The Beauty Of Akira

[@TheBeautyOf]

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[@danielreguera1799]

Hey, The Beauty of! I recently found your video for The Beauty of Akira, which blew me away. So much that I was super inspired and wanted to try adapting a song of mine to it that's very minimal but builds to a wall of synths. If you're not cool with me using the video for a means of scoring let me know and I'll take it down the current version on my channel. I just thought it fit so well with the sound I was creating at the time. Obviously, as you know, you can't monetize these videos and not that I care cause I did it just as an exercise but I just wanted to throw it to you and see what you think! Thanks! -Daniel Reguera

[@TheBeautyOf]

@@danielreguera1799 no problem if you just credit me 😊

[@danielreguera1799]

The Beauty Of Thank you! Credit in both the title and description. It’s up now, if you check it out I hope you enjoy it!

[@dinorexvideos]

What blows my mind about 80's and early to mid 90's is that ALL the frames are made entirely BY HAND! And there is people who dissmiss this kind of masterpiece just for being a little old...

[@Stefan25897]

... Every animated property before computers was done by hand. And even that's a misconception. "By Hand" means that each frame of the movement is drawn rather than using a rig or a puppet and tweening it. So technically digital hand drawn animation is also a thing and it is also done by hand. However, these old animations had to be manually physically colored and the backgrounds had to be be watercolor painted which is what's truly impressive about them. And the people who dismiss old animation are weird. For me it was much more aesthetically pleasing when things were physically drawn because the colors tended to be much richer and of course, the watercolored backgrounds were always an eye candy.

[@lunatykoszczypior]

All animation is done by hand

[@shakthiganesh5117]

@@lunatykoszczypior Well, you are not wrong.

[@nameless.greyceo]

And still looks better than any anime these days.

[@ems7623]

That's the entire history of animation until very recently, not just the 80s and early 90s.

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

Still blow me away the fact that this film was made 30 years ago and looks better than some of the finest Anime films of TODAY.

[@h4ruka-_-isde4d]

Exactly!

[@jaysupe1268]

imo the best animated film yer

[@qweqqweq2090]

ya it makes me sad to watch one punch man.

[@eliasbonafe9236]

@@jaysupe1268 some other contenders Perfect Blue Pinocchio (1940) Fantasia (1940) Ghost in the Shell - '95 The End of Evangelion Angel's Egg It's such a Beautiful Day Anomalisa The Summit of the Gods (at least it deserve a mention) Only Yesterday The grave of the Fireflies Princess Mononoke

[@Dio22563]

​@@eliasbonafe9236perfect list bro it only needs i lost my body whole world is drunk

[@LostUtopiaFilms]

The amount of detail in every single shot is mind blowing.

[@Kidicaruslover]

The fact that this gorgeous film was made by human hands and the mind. Literally makes me cry on what we’re capable of.

[@odysseus2k1]

crying is an overreaction, don't you think? maybe seek a therapist, bro.

[@Kidicaruslover]

@@odysseus2k1 You feel that way over an emotion? Maybe you should seek a therapist bro.

[@Minion_5516]

Think of what we are capable of... That's the plot of AKIRA.

[@lordstarkiller2010]

One of the greatest classics of Anime and Science Fiction!!!

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

yep!

[@nichiban3972]

Can you name me more classics of anime science fiction? I know Akira and GiTS but I want to see more. Thanks in advance.

[@lordstarkiller2010]

@@nichiban3972 Well, you can check out the filmography of Katsuhiro Otomo (director of Akira) and the filmography of Satoshi Kon (a personal favorite)!!! 😎👌🎬

[@Caesar_JP]

@@nichiban3972 have you tried cowboy bebop?

[@horaciosi]

(1:53) I always loved how the building in the back isn't a static two-dimensional image.

[@RealChiliConQueso]

The attention to detail goes beyond anything I've ever seen in animation.

[@benjaminjeffery6873]

The aesthetic of this film is incredible.

[@silentjoker45]

The animation achievements the animators made in akira is still mind-blowing to this day and will always ALWAYS BE CELEBRATED AND PAYED HOMAGE TO

[@pr7ish]

after watching this movie i felt like i've lived in that world already i just don't have memories of it anymore

[@CharleyJamesD]

one of the most jaw-dropping movies I saw as a kid

[@MrMexicanGrigo]

Hooked when I heard Koyaanisqatsi playing

[@Sweet_Potato06]

My dad told me that when he was a kid he watched this, I recently watched it myself, and I see why he loved it so much!

