AKIRA! AKIRA! AKIRA!
- embrace the apocalypse
Produced in 1988 and based on his cyberactive manga classic of the same name, Katsuhiro Otomo's groundbreaking film is the best known and arguably still the best anime to emerge from Japan. The two-hour epic took over one billion yen, 2,200 shots and 160,000 animation cels (more than twice the number used in most Hollywood feature-length animation at the time) to make, and seriously raised the bar for animated features. The result is tour-de-force filmmaking. A nuclear age fever dream in which barnstorming pyrotechnics collide with a complex, driving narrative. An adult apocalyptic fable for our times.
AKIRA! AKIRA! AKIRA! will feature over 50 original cel artworks, plus posters, uncut card sets, lobby cards, comics & book editions, and a wide assortment of related merchandising on generous loan to Silicon Pulp from die-hard Akira collector Martin Shadwick. The exhibition represents 10 years of dedicated acquisition, and includes such rarities as an original program & flyer from opening night in Japan '88, a set of German & Spanish lobby cards, and a Thai theatre poster.
This must see exhibition will also feature an extraordinary Akira inspired installation by Italian artist Ludovica Gioscia on the theme of telekinesis - the ability to move objects through force of will alone. By combining the film's soundtrack with digital footage projected on a plasma screen, the installation transforms simple movements into mesmerising telekinetic exercises.
For more information, refer to www.siliconpulp.com.au/akiramed.htm
During the exhibition, Silicon Pulp will be launching the 'ATOMIC SUSHI CLUB'. Members will be entitled to attend special anime screenings, and to access Silicon Pulp's anime video/DVD library via rentals. The club will be launched with a screening of THE EVANGELION MOVIES !!! Stay tuned for details.
Japan's Animated 'Akira' Expands U.S. Run
"Akira,'' a digitally refurbished Japanese animated movie about rival gangs in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, will expand its run in the United States after a successful launch in New York, its distributor said on Friday.
"Akira'' is headed for Los Angeles and San Francisco after the restored version of the 1988 movie from Katsuhiro Otomo opened in a digital projection theater in New York's Times Square on March 30, said Mark Roche, a vice president for marketing of Pioneer Entertainment.
Pioneer Entertainment spent about $1 million to produce the digitally restored version of the landmark animated movie and plans to release it on DVD for North America in the next few months.
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