Talk:Akira (1988 film)

Credits in plot summary
"Mid- and post-credit scenes should generally not be included in the plot summary. Exceptions are made for these scenes if they provide key relevant details for the film itself"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film

I made an edit including the credits which was reverted by. I concede the abstract comment may not be necessary, but the galaxies and light are vital context for the film. The "unspecified level of existence" is utter conjecture from some editor, and the galaxies and light (stars) place Tetsuo's comment into context. Anonymous-232 (talk) 20:05, 16 November 2020 (UTC)


 * A larger concern is plot section length, with your additions moving the plot section even further into violation of the 700-word limit set by WP:FILMPLOT. I rolled the plot back to one year ago when it was last within compliance.
 * Note that the plot section of a Wikipedia film article is not required to flesh out all the details, or resolve all the contextual mysteries. It is merely to serve as a skeleton, holding the plot's major points.
 * There are several free online word counter tools available for copying and pasting proposed plot text, to measure your progress with regard to word count. Binksternet (talk) 21:49, 16 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Remember that we have the manga to fall back on, which the film does not deviate significantly from, so it is reasonably to use the more wordy explanation from there (that is dropped for cinematic purposes) to support a simple summary of what happened in the film. If we didn't have that, then yes, we'd be OR-ing that statement at the end, but since this is an adapted work, we can work from the original into this. --M asem (t) 21:59, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Contradiction in the claim of most expensive anime film
It says that Akira is the most expensive anime film up until then, surpassing Royal Air Force's budget of ¥800m. But Akira's budget is ¥700m, so it never surpass that film. The sources that state Akira is the most expensive believe that its budget is ¥1.1 billion, which has been refuted by the new Crunchyroll source. The claim need to be removed. Neocorelight (Talk) 07:34, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

TV Tropes also says that Akira's budget is 1.1 billion yen LeronJomes (talk) 15:22, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

4k blu ray release film source
This states that a 35mm print was used for the 4k home video release in 2020. When someone uses the term "35mm print," it's usually referring to what is shown theatrically and those are not desirable to use for home media these days. An interpositive, internegative or (best quuality possible) original camera negative is better. So what was really used for the 4k home video? Not clear as the article cited states it was sourced from the 35mm master. This could mean a lot of things and it doesn't state whether this master had been scanned before (at lower res) for previous video releases or other spurces had been used previously. If the article is accurate, It couldnt have been a 35mm theatrical print as that is not a master of any kind, nor could it be something that isnt 35mm like a 16mm print.

So while the 4k release may very well have been sourced from some kind of print that is in 35mm, it is probably misleading and not the best description to say it was a 35mm print. That gives a connotation of print used for movie theater screens and no studio would use that source unless they had no other choice. The term "35mm master" used in the article doesn't indicate whether the master was positive or negative film. 2600:1700:BF32:8ED0:16C0:8009:18D8:71F0 (talk) 05:53, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

"Imitations and references" of the Akira Slide
I just wanted to ask about the phrasing of the 'Akira Slide' section. It seems to suggest that all of the films and shows listed directly knew of the Akira Slide and purposfully referenced it, or used it themselves with knowledge that this did it first. I'm not sure we have actual evidence of that in all of these cases, and that maybe it should be rephrased to imply that "a similar slide has appeared in..." instead. I doubt there's evidence for each one that it was a direct reference or imitation, at least, there aren't citations for each. Many could have just been a case of parallel thinking, or possibly seeing it in another film and copying that instead. I certainly knew about this slide manoeuvre before, but I didn't know it was from Akira. To be fair, considering how influential this film was in Japan, cases of it's usage in other anime productions can be assumed to be a reference, but something like Star Wars: Clone Wars, a random American Saturday morning cartoon, can't be assumed in the same way, as Akira was less known in the west. This is just a suggestion, and I'm not super into anime so I might be completely wrong. Any thoughts? Tedster41 (talk) 17:30, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes, there needs to be sourcing that a scene was specifically intended to pay homage to the Akira Slide by its creators, not just percieved connection (thats a TVTropes approach). M asem (t) 18:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)