{"id":93531,"date":"2025-10-22T04:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93531\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T04:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:15:54","slug":"japanese-artists-re-imagine-back-to-the-future-for-its-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93531\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Artists Re-Imagine &#8216;Back To The Future&#8217; For Its 40th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back to the Future is celebrating its 40th (yes, 40th) anniversary in style this year, with a special exhibition at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 that will feature costumes and props from the film, including a screen-used copy of Marty McFly\u2019s iconic hoverboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fans can also expect photo opportunities, guest appearances from actors Christopher Lloyd, Lee Thompson, Tom Wilson, and Claudia Wells, as well as some new merchandise for the film. Most exciting of all, the event will also display commemorative artwork from 10 Japanese illustrators:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-145-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56880\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-146-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56881\"  \/><br \/>\nLeft: Koji Inada (Dragon Quest: Dai\u2019s Great Adventure), Right: Masakazu Katsura (Astral Chain character designer)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-147-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-148-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56883\"  \/><br \/>\nLeft: Kazushi Hagiwara (BASTARD!!), Right: Akira Miyashita (Shin!! Otoko Juku)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-149-730x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56884\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-150-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56885\"  \/><br \/>\nLeft: Masanori Morita (Rokudenashi Blues), Right: Raita Kazama (Xenoblade character designer)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-151-772x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56886\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-152-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56887\"  \/><br \/>\nLeft: Naoki Saito (Pokemon TCG illustrator), Right: Ryosuke Takeuchi (One Piece TCG illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-153-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56888\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-154-729x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56889\"  \/><br \/>\nLeft: Ryo Fujihara (A3! character designer), Right: lack (Fate\/Grand Order character designer)<\/p>\n<p>More information on Back to the Future\u2019s Tokyo Comic Con exhibition can be found on its <a href=\"https:\/\/bttf40th-popup-event.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back to the Future is celebrating its 40th (yes, 40th) anniversary in style this year, with a special&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-93531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}