The character Gloomy the Bear at first sight looks like a possible friend of Hello Kitty. Cute face, pink skin, simply drawn in basic colors. And then, suddenly, you notice the blood on its claws. Japanese illustrator Mori Chack's creation is the most horrible nightmare you can ever fall in love with.
Welcome to the curious world of Mori Chack, self-taught illustrator from Japan with an army of fans that is growing like a virus. 5 Years ago he was a fairly unknown young man trying to sell postcards of his works on the streets of Osaka, 600 kilometers west of Tokyo. One day a media giant discovered him. Until then they had only marketed music and videos. This was the first time for them to back an illustrator.
Stuffed toys, t-shirts and chain holders of the bloodthirsty Gloomy are selling like hotcakes. The creature has now started to quench his thirst for blood outside the Japanese isles. In 2003 BEEF dicovered gloomy bear on a japanese website and started importing the toys from japan.