To truly respect the brand’s heritage and authenticity, Onitsuka Tiger submerged in the Japanese symbolism of the 60 year cycle and discovered the ancient Japanese legend of the Zodiac Race. For their 60th anniversary Onitsuka Tiger created a huge ‘Zodiac Race’ sneaker island.

This fall 2009 Onitsuka Tiger will unveil its Cycle of life Zodiac product package to the public. It features a special T-shirt and a direct translation of the ‘Zodiac Race’ sneaker island into a Mexico 66 shoe. This version of the Mexico 66 is executed in an all over photo print with a very unique finish, giving the shoe an extra 3D effect and nice suede detailing.

The special celebration box (for the shoes) and the hang tag (for the T-shirt) both feature a design of the white paper and red and white ribbon traditionally used to wrap a 60th birthday present in Japan. The pack will be launched in October 2009.

More images of the Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 Island Sneaker and T-Shirt follow after the jump.

As most of you should know by now, Onitsuka Tiger is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Aside from a series of special product, they have now also produced a very limited 60th anniversary box set. The box set consists of sneakers, a t-shirt and the Made Of Japan magazine, which has also been produced specifically for the occasion.

Made Of Japan is a bilingual book/magazine, which comes with tons of interesting content. 30 cult figures are presented in the book, product is presented as well and most interesting Onitsuka Tiger produced parts of the book using old Japanese book binding methods and graphics.

Let’s get to the most interesting part for you. We are giving away one of these limited edition box sets. Not only will you get a sneaker, a t-shirt and the Made Of Japan book, you will even get to choose among three special 60th anniversary sneakers that you can check out in detail after the jump.

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Now head on after the jump to check out all the nice goodies that come with the Onitsuka Tiger 60th Anniversary Box.

We take a look at some of the new Onitsuka Tiger Fall 2009 Footwear. Especially interesting are the Mexico 66 and the Colorado 85 in the line-up. They nicely mix good color combinations and easy to wear premium materials in the new line. Several low top and high top sneakers have landed over the weekend at Proper.

Take a look at all new Onitsuka Tiger Fall 2009 styles after the jump.

Once again Wood Wood shows us a new footwear collaboration. After recently working with adidas, Converse and others, they now worked with Onitsuka Tiger on the classic X-Caliber GT. Once again the Copenhagen label impresses by creating a shoe that it both classic and wearable, yet different from the masses. Too many collaborations out there go too crazy and turn out to be un-wearable, and it is never the case with Wood Wood’s work.

Select retailers will be receiving the Onitsuka Tiger x Wood Wood X-Caliber GT beginning of August.

More detailed images of the sneaker follow after the jump as well as here.

Developed in 1982, the Onitsuka Tiger X-CALIBER was the first of its kind to feature a unique mid-sole design, incorporating air flex canals to give increased movement and superior cushioning.

It featured a reinforced toe design to help prevent injury to toes through slipping forward in motion, a unique zigzagged ‘quadra lacing’ system to ensure superior fit, mesh and nylon uppers to ensure better air ventilation and support, and most importantly – it looked great.

The X-CALIBER used the highest technology and most sophisticated designs available. The first shoes came out in a great range of early eighties colour ways. For the re-introduction the original colors are being reissued in true retro style: Red Clay/White and Blue/Silver. They will be launched at selected retailers across Europe on 1st of July.

Detailed images of both colorways of the Onitsuka Tiger X-Caliber follow after the jump.

The fixed gear bike has taken over, that is for sure. We have seen adidas present the Zeitgeist, Nike comes with the City Tiempo and now also Onitsuka Tiger gets into the game and presents a collaboration with Human Traffic and Shoebiz from San Francisco on the Mexico 66. The iconic silhouette from the Japanese sneaker brand features a reflective all-vegan upper, directed at the fixed gear rider. Well, at least you have some choice now.

Once again Onitsuka Tiger and Mini team up. The R55 Mini Urban Pack consists of three sneakers, minitating on their uppers materials used on the car, such as perforated leathers and carbon fiber. There is also a special sneaker in the pack honoring the Mini Clubman Works edition, a more powerful tuned version of the car.

The Onitsuka Tiger x Mini Clubman R55 Mini Urban Pack is now available at ripe.

Detailed images follow after the jump.

Onitsuka Tiger presents their popular Mexico 66 model in a Deluxe version. The sneaker has been handmade in Japan and come in four tonal colorways. At closer inspection one can really see and feel the premium materials used on the sneaker. The uppers come in leather and suede and even the tongue tags come each in matching colorways. Via Openers.

Take a look at some production pictures of the Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 Deluxe after the jump.

Onitsuka Tiger is also celebrating their 60th anniversary this year and as you may have seen with a video that we presented to you a couple of weeks ago, their theme for this years collection is the Zodiac year. Each sneaker in the line is in some way inspired by an animal out of the Zodiac calendar – special printing techniques, special finishes and interesting designs can be found on each shoe in the collection.

The Onitsuka Tiger Spring/Summer 2009 Zodiac Collection will be rolled out step by step over the next couple of months. Today we give you a little preview of what there is to come.

Detailed images follow after the jump.

Once again Onitsuka Tiger has come up with a special theme and campaign and will be celebrating their 60th anniversary this year with the symbols of the Zodiac Race.

“in japanese culture a 60th birthday is a milestone of major significance laden with symbolism around the ‘cycle of life’, which is itself based on the japanese zodiac calendar.

amsterdam worldwide has reworked the ancient zodiac legend, which tells how 13 animals raced against each other to secure a spot in the zodiac calendar, to create a campaign that works across multiple communications channels. these include: a one metre-long sneaker diorama; an animation; print ads; online and in-store executions.

at the heart of the campaign is the breathtaking one metre-long zodiac race diorama shaped like a sneaker, which recreates a mythical japanese landscape in miniature.

the diorama is hand-built using the five ruling elements – wood, fire, earth, metal and water. the design features several japanese landmarks including mount fuji, the tottori sand dunes, ice sculptures from the hokkaido region, the dry volcanic area of kyushu and the pylons powering the bright lights of tokyo.” Via Designboom.

They also made a three minute animated film for the occasion and of course sneakers with the animal themes will be releasing all year long, more on that soon.

More images of the Onitsuka Tiger 60th Anniversary Zodiac Race Diorama follow after the jump.