I have the Bartkira book that this was based off of. it was part of an exhibit (ongoing i think) of different artists/illustrators recreating pages of the Akira manga as the Simpsons. The book that i have only includes some of the pages, not sure if they are ever releasing all of the manga volumes in it's entirety. Ralph Wiggum plays the character Akira.
That was great, I hope they can finish the whole thing. I've watched Akira too many times but I would totally watch it again with Simpsons characters.
I can't believe I never knew this project existed until today.
Dude I couldnt even laugh because my mouth was just hanging open at how epic it all is. Flanders man, Flanders.
Well I just found an easter egg in the Bartkira trailer! I might be the first one to figure it out even!
I was making this gif here View attachment 27232 (just realized the start delay on this one is all fucked up)
When I noticed in CS5 that they snuck in a single frame of the original dude from Akira getting his ass handed to him by the military. Its the very first frame after it switches from the gestapo to flanders.
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Nice find, reminds me of the quick flash frames in the original Akira trailer.
Guys, I'm 35 years old and I've never seen Akira - I don't even know what it is about...
The only thing I know about Akira is that the first stage of Last Resort supposedly shares some kind of resemblance to it.
...but Bartkira looks pretty awesome and I'd watch it.
Guys, I'm 35 years old and I've never seen Akira - I don't even know what it is about...
The only thing I know about Akira is that the first stage of Last Resort supposedly shares some kind of resemblance to it.
...but Bartkira looks pretty awesome and I'd watch it.
Basically it's about fucking with powers beyond your control and dealing with the consequences.
bartkira will make essentially no sense to you whatsoever. But will be pretty to watch.
here Im doing you a favor - https://thepiratebay.vg/torrent/4113979 This is akira with the original good english dub. ENJOY OR ELSE
Read the manga if you have the time, it's long.
The anime is basically the ultra compressed version of it, ditching several characters and subplots (like the character the crazy cat lady is replacing: major character in the manga but in the anime she just appears in that one in a completly different context) or even Akira himself.
Basically it's about fucking with powers beyond your control and dealing with the consequences.
Thanks gents, I am indebted. I think I will check out the manga...I spend at least an hour of my day commuting on a train, so I got time for some good reading.
Yeah they released the colored ones here too, early-mid nineties. Same format as the typical franco-belgian comic albbums over here...I think it was around 35+ volumes total where the current b&w ones are only six.