Honest Trailers | Akira

Honest Trailers | Akira
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Title Design: Robert Holtby
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert
Edited by: Kevin Williamsen
Post-Production Manager: Emin Bassavand
Content Manager: Mikołaj Kossakowski
Post-Production Specialist: Rebecca Castaneda
VP Content: Max Dionne
#honesttrailers #akira #entertainment #trailer #anime

[@Dynaman21]

You know how you can tell a movie is a big deal? When even a heartless corporation like Warner Bros has its executives admit they’re afraid to adapt it because they’re worried about screwing it up. Warner executives said that.

[@reikun86]

Whoa. It sounds like they actually care about messing up.

[@hellomark1]

I mean the movie goes way off the rails and almost screws itself up, the third act does lose me at points but you can't argue how good it is

[@Dynaman21]

@@hellomark1The result of essentially speedrunning the manga at the end.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

​@@reikun86No they're afraid of the backlash if they mess up. That said, this is more of an exception than the rule. The live action Cowboy Bebop show was still made. Rings of Power was still made. Etc.

[@dnoodspodu1159]

And you believed them...

[@thelucasveloso]

The cool thing about Honest Trailers is that when they do one on a bad movie it's hilarious, but when they do one on a good movie, it becomes a celebration!

[@samcyphers2902]

And when a story does get criticism, it's never stupid nitpicking like Cinemasins. "Oh no, that guy ate an apple, that makes him an asshole." Seriously, what?

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

They’re honest after all

[@EmperorSeth]

@@samcyphers2902 I like when Honest Trailers comes out and say, "This is a good film, but we're a comedy show, so here are the nitpicks!" At least they admit when that's what they're doing.

[@carter_lovejoy]

@@Shakes-Off-Fear **CSI Miami Theme/Won’t Get Fooled Again by The Who intensifies**

[@returnoftheredeye]

Similar deal with Spaceice's stuff.

[@robd9413]

I first saw Akira back in the 90's and I remember the description in the TV listing read "Be warned. Bambi, this ain't"

[@IanRussell1969]

It would be closer to the classic "Bambi meets Godzilla"

[@keithws2779]

​@@IanRussell1969that was a classic. I tricked my step mother into watching it (around... 1988?) she was very upset.

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

What an appropriately 90's sentence.

[@GLUBNOIR]

The fact that my film teacher showed this movie to my class when we were studying the topic of influential films really goes to show how good Akira was and still is to this day.

[@DracoInduperator]

It was a marvelous piece of animation but after reading the manga, I can't watch the film again. I was so disappointed about how they changed the end.

[@GLUBNOIR]

@@DracoInduperator That's why it's called an ADAPTATION

[@DracoInduperator]

@@GLUBNOIR true but cutting an entire third of the story out is odd. I get that they probably couldn't have fit the whole manga in a single movie and still have it look good.

[@GLUBNOIR]

@@DracoInduperator Time crunches probably, and also budget. If this movie was made today, they could likely pull it off

[@Ghostleeee]

@@GLUBNOIR24 Episode would be so dope

[@MatthewRoche]

"Bike-curious dynamic." OMG.

[@InMaTeofDeath]

Wasn't expecting a south park reference.

[@dennisjansson6239]

Cartman: You call him Bike-curious.

[@LuisSierra42]

Certainly a representation

[@robertnickerson4500]

South Park did it!

[@mentaltelepathy24]

the humor is unparalleled

[@kingrix]

"Guys when you tell them to go to the doctor" was too real. "IT'S NOTHING!"

[@gdelva]

Literally THIS!

[@makina323]

I literally laughed out loud in the break room

[@Graatand]

Actually just went to the doctor for my yearly checkup today.

[@tenylegnincsevem]

@@Graatand yeah but you are girl

[@thomasfreeman3660]

TRU

[@markbigbadbear]

I recall reading somewhere a while back that even if they wanted to do an Akira sequal or remake in the same art style, they couldn't. Because the insane level of skill and technique the original animators used is lost. There's nobody or almost nobody around that knows how to draw or paint in that style. Akira was and is an amazing movie.

