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Oct 19 2018 12 Comments

Tokyo Akira homage

Double the explosion, double the devotion?

tokyo Akira explosion homage

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  1. Coli says

    10/19/2018 at 8:46 am

    Wow! It looks like this has been drawn one of those construction walls they put around a building being put up or torn down. Is that what it is? Or just on some building? Either way great.

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    • Lee says

      10/19/2018 at 8:24 pm

      Cheers. Yes, that’s exactly what it is. A huge department store was pulled down, and these walls are round the edges. There were just a couple of Akira pictures at first, but there are a lot more now. Definitely a good way to use all that white space.

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  2. cdilla says

    10/19/2018 at 4:02 pm

    Wow, what an amazing moment to capture.
    There was a building site in Shibuya that I saw some similarly large scale Akira art decorating back in April – It was a single image of Kaneda on his bike with AD2019 lettering. If it’s the same place looks like they have extended it some. Hope it’s still there next April.

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    • Lee says

      10/19/2018 at 8:28 pm

      I’d seen him near one of the other pictures, and just hoped something interesting might happen. Very happy I waited!

      That’s the exact spot, only there are a lot more pictures now. Not sure what they are building, but it’s a huge site, so I reckon there’s a very good chance it’ll still be there in April

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      • cdilla says

        10/19/2018 at 10:39 pm

        Looks like that is to be a Parco complex.
        The whole redevelopment plan is quite staggering.
        As someone who loves looking down on Tokyo from a height I’m looking forward to some of these becoming reality.

        https://www.shibuyastation.com/shibuya-station-area-redevelopment-plan/

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        • Lee says

          10/20/2018 at 9:34 am

          Yeah, it really is. The building work seems to have been going on forever, but considering the changes they are making, that’s not surprising.

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  3. Harry says

    10/19/2018 at 4:13 pm

    OK, this is very cool. There’s so much I like. Great capture! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      10/19/2018 at 8:31 pm

      Thank you. Very happy the way it worked out. Thought the best I’d get would be him in front of it, but even then I didn’t expect to get a shot. So to have him there, and with his arms out, was very nice to say the least!

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  4. john says

    10/19/2018 at 8:38 pm

    but just look at the state of those bushes!

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    • Lee says

      10/19/2018 at 10:11 pm

      The suggestion of nature returning after all that destruction — perhaps!

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  5. DavidT says

    10/21/2018 at 12:50 pm

    This is a really strong image. Gotta love love the matching clothes! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      10/22/2018 at 7:21 am

      Thanks. Definitely a photo I’m happy with. One of those lovely moments when the timing was just right.

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