Three Decades of Akira Slide Homages

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @wellyep790
    @wellyep790 2 года назад +2242

    Animators saw Akira (1988) and said "That slide was the sickest shit I've ever seen." And they were right.

    • @emanuelebolli6437
      @emanuelebolli6437 2 года назад +36

      Damn they surely were

    • @joaquinvaleri7022
      @joaquinvaleri7022 Год назад +6

      Hey watch your bad word you know the s word and i'm just saying

    • @joaquinvaleri7022
      @joaquinvaleri7022 Год назад +3

      And yes that slide scene is awesome and a masterpiece

    • @havocadvent2
      @havocadvent2 Год назад +13

      @@joaquinvaleri7022you must be a kid, you’ll get used to it

    • @joaquinvaleri7022
      @joaquinvaleri7022 Год назад +5

      @@havocadvent2 i'm not a kid

  • @Pepepipipopo
    @Pepepipipopo 3 года назад +13648

    The akira Slide on a horse is so hilarious.

    • @miguel.manojaya
      @miguel.manojaya 3 года назад +337

      Yea.. I had recently saw that and laught a lot ahauah and now i saw this coment and laugh more

    • @Kitty_Cosmic
      @Kitty_Cosmic 3 года назад +33

      @@miguel.manojaya are you serious?

    • @ixoylion.6031
      @ixoylion.6031 2 года назад +35

      @@miguel.manojaya you sure he didn’t pay you to say that?

    • @miguel.manojaya
      @miguel.manojaya 2 года назад +113

      @@ixoylion.6031 im wondering if all you asking me questions that who are "being serious?". I saw the video... laugh a lot with the horse.. after i saw the comment and remembered the scene of horse i'd laught more.
      I don't know what is more normal in the world than that. Or all you live in countries where the happyness are a privilege - i dont see in this way.. for me happyness is for everytime.

    • @ixoylion.6031
      @ixoylion.6031 2 года назад +14

      @@miguel.manojaya yes thanks for making me very many understand :)

  • @TheGreatCalsby
    @TheGreatCalsby Год назад +543

    I love how no vehicle is off limits. Hoverboards, horses, skateboards, insects, their own legs... if its this angle, with this slide, it's an homage

  • @ThorDude
    @ThorDude Год назад +440

    The Akira bike slide is like Loss. Either you get it, or you live blissfully unaware that it's everywhere.

  • @lordgrave57
    @lordgrave57 2 года назад +1074

    Akira's slide to anime is like the matrix bullet timing to movie.

    • @mightyfist10
      @mightyfist10 2 года назад +49

      Especially, during the mid 2000s. The "Underworld" movies existed mostly because of the "matrix aesthetic" and the vampire craze during that time.

    • @zacksmith5963
      @zacksmith5963 2 года назад +7

      Fun fact . Matrix copied anime

    • @johnmartinez7440
      @johnmartinez7440 2 года назад +27

      @@zacksmith5963 "Copied" is harsh - they were clearly influenced by the styling, but took it an made something unique and groundbreaking. The Animatrix was excellent.

    • @deadrivers2267
      @deadrivers2267 2 года назад +11

      @@johnmartinez7440 Matrix took Blade's aesthetic and mashed it with Ghost in the Shell + Lain + Tron + Hong Kong films.

    • @cloudbusting_
      @cloudbusting_ Год назад

      Akira influenced the bullet time effects in The Matrix as well

  • @tukkek
    @tukkek 3 года назад +2029

    I adore how so many of those go out of their way to make everything in the shot as obvious as possible to the original, unapologetically. If imitation is the highest form of flattery, this just shows how much unbridled love all these amazing creators, decades later, have for the influential pioneer film in the genre of animation - and still to this day one of the best ever made!

    • @heat.death_999
      @heat.death_999 3 года назад +59

      Yup, these range wildly from inspiration, to probably some straight up copies, to parodies once it became known within the animation industry that everyone took something out of Akira, and for sure now there are people who don't do it because they liked the original scene, copied it, or parodied it, but just because it's an insider meme.

    • @fiveoctaves
      @fiveoctaves 2 года назад +11

      Those are the ones that are truly an homage. The rest, perhaps not so much.

    • @justadude1477
      @justadude1477 2 года назад

      The movie “nope” also had a motorcycle scene

    • @justadude1477
      @justadude1477 2 года назад +1

      The movie “nope” also has a motorcycle scene!

    • @xLordOfNothingx
      @xLordOfNothingx 2 года назад +1

      I hate it, so on the nose 🙄 so fucking lame and unimaginative

  • @Monody512
    @Monody512 2 года назад +966

    Did the Tron franchise seriously never do this? That's kind of incredible.

    • @utkarsh2746
      @utkarsh2746 2 года назад +194

      Might be because the light bikes had a very specific kind of movement. Also, wasn't there a similar shot in the Dark Knight?