[@nathanmaxtro1]

LOL of course they can do it again and have it look exactly the same. It will just be really expensive.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

@@nathanmaxtro1 just like going back to the moon pal ''we could do it but it will cost prohibitive amounts of money'' it's just ''we can't'' with extra words

[@Fei-Chan]

From what I've heard, almost every anime that year either got cancelled or halted production because almost every animation staff is working on this movie

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

How did it get lost?

[@chupasaurus]

It wasn't about skill or technique, it was a sheer gazillion of butt-hours, oh sorry it's two gazillions 'cause it's actual 30 frames per second cell animation without shortcuts.

[@Micah_4D]

The Akira-slide is iconic for a reason.

[@KaiSan3]

ending with "every frame a painting" was awesome nostalgia... I remember watching that video they made, being mindblown, and sending it to every person I knew

[@Izzboticus]

This was an absolute top notch meta reference.

[@corykahane]

so glad I'm not the only one in the comments with love for Every Frame A Painting.

[@slyngn7847]

@@corykahane Same bro. I hope Tony Zhou is making it big out there.

[@theonlymegumegu]

i found out in the last year or so he helped produce some commentary videos on The Criterion Collection streaming service. if you have access, check them out, it's like watching new eps of Every Frame a Painting ^_^

[@nnamdiodiaka6684]

God I miss that series, probably the first KZbin essay style videos I got into.

[@zacharymccoy7091]

Doing the bike slide will always be one of my favorite references when a movie or show does them.

[@wesleyswafford2462]

Couldn't ever do that one IRL, but I could do the "push the bike, start it, and jump on while taking off" like Tetsuo does after he crashes lol..

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Still would love to see mockingly realistic deconstructions of it though.

[@ericdietz1795]

Some other channel has them edited into a medley.

[@SB0083]

​@michaelandreipalon359 I mean...they did that in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with Mary Jane wiping out trying to do the Akira Slide.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@SB0083 Good to know.

[@KestalDoern]

If you'll ever get the chance to see Akira on cinema screen - totally do it. I've watched it for the n-th time lately, but for the 1st time in cinema. And WHAT A RIDE IT WAS. It single-handedly reignited my love for the movies.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

The first time I saw it was in a cinema, Mind = blown.

[@2006Whippet]

Yep, I drove up to Austin to see it at a theater when it was first released. Damn I'm old. 😅

[@LunatiqueRob]

Back in 1991, the year I graduated high school, we had the last fews days of class, and for those of you who have been through those last few days of high school, it's pretty much just goofing off and waiting for graduation. So in my art class, I suggested we watch Akira, which I had a VHS copy of (we periodically rented VHS tapes from Japan Town in San Francisco and would make copies of them), but I explained there was no English subtitles or dubbing, and I would have to translate for the class. I also explained it had excessive violence and gore, but the teacher was fine with it (I had shown him some anime in the past so he had an idea what we were getting into, and he was cool like that. I miss you, Mr. Johnson). So the entire class sat through I think two to three full class sessions of Akira. I wonder if any of them are reading this and remember it. (Go Bearcats!)

[@mentaltelepathy24]

I liked this story.

[@Anonymiad]

nice. I didn't use Akira but around the same year I talked my teacher into showing the rocky horror picture show in 8th grade and i can safely say it blew everyones mind lol

[@Digdigi]

Akira is iconic. Hope it doesn’t get remade by hollywood

[@carter_lovejoy]

Could Japan remake it into live action?

[@aoshi000]

I thought the Chronicle came pretty close to a live action akira adaptation. Dane Dehaan was a good tetsuro lol

[@thunderpantz]

A fool's errand.

[@Digdigi]

@@carter_lovejoy Japan can do whatever they want. They were nuked.

[@multiverse_media2023]

They can never make a live action of Tetsuo’s EGO DEATH.

[@alvaroperez2349]

Tetsuo’s Ego Collapse is one of the nastiest moments ever made in animation, and I mean that in a good way.

