AKIRA, cut no. 207, poster
Artist: Hiroshi Ohno
Edition: 500 copies
Print type: 7 color offset
Print size: 70.7 × 50.0 cm
Neo Tokyo is built on a landfill in Tokyo Bay, therefore space is limited, with the city growing upwards rather than expanding horizontally. Bridges, elevators and high viewpoints, as in this cut, are important to achieve the impression of a deeply structured, multi-layered cityscape.
This artwork is a superb rendering of Neo Tokyo’s architecture painted by Hiroshi Ohno one of the foremost art directors in the anime industry. The original final production background is made of two layers. The upper layer is painted on celluloid film while the base layer is painted on paper. We decided to reproduce this artwork as a digital montage.
Based on the graphic novel “AKIRA” by Katsuhiro Otomo. First published by “Young Magazine”, Kodansha Ltd.
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