    • @Monody512
      @Monody512 2 года назад +67

      @@utkarsh2746 The free-moving lightcycles in TRON Legacy and Uprising could've done it. I would have to rewatch them to check.

    • @asimovoftrantor6838
      @asimovoftrantor6838 2 года назад +4

      Wouldn't they hit their own wall if they did this?

    • @Monody512
      @Monody512 2 года назад +13

      @@asimovoftrantor6838 The oldschool light cycles can only freely drift like this when they're not making a wall, and the new grid ones automatically shut the wall off when they spin around.

    • @zeyyadfarooq6235
      @zeyyadfarooq6235 2 года назад +4

      But, like, it's probably just for animations, as akira is an animation pioneer, so a live action piece of media doesnt really have to pay homage, and it probably wouldn't work

  • @deoxys3869
    @deoxys3869 3 месяца назад +69

    It’s amazing how a 2 second scene can become one of the most referenced bits in the animation medium

    • @aced3657
      @aced3657 3 месяца назад +5

      its not everyday u see a bike brake drifting on its side while the protagonist using his stern left leg to balance such a heavy thing, on praticality its dangerous, on fiction its epic af

    • @SupremeSR
      @SupremeSR 3 месяца назад +3

      Anyone here from the Sonic Movie 3 trailer?

    • @danalynch118
      @danalynch118 2 месяца назад +1

      @@SupremeSR Me frfr

    • @Skeletal-Dude
      @Skeletal-Dude 2 месяца назад

      @@danalynch118fr fr

  • @maggiem6209
    @maggiem6209 2 года назад +387

    This scene became so iconic it's basically just a "cool character" feature.
    Are you a determined badass? Yes.
    Motorcycle slide.

  • @jampie66
    @jampie66 2 года назад +311

    I love that it's so iconic that it's extended past motorcycles and bikes. Cars, horses, wolves, a roach, even people. It's so cool

  • @mauriceisaac3646
    @mauriceisaac3646 3 года назад +9175

    I can't believe even freakin' Paw Patrol made an Akira reference.

    • @vegamonado7562
      @vegamonado7562 2 года назад +1138

      Well even Paw Patrol made a Jojo reference.
      Those creators are really interesting

    • @takyON207
      @takyON207 2 года назад +29

      @@shushukzh ruclips.net/video/eEPXdtGw2kE/видео.html

    • @shroomer8294
      @shroomer8294 2 года назад +318

      Pretty sure the Paw Patrol people are weebs

    • @matteodandreta161
      @matteodandreta161 2 года назад +185

      @@shushukzh the episode with the armor knight, idk, they just did some jojo pose... 😁

    • @the3littlefairys
      @the3littlefairys 2 года назад +3

      Iykyk

  • @justjulia1720
    @justjulia1720 8 месяцев назад +109

    I saw Akira today for the first time and I can't believe that out of everything that happens in that movie, the most iconic thing is a 2-3 sec bike slide. Tbf it's epic as hell and the entire movie is very well animated so even simple things are visually memorable.

    • @ShardDeVir
      @ShardDeVir 8 месяцев назад +5

      Just to clarify: it was animated by team of 64 people working day and night for that result and they didn't slack on smallest details, even if it a small bright point (1 mm in diameter).

    • @ajasilikonreffkmimmon
      @ajasilikonreffkmimmon 5 месяцев назад +1

      Katsuhiro Ōtomo Distinctive, Atmospheric, and Grandiose Director

  • @0knothing443
    @0knothing443 2 года назад +1977

    And after 34 years Akira still being the smoothest one

    • @riffrucar6416
      @riffrucar6416 2 года назад +170

      Can't improve upon perfection

    • @atomic_bomba
      @atomic_bomba 2 года назад +93

      That's because cel-animation, and that they used much more frames per second back then.

    • @snowhunter7536
      @snowhunter7536 2 года назад +35

      @@atomic_bomba and because of that, the Japanese animation industry’s reputation and its popularity have skyrocketed and expanded towards Western audiences.

    • @Anonymous-73
      @Anonymous-73 Год назад +11

      Idk I think NMH 3 was pretty close

    • @hhoop3876
      @hhoop3876 Год назад +8

      @@atomic_bomba Not to add a movie budget too

  • @icyjon923
    @icyjon923 2 года назад +654

    I just saw Nope and the Akira slide at the end is incredible

    • @SinOfPride
      @SinOfPride 2 года назад +8

      That's what I'm saying!!

    • @venomase5572
      @venomase5572 2 года назад +39

      Was the first time I saw it in live action. Loved it

    • @seen.3
      @seen.3 2 года назад +2

      LOVE KEKE ❤️. I believe Jordan referenced Akira because he was approached to direct the live action version of it but turned it down because he didn’t think he was the right fit.

    • @JazziG59
      @JazziG59 2 года назад +7

      @@seen.3 Which is fair, I can’t name a director who could do Akira justice in live action.

