{"product_id":"akira-art-of-wall","title":"AKIRA: Art of Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003eAD 2019: The year the world caught up to AKIRA. Two years before this milestone, author Katsuhiro Otomo worked with artist Kosuke Kawamura to enrobe a Tokyo city block in a collage of gripping moments from the manga that revolutionized an art form. Then, over the next two years, he did it twice more. The result: three electifying compilations of Otomos art, meandering across the city. And now you can take them home.From 20172019, the throngs passing through Tokyos emblematic Shibuya neighborhood were lucky enough to witness a massive art project. The PARCO department store was closed for renovation, and Katsuhiro Otomo and collage artist Kosuke Kawamura seized on the opportunity to stretch Otomos landmark manga AKIRA across the barriers separating the construction site from the bustling nightlife of Shibuya, Tokyo.When the project was completed, it was 2019: the very year the story of AKIRA began. To commemorate this milestone, a silver foilcoated collectors box presents an exquisite reproduction of Otomo and Kawamuras work, with the specifications overseen and approved by Otomosensei personally. Nearly 75 feet (22.7 meters) of illustrations, speech balloons, and text selected from AKIRAs six volumes stretch across three accordionbound volumes. A fourth volume includes an exclusive interview with Otomo and Kawamura, as well as photographs of the original exhibition by awardwinning photographer TAKAMURADAISUKE. Rounding out the box is a dramatic, 16.5x23.4inch poster.In this form, Kawamuras recontextualization of Otomos manga is reminiscent of traditional Japanese emaki (picture scrolls), the narrative scrolls that some scholars see as mangas most ancient ancestors.Dont miss this change to own a singular artifact in the history of anime and manga.ContainsScroll 1: Oct. 25, 2017May 15, 2018. 29.3 feet (8.94 meters). Scroll 2: May 16, 2018Feb. 27, 2019. 22.6 feet (6.88 meters). Scroll 3: Feb. 28, 2019Aug. 8, 2019. 22.6 feet (6.88 meters). 430 x 607 mm poster 52page hardcover catalog book including new interviews with Katsuhiro Otomo and Kosuke Kawamura and photographs by TAKAMURADAISUKE Rigid, silver cold foilwrapped box\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kodansha Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45900624724166,"sku":"DADAX1646514564","price":130.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81MtTAGDMeL.jpg?v=1780315884","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/akira-art-of-wall","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}