AWAKEN AKIRA

AWAKEN AKIRA was created by two friends, Ash Thorp and Zaoeyo (XiaoLin Zeng), who wanted to collaborate on a tribute to the iconic anime, Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo. It's creation took over a year, as we had to coordinate our time on it with other project commitments.

We hope you find it was well worth the wait and truly enjoy our efforts. We would like to thank Pilotpriest for the masterful score, as well as Raf Grassetti and The Joelsons for their help on the project. We would also like to give our most sincere thank you to Otomo-san and all the men and women who helped bring Akira to life. Akira has and will always be a timeless and continual muse for all of us.

Tribute by – ASH THORP & ZAOEYO

Score by - PILOTPRIEST

Character Modeler - RAF GRASSETTI

Photography - THE JOELSONS

Website by - OBLIO

[Ockeroid]

I feel like I'm seeing Akira imagery for the first time again

[MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Whoever ends up directing the live Akira film, please hire these guys.

[mochochino]

You know its gonna be epic when every second of the video is wallpaper worthy

[madmatz]

That throne scene is pure power, the sheer escalation of agony, savagery, and wrath between the two chords gives me chills every time.

[ALSPEHEIR]

Do NOT show this to Disney, for the love of God.

[IrisCorven]

Dude, screw a live action Akira. I'd take a CGI Akira with this level of detail any day of the week. You didn't just pay homage to the film itself, but the art as well. Joe Peacock would be proud.

[admirable]

y’all are the only ones capable of making a live action of Akira

[kinggeedra]

To anyone considering doing a live action adaptation of akira TAKE NOTE

[ciceronx]

Years later this still gives me chills every single time.

[NyxIsLostt]

man i need an evangelion video in this style

[CastafioreOnYoutube]

Playing this in the middle of the night, light off, really has a different feel

[xenofi]

0:24 that note hit hard, rarely heard such a musical impact

[chickenlegsTV]

Imagine if they had a 100 million dollars budget like fan 4 stic.

[MacNava]

Imagine the mutation scene but in live action

[pyoobplays]

i feel like this is the only video perfectly suited for the ambient mode feature on youtube

[TheUnseriousguy]

This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a very long time

[mikey]

Very nice with awesome homages to the original film and great sound all in under 1 min. At first i thought this was an actual trailer and now i wish i was right if this is how a sequel would be

[LampPst]

Love the music...

that shot at 0:24 with the building falling... the red... it's just amazing when it hits

[kasutokirikaia]

Damn this brings me back, cant belive 2019 has already passed and we havent gotten a neo-tokyo yet smh.

[lilypadrocks]

You could feel everything about Akira carried into this song; the fear of untamed power and the desperate control of it. The broken marble throne like seat symbolises the ascension of Tetsuo power and his veneration as a god, but such thought has clearly eroded his sanity and lead to his corruption