[@multiverse_media2023]

Pure nightmare fuel.

[@alvaroperez2349]

@@multiverse_media2023what really disturbs me is the amount of detail and animation.

[@mttylerdurden9]

@@alvaroperez2349 you know in the manga he goes in and out of that form like 3 or 4 times?

[@tttdsundow]

Disturbing yet beautiful

[@samcyphers2902]

Another has to be the eclipse in Berserk.

[@zahidulislamimran5664]

that Kick in face on the Bike was the most badass scene in the movie

[@theq86]

I'd argue it's one of the coolest scenes in anime history. The electric bike turn is probably the most iconic scene though.

[@avatarmikephantom153]

After over 5 years, my request has finally come true. Thanks from this Tetsuo cosplayer!

[@Koinoyokan01]

Between this and the original Ghost in the Shell. Peak animation

[@DarthMohammedRules]

Don't leave out Vampire Hunter D!

[@nanookrubsit]

Can we include Mononoke Hime?

[@Koinoyokan01]

@nanookrubsit you include a lot of them. I love Monoke. I just remember how beautiful GitS was. The cityscape was so incredibly done. My favorite style of anime was actually the original Trigun; it was so organic looking.

[@Ethan-dw4ly]

I used to watch those two and Ninja Scroll on loop.

[@Native_Creation]

Absolutely, they were the pioneers of global Japanime. Ninja Scroll and also the Patlabor film. Totally different era than what exists now.

[@Deckuras]

Every frame a painting got a shout out 😂

[@za192325]

Exactally, I miss that channel! So many interesting video essays!

[@JebHoge]

So many just jaw-dropping moments, like Tetsuo stopping the tank cannon shell in midair.

[@DistrustHumanz]

Or red-misting everyone near him with an invisible expanding sphere.

[@v312ym34n_is_very_mean]

This anime was so beautiful. It's lived in my soul for like 35 years now. I still rewatch it sometimes and admire how smooth and detailed everything is, how good the ost is, the subversive characters etc.

[@xepfeon]

"Blame Kaneda" killed me and brilliant meta-shoutout to the channel Every Frame a Painting

[@_Jay_Maker_]

Still one of the most memorable, original and awesome soundtracks ever put to film. Not even just animation, film _in general._ And it was made by a bunch of volunteers on their days off.

[@dbrowdy]

It was also made before the movie was, IIRC. Something like that. They made it without seeing the movie at the very least.

[@sor3999]

It's soundtrack was just WEIRD, but it was better for it. The tribal drum beats, the chanting.

[@theskullyhippiedude3719]

Otomo was originally wanted to use an existing album of geinoh yamashorigumi, but when he contacted them about using it, they insisted on creating an original score for him. It was composed in a modular fashion to make it easier to set to the different scenes.

[@GregorioGrasselli1972]

Geinoh Yamashirogumi turned it down when Otomo said there were only 6 months to make it. But then Otomo said the budget was limitless, and so...

[@54N714G0]

omg I LOVE the Every Frame a Painting ref

[@kingofools]

Every once in a while, the universe reminds me to rewatch Akira and I will once again oblige. Thanks!

[@claytonrios1]

Best motorcycle slide ever!

[@carter_lovejoy]

Iconic!

[@reikun86]

Still badass! 🏍️

[@Md-sl2sy]

Now I have to rewatch Akira. Forgot how much I loved it

[@tkps]

Yeah I haven't watched my DVD in a while. This reminds me it's time.

[@garethbattersby]

I bought the Blu Ray when it came out watched the hell out of it... then life and time seems to have gotten in the way.

[@blackdog8245]

lol same same same

[@mentaltelepathy24]

Same I got the 4K steel book

[@frostgamez9368]

This movie is insanely good looking. Every shot is a masterpiece of art

[@JDotWill]

It makes sense no one has done a live action remake for this, there’s no way they could do it justice

[@Pawwwl20]

Let’s be honest, Akira is up there with dbz and Cowboy bebop and we all know how those live actions turned out…

[@milesharbord9339]

No one should remake the anime, but someone needs to make a series of the manga, it's almost an entirely different story.