    • @asimovoftrantor6838
      @asimovoftrantor6838 2 года назад +4

      @@JazziG59 Denis Villeneuve? Though he's likely got his hands full with Dune for a while, especially if he plans to adapt Dune Messiah.

  • @TimboTheWizard
    @TimboTheWizard 2 года назад +242

    This is starting to feel almost like the Wilhelm scream: once you know what it is, you start seeing it everywhere lol

  • @MrN00dle51
    @MrN00dle51 10 месяцев назад +207

    In Japan you're legally required to do the Akira slide to get your license

    • @Ummmmm12712
      @Ummmmm12712 3 месяца назад

      Is that true?

    • @Beemiix
      @Beemiix 3 месяца назад +5

      @@Ummmmm12712 100%

  • @kadeshaderow
    @kadeshaderow 2 года назад +603

    Can't believe Batman did the first Akira homage

    • @SaadNabil
      @SaadNabil 2 года назад +7

      So cool!

    • @SuperMilhinho
      @SuperMilhinho Год назад +54

      And the only with the shock

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen Год назад +17

      did it really? Or was anything else made earlier?

    • @hifurcatfood
      @hifurcatfood Год назад +24

      ​@@Gadget-Walkmen probably and we just don't know about it

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen Год назад +9

      @@hifurcatfood for now, let's just say batman was the first one.

  • @IJNAoba9-25-26
    @IJNAoba9-25-26 2 года назад +207

    The Akira Slide is basically the Wilhelm scream for TV shows and Anime.

    • @jacquestube
      @jacquestube 2 года назад +1

      The difference is the Wilhelm scream is a very specific sound clip, these people are literally calling every clip of a motorcycle sliding same thing

    • @bigredjanie
      @bigredjanie 2 года назад +15

      @@jacquestube Dude, the vast majority of these are an Akira reference.

    • @jacquestube
      @jacquestube 2 года назад

      @@bigredjanie many of them are no doubt, but you can't just start throwing in every fucking motorcycle thing to build your case. That's the issue I'm having some of these are blatantly not in a cure reference and that's what bugs me

    • @bigredjanie
      @bigredjanie 2 года назад +1

      @@jacquestube Which do you think are ones that aren't a reference?

    • @jacquestube
      @jacquestube 2 года назад

      @@bigredjanie we've already had this discussion just because of motorcycle slides doesn't mean it's a reference as simple as that

  • @ZeroStrife45
    @ZeroStrife45 2 года назад +608

    Clarence is literally the only show that surprised me with that reference.

    • @Oscar4u69
      @Oscar4u69 2 года назад +35

      the last show I expected to see this

    • @ZeroStrife45
      @ZeroStrife45 2 года назад +14

      @@Oscar4u69 right

    • @jacquestube
      @jacquestube 2 года назад +7

      As terrible as Clarence is artwork is it makes total sense to me. You got to remember that bad generation of Cal Arts graduates all grew up watching anime and instead of learning how to draw they just tried to recreate anime moments

    • @piccolo54trunks2
      @piccolo54trunks2 2 года назад +2

      I was more surprised by Casagrande's. I thought I was the only one who watched that show :/

    • @jacquestube
      @jacquestube 2 года назад +1

      @@piccolo54trunks2 it's not true you dingleberry

  • @ajzeg01
    @ajzeg01 4 месяца назад +51

    It’s so common in popular culture, I wonder how many people don’t even realize it’s a reference.

    • @jwanha665
      @jwanha665 4 месяца назад +3

      A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT SEEN AKIRA

    • @OKAND69420
      @OKAND69420 4 месяца назад

      ​@@jwanha665either they havent seen the movie or they knly know the leave me alone scene

  • @mistamemewide
    @mistamemewide 2 года назад +109

    I gotta say, Obi Wan on a Speeder doing the Akira Slide with his saber out is pretty badass.

    • @adonailr9667
      @adonailr9667 2 года назад +8

      Tbh is the best one

    • @piscessoedroen
      @piscessoedroen 2 года назад +2

      probably the easiest one to do an akira slide yet it goes so hard i don't think a screenshot would be enough

    • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
      @Obi-Wan_Kenobi 2 года назад +6

      Thank you.

    • @azekia
      @azekia 2 года назад

      It would be the easiest to pull an Akira slide on but also i think it was the most badass

  • @lucaswilliams2292
    @lucaswilliams2292 2 года назад +215

    1:05 one of the most creative slides imo

  • @SimpleSlave
    @SimpleSlave 2 года назад +198

    And not only does AKIRA still looks better than all the homages but still, 34 years later, has the greatest motorcycle design ever.
    Good stuff. 👍🏼

    • @purpledefaultpfp6233
      @purpledefaultpfp6233 2 года назад +22

      Subjective

    • @allloren7277
      @allloren7277 2 года назад +3

      @Purple default pfp Nahh

    • @spicyramengaming8465
      @spicyramengaming8465 2 года назад +21

      If I ever won the lottery, I would have someone custom build a working replica of the Akira bike....and I don't even know how to ride a motorcycle.

