Toshiharu Mizutani - Akira (cut no. 1) Poster Prints Artist: Mayuko Iwata

Artist: Mayuko Iwata

Medium: Acrylic on canvas (Enamel on beach mini sculpture)

Artist: Cat JohnstonExhibition: SpecimensMedium: Paper

Artist: Mattias Adolfsson

Artist: Wiley Wallace

Toshiharu Mizutani - Akira (cut no. 1) Poster Prints Artist: Mayuko IwataFor the opening of AKIRA the camera moves in on this aerial view of Tokyo and pans up from the bottom of the artwork. At about half way through the title 1988. 7. 16 TOKYO is superimposed on the background which marks both the beginning of the movie's plot and the date of the film's theatrical release in Japan. Centered in the shot, we see a cluster of skyscrapers, which is the Shinjuku subcenter of Tokyo. Something of mystic power explodes around