107 Akira Anime Facts YOU Should Know! - (107 Anime Facts S1 E3) - Cartoon Hangover

In the future, you can count on three things for sure: teenage biker gangs, telepathic children and these awesome 107 anime facts on the epic film "Akira"! For being regarded as one of the best animated cult classic movies of all time, there's certainly a lot of juicy information that has arisen about the movie and its insane production! So grab your Capsule jacket, take your creepy/giant teddy bear and prepare to have your mind blown with these 107 anime facts about "Akira" brought to you by Cartoon Hangover!
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Credits for This Episode
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Music used:
The Tokyo Hype - Allegiance
Jean Luca - Japan Styles - Speedsound
Made in Japan - MikaelManvelyan
Cristian Agrillo - Tokyo - speedsound
Graphics and Edited by: Nicky Fung, Graham Higgins & Kristen Valdez
Narrated by: Dan Christmas
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[@ElliotKwan]

#1 the movie is called Akira #2 it was released on shonen jump #3 it's about a teenage boy #4 and his other psychic teenage friend #5 in Neo-Tokyo

[@aliceong9544]

This is an appropriate way ahahaha

[@Operation_FUBAR]

We’re about to enter the Year of Akira. Hope everyone’s ready.

[@elesfinter9753]

We didn't listen...

[@someradomhater6881]

Operation FUBAR this didn’t age well

[@medaanhil4133]

Too late

[@jerrydubose8845]

Covid19 & riots! What’s next?!...

[@kakashihatake8277]

Jerry DuBose nothing

[@timmyfriday2718]

Fact 1. Akira is a movie! Fact 2. The movie Akira is called "Akira"! etc.

[@TheGordonfreakman]

100 facts about me!!! number one i have legs, number two i have arms number three i have hair...

[@runnit5863]

Marcos Perez Number 4 I'm from England, did you know England has a queen? Number 5 I like the song "that's life" by frank Sinatra

[@jamietogher3010]

107 facts, 99 of which you would know from just watching the movie

[@IanTheCameraGuy]

man they're REALLY stretching it to get 107 facts

[@eveoleson5160]

It's so being stretched to have 107 facts. Some of them are so weak you might as well be "Fact 108, Akira has five letters!"

[@d.h.1999]

true

[@LiviotheDoubleFang]

Fact 13: "Akira is approximately 121 minuets long."...... It sounded like they were running out of ideas before they even got to the 20's.

[@eveoleson5160]

LiviotheDoubleFang I think that was about when I typed this lol

[@aaronlandry3934]

Half of these facts are just basic information that you would know from watching Akira and googling it for a minute.

[@stevepickford3004]

They are just plain wrong by fact 5. If only they had done a quick search first

[@thatgamingshow1261]

Fact 5 correction, the film only covers the first half of the first volume and the last half of the last volume with big changes and a weird mashed together (yet still amazing) middle.

[@heroedeleyenda05]

More like 107 facts from the akira wikipedia page

[@sIosha]

"107 facts I read from the wikipedia page"

[@ratchet19981]

Here's a fact that is impossible for you to know without reading this: This film is named Akira.

[@bohdan_lvov]

but is it Akira, akIra or akirA?

[@thedipermontshow]

Man, I'm still impressed that this movie looks so smooth that it can even surpass modern anime. This movie had such an culture impact.

[@piratemaxine]

Some of these things are just straight up stated in the movie or are super obvious

[@doxakabemba5880]

1:41 bruuuh that’s Akira Toryama 😂

[@CartoonHangover]

What should we do for our next 107? Bob's Burgers Pokemon Avatar: The Last Airbender Rugrats Teen Titans Naruto Pokemon American Dad VOTE NOW!

[@arisberriosfontecilla2395]

bravest warriors season 3 :v

[@tenalethewolfclown3226]

Teen titans :) please

[@jamiejennings7950]

Naruto

[@adrianpaul1985]

Naruto

[@nickyrichtofen]

+CartoonHangover Teen Titans

[@Negamare1]

Fact Number 108: In the animated film Teen Titans trouble in Tokyo Kenada, Yamagata and Kai can be breifly seen.

[@carterstephens9963]

They were really scraping for facts dor this one

[@Entrancement]

Fact #116 The word AKIRA has six letters and both begins and ENDS with the letter A.

[@BOGOworms4sale]

Holy shit dude!

[@dj-yf9jg]

Ya mean 5?

[@salemccc]

ok hear me out wouldn't a well made akira vr game be fun? whether it's riding motorcycles or destroying neo-tokyo?