    • @RtistiqSkubie
      @RtistiqSkubie 2 года назад +3

      @@spicyramengaming8465 you can actually make the replica yourself buying a specific Honda scooter then the bodykit

    • @SimpleSlave
      @SimpleSlave 2 года назад +1

      @@allloren7277 Yahh

  • @jwood9798
    @jwood9798 Месяц назад +39

    I had no idea this was a thing until now. It's really cool to see the same move across so many different genres and shows.

  • @flukefantasy
    @flukefantasy 2 года назад +91

    The Akira slide is the Wilhelm scream of animation

  • @aidankilleen7372
    @aidankilleen7372 2 года назад +1097

    Fun fact, the akira slide is physically impossible to do on a bike without flipping on your side or rolling forwards due to conservation of momentum.

    • @airplanes_aren.t_real
      @airplanes_aren.t_real 2 года назад +19

      Is there a way to design the wheels with enough grip for it to work?

    • @aidankilleen7372
      @aidankilleen7372 2 года назад +163

      @@airplanes_aren.t_real thats not how grip works. The problem here is that to do the akira slide you need to do an exact 90 degree turn. However, if you did that on a bike you wouldnt slide, youd just keep going forward in relation to the bike because the wheels will keep wanting to roll forward.

    • @airplanes_aren.t_real
      @airplanes_aren.t_real 2 года назад +7

      @@aidankilleen7372 so you keep going at an angle and not at a straight line?

    • @aidankilleen7372
      @aidankilleen7372 2 года назад +70

      @@airplanes_aren.t_real pretty much, yeah. You'd just be turning and not really sliding.

    • @BurnZKc
      @BurnZKc 2 года назад +8

      @@aidankilleen7372 so like drifting?

  • @jakejohnson718
    @jakejohnson718 2 года назад +66

    It's basically a law at this point, "if there's a scene with a motorcycle, Akira must be referenced"

  • @multiverse_media2023
    @multiverse_media2023 2 месяца назад +25

    And now Shadow did it. It’s official, this slide is a canon event.

  • @Niiwastaken
    @Niiwastaken 2 года назад +210

    The reason why the number of times this animation has been referenced is because the newer clips are being influenced by the creators who were influenced by creators who were influenced by Akira. Some of these creators may not even know what Akira is (but I highly doubt it)

    • @RafitoOoO
      @RafitoOoO 2 года назад +45

      Akira is one of the most influential pieces of media ever. I bet this is conscious.

    • @ekkys04
      @ekkys04 2 года назад +11

      Anyone that animates as their career has definitely seen Akira, it's not slipping through any cracks or sitting under a rock; shoot its on hulu rn.
      34 years later and it's still a legit great film

    • @ShanyShannon
      @ShanyShannon 2 года назад

      @@TheRitzierComic Thank you, I keep seeing in the comment section that regular everyday people keep on confusing and underestimating the knowledge that these animators & storyboard artists have. It's not even funny! I never thought to see so many people project their own mindset onto these animators & storyboard artists that put their blood, sweat, energy, and tears into creating these works and going to school for this. They all know of Akira...they are artists, they study others works. They do grunt work, apprenticeships, a lot of studying. A homage is just that to them, take it at face value, people.
      Edited: to mention storyboard artists as well! :)

  • @kasuraga
    @kasuraga 2 года назад +44

    I like to think that in the storyboard notes/animation notes it says "Insert Akira Slide here"

  • @nateborie6329
    @nateborie6329 3 года назад +167

    How much spare time do you have to be able to track thirty years of influence from one single moment in on single anime film? That’s fucking insane!

    • @mare5786
      @mare5786 2 года назад +2

      exactly LOL

    • @feIon
      @feIon 2 года назад +2

      social media

    • @Kissqueenx
      @Kissqueenx 2 года назад +2

      Gotta be some weirdo obsession, with all due respect of course

    • @bathroomshy
      @bathroomshy 2 года назад +8

      @@Kissqueenx I'm sure there are lists online compiled by several people, he probably just used one of those

    • @Boufonamong
      @Boufonamong 2 года назад +3

      You heard of the internet?

  • @Space_Prince
    @Space_Prince 4 месяца назад +26

    It’s cool because it doesn’t kill tone for the sake of a reference it’s already a really awesome shot even if you don’t get the reference, it’s only an added bonus if you do.

  • @thijsdeboer389
    @thijsdeboer389 2 года назад +66

    some people are wondering why everyone in 2019 referenced Akira
    Akira took place in Neo-Tokyo in the distopian version of 2019 so that's probably why

  • @ConMag-Fhionnghaile
    @ConMag-Fhionnghaile 2 года назад +221

    I'm sure Cowboy Bebop had a similar homage somewhere just not with bikes. And I think some of the homages aren't to Akira, but inspired by homages to it.

