Wote's AKIRA blogging reminded me that I once owned the above animation sketches from AKIRA. I got them years ago from the NEC and have sold them off ever since. I just have one sketch left, for my own personal edification. None of them contained the iconic motorbike in Wote's bloglet but there were some great shots, for instance of the Espers and the Colonel and of the tentacles of the Tetsuo monster as it thrashed in the Neo-Tokyo Sea. Now that was animation. Just think how much work went into the whole film! Wish I'd never sold them now! Whenever I see AKIRA I can't help thinking about Marine Boy!
Those are very cool! It was certainly a memorable film.
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