[@Cushla-np4pt]

there is a vr game where you can play as a dr manhattan sort of person

[@radiostatic8422]

Number 108: Akira is an animated movie

[@BOGOworms4sale]

WHAT?!

[@dj-yf9jg]

@Ronald mcdonald Number 110: Akira is 121 mins long!

[@TheApplesauce1992]

so you went to wikipedia....

[@kellywatkins8682]

You should make a 107 facts about Studio Ghibli! That would be so awesome.

[@piccolo56000]

+Kelly Watkins yeah i agree, absolutely

[@RikkaTakashina]

Sad part is 2019 is next year

[@GeoffreyHammy16]

PLEASE DONT LET THEM DO A LIVE ACTION VERSION OF THIS MASTERPIECE PLEASE

[@Loader2K1]

At last check, the live-action Akira is dead. Like Sony before them, Warner Bros. planned for a live-action, Hollywood remake of Akira, but the project's budget was more than they wanted to spend.

[@THEPRK]

FACT 108: Akira is a five letter word FACT 109: Japanese people speak Japanese - which is by coincidence, is spoken in the original theatrical release. FACT 200: Women have breasts. You can see them in this film STRETCH THAT MOTHER OUT.......Facts I should know? LOL. But hey, I watched it, you got paid, who`s the loser?

[@magma1264]

FACT#1 AKIRA IS AN ANIMATED MOVIE FACT #8 THE FILM WAS WRITTEN BY ADAM SANDLER

[@subssinvideo-qi8mi]

Ok

[@dj-yf9jg]

Lol

[@00FMklary]

*Number 108:* Kaneda’s name is pronounced: Ka-Ne-Da. Not: Kan-Ay-Da which was a fault of the American voice actors mispronouncing the name in the 80’s dub. The Japanese Original and the 2001 dub however pronounce the name correctly.

[@RifetOkic]

#5 is wrong. Akira is composed of the first and LAST episode of the Manga, not just the first. So there won’t be an episode 2.

[@jasejables3870]

It shows how he loses the arm. The sol fires down from space and melts it off

[@Geekdom101]

Umm guys, that's not Izo Hashimoto, thats Akira Toriyama. I don't understand how you can do 107 Facts about DBZ and not know what Toriyama looks like. That's just... strange.

[@solonelyjonesy3820]

I'm still angry how Tetsuo's girlfriend died.

[@freshnigiri]

Kisame Hoshigaki yea she died like a lil bitch

[@alexstevensen4292]

You could write an angry letter to the studio I always do that..

[@haleyleyley8951]

@@alexstevensen4292 that's so gainax yikes

[@LeoKingdom101]

*Plays video* "#1 Akira was originally a manga" *Stops video*

[@LoverOfManyArts]

XD

[@chukasssss]

#5 Fact: Wrong. The film covers the first half of the first volume, and the last half of the last volume.

[@AlexMint]

Wow, a lot of these details are really phoned in.

[@appetizer4794]

Oh shit, we're in 2019!

[@kingllama537]

This list is trash. Some of your point are IN the movie. If you don’t have enough facts just don’t make a list

[@Tezipezi]

a lot of these facts are the same just reworded differently

[@StrawberryDonutKing]

Holy heck, I didn't expect that Mr Robot shout out. Saw the season finale just today, it's deffinetely a great show. Also nice facts, I only recently saw Akira for the first time, all the praise it gets is deffinetely deserved.

[@rink0150]

Im not sure about this but in GTA V the so called “Tron Bike” is named after Kaneda’s name. Its named “Nagasaki (Shotaro)” . It makes sense since the owners of Rockstar games, (The company that made GTA V) was huge movie geeks.

[@peterisnardi1197]

Yeah, I saw AKIRA in a NYC arthouse theater in 1990, huge screen with incredible sound...I've been chasing that anime experience ever since...

[@carlsportfolio9266]

#110 akira is a movie

[@jamesmoss3424]

Akira is the best anime movie of all time. 😀👍

[@princedk2480]

Not kidding I watch one thing about Akita and my recommend is filled with stuff about lol

[@midocrimsonfate1948]

Number 1 the movie is called akira number 2...

[@oh6489]

“Kanayda”

[@KazuyaMithra]

Fact 73 is wrong, Oliver and Company's budget was 3 times that of Akira's because american animation is waaaaaaaay more expensive than japanese animation which is why america out sources a lot.

[@MrOplef]

Maybe do a few less facts and actually have them be interesting

[@satanicdude]

I must say, I enjoyed the Ghost in the Shell movie way more than the Akira movie, but I didn't realize they only included half of the manga in the Akira movie. Now I'm really excited to learn the whole story.