    • @coleszero-one4750
      @coleszero-one4750 2 года назад +61

      It's a chain effect
      Akira does it
      Some anime/cartoon reference it
      Some anime/cartoon reference the anime/cartoon that referenced Akira
      And so on, the chain never ends, and farther we forget who did it first. Not only Akira, but other things in the world made the same chain effect. Still, it's good for people to search for the original material and understand more about our culture

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 2 года назад +12

      Akira is pretty massively famous as a piece of animation and so is this bike slide is hard to believe that any animators wouldn’t have recognized where this slide was originating from.

    • @leaffinite2001
      @leaffinite2001 2 года назад +4

      I mean its not that strange a thing anyway, so its definitely the sort of thing you might copy from somewhere else not even as a reference but just bcuz its cool

  • @GreyWolfLeaderTW
    @GreyWolfLeaderTW 2 года назад +70

    Yu-GI-Oh! wins the title of "most homages to Akira Bike Slide in a single franchise/series".

  • @Kola25_97
    @Kola25_97 4 месяца назад +36

    You know the Akira slide is iconic when even four wheeled vehicles are getting in on it.

  • @GhostandChromis
    @GhostandChromis 2 года назад +38

    You know your work is iconic when animators across the globe pay tribute to you.

  • @peytonalexander5300
    @peytonalexander5300 2 года назад +86

    I love how the first to popularize copying the Akira slide was Batman: The Animated Series of all things.

    • @CarbyGuuGuu
      @CarbyGuuGuu 2 года назад +2

      The studio behind Akira, TMS Entertainment, co-animated Batman TAS.

  • @ipnade
    @ipnade 2 года назад +27

    Watching so many of these in a row without context starts to get surreal

  • @TheLegend1800
    @TheLegend1800 4 месяца назад +32

    I love how all of these are professionally done movies and shows and video game trailers, and then there's just Shirakami Fubuki in their crack-fueled youtube animation series.

  • @christianjuarez9179
    @christianjuarez9179 2 года назад +193

    Jordan Peale’s “Nope” had an Akira slide in it

    • @Kotake10
      @Kotake10 2 года назад +3

      Yeah. Came here right after watching it

  • @AWormsPurpose
    @AWormsPurpose 2 года назад +37

    It's so common I never even realized Akira was the first to do it

  • @TheGililgi
    @TheGililgi 2 года назад +43

    I almost lost it when I was watching NOPE. Only because Jordan Peele was offered the chance to adapt the legendary Anime and turned it down to focus on OG content…atleast we know he can probably pull it off.

  • @ZachX888
    @ZachX888 11 месяцев назад +52

    Surprising to see how something so small was referenced so many times across so many different forms of media.

  • @The_Ronster_Drawz
    @The_Ronster_Drawz 2 года назад +40

    Who would’ve thought a simple bike slide would be so iconic

  • @underwater1997
    @underwater1997 2 года назад +64

    There was also one in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy in the episode where Billy turns into a Kaiju and Mandy comes sliding in on her bike to stop him

    • @AsbestosMuffins
      @AsbestosMuffins 2 года назад +7

      basically the entire episode about akira

  • @spityergumout
    @spityergumout 2 года назад +60

    Anyone else watch NOPE and hyped to see them reference this?

    • @thegugster
      @thegugster 2 года назад +14

      just saw it last night haha. last thing i expected to see in that movie

    • @twigs10000
      @twigs10000 2 года назад +3

      Favorite part of the movie fr

    • @holyhandgrenade3
      @holyhandgrenade3 2 года назад +3

      Didn't expect it at all.

    • @Ironbat92
      @Ironbat92 2 года назад +3

      Oh, now I’m going to go see it Tuesday.

  • @GodOfTables
    @GodOfTables 3 месяца назад +15

    The single most iconic and coolest thing you can do with a motorcycle

  • @mariomonnnn
    @mariomonnnn 2 года назад +34

    The fact that in one year all those movies and TV shows referenced the same clip is so fascinating...

    • @thijsdeboer389
      @thijsdeboer389 2 года назад +6

      Akira took place in 2019 so that's probably why

  • @tomatooverlord2764
    @tomatooverlord2764 2 года назад +54

    And yet somehow Ready Player One, despite *HAVING* the bike from Akira in the race scene, didn't do it.

    • @matheussanthiago9685
      @matheussanthiago9685 2 года назад +12

      That is the equivalent of having the holy hand grande in hand and NOT shouting 1, 2, 5 before shooting it
      Which they also did

    • @kjj26k
      @kjj26k 2 года назад +11

      @@matheussanthiago9685
      It's almost like that film just used nostalgic iconography to lure people in and didn't actually have any real love for the stories depicted.