[@23centurysetback]

you’re my new favorite channel, lovely work

[@TheBeautyOf]

Thank you so much!!

[@ArthurLehmann]

Saaaaaamee

[@ArthurLehmann]

I was thinking this channel had more than millions of subscribersn

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

His work is fantastic on how it highlights the visuals on great!

[@shinji2903]

It always amazes me when films like Akira have every person in frame, in motion. The amount of time it probably took for a mere few seconds of a scene is something I can’t imagine.

[@flixshirt789]

It’s almost so beautiful I want to cry.

[@roberthipolito1351]

Holy shit you got some talent in making these videos, you manage to truly capture the essence and beauty of the films. If they ever dare try adapting this masterpiece in live-action, please, I hope it can be by a really good filmmaker that loves and understands the source material.

[@TheBeautyOf]

Thank you! Adapting Akira in live action seems to be a really bad idea...

[@voltgaming2213]

@@TheBeautyOf this

[@Just_keep_swimming04]

Nothing describes this movie better than the word masterpiece. This movie will stand out in animation and film forever. Watched it already a dozen times and I will watch it another dozen times💊

[@ohnree4110]

Love the Koyaanisquatsi soundtrack it's very fitting

[@davidw.2791]

Can you believe that OP would not have picked it if not for copyright strikes?

[@MrMrSanti]

You should do Neon Genesis Evangelion

[@cabsflix8310]

YES

[@myanasc]

And Cowboy Bebop

[@VMON2699]

And perfect blue

[@willfomes406]

Did anyone else think that the hospital in Evangeleon was totally fucked up.

[@ovrbyte4427]

@@willfomes406 no it was the only reason I watched evangelion…

[@anassbenjimoua4565]

The music fits it so freaking well

[@Hopscotchlemonadespritz]

Omg 👺 how..? Kooyanisquati's score and the images of Akira, together at last! Philip Glass' score was also re-used in The Watchman for Dr. Manhattan's creation sequence. Similar to Tetsuo's disastrous psychic awakening, actually 💥

[@davidw.2791]

And it would be used again in a certain episode of Stranger Things!

[@michaelkeaton5394]

Just saw it for the first time in theater in 4k, it obsessed me, I read the 13 manga in a night, I want more!!!!

[@rehmanmukarram7685]

the manga is a masterpiece

[@henriquealvesdeazevedo4679]

This theme song is actually from the movie Koyaanisqatsi

[@TheBeautyOf]

Yep 👍

[@Nicolas-gj8yg]

I was expecting to hear some synthwave song because of the aesthetics in this movie, or maybe Kaneda's theme, but Koyaanisqatsi fits so well with Tetsuo and his character arc. One of the most greatest animated movies ever made, and sure it is one of the most important (Alongside with Ghost in The Shell, Toy Story, etc).

[@davidw.2791]

OP has since said the Akira OST got them stricken by Copyright Lawyers particularly hard. But this is a blessing in disguise to me because not only does Phillip Glass fit Akira very well, OP doesn’t have to try and find just one or two Kira tracks to go over all this footage.

[@Minion_5516]

I really hope the animators and art designers of this masterpiece got very well paid.

[@snowset675]

This movie was very ahead of its time. I wish we got more animation like this now.

[@gdjiselberg]

that anime...a true masterpiece.

[@AmazingShots]

Spectacular

[@Jass.Marttz]

This masterpiece is everything I need in my life, the way they visually represent a spectacular yet decadent futuristic city is PURE PERFECTION. 🌆

[@SnakePit6517]

Around the time this movie was shown in America, the animated movies that most Americans were familiar with were those either released by Disney or Don Bluth, meaning the medium was primarily viewed as being either for families or younger audiences. With that context in mind, can you imagine the reactions on people’s faces when they saw this film for the first time?

[@CHANN3L_NAME]

Watched this movie while faded asf. Best experience ever

[@curtisoverton5240]

For the longest time thought it was a 90s movie but nope 80s the amount of details and every frame of this movie is insane

[@danbam3411]

To think this came out around the same time Who Framed Roger Rabbit did for the western atmosphere. 1988 was one hell of a year for animation.

[@eliasmihoub1996]

Beautiful and subtle choice for the music on this one ;)

[@aounaloevera4080]

i am a HUGE cyberpunk fan and i watched this and im gonna read the manga and watch the film.

[@azut8534]

It still blows my fucking mind to this day

[@fabianacaraballo5096]

La música le queda como anillo al dedo a la pelicula y al video

[@michaelcortez1531]

Great choice of music!

