AKIRA, cut no. 84, poster
Artist: Toshiharu Mizutani
Edition: 500 copies
Print type: lithograph (offset print)
Paper: Magno Volume 200 g/m²
Format: 70 × 50 cm
The poster is available in two options.
Choose between the plain poster shipped in a tube, or the poster mounted on a 3mm aluminum composite sheet including our custom made picture hook, delivered flat and ready to hang on your wall.
Posters ship within one week. Posters mounted on a panel are custom made and take 2 to 3 weeks to deliver.
The last three images show the poster mounted on a panel. See this blog post for more information!
This background was used to create a pan down of the animation camera. It is the first view of the backalley behind Haruki’s Bar right at the beginning of the feature. Kaneda, Tetsuo and Yamagata start their adventure from this dark spot in Neo Tokyo.
The surface of Neo Tokyo seems to be glamorous. However, the streets lie in darkness, littered with garbage. The contrast of colours between the backalley and the high-rise buildings enforces the impression of Neo Tokyo's complex laminated structure. Asked about references which he used for the creation of this background artwork Toshiharu Mizutani, AKIRA’s art director, mentioned Syd Mead and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. “I watched that video so many times.”, he confirmed in an interview conducted in preparation for our exhibition “Cityscapes in Anime Background Art”. The influence of the cyberpunk icon is palpable in this tableau.
