goal is to create something that moves or bemuses people,” he says. “If that meant I only made one big thing, that would be OK.”
It took Hachiya ...
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