Famed anime director Otomo Katsuhiro (Akira) has flexed his considerable artistic muscles to help design a giant wall mural ( a bar relief sculpture, to be exact ) for display at the Sendai Airport, based on one of his illustrations. ( click on image below for a bigger version )

The illustration is actually based on an original piece which can be found in his art book Kaba volume 2 ( see image below ); it is possible the Japanese deities framing the center character were added later on specifically for this project.

(below) Sculpting work in progress for the mural piece.

The work is expected to be completed/go on display around March 2015, so if you’re visiting Sendai keep an eye out for this one.

Tip of the hat to ANN for the news, images courtesy of NKB.