Photo/Illutration （C）MASH・ROOM/KODANSHA （C）Kosuke Kawamura （C）AKIRA ART OF WALL EXHIBITION

A giant mural featuring characters from the cyberpunk manga “Akira” that adorned the walls of a construction site in Tokyo’s Shibuya district is getting a new lease on life.

The artwork, which was taken down earlier this year, will be resurrected as part of the opening exhibition for the Parco Museum Tokyo and Gallery X in the Shibuya Parco commercial complex.

The mural depicting characters and scenes from Katsuhiro Otomo’s manga, measured 2.1 to 2.9 meters high and 51.6 meters wide.

It was displayed from May 2017 until August this year on temporary walls for the construction site at the fashion hub, which has been closed for renovations.

To celebrate the reopening of Shibuya Parco on Nov. 22, the mural will be displayed as part of a large collage artwork for the “Akira Art of Wall Katsuhiro Otomo x Kosuke Kawamura Akira Art Exhibition” project.

The new artwork was produced in collaboration with the manga author and collage artist Kosuke Kawamura, and recreated from the original art wall at the construction site.

Otomo’s original drawings and posters, as well as replicas of iconic objects from “Akira” are also on display at Parco Museum Tokyo on the fourth floor.

Gallery X will also be featuring an installation of large artworks in the building's basement level.

Exclusive merchandise and apparel produced in collaboration for the event will be on sale at the venues.

Admission is 1,000 yen ($9.19) for adults, 800 yen for senior high school students and younger children and free for preschoolers.

For more information, visit the official website at (https://art.parco.jp/).

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