Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo. A global landmark in the shaping of the Cyberpunk genre, and a watershed title for the medium.



I got my hands on the tankōbon(s) more than 20 years ago and those pages upon pages at the end of the third one depicting the destruction of Neo-Tokyo stayed with me ever since. Pages of stunning destruction, leaving me in awe.



This is my generative take on the subject. An attempt to evoke the power of that one panel in a cohesive collection.



Everything procedurally generated at runtime.



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