Drifting Classroom Immersive Horror Event Set for Kazuo Umezu's 90th Birthday
The event extends the "Thought Experiment Exhibition" format, which sold out in multiple locations, into a horror experience tied to one of Umezu's most famous works for his milestone birthday.
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An experiential exhibition called "UMEZZ HORROR HOUSE ~Drifting Classroom and Thought Experiment Exhibition~" will run from July 17 to September 6 at Gallery Zenon in Kichijoji, Tokyo. The event commemorates manga artist Kazuo Umezu's 90th birthday and combines an immersive horror experience based on his manga "Drifting Classroom" with the "Thought Experiment Exhibition" that has drawn over 20,000 visitors in Tokyo and Osaka.
The "Thought Experiment Exhibition" is a "new experiential entertainment" that poses the question "If you could go to another world, how would you live?" and has drawn over 20,000 cumulative visitors in Tokyo and Osaka, with tickets selling out in various locations. The script is by Dism of Kyoten Dochi Club, who worked on the TRPG "Katashiro."
In "UMEZZ HORROR HOUSE," visitors enter the world of Yamato Elementary School from "Drifting Classroom," thrown into an isolated wasteland where a narrator confronts them with "life and death" and "naked ego." The experience is described as "psychological horror entertainment for modern people living in unstable times." Up to seven people can attend per group, with sessions lasting about 60 minutes. Tickets are available through TicketDive.
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