{"id":540475,"date":"2022-03-04T20:28:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/540475\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T20:28:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:28:40","slug":"the-techniques-that-gave-akira-its-unprecedented-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/540475\/","title":{"rendered":"The Techniques That Gave AKIRA Its Unprecedented Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pEa_F0xk_5k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u25ba \u25ba\u25baTry MUBI Free for 30 Days: https:\/\/mubi.com\/cinematyler <\/p>\n<p>Katsuhiro \u00d4tomo\u2019s 1988 sci-fi classic Akira reaches unprecedented levels of quality, made possible by an economic boom in Japan during the 1980s. \u00d4tomo\u2019s massive vision and attention to detail resulted in a celebrated movie that brought the dynamic artistry of Japanese animation to the West. What\u2019s interesting is that much of Akira was actually inspired by New Hollywood movies and Western animation\u2013releasing to the world a style that embraces an idea of \u2018borderless\u2019 creativity. <\/p>\n<p>Written by Tyler Knudsen &#038; Sophie Lasken<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>BONUS VIDEO (The Music of AKIRA): https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tq6Oed<br \/>\n*$1 until my next video goes up!<\/p>\n<p>Cinema Stories Survey (What movies should I cover?): https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BmNVdW<\/p>\n<p>Support this channel on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cinematyler<br \/>\n* Ad-free videos for $1!<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/cinematyler<br \/>\nInstagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/cinematyler<br \/>\nFacebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/cinematyler<\/p>\n<p>#Batman #FilmHistory #CinemaStories<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>[BFI] Akira (BFI Film Classics) by Michelle Le Blanc &#8211; https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IMD1m4<br \/>\n[Akira: The Making Of] Akira Production Report (1988) &#8211; https:\/\/youtu.be\/Hj7wxeo6R9o<\/p>\n<p>[Young Magazine No24] https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IuaHF7<br \/>\n[Empire] Akira: The Story Behind The Film by Andrew Osmond &#8211; https:\/\/bit.ly\/3sXBIM5<br \/>\n[Forbes] Katsuhiro Otomo On Creating &#8216;Akira&#8217; And Designing The Coolest Bike In All Of Manga And Anime by Ollie Barder &#8211; https:\/\/bit.ly\/3JEOUeR<br \/>\n[Shonen Sunday] Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo and Yasuo Negishi &#8211; https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KaXp0u<br \/>\n[Bubble Economy Wiki] https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HtFekZ<\/p>\n<p>Music:<br \/>\nEpidemic Sound<\/p>\n<p>Gear:<br \/>\nBlackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro<br \/>\nSigma 18-35mm Lens<br \/>\nSennheiser MKH 416<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25ba \u25ba\u25baTry MUBI Free for 30 Days: https:\/\/mubi.com\/cinematyler Katsuhiro \u00d4tomo\u2019s 1988 sci-fi classic Akira reache<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":540476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[1488,405739],"class_list":{"0":"post-540475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japanese-anime","8":"tag-akira","9":"tag-cinematyler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}