[@adamwhitehead7289]

@@milesharbord9339 Sunrise Studios announced they were working on one five years ago and have literally not said a single word about it since, so maximum scepticism that is still happening. The original creator was involved though, and their plan was to adapt the whole manga in a less hurried fashion.

[@DianaGohan]

"Blame Kan-eda" well now you just HAVE to do South Park Bigger Longer And Uncut for it's 25th anniversary next week.

[@eltravos99]

Southpark also did a nod to Akira with the Trapper Keeper episode.

[@jbvader721]

​@@eltravos99 "We are Trapper Keeper. We are One."

[@bangslamwham88]

Finally an Honest Trailer for this classic!

[@RocStarr913]

More like a cult classic

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

​@@RocStarr913Oh my God, it's the Clowns! Red Bennies, 3 of em! What are you gonna do? Hang him?! So that's what's been beating around my head all this time!

[@non7top]

Appreciate you appreciate their craftsmanship in making old-school anime.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

It's rare to hear Honest Trailers expressing such absolute _reverence_ for a film. But AKIRA deserves it, anime and manga both.

[@OsbornBoateng-qv9nh]

"The most influential and iconic anime film ever made." ~Wikipedia Woah, one of the best anime of the 20th century and even in these times.

[@dbrowdy]

The 20th century hasn't made any new movies for 24 years so I'm not sure what you mean by "these times"...

[@OsbornBoateng-qv9nh]

​@@dbrowdyi meant these times, for the 21st century

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

​@@dbrowdy... and Ninja Scroll...

[@brianstamper6841]

@@dbrowdy 🤣

[@pstandlee]

Yeah, almost none of my Japanese students knew about it.

[@ShiningLightStudios]

Love the every frame A painting reference. You guys know your audience haha

[@scottb235]

Akira bike slide referenced ANYWHERE Leo pointing meme. The "bike - curious" line got me.

[@fm-brown6080]

I've been thinking for 10 years how amazing it would be if they did Akira, but never thought it would happen. Thank you so much!

[@TheWarmachine375]

1:27 Tetsuo's mutation was the most horrifying I've ever seen in Akira.

[@reikun86]

Horrifying and awesome. I remember watching it late at night when the SyFy used to be the Sci-Fi channel. They had a program called Ani-Midnight.

[@ChristofferLund]

Reminds me of meatcanyon

[@margarethmichelina5146]

Especially on the scene where his girlfriend got smashed like a pulp

[@reikun86]

@@margarethmichelina5146 I felt bad for Kaori. She seemed like a sweet girl who cared for Tetsuo.

[@AnonymousYouTubeconsumer]

If I had a nickel for every time Screen Junkies did an Honest Trailer for a Japanese sci-if film about a metaphor for nuclear war featuring a character called Shikishima, I’d have 2 nickels which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Helps that both guys are quite well portrayed. I actually thought Akira's Shikishima was gonna be quite a dunderhead who follows orders far too much, initially.

[@GuardianOwl]

It’s crazy that even made for tv animation of that era is so intricate. One of the first anime’s I saw was Iria: Zeiram the animation, which was an animated prequel to a couple of low-budget live action Japanese horror-sci-fi movies. It had no business going that hard, and yet it does.

[@Davidsworldtravels]

That’s still one of my favorites. Such original weapons. Also one of my first anime crushes.

[@brandontherabboat4850]

Very first R-rated movie I ever saw, and it just so happens to be one of the founding fathers of anime. Akira was an experience like none other.

[@CX462]

Now that you made a trailer for Akira. Please make one for every Hayao Miyazaki film.

[@carter_lovejoy]

Or every Studio Ghibli movie!

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Oh hell yeah

[@jasonblalock4429]

Starring... Precocious little girls! Clouds! Airplanes! Strangely adorable monstrosities! Trees! More clouds! More trees! And even more clouds!

[@varric]

@@jasonblalock4429 And pigs! Lots of pigs!

