Akira Drawings

-　Akira (アキラ）-

- Drawings from the Anime Feature Film (Douga) -

Akira is referred to by many, as being the "Origin" of modern Anime films and was created by the Japanese Anime genius - Katsuhiro Otomo.

It woke the Western World up to the beauty and power of Japanese animated film and by doing so allowed Anime to become a truly Universal animation film and art form.

Fans were amazed in 1988 at the numerous colours (often as many as 16 colours per cel) and by the attention to detail in the characters.

A number of the animators who produced the original drawings (or "Douga") for this film have become famous Animators themselves. Two such animation artists are -

Mr Hashimoto and Toshio Kawaguchi.

Mr Hashimoto has worked on productions including "Metropolis" (which was made partly as a tribute to the great Osamu Tezuka) and "Spirited Away" (Hayao Miyazaki).

Toshio Kawaguchi worked as the animation director for "Ponpoko" and "Porco Rosso".

Cel and matching drawing of Tetsuo

Detail of the Tetsuo drawing above

Kaneda

Takashi, aka #26.

The Manga and Anime were both created by the Japanese Master -

"Katshuhiro Otomo".

*The English langauge Manga was originally published by "Dark Horse Comics" in USA and was translated by Fredrick L.Schodt.

* Note - "Douga" is the Japanese term for an animation drawing.

**Artwork shown is part of the collection of Geoffrey Clifton.**

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