    • @henrynelson9301
      @henrynelson9301 2 года назад +3

      @@kjj26k and also it was just a lame film

  • @leoaso6984
    @leoaso6984 2 года назад +121

    0:56 lmao how do you drift a HORSE??!!

    • @user-uu9ru3de1y
      @user-uu9ru3de1y 2 года назад +5

      Centaurworld is how!

    • @AnekoF90
      @AnekoF90 2 месяца назад +1

      You know that's not a drift, right?

  • @SuperRookie117
    @SuperRookie117 Год назад +54

    There is also a real life Akira Slide in the 2022 movie called "Nope" :)

    • @The_Isaiahnator
      @The_Isaiahnator Год назад

      Just came here to see if it was included. 😂

  • @jcgongavoe337
    @jcgongavoe337 2 года назад +35

    I found that Akria's camera focus is actually on the road after the first few frames, showing performance of the bike; the others are constantly on face expressions, interesting

  • @cantirk3146
    @cantirk3146 2 года назад +43

    So many shows reference it that every time I see a motorcycle I go "Alright where's the mandatory Akira reference" and 9 outta 10 times it happens

  • @Brndnerickson
    @Brndnerickson 2 года назад +77

    Its crazy that even after all these years the best looking one is still from Akira.

    • @TheCaliforniaHP
      @TheCaliforniaHP 2 года назад +3

      That part. It's truly the best

    • @cherno8336
      @cherno8336 2 года назад +6

      not really

    • @chidaluokoro9104
      @chidaluokoro9104 2 года назад +2

      Lol no

    • @yvngyagami
      @yvngyagami 2 года назад +6

      @@cherno8336 The animation on Akira still shits on most today. Don't say bs if you aint gonna give examples..

    • @WindyWooshes
      @WindyWooshes 2 года назад +4

      yes, the fluidity is awesome

  • @SonicFanHedgehog_YT
    @SonicFanHedgehog_YT 2 месяца назад +32

    Now it’s Shadow’s turn.

  • @zicon4
    @zicon4 2 года назад +31

    Absolutely nuts that I watched this and then went and watched NOPE, which literally has this

  • @MarkusAxunIllianus
    @MarkusAxunIllianus 2 года назад +54

    Many homages, yes. But I wont let all of them slide.

    • @lyr1kn156
      @lyr1kn156 2 года назад +11

      This is both a nice pun and a good observation, some of these are just not an homage.

    • @femto7579
      @femto7579 2 года назад

      @@lyr1kn156 which ones aren’t an homage. and if they aren’t why would they use the same perspective? but weird to use a slide and the same perspective and the same dust from the slide.

    • @lyr1kn156
      @lyr1kn156 2 года назад +4

      @@femto7579 Bungou Stray Dogs seems more like a standard motorbike action skid, not even same perspective. Lego Marvel one is a stretch. Luca as well just strikes me as a normal skid, not the right perspective either. I could be completely wrong on all of these, but just my opinion.

  • @grayweaseltink
    @grayweaseltink 2 года назад +56

    it's crazy to think that Akira Slide was the best animated one considering how old it was

    • @Lugbzurg
      @Lugbzurg 2 года назад +5

      Well, it was a movie. Most of these are shows.

    • @kjj26k
      @kjj26k 2 года назад +1

      People are so quick to forget just how much money and time and talent _Akira_ behind it.

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 2 года назад

      Well all the other ones aren't trying to out do it, they're JUST trying to pay homage and that's it.

  • @lofihour2506
    @lofihour2506 Год назад +31

    Akira is a timeless classic, way ahead of it’s time

  • @fascinationproductions5973
    @fascinationproductions5973 2 года назад +49

    There's a new Akira slide reference on the movie NOPE 2022 and that was also super cool too!

  • @sillyfella2009
    @sillyfella2009 Год назад +64

    Akira is probably the most referenced and homaged anime of all time

    • @meee_5155
      @meee_5155 5 месяцев назад +1

      Sailor moon.

  • @LeoZhao01
    @LeoZhao01 2 года назад +29

    At this point, you could put the entirety of the Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's anime as a homage, it's card games on motorcycles

    • @CesarDaSalad
      @CesarDaSalad 2 года назад +7

      Card games on motorcycles!?

  • @TB-1927
    @TB-1927 2 месяца назад +37

    And just recently Shadow in Sonic 3

  • @JoutaiSasuLover
    @JoutaiSasuLover Год назад +54

    After watching Hwoarang's reveal trailer for Tekken 8 which he does Akira Slide, this video suddenly appears in my feed 😅

    • @phantommah8042
      @phantommah8042 Год назад

      LMAO aint no way, I'm here for that too!!

