Akira is one of those obvious "must-review" anime classics that it feels like I should have gotten to a long, long time ago. But I didn't just want to review everything everyone else was reviewing all the time, which is why I held off on it. But holding off for ten years is probably enough. I even read a huge swath of the manga (though not *all* of it) to prepare myself. I wanted to do my homework, as to avoid somebody making a "Penguin Truth Was Wrong About Akira" video. (Yeah, right, like anyone would even notice this video.)
Utilizing the Bancho Truth character was something I thought of pretty late in the process. I already had done the bookend/storyline material with Terry and the patriot parade stuff before it dawned on me that Bancho Truth commenting on biker gangs in Akira would be a good fit. This is why he's only in that one part of the video and not in the bookend stuff. And as for his vocabulary, he's peppering both Japanese and Italian slang into his words.
As far as the bookend material goes, I probably didn't make the parade crowded enough. It looks like there was definitely an audience, but I wanted to show that it was crazy enough for Terry to have difficulty getting past (though he could have just used the elevator to the top). I don't think I created that impression well enough. I haven't made enough civilian sprites.
And, for the record, the thing Terry, the camera penguin, and I are watching at the end is the season finale of X-Men '97.
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- Penguin Truth
(2024)