[@bradbailey5481]

Half of these aren’t even fun facts

[@ziadine1919]

Casualy watching in 2019

[@brianoconnell6459]

Argh! You mispronounced this? #77: Kaneda has a REVERSE gear in the film. Not a reserve gear. The reverse gear is a preferred accessory to heavy motorcycles, allowing you to back out of a space without having to give yourself a hernia by pushing it out.

[@peterpeter9132]

so glad i finally know these must know facts. My life was an endless void until i saw this video. my thirst for knowledge was quenched when I gazed upon this video. I can die in peace.

[@hoopmooy3543]

You can tell if you've read or watched Akira that none of the people involved in the making of this video have done either one.

[@hoopmooy3543]

Also, he keeps pronouncing Kaneda wrong.

[@Belzughast]

@@hoopmooy3543 And I bet you didn´t know some of the facts about Akira presented in this video, so that probably makes it even.

[@hoopmooy3543]

@@Belzughast No, I knew literally every thing in the video.

[@hoopmooy3543]

@Clifford Thanks.

[@hoopmooy3543]

@Clifford I'm really turned on now.

[@tiggytheimpaler5483]

ok the soundtrak for akira is still the best soundtrack for an anime, possibly ever. still sends chills up my spine!

[@luisrodriguez6290]

#107 was wrong. tetsuo's arm was begining to disintegrate when the SOL was first fired

[@GojiraTX]

I've always preferred the original English dub to the redub. Maybe its because thats the version I grew up with.

[@MrKlo987]

Fact 108: The english voice actors for Vash and knifes in trigun, play the voices for Kaneda and tetsuo(respectively) and they both have a scene where Vash/Kaneda is holding a bolder over Knifes/Tetsuo ready to kill him.

[@Bibimbapski]

This video deserves more views but I guess not many people appreciate awesome classic Anime films like Akira.

[@BOGOworms4sale]

Nah. This video is waaaay too bloated and oversaturated.

[@edgartiscareno318]

1:39 that's not Hashimoto, that's Akira Toriyama lol, but you got the Akiras right.

[@haleykirton8551]

lamest list ever... "#4: the movie cut some scenes... #5: the main character has a name and a face... #6-"

[@AlexMint]

Seriously, you can get most of this by either doing basic math or looking at imdb.

[@tomascontreras11]

1:39 did you actually confuse the great akira toriyama for izo hashimoto ?

[@colemcegg3894]

almost all of these damn facts are stuff youd know the second you watched the damn movie

[@ReemTahir]

+Truman Levitt Yeah I was super pissed off about that. I thought this was going to be interesting insider stories or more about what the movie left out.

[@gw3993]

Number 4: Just explains the plot of the fuckin' movie. Great fact.

[@CartoonHangover]

+Matt Hawkins thanks!

[@TK-rt2oy]

Matt Hawkins was that meant to be sarcastic

[@theamazinraven2800]

That Michael Jackson thing makes me so happy 😭😭😭

[@Eyecyou64]

You literally just mentioned things in the movie

[@_vortex_8692]

and here we are in 2019

[@Lawplayer00]

Fact 107, his arm is completely gone because is was taken of by sol, the lazer that came from space

[@GranMaese]

I think he meant the cloak, not the arm (there is a hole in the cloak after Tetsuo get shot by the laser, then the hole is gone)....but we all know that's just because Tetsuo fixed it with his powers between the sequences.

[@Frozenintime123]

At 1:40 that ain't Izo Hashimoto that's Akira Toriyama!!!

[@thegroovynacho3389]

Why is nobody talking about how they said akira toriyama is izo hashimoto 💀💀💀

[@kerrilynjackson7318]

Why do I need to know the running length of Akira?

[@sleeperstack]

#5 the film version only covers the first half of the manga That's a grave misconception, it cuts large chunks out of the manga and changes the plot but it ends mostly the same. There isn't a "second half".

[@KokiriKidLink]

My sister watched this with me when I was 6. Good movie.

[@brandonfu8457]

this is like 20 facts stretched out to 107.

[@davidlogic1695]

all theas facts AND THE PROM IS TOMORROW!

[@LStudios78]

Nice Wikipedia grab

[@WAX1138]

FUN FACT: Alejandro Jodorowsky had also planned that the ending to his adaption of Dune (Jodorowsky's Dune the greatest film ever IMHO) to end with many of the characters proclaiming "I am Paul". So I do now see his influence. Thank You for another amazing piece to two beautiful stories I love!!!

[@memnarch129]

+Donald Baker If thats the 4 hour EPIC version then yes Id agree best movie of all time.

