#The Kaonashi

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Profiles in Villainy

The Kaonashi

Sometimes known as ‘No Face,’ The Kaonashi is a denizen of the spirit realm possessing tremendous and destructive powers.  It devours other spirits and can absorb their emotions into his own soul, causing him to take on their attitudes, especially negative ones. 

When The Kaonashi happened upon the lost human girl, Chihiro, he followed her around, attracted by her feelings of loss.  Chihiro had been made a servant at the spirit bathhouse and when she inadvertently offended Kaonashi, the dark spirit went on a destructive rampage.

He ended up trashing much of the bathhouse, consuming everything and thus transforming into a massive inky blob.  He only stopped after Chihiro offered him a dumpling which caused The Kaonashi to regurgitate everything he had eaten. With all of the gluttonous, greedy, and wrathful influences out of his system, he returned to a docile, calm state, showing remorse for his actions. He followed Chihiro to the good witch Zeniba's house.

When Chihiro prepares to leave, Zeniba requests that The Kaonashi stay with her as a helper and stay away from the negative influences of the Bathhouse that could set him off again. The spirit agrees, and stays with her as a humble and kind servant.

Though he never truly speaks, his moans and coos were performed by Akio Nakamura in the Japanese version, and Bob Bergen in the English dub version.  No Face The Kaonashi appears in the 2001 animated feature, Spirited Away.  

[svenesslinger]

The Kaonashi

[jaubaius]

Source

[daikaiju-arts]

They’d be good friends I think

[mcdolann]

✨no face in some ramen✨

by me

available on redbubble

[heartnosekid]

mini kaonashi cake 🍰 | _kassycakes_ on ig

[sailor-moon-rei]

by smilebento.tonarinrin

[miuukuu]

some studio ghibli doodles (*´꒳`*) ♪

[tanuki-kimono]

“The imaginary world of Hayao Miyazaki in Aubusson tapestries” project has unveiled a new tapestry today. It’s the banquet scene from Spirited away where Chihiro confronts No-face, and it’s GLORIOUS.

Pictures are from Catsuka and Cité internationale de la tapisserie’s insta. You can also see it here in video (all in French sorry!), 40min has the “tombée de métier” (when weavers cut the warp threads once a tapestry is finished) and 1h08min is when they unveil it.

Aubusson manufacture project is to make 5 full size tapestries from Ghibli’s works using traditional weaving techniques.

They have already worked on Princess Mononoke, finished last year:

But the scenes I anticipate the most are coming, as they are now starting to work on Howl’s Moving Castle - especially Howl’s wizard bedroom :D

They are atm working on the cartons (weaving guide/blueprints):

Spirited Away tapestry will stay exposed in Aubusson for the moment, while Mononoke one will be shown at Opéra de Bordeaux in March, and in Musée du Quai Branly in Paris this summer ;)

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more spirited away lockscreens here!

[breebird33]

ID: No Face/Kaonashi from Spirited Away is crouched down in profile, surrounded by dirty dishes and food debris, offering a pile of gold to someone out of the picture. His mask smiles in front of a mop of bright green hair, mirroring the wide grin of his real mouth. He is adorned in gold chains and nuggets, nestled in the blue fathered cloak draped over his back.

Saw Spirited Away: Live on Stage earlier this week and was completely blown away by the performances and puppetry, especially for my fav No Face/Kaonashi.  

After looking at his initial designs for the film, I wanted to try my hand at designing a take on him.

[cosmic--dandelion]

Some interesting parallels

[lauq-art]

No-Face 🧶

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[ghiblimedia]

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨 ♥︎

🎥 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏)

[komy-0o]

千と千尋の神隠し 🐉🍃✨