[@CX462]

@@jasonblalock4429 also starring, celebrity dubbing sessions, delicious looking food, animals walking like humans.

[@totogamer6735]

My friend Les Claypool (not the guitarist) worked on the 2001 English dub. His recording studio Magnitude 8 Post (since closed in 2015 due to his tinnitus and increasing costs) has also worked on iconic classics like Cowboy Bebop, Wolf’s Rain, Ghost In The Shell, Trigun, Code Geass, The Castle of Cagliostro ( Hayao Miyazaki’s First Movie), Perfect Blue, just to name a few. He’s actually a pretty chill dude. You can find him in conventions sometimes with his wife Mary Claypool, who was also the English script writer for most of the dubs.

[@jmode_explicit]

Just randomly shouts out Primus and his friendship with the lead vocal slash greatest bassist

[@Ethan-dw4ly]

I remember seeing his name in the credits for a movie when I was about 15 and it blew my mind that the Primus guy did animation. Of course, that was before the internet and I could look it up. I did find out many years ago that it wasn't the same guy, but I do wonder what those movies would sound like if it was. Also, I could swear I saw his name in the credits for Flight of Dragons, but he's not credited on imdb. Probably just my twisted memory!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Must say, those films have fine superlative dubs. But I have to ask, which Cagliostro dub we talking here?

[@HoleInTheCarpet]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Probably the 2000 (David Hayter) one; the 1992 (Streamline) one would've well predated everything else he listed.

[@OmegaDez]

You mean Les Claypool III. ;) Back when this guy's name appeared in every North American anime release ever.

[@MatthewXLY]

This film blew my tiny mind when i was a teenager. I wouldn't have known about it unless I hadn't owned a super nintendo. Super Play magazine at the time had a staff of complete anime geeks, and were constantly publishing lists of best anime films, series etc. even though they had nothing to do with Nintendo in any way. Guess which film was always #1?

[@_Bucky]

Nothing will ever replace this original classic, this is was my first influence of manga art. I believe I even influenced other members in my family with their first viewing of Akira. It’s legendary.

[@Aaron_J._Holt]

Please say in your epic voice: “You wanna drive through the woods and dump THAT out?”

[@ShadesCE]

Keep the Bluey references coming guys, but we won’t be satisfied until you do a Bluey Honest Trailer!

[@TheSiemek]

I refuse to believe there is a single dude in his late 30s who haven’t seen Akira at least once.

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

Akira was indeed the first anime I ever saw. It set the bar kinda high. I've loved many an anime since, but I don't know if any of them truly measure up on all levels.

[@anubusx]

Funny how Akira predicted Japan getting to host the 2020 Olympics.

[@DisorderedArray]

And the pandemic, lol

[@PhilipAlexanderHassialis]

One of the best "friends that fall out" movies ever made. Also cool visuals. Also the anim- THIS IS FUCKING AKIRA FOR THE LOVE OF GOD OF COURSE ITS FUCKING PERFECT

[@Praisethesunson]

The Epic movie voice guy not yelling "Tetsuo" genuinely hurt me.

[@AdamMcBride]

FINALLY! And well done, too!

[@masterYoshimistsu]

While the US had animation studios in the 70's and 80's, Latinamerica were buying animation from Japan and the US and dubbing it in Spanish. And that's how in Latinamerica we had Mazinger and Knights of the Zodiac and other anime while the US had Care Bears (and the other cool cartoons but that's not the point)

[@manuelaparcedo417]

I actually think most of those came through Spain and redubbed in latin america.

[@masterYoshimistsu]

@@manuelaparcedo417 well tomato edamame 😂

[@chrisliden716]

Say “Spencer and Lon are NERDS for not doing honest trailer commentaries anymore” in your epic voice

[@thePsiMatrix]

Oooo, you have got to do "Your Name". Also; yes, Akira was my first exposure to Animé. Strangely it was on BBC2 is the 90s when they decided to put it on late at night.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

And also Mamoru Hosoda's works like Digimon: The Movie, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, and Wolf Children. Heck, maybe even Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān's Episodes 40 and 49. If anyone's a fan of that show and thought those eps were beautifully strange compared to the rest of the show, then knowing about who animated and directed them will make a whole lot sense.

