Akira Movie Poster Parodies
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Akira Movie Poster Parodies are a series of edits, fan arts, redraws, crossovers and references to the theatrical poster of the 1988 anime movie Akira.
Origin
The film Akira's theatrical poster was released with the movie's debut on July 16th, 1988.[1] The poster itself was likely been created the year prior, in 1987.[2] The poster showcases the series' protagonist, Shotaro Kaneda, walking towards his bike as the movie's title is shown behind him.The title, written in romaji (AKIRA), is spray-painted on with its equivalent in katakana (アキラ). The poster, described by KK Miller from SoraNews24 as "almost as iconic as the movie itself",[3] is commonly known in two different coloring themes: Green (shown below, left) and blue (shown below, right).
A translated and remastered variation of the poster was released for American audiences in 2001, following the blue color theme[4] (shown, below).
Spread
As an anime cult classic,[5][6][7][8][9] Akira's theatrical poster has been referenced and redrawn to reference various different characters, series and franchises. On May 6th, 2020, a Persona 5 parody of the poster was posted on Twitter by @sakuuremiA, which garnered over 5,370 likes and 1,560 retweets in 1 year[10] (shown below, left). A Destiny 2 fan art of the poster was posted on r/destiny2 by Redditor tofikissa on July 2nd, 2021, receiving over 7,900 points in 3 months[11] (shown below, right).
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External References
[1] Wikipedia – AKIRA (1988) Movie Poster
[2] CineMaterial – Akira (1988) Japanese movie poster
[3] SoraNews24 – Parody of Akira movie poster makes pretty much any character look as cool as Kaneda
[4] Walmart – Akira – Framed Movie Poster (2001 Re-Release – Regular Style) (Size: 24 X 36)
[5] Texas Free Press – FILM CORNER – Akira: An Anime Cult Classic
[6] The Washington Post – Why the pioneering Japanese anime Akira is still relevant 30 years later
[7] The Guardian – Akira review – apocalyptic anime’s startling message of global annihilation
[8] The Frida Cinema – Akira – An Influence to All of Film
fn.9 Dazed – How Akira sent shockwaves through pop culture and changed it
[10] Twitter – Persona Akira poster parody
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