hi guys please continue this series! I understand you probably had a lot of stuff to do but this is too cool to be left unfinished, we need vol 5 & 6.Btw keep on with the amazing job you're doing, you're great!
IIRC the Marvel/Epic translation called the unnamed guy the Prime Minister of the Tokyo Empire in their recap pages and cast lists. at 11:00, the Peace Sign comes from World War II, where it was "V for Victory", originally suggested by an exiled Belgian minister on the BBC (though Alesteir Crowley also claimed he developed it as a hex on the Nazis and surreptitiously gave it to the BBC to disseminate). Winston Churchill was often seen flashing the V at photographers and videographers and it became such a common piece of graffiti in occupied Europe that the Nazis started using it in their own propaganda to try and counter it. In the 60s the counterculture appropriated it as the peace sign in response to Nixon flashing the V to claim victory in Vietnam. I found volume 4 interesting because it's very much a reset of the story. Volumes 1-3 established Neo-Tokyo, and the tensions between the powers and factions therein. And then tore it all down. Volume 4 sets up the new order - Miyako vs the Empire, The Colonel planning to kill Tetsuo with SOL, Kei and Chiyoko taking care of Masaru and Kiyoko, and immediately begins to tear it apart.
This is so good! I think the Kaneda resurrection was definitely not fan service, since in vol. 1 Kaneda and Kei saw the flaming vision of Kaneda suggesting that Kaneda would always be displaced in time and space
Thanks fellas, really enjoying these critiques or overviews of the series! I only recently read it after having obsessed over the movie in the late 90s and for the dvd release around 2001 or so, and it's great seeing these conversations about it. Also loving the read Moore comics series, keep up the great work :)
Another brilliant commentary! I've just watched / listened to the six episodes, including the ones about "Fireball" and "Domu". Are the discussions of the "Akira" volumes 5 and 6 to be found anywhere on your channel? I haven't been able to find them - but maybe I'm just too stupid to look for them properly. ...
The peace sign was really designed in 1958 by British artist Gerald Holtom for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), which was having its first major march in England. Holtom explained that the symbol superimposed the semaphