Whilst Otomo's masterpiece Akira is in Hollywood development hell two fans of the epic comic series and manga have taken on the challenge to create a CGI Akira trailer. The results are suitably awesome with famous scenes from the animation recreated in amazing CGI. The trailer starts with Kaneda and his biker gang, the Capsules, pursuing the rival gang, the Clowns. The Neo-Tokyo scenes are recreated and the red colour bands from the lights snake in their wake. Check out the trailer below and let me know what you think!
Springfield is About to E.X.P.L.O.D.E with Bartkira
One is the manga that brought Japanese animation to the masses and is considered a bonafide classic, the other the longest running comedy series of all time with some of the most iconic characters of all time- combine them both and you have Bartkira.
Artist Ryan Humphrey had the idea of merging the worlds of The Simpsons to that of Akira, however what started off as an internet meme has grown into a collaborative project of over 100 artists who are recreating the 2000 page Otomo epic in Matt Groening's image. The first 3 graphic novels have been complete and are available to read for free. Also recently there has been a Bartkira trailer created and whilst it is a bit shaky in places the fact that this is a collaborative fan-made passion project is really heartening to hear.
