Why Akira Matters

http://www.artofakira.com This video highlights one of the gallery pieces for the upcoming ToonSeum exhibit, Art of Akira. In this video, we see a background piece for a short scene in exquisite detail, which illustrates the overall level of artistic expertise present in the film as a whole. For more information, including high resolution images and details on how you can help expose this important art to the world, visit http://www.artofakira.com

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Film & Animation

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• Akira
• Ryu
• Nezu
• Otomo
• Kaneda
• Art
• of
• Toonseum

[FrozenFourthSeason]

One of the reasons Otomo probably didn't do any other projects with it is because the very, very expensive film bombed in its home country. While the manga was successful and the movie had the most influence on the perception of anime ever. Kinda sad really.

[joethepeacock]

@FrozenFourthSeason Please do your research. Akira is one of the highest grossing films of all time in Japan. Otomo has gone on to do 3 other films and 2 television series.

If this was a troll, you got me. If it wasn't, please go get a vasectomy as soon as possible so as not to pollute the species with your particular brand of dumb.

[ReasonForNo]

@joethepeacock woah woah woah man. I know there are really stupid people that dont deserve to think or live, but jesus this guy just made a mistake in facts. a simple mistake, lets not go cutting off heads where we dont need to.

[iRULEYAY]

Wasn't that good. and this video is pretentious as fuck. Bladerunner did everything this tried to do, better.

[420Otaku]

This video is simply fantastic! favorite line "i can do this with one picture and 6 seconds of video." and you did just that sir!

[kautle]

it's definitely the best movie ever. + otomo made the entire manga first and then did all the storyboards holy shit

[ZidaneTribal93]

Best atmosphere ever. Deus Ex tried to catch but only for the first half of the game.

[Dogen]

@morganvachon Definitely! : )

[Dogen]

@morganvachon It's quite simply incredible! : )

[morganvachon]

@Dogen I can't agree more! I bought the soundtrack long before I saw the movie just based on recommendations from friends (this was around 1993, long before anime was "mainstream" in the US). I would listen to it over and over and imagine the scenes they were tied to. Once I finally got to see the movie several months later, I was simply blown away by how close my perceptions were to the actual scenes. It is probably the most intricate and complicated animated film ever produced.

[Juraga2]

What got me about this movie and kept me up at night wasn't the mindfuck. It was the art behind the movie. Tetsuo's mutation, the music, the complete dedication to Akira as an art form. And for this, I'm proud to say I've seen Akira.

[iRULEYAY]

@joethepeacock Yea, too bad its people like you who get anal-discomfort over every little detail, that are the true cancer of the human species.

[daystar140]

I'm selling a rare art book that details the amazing work that went into making the film, from the first pencil sketches, design and story boarding to the finished product. It's called the "AKIRA ANIMATION ARCHIVES".

I'm selling this book on Ebay. This is the only one for sale outside Japan (in Japan there are only 5).

This is a collectors item for those interested in Akira, animation design or the art of anime.

On Ebay search: "Akira animation Archives"

PM if your interested.