Japanese Retro Futurism

Reading time: less than a minute | Written by Ben Branch | May 7th 2012

I love retro futurism, the Japanese seem to produce some of the best you’ll find anywhere, as any fan of Akira or Ghost in the Shell will tell you.

Click the above image for the full resolution version, it’d make a hell of a desktop wallpaper.

Ben Branch

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Published by Ben Branch - May 7th 2012

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