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.
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October 15th, 2014 at 9:23 am
Woah! This is really really awesome! :-O
October 15th, 2014 at 11:56 am
That was one of my favorite Kaba 2 pieces, and it looks like it will be really something when it’s finished. I love seeing Otomo’s work rendered in three dimensions; this reminds me of the anthropomorphic animal puppets he designed for the commercial featured in Kaba 1.
October 16th, 2014 at 12:41 am
Charles / Zack – Now I just need an excuse to visit Sendai next year. 😛
October 18th, 2014 at 1:36 pm
Hah! This gives me a reason to go to Japan in 2015!