The World of RYU NOGUCHIImportant Notice About Customs Duties For shipments from our store to overseas destinations, customs duties or import taxes may be applied depending on the destination country. Please note that any such duties are the responsibility of the purchaser. This is the only Kaiju artbook by genius creature designer Ryu Noguchi. Noguchi began working at an animation and manga production company around 1970, and later began designing special effects monsters.