  • @GoblinSlayer123
    @GoblinSlayer123 2 года назад +113

    I think at some point it stops becoming an homage and it's just a trope to do with bikes. Like we're at the point where half of the animators who showed up here didn't know what the Akira slide was when they made their scene, they just knew it was a bike slide trope

    • @jordanlaquey5325
      @jordanlaquey5325 2 года назад +21

      no, the framing of the camera is incredibly intentional

    • @Native_Creation
      @Native_Creation 2 года назад +33

      If animators nowadays know about 1920s Mickey Mouse animation, they probably know the impact Akira had. It's not some obscure anime, it literally introduced the U.S. to Japanimation (anime) in the 90s. There are plenty of copycat artists out there, but that still makes it an homage whether it's conscious or not.

    • @GoblinSlayer123
      @GoblinSlayer123 2 года назад +8

      @@Native_Creation not a good example. Disney pioneered animation, and is still the head of animation. Of course animators know about what they do. Akira wasn't iconic for its animation, and that's not what it's creatirs were known for. The bike slide is an iconic yeah but super simple idea to do with a bike scene. And when some of these animators might not have even been born for it, they could have done it simply because they've seen it used before or even came up with the ideas themselves, because again it's not too hard to think up

    • @neolink8197
      @neolink8197 2 года назад +3

      I agree, at this point it's become so uniquitous people dont even know where it came from originallynprobably

    • @julillmendoza6760
      @julillmendoza6760 2 года назад +10

      Bruh
      It's totally on purpose
      Idk if you study animation but i guess not
      Because if you did you should've known how IMMENSELY popular Akira is in the animator's community

  • @eliotharrell6061
    @eliotharrell6061 2 года назад +28

    Love that while most of these are on motorcycles, there’s the occasional one on like a horse or a cat or some shit

  • @londonjackson8986
    @londonjackson8986 5 месяцев назад +30

    I like how in the 90s - 2000s, you can tell the "Akira Slide" was just a neat reference that rarely to occasionally appeared here & there! And then in the 2010s to Now, Everyone (& I mean, EVERYONE) was basically just, "Hey if they can do it, then I MUST do it!" & now it's almost no longer even an occasional reference, it's an animation trope that just normally appears! Not that, that's a bad thing mind you, it's just pretty funny looking back in retrospect...

  • @theoreticalphysics3644
    @theoreticalphysics3644 3 года назад +44

    I'm getting the vibe that this is to the drawing and animation community as "the lick" is to the music community.

  • @Dramarys-k1e
    @Dramarys-k1e 2 года назад +80

    Seeing the Akira slide in Nope made me so happy. I literally yelled it out when I saw it in theaters.

    • @06823834italia
      @06823834italia 2 года назад +3

      Lol. I let out chuckled and the person I was with had to ask what I thought was so funny.

    • @loregasm99
      @loregasm99 2 года назад +2

      Y’all r so lame lmao

    • @loregasm99
      @loregasm99 2 года назад +2

      90% of the creators of this prob had no idea what Akira was

    • @Dramarys-k1e
      @Dramarys-k1e 2 года назад +4

      @@loregasm99 (Unfortunately) true, but Jordan did when he made Nope

    • @yvngyagami
      @yvngyagami 2 года назад

      @@loregasm99 Nigga you is the lame one, who asked? How tf you know, you friends with Jordan Peele 💀

  • @nightmarishcompositions4536
    @nightmarishcompositions4536 2 года назад +58

    Akira inspired badass bike slides like Berserk inspired awesome edgy dudes with giant swords.

    • @Easy420skate
      @Easy420skate 2 года назад +1

      yeah because knights with giant swords werent already badass from the years upon years of literature you havent read

    • @Steven-xz5xt
      @Steven-xz5xt 2 года назад +13

      @@Easy420skate probably meant like, the guys with ridiculously sized swords and Issues that are even worse.

    • @alexandergonzalez3740
      @alexandergonzalez3740 2 года назад +11

      @@Easy420skateHe’s talking about massively oversized swords that would be impossible to use realistically 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @JonesCrimson
      @JonesCrimson 2 года назад +3

      @@Easy420skate I think you're missing the point: they didn't inspire those things at all. It's just one of many.

    • @apzn1170
      @apzn1170 2 года назад +3

      @@Easy420skate gimme an example of one of those characters that is as influential as Berserk's Guts in the last few decades.

  • @HappyGingerWolf
    @HappyGingerWolf 4 месяца назад +24

    I love the ones where they're riding something that has no business sliding like that, like horses

  • @ESunshine24
    @ESunshine24 2 года назад +36

    And Jordan Peele also put a slide in his NOPE movie

  • @22doubleU
    @22doubleU 2 года назад +70

    0:25 that was a smooth transition

  • @fwsimon110
    @fwsimon110 Год назад +54

    I wonder at what point did these stop being homages of Akira and just homages of the slide itself

    • @durpcity7420
      @durpcity7420 Год назад +1

      same thing, different words used to describe the moment being referenced

  • @InTheEnd75
    @InTheEnd75 4 месяца назад +36

    It’s not animated, but Jordan Peele’s NOPE did it as well

    • @InTheEnd75
      @InTheEnd75 4 месяца назад +1

      @PAPicturesOfficial that he did

  • @NeonTiff
    @NeonTiff 2 года назад +29

    Now Nope can be added to this list. Keke Palmer did it so cool

  • @logonontrily4161
    @logonontrily4161 2 года назад +54

    I can't believe Akira invented sliding sideways away from the screen unreasonable distance while looking towards the camera.

