Cthulhu Evolution: Takayuki Takeya's "Cthulhu" SPECIAL SITE | Max Factory

The Cthulhu Evolution Original Statue Series features famous Japanese creators reimagining the fear inspired by the cosmic horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. The first entry of the series features famous Sculptor/Character Designer Takayuki Takeya's reimagining of the Great Old One, Cthulhu.

We invite you to experience the outstanding detail of Takayuki Takeya's interpretation of Cthulhu.

Visuals we often see have been the standard octopus-like image, but I wanted to make it a bit more anthropomorphic. I wanted to show a fearful depiction with no face and no way of knowing what he is thinking, so everything above the eyes was removed. "Biologically loathsome"was the keyword I went for, with a warty or veiny exterior. Or just completely cut off the way I did. I was gradually trying to work the feeling of something repugnant to humans into the designs and molds. Something like the wrinkliness of things in formaldehyde. Or like inside the head—wouldn't anyone find it horrible if it were crawling with maggots? So I decided to go with this. Actually, it's not just that he's being eaten by worms from the inside, even though it looks that way, because normally you'd die, but I wanted to create this kind of 'illogical state.' As for the wings, they look like wings, but they also could be tentacles. Even saying they are wings, he can't use them to aerodynamically fly, but is able to through some incomprehensible power. It was the feeling that maybe this is how he might look to humans.