アキラ - An appreciation

OtomoChaser · Tue May 01, 2018 1:56 pm

OtomoChaser · Fri May 25, 2018 8:36 am

So.....THIS just happened.

A surprise gift from one of my Instagram followers and longtime hero of mine (Joe Peacock, curator of the 'Art Of Akira' exhibition and owner of the largest private collection in the world), an original 4-layer cel set from Akira.
Holy fudge.

afrosteeziac · Fri May 25, 2018 10:19 am

DAAAAAYUM!

OtomoChaser · Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:02 am

Bartkira Stout-homage charity commission all printed and starting to ship! Came out beautiful, VGKids are really great at what they do.

The artist Packatrix totally killed it with this, i can't wait to see it side-by-side with the mighty Stout.

OtomoChaser · Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:06 am

The b&w variant came out quite lovely too - could have hours of fun coloring it yourself (unless you're as utterly shitty with a pen as me, in which case it's best just to hang it on the wall or lock it in the flatfile outta harms way, lol).
I love the reg most of all, but the b&w is really charming and in keeping with the monochrome aesthetic of the manga.

DaleCooper · Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:57 pm

So damn good. And that original cell. I'm just 100% jealous right now

OtomoChaser · Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:30 pm

Cheers dude!

Here's my new one of Tetsuo, taken from when he's standing with the Akira jars before the fight with Kaneda/SOL. It's got a lovely pencil douga underneath but too big a file to upload.

The Kaneda douga is on it's way to me too, it's from the intro chase right after Tetsuo has crashed, when Kaneda sees Takashi as the helicopter searchlights appear.

Packatrix · Sat Nov 10, 2018 5:38 am

binky79 · Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:33 am

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howdyall · Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:37 am

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SPAC04 · Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:06 am

Old rumor, hope it stays that way too.

FrankBooth · Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:11 am

4K Akira next year.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/05/uhd ... era-anime/

FrankBooth · Sat Mar 21, 2020 5:24 pm

I'm guessing this will be put off until sometime next year.

howdyall · Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:12 pm

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280 x 215 mm
256 pages

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