[@SorenDoesStuff]

akira is gonna happen next year everyone

[@reinarforeman6518]

Why is it awesome that DiCaprio has the rights to this movie? A soft looking man in his late 40's playing a teenage japanese thug? This video is pretty cringe.

[@TheGililgi]

Some of these Facts were just....pointless in stating.

[@Nikohere]

i didnt realize this movie was made in the 80s it feels more of a early 2000s movie hehe

[@alexoelkers2723]

yeah Akira is pretty much credited for being the movie that introduced adult Anime to the United States. At the time of release it was far a head of its time when it came to animation.

[@mechajay3358]

7:28 _Michael Jackson was an Anime Fan Confirmed._

[@rustymiller9555]

Kanadas bike has a reverse gear not reserve gear.

[@andresvelez6538]

So many filler facts

[@therogue1542]

Right like who cares what the voice actor does?

[@dunkdon158]

can't even be mad. it was 2015

[@tobyh3852]

fr like "The film is 121minutes long" wow i totally did not know that when watching the movie

[@zoetremain-woodcock6838]

My dad watched this movie when he was younger.

[@Dr_Nuclear-sloth]

Could have narrowed down the list.

[@GlaceonStudios]

Yeah, some of the points kind of seem arbitrarily split up, and it just meanders without any rhyme or reason.

[@Stormbolter]

I stopped on number 9. Being so short they are not facts but tidbits, it would help if you do not say each number. So much filler too, and not very good researched.

[@kuronoroux8864]

I always laugh when people say "It's 2000+ pages" I'm like:":..It's not too long... compared to other seinen works" (not counting shonen)

[@OneKingX]

Luciano Rohr Berserk

[@fitnesspoint2006]

This is sooo dumb. They took an essay and numbered each sentence. LAME!!!

[@nomasan]

true... cuz... why tf do i need to know its 121 minutes long?

[@LowGMan]

Another incorrect fact. The Speed Racer Film or even the series was not the only first introduction for the US into anime. That credit also belongs to Astro Boy, Gigantor, and Kimba the White Lion.

[@innervision17]

Number one:The title of akira is akira! Number two:This is a video you are watching! Number three:The video was made by me! Number four:I am underestimating the IQ of my audience by feeding them information with no value over a large amount of time through stalling (see example above)and exploiting youtube's system of promotion (more time watched>more views) There are tons of other videos that have more content in 5 minutes than this AND those videos have a lot more effort put into them than this countdown of useless information...And that's why im frustrated..There are those who give their all but still dont get anything in return and then there are people who barely do anything and rise. Anyway,keep up the below mediocre work,your subscribers deserve you.

[@Little5128]

I'm pretty sure it's hard to find 107 facts about shows/movies

[@ramsionionionio]

+Alecs Pargas So don't do 107 facts about a show/movie

[@Little5128]

Ramin Nazari its what the fans wanted

[@BOGOworms4sale]

Then fuck the fans.

[@fh-qh2le]

Best. Anime film. Ever.

[@paulocuento9949]

Akira predicted 2020 tokyo olympics!

[@prolo6309]

1:39 Dafaq thats Akira Toriyama

[@KenjinSabater]

number 108: Akira will have reboot this 2019 lol

[@gamerwithavoice1520]

I've read all the dark horse versions in the past two days. best thing I've ever done in ma life.

[@Blackwolfninja89]

108- You mentioned Raphael from TMNT having a motorcycle similar to Kanada's but you failed to mention that Cam Clarke was the voice of Kanada in the first English Dub. We know Cam Clarke as Leonardo from the 1987 Ninja Turtles. 109. South Park had an episode named "Trapper Keeper" where Cartman transformed into the giant blob that Tetsuo became and he crushed Rosie O'Donell the same way Tetsuo crushed his girlfriend. 110. To anyone who plays the King of Fighters games then you probably remember the character K9999. He was a direct ripoff of Tetsuo from quoting his lines and even stealing his mannerism and his moves. 111. Also in KOF 2002 there was a character named Kusanagi who was a clone of the main character Kyo Kusanagi. He quoted some of Kanada's line when he fought K9999. 112. Kanada and Tetsuo had cameos in Robot Chicken. Kanada sang "Tetsuo! in a passing flip animation and Tetsuo appeared in the Dragonball Z christmas short screaming while Goku charged towards Mrs. Claus.

[@DMGaina]

Ka - ne - da not Canada

[@RenHeng_canon]

The majority of these facts are TRASH, lmao.

[@hazelkinoko4779]

1:28 Well now I understand where GTA V's Tron Bike's name came from.