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A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie! for Akira!
🕑 Added 2019-01-27 21:00:00 +0000 UTCBob and Henry recorded perhaps their longest podcast and spent nearly THREE HOURS discussing the iconic animated film Akira. Patreon subscribers who pledge $10 or more can hear it right now, and if you'd like a taste of it, here's a good chunk about the film's release in the United States and how it changed the culture forever. If you'd like to hear more, consider upping your pledge to hear this and the previous What A Cartoon Movie! podcasts like Kiki's Delivery Service and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm!
Comments
Casey Jones
I pledged just to listen to this episode, and I haven't been disappointed. Though I noticed something on my most recent screening of Akira: the smoke in the riot scene near the beginning of the film is pinkish, almost flesh-toned. There's a great wide shot of the street of this flesh-toned smoke pouring out and consuming the street, a bridge, the crowd, everything. Could this have possibly been a bit of visual foreshadowing to the end of the film when Tetsuo's fleshy mass bursts out and starts consuming everything around him?
mavrick
Akira is so visually impressive I think people tend to overlook just how disjointed the story is, how little character development there is, and how tropey it can get at times. It's the trophy wife of anime, looks amazing, no substance.
