Giant 3D dog leaps across Tokyo billboards

 

A giant 3D dog appeared on digital screens in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district on Friday (July 29), catching the attention of pedestrians as it leaped across electronic billboards to catch a frisbee. 

The dog, an Akita, appears once an hour on eight separate screens outside bustling Shibuya station. 

The installation comes after a 3D cat created by another company, which appeared on a digital billboard in another part of Tokyo last year, went viral. 

"The (3D) cat in Shinjuku is famous, but when people think of Shibuya it has to be a dog. 

We had a request from (Billboard advertising company) Hit (for this). 

There are many screens here and by making the dog and the frisbee move from screen to screen, I thought that we would be able to express something different from Shinjuku or other places," said the project's creative director, Mitsuhisa Aoyama. 

The busy crossing has a landmark in the form of a statue of a dog named Hachiko. The Akita is remembered for his loyalty as he sat outside the nearby station every day for nearly a decade after his owner's death waiting for him to return


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