Harmagedon - Genma Taisen -Military style Robber Shot – Original Production Cel (Toho, Rintaro x Otomo, 1983)

Genma Taisen: Military style Robber Shot – Original Production Cel (Toho, Rintaro x Otomo, 1983) + Studio Envelope

Time-code 01:05:44:00 — A moment of raw tension from Genma Taisen (Harmagedon): this original production cel captures the exact frame when a gang member, part of Sonny Lynx’s, seen from behind, takes a fatal shot while standing before a window. A stark, cinematic still where motion stops for a heartbeat.

Though the character is viewed from the back, Otomo’s influence is instantly recognizable — in the anatomy, the folds of the uniform, the realism of the posture. The character design is unmistakably grounded in the same brutal, grounded world Otomo would later develop in Akira.

The framing, the gesture, the lighting through the window — everything evokes the ambition of early 80s anime pushing toward something darker, more adult, more real.