[@mandy-alex__6338]

omg thank you so so much for making this video, so so much

[@flaxx_hidayatulloh]

Just realized cyberpunk 2077 is really really similar to akira

[@amsaludereje7554]

USE THIS SOUNDTRACK FOR EYES WIDE SHUT.

[@dinamita2870]

I love everything about this video

[@nameless.greyceo]

This is real anime, all done by hand, in the 70s, 80s and 90s and looks ten times better than any childish anime these days.

[@bobsimpson9228]

Oh man if you're doing animes also you def need to do Naoki Urasawa's Monster and Berserk! They're both so beautiful. Fun fact: Akira is the anime that got me into anime!

[@TheBeautyOf]

I got a lot of anime recommendations, I need to watch all of theses...

[@Thedesertguy75]

When Anime was pure artistic genius. 80s and 90s was the era. What's really interesting is i remember l feeling very alive in the 80s as a kid and young teen... but we saw the future as it would be a bleak, robotic soulless existence....and that's how i feel today. Its like we knew it wasn't going to be good. So living it up in the 80s and 90s was the thing to do

[@ironale855]

just beautiful

[@metalbudsgaming8371]

I remember being a kid and grabbing this movie at blockbuster because of the motorcycle on the cover. My parents said ok because "it's a cartoon" lol. Anime fan ever since.

[@cow_tools_]

Nice choice of Koyannisqatsi. It works pretty well.

[@93X777]

Akira and Philip Glass. Are you my twin soul?

[@cristianeni6567]

This is my favorite anime movie

[@walterwhite4699]

This was all made by a group of people… BY HAND.

[@davidfeltheim2501]

I loved the use of pruit igoe and prophecies to show the dystopian Tokyo

[@SignorWaltz]

Why am I crying?

[@SlaveofAllah107]

Thanks to the creator of AKIRA and thank you the beauty of

[@shafar3653]

Masterpiece 👌

[@ozero_animation]

Thank you for all your work, especially this one video. It's literaly one of my most favourite videos on entire YT. And combining Akira with Koyaanisqutsi soundtrack is pure genius. PS: Another awesome video for Akira fans: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4qUgnumpZuce6c

[@TheBeautyOf]

Thank you very much!!!

[@rskxfinn]

Watching this with your airpods in while you're high as fuck is an experience

[@samuelsmith5400]

These artists never saw their families

[@federicovitali4717]

i can't see this video without thinking at the janitor's evil eyes in scrubs

[@akomutotamaro5444]

After watching this anime, I feel like after watching Dune

[@virtualcircle285]

Great music choice on this one.

[@quanau1778]

The music reminds me of Watchmen

[@OldScotchtape]

This song will always be : Janitor giving the evil eye to JD

[@93200Jonas]

My first visual experience at 10 years old in 1989 - 90

[@erandiosamb6163]

I don’t know why, but I just loved this film

[@holeindanssock156]

Came out in the 80s,looks like it was made tomorrow.

[@jackson.2171]

This video deserves a Lorn soundtrack

[@tommitch8449]

WOW! ... just wow

[@etherealabyss0]

THANK YOU!

[@LaurianeG.]

Je sais pas si tu appréciera le film ou si tu le trouvera intéressant, mais dans le genre animé de SF très esthétique je te recommandes graves le film Metropolis de 2001 réalisé par Rintarō et écrit, justement, par Katsuhiro Ōtomo (enfin si tu ne l'as pas déjà vu). À l'image d'Akira, le film est imparfait, parfois un peu bordélique car le scénario tente de coincer pas mal d'éléments, mais y'a un vrai style et une démarche presque... unique quelque part. Un film dont le style imite clairement les productions à l’ancienne, tant celles de Tezuka qu'il adapte que les films tels que celui de Fritz Lang, notamment dans l'usage des transissions an iris. Et qui, en même temps, utilise avec l'animation sur cellulo traditionnelle de l'image de synthèse qui, pour l'époque, était novatrice et qui.... bah en vrai même si elle est évidente, bah par le travail sur les détails, la direction artistique, les couleurs, etc, au final a plutôt bien vieilli dans son genre. Ça donne ce rendu presque..... hors du temps, indescriptible.

[@elcampesino2857]

Masterpiece

[@Treck1985]

EPIC!