    • @chidaluokoro9104
      @chidaluokoro9104 2 года назад +9

      It didn't it made it popular

    • @femto7579
      @femto7579 2 года назад +18

      find a animation that did that exact same slide before Akira

    • @SuperDuperSigmaMale
      @SuperDuperSigmaMale 2 года назад +1

      I can.

    • @jacquestube
      @jacquestube 2 года назад +1

      @@femto7579 so you think that somebody does something first everyone who ever does it then on is copying it

    • @LuigiGamesful
      @LuigiGamesful 2 года назад

      @@jacquestube What? He didn't say that at all

  • @JetSetWave
    @JetSetWave 2 года назад +26

    How to do a Akira Slide :
    Step 1 : Mode of Transportation (Cycle, Bike, Legs, Etc.)
    Step 2 : Camera Shot showing the side of the vehicle and/or person
    Step 3 : At least 3 Smoke/Streaks of rubble
    Step 4 :

  • @brivnii
    @brivnii 3 месяца назад +21

    Got to update it! Shadow is now on the list ! 🔥

  • @theexaltedlt8222
    @theexaltedlt8222 2 года назад +26

    So many people in the comment section do not understand what a homage is. They also don't understand animation or budgets.

  • @Outshinedsg
    @Outshinedsg 2 года назад +31

    I had no idea there were so many! It's like a rite of passage for an animator, haha. Definitely one of the most iconic animation shots of all time though.

  • @ajdz1840
    @ajdz1840 2 года назад +32

    It’s definitely an animator in-joke. Look at how many times the foot does a burnout. And the frequency is showing exponential growth as if they’re all knowingly winking to each other 😉

  • @Airahar
    @Airahar 4 месяца назад +14

    Some stunt driver out there is perfecting this for live action and I for one can't wait

  • @silvesta5027
    @silvesta5027 2 года назад +24

    It’s crazy like a 1/3 of this video is just 2019-21

    • @channelwithout
      @channelwithout 2 года назад +3

      Nostalgia bait has become pretty big as of late.

  • @floridaman7243
    @floridaman7243 2 года назад +48

    “If I had a nickel every time someone did the Akira slide on a horse I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice”

    • @unicornsrdabest
      @unicornsrdabest 2 года назад

      If I had a nickel for every single time this shitty overused quote had been used, I'd use it then to end all life on earth.

    • @BirdRaiserE
      @BirdRaiserE 2 года назад +10

      That's still somehow equal to the amount of times somebody has done it but with a wolf, which is even weirder because humans don't actually ride those.

  • @greeblothegoblin
    @greeblothegoblin 2 года назад +24

    Even if the homage is overused I love seeing it every time, such a sick shot.

  • @shortyyazzie
    @shortyyazzie Год назад +36

    There is a live action from "Nope" that deserves to be in this!

  • @ShanyShannon
    @ShanyShannon 2 года назад +27

    For 2022 you can add Nope, Keke Palmer'a character does it towards the end of the film.

  • @ekkys04
    @ekkys04 2 года назад +33

    There was an Akira slide in Jordan Peele's Nope, gotta add that one too

  • @magik_iv636
    @magik_iv636 2 года назад +30

    Keke Palmer hit that so clean

  • @najmilfaizalnoorifaiz5689
    @najmilfaizalnoorifaiz5689 2 месяца назад +22

    And now shadow from sonic movie 3 is joining the reference.

  • @lordpoob
    @lordpoob 2 года назад +44

    it's like the wilhelm scream of vehicle skids

  • @PCC.19.91
    @PCC.19.91 3 месяца назад +33

    Welcome to the family Shadow

  • @jeffm7007
    @jeffm7007 2 года назад +34

    Yu-Gi-Oh legit just did this every time they had a character with a motorcycle.

  • @Shadowpill1
    @Shadowpill1 10 месяцев назад +37

    This is the Wilhelm scream for the animation genre

  • @Simian-bz7zo
    @Simian-bz7zo Год назад +32

    35 years (and counting) and the original is still the coolest.

  • @smartstuf1026
    @smartstuf1026 2 года назад +23

    That ultimate spider man gag was actually pretty funny. Also i believe the luca one is a stretch but this is such an impressive list that i don’t really care.

  • @beefboy8812
    @beefboy8812 2 года назад +26

    I love how a lot of these are actually western animation, just goes to show how iconic Akira is all around the globe

  • @fragglyone7607
    @fragglyone7607 2 месяца назад +22

    After the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer, you're going to have to update this for Shadow!