MetaFilter posts tagged with anime and Akira

Akira on blu-ray

slimepuppy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:00 -0800

20 years after its cinematic debut, Akira is being released on bluray. Now would probably be a good time to do the following: Visit the official site (in Japanese). Watch the documentary (Part 1 of 5, youtube, English dub, Spanish subs) and learn, among other things, about the record-breaking colour palette that was created for the film and the intricate storyboarding process that Katsuhiro Otomo went through for the production. Read the manga (and then buy it!). Listen to the soundtrack by Geinoh Yamashirogumi (in Japanese). (buy it too!) Visit the fan sites. (previously on metafilter.) Fear the soon-to-be-release live action remake. Apologies for the copyright infringements. Excise as felt necessary.

I am Tetsuo

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:49:41 -0800

Akira2019: a fan-site devoted to the classic Japanese manga and anime, offering up production cels, background info on the ground-breaking digital coloring technique used in the Epic translation, images, and film music.

Steamboy

freakystyley — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:50:22 -0800

Steamboy is a steam punk anime adventure by Katsuhiro Otomo (of Akira fame). Here's the synopsis. Here's the trailer. Looks hella-impressive. Kinda makes my pants shrink. Anybody else know more info on this?

ritualdevice — Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:07:02 -0800

Tetsuo! Kaneda! Akira on DVD!