[@agrfilm]

just realized that the 2020 Olympic Games actually took place in Tokyo, just like in the movie

[@poderosohulk1553]

Wonderful

[@ed209onthestairs]

Doesn't feel right to see the opening scenes of Neo-Tokyo without the "Kaneda" theme playing, but the song fit well for the rest of the video. AKIRA is my personal favorite motion picture, animated or otherwise, and absolutely deserves to be counted among the greatest works of animation of all time, right up there with Snow White and Fantasia. I've seen it well over a hundred times and every...single...time.....I see something new. It was all drawn by hand. Think about that! It's an absolute marvel that will likely never be eclipsed. It's violent, it's grotesque, it's merciless.......but it's just utterly gorgeous to witness.

[@TheBeautyOf]

The fact is that the whole movie soundtrack is blocked in KZbin, that's why I had to use another music 😕

[@ed209onthestairs]

@@TheBeautyOf Well I think your choice worked really well, but I was just saying that opening sequence and "Kaneda" are forever wed in my mind. But definitely a great video that highlights some of the most incredible animation of all time. Couldn't have been easy to select just a few scenes, but you got some great ones, especially the shots of the city where there are just so many layers of cels and background paintings that give so much depth. And the scene of Tetsuo creating his mechanical arm is one of the best, too...worked really well with the editing and the music.

[@TheBeautyOf]

@@ed209onthestairs thank you! So many beautiful shot in Akira, hard to make choice...

[@bobberkins6058]

Bob was here...

[@stxples2725]

Nice

[@SFunk]

I just made an amv of this masterpiece ❤ can't explain how much I love this anime/movie ... amazing👌🔥❤

[@unkunko]

世界観良すぎ

[@d0g576]

Wonerful

[@Koustav_04]

Awesome

[@radamesboscolo]

Best film cartoon of alls times at alls to

[@alicenestpasmonprenom5784]

Prochainement: The Beauty of Koyaanisqatsi

[@CortesFantásticosOficial]

Please, do "The Beauty of Cowboy Bebop"

[@Masiba7517]

ALL BY HAND

[@holeindanssock156]

Imagine watching this without knowing the movie and the last scenes hit and theyre like "wtf?" Lul

[@subratamridha1339]

Someone tell where can we see those movies

[@hoboapproved6535]

You should do Angel’s Egg next

[@TheBeautyOf]

Didn't see it yet...

[@Rehan-wb2ok]

@@TheBeautyOf a painting (impressionist i guess) which was drawned perfectly. it'll work for your time.

[@Rehan-wb2ok]

@@TheBeautyOf once more, may you take a down End of Evangelion immediatly, i hope so much

[@LaurianeG.]

Wait koyaanisqatsi jouait dans le film? 0_o Je ne m'en souvenais pas du tout ^^' En même temps, ça fait longtemps et je ne l'avais pas aimé sur le coup, je dois vraiment lui donner une seconde chance. Parlant de films de dark SF, si tu ne l'as pas vu, je te conseilles énormément Dark City d'Alex Proyas (du moins la director's cut). C'est inspiré fortement par l’expressionnisme allemand et je suis convaincue que les sœurs Wachowski s'en sont inspiré pour Matrix. Et esthétiquement, il est juste superbe, ça mériterait totalement sa vidéo éventuellement ^^

[@TheBeautyOf]

Non, koyaanisqatsi n'est pas dedans, mais toute la soundtrack est bloquée sur KZbin... Et j'ai trouvé qu'au final, cette musique collait bien. Dark city est un des premiers films que j'ai vu quand j'étais ado, une énorme claque, je compte bien en faire une vidéo un jour

[@LaurianeG.]

@@TheBeautyOf Bon, à faire: un film dystopique avec koyaanisqatsi dans la b-o ^^ En plus symboliquement ça pourrait être tout à fait pertinent!

[@TheBeautyOf]

Il me semble bien en effet 😉

[@codanbrightside5755]

Please make the beauty of babel, BTW I love your videos

[@TheBeautyOf]

Thank you, I will think about it ☺️

[@soph8127]

if u haven’t seen this movie, i can only reccomend it.

[@samidejong106]

Ghost in the shell next please

[@Ulluque23]

intéressant, merci.

[@chiefyt9250]

What's with both Bladerunner and Akira being set in 2019?

[@eddieruiz6826]

COVID-19

[@cmnweb]

Ahhh no mames, de mis animes favoritos.

[@jekw23]

Bought this twice as a kid because the Japanese (subtitled) version was the only way to see this in 1.85 aspect ratio. Was worth it just to see the extra detail. Was so impressed with how they crafted the move (even though I prefer the manga)

[@leroy7763]

Lol koyanisqatsi is dope on this

[@Genny-Zee]

Oh

[@danilo9723]

Capolavoro