[@mentaltelepathy24]

That be great

[@0ppaiDragon]

this 1988 movie looks better than most stuff been released today. Craftsmanship at its finest

[@Bluestar1079]

When I first watched this movie I had no idea what was going on. all I knew it was that it was gorgeous

[@somedudeontheinternet_]

Make a Knuckles Honest Trailer or I'll send you to the great battleground in the sky

[@andysiebert31]

thank you for making this trailer. many anime fans of this generation are completely unaware of The O.G. I remember renting it on laser disc - the big ones the size of LP records - multiple discs. we named our cat Akira because it was the most amazing thing we had ever seen.

[@JoergWeida]

I still have the Criterion Laserdisc Edition of Akira, a total of 3 big discs, each 2 sides.

[@aidenpeltier7451]

Woah you guys actually made one that’s like close to the length of real trailers for the first time in years

[@christopher-silavong]

OMG when you guys finally do this one and you're no longer doing Honest Trailers Commentary. I miss the commentary show and everyone on it.

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Akira having a cool metal arm and at least one hand in inspiring aesthetics and tropes that future anime would copy for years to come was like money in the sweet pocket dimension in the pocket for this groundbreaking masterpiece.

[@kyubihanyou]

There was a time when a fighting game character was a full-on Tetsuo reference, down to voice actor jokes with an acting Kaneda. His name was K9999, but he goes by Krohnen now in his more copyright-friendly guise.

[@travishanmer3624]

Saw this in the theater when it first came to America and had no idea what it was. FING blew my MIND at 18yrs old!

[@larrywalsh9939]

In my memory of Akira, the entire plot is "Two Japanese guys screaming eachother's names" and "motorcycles" KENADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! KENADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@cig_in_mouth3786]

We need more anime honest trailers

[@mentaltelepathy24]

I say they make a new Channel call it HONEST ANIME and they just do all anime that be life.

[@RyanLBrown9396]

Arguably the most influential movie ever made

[@JoeFanik]

I forgot how absolutely fluid the animation is in this movie

[@pcetime]

Akira’s my favorite animated movie of all time. The rare occasion where everyone including Screen Junkies knows that there’s little to critique (save the “supposed pocket dimension” line 😂, but understandable granted the translation from manga to anime) for this honest trailer because how much of a masterpiece Akira is. I know it, you know it. Big fans.

[@mattwo7]

1:03 And Neo Gotham is basically Neo Tokyo, go figure. And that is most likely _not_ a coincidence by the way. Hiroyuki Aoyama worked on both Akira and Return of the Joker. The Batman Beyond show itself seems to have been outsourced to South Korea but not Japan though.

[@latinourbano]

A badass movie!!! Back when animators did everything by hand

[@automatticcomics]

Akira introduced n got me hooked on manga n anime. So much I own sooooo much Akira stuff inc anime cels signed by voice actors n all the manga n merch. Amazing film.

[@thewatcher3561]

I had this movie and its documentry on VHS back in the 90's... Wow, what a blast from the past 😇 Havn't seen a OVA movie in years... Venus wars was good too 😃

[@spider-harbinger5985]

Akira is my favorite anime movie! Let’s GOOOO!

[@farmerproductions9869]

Peacemaker please!

[@theq86]

Yes! Please!

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

An Akira TV series was announced by Otomo in 2019. Sunrise was slated to develop it, but not a word has been heard since then.

[@SpaceShip-Orion]

One of these days I need a comedy where the Akira bike slides fails, and the driver drops on the ground.

[@Ravenna_Black]

There was also all the Magna Corps movies. Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, Ghost in the Shell. The SciFi Saturday Anime with Battleship Yamamoto, Galaxy Express 999 and Adieu Galaxy Express 999, Project Ako, Etc. And I didnt smell :o

[@JoergWeida]

Cyber City OEDO 808

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

0:16 I see you Honest Trailer. I see you. 😈

[@0ne0fmany]

"Every frame is a painting" Speaks volumes of the attention, care and love for art back then. And they keep wondering why the cgi-slop movies keep failing today.

[@Akudi]

I think I finally watched this movie for the first time last year. And the thing that amazed me more than the soundtrack (especially the theme song) or the story was the bloody synchronization of mouth movement in Japanese. I can't actually recall any anime I've watched where the characters mouths *sounded out* the words they're saying. You can even see it the comparison IN the honest trailer where's Faye's lips are just flapping like usual. I was staring at the movie in awe half the time because of it. I can absolutely see why this was so influential in the popularization of Japanese manga/anime in the West. It deserves all the credit.

[@patrickspencer6550]

Please do every Stanley Kubrick film, or at least full metal jacket

[@BatAmerica]

It's amazing how well the animation has held up over 30 years.

[@user-hs5vb6kc9o]

When he said "they literally don't make them like this anymore" he was being quite literal. The amount of effort put into this film is not something modern movies do.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

@@user-hs5vb6kc9o akira's production was also a product of japan's economic history right at the height of the housing bubble money seemed infinite until it didn't and that was also expressed in Akira no studio would ever pour that amount of full japanase blood and talent into a single piece of feature film anymore it just simply does not make monetary sense any longer

[@MaxIronsThird]

this is 2D animation made for theater, when they japan was at their peak, economically wise, while also having full mastery of everything about 2 D animation/filmmaking, it will never look dated.

[@ZdenekLU]

I remember how hard it was back in the day to get anything serious manga/anime, at least in Poland in the first half of 90s.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Damn that Akira picture was clean! Red on white is such a great contrast.

[@cristianmeiler4031]

I'm still waiting for Honest Trailers Idiocracy, it is about time now

[@elliotKanjovu]

Never expected this honest trailer

[@seanpatrickcain2]

I know right

[@impossiblepie]

If you love the movie, read the manga books, the artwork is absolutely incredible!

[@seifukunokamisama2197]

"Every Frame a Painting" is the highest compliment Honest Trailers has ever given to any movie whatsoever

[@hirudinaria]

Since when is there a power creep in JoJo's?? 😂😂

[@lostlegend2197]

Please do an Honest Trailer for Bocchi The Rock

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Maybe soon, considering the possibility of it getting more seasons. In the meantime, lots of Western animation and anime need the HT treatment too, like the rest of the DC Animated Universe, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, GaoGaiGar, Barefoot Gen 1 and 2, and so on.

[@tomwilmshurst-smith4206]

Best one you guys ever done and my fav I’ve been waiting for you to do .

[@raphaelgarcia9576]

This masterpiece sent me down the deepest rabbit hole and I’m glad every day.

[@matthewmcshane399]

You should totally do an honest trailer for Hazbin Hotel!!!

[@skinnynuggetsmith1003]

Good burger Good burger Good burger

[@byronofrothdale]

The soundtrack is amazing.

[@AaronPICAR]

AKIRA is the Citizen Kane of anime. Even to this day there is NOTHING else like it.

[@UnknownKRSM]

"If you mention animation to David Zaslav, he buries you in the woods." Lmao 🤣.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Then he should be given the same in due time.

[@multiverse_media2023]

The fact “anime” is what we call good cartoons now, it’s accurate. I mean, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Hazbin Hotel, Arcane, Owl House, they’re the goats.

[@alvaroperez2349]

Ain’t that the truth.

[@carter_lovejoy]

You should re-edit this comment to say “Avatar: The Last Airbender” so people don’t get it confused with the film that must not be named.

[@aardbei54]

​@carter_lovejoy TBF all the other Avatar media is live-action, so ofc it'd be TLA and LOK

[@multiverse_media2023]

@@carter_lovejoy Wait, there’s a film?

[@ahmeteneren3478]

"Every Frame a Painting" after all these years Tony, how I still miss you 😢

[@chrisguevara]

The soundtrack is very underated!!! Some of these tracks are EPIC!!!