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Japanese Rap/Hip-Hop Group Dos Monos Collaborates with Junji Ito, Nobutaka Yoda, Naoyuki Asano

Japanese rap and hip-hop group Dos Monos revealed on Wednesday that it is collaborating with horror manga icon Junji Ito and veteran animators Nobutaka Yoda and Naoyuki Asano for its new EP Dos Moons. Ito created the cover art for the EP. Yoda and Asano directed the teaser movie, which is available on Dos Monos' YouTube channel:

The group released Dos Moons on May 7 with four songs: "Gilda," "Pearl," "Lee Merlin," and "Oz."

Dos Monos is a Japanese rap trio composed of Zo Zhit, TaiTan, and Botsu aka NGS. In 2018, the group announced it signed with U.S. label Deathbomb Arc and released their debut album Dos City in March the following year. The group has made appearances at Japan domestic and international festivals and their self-curated event series, "Theater D." Dos Monos has also collaborated with UK rock band black midi and U.S. hip-hop group Injury Reserve, along with Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang, literary author Yasutaka Tsutsui, and manga artist Q Hayashida.

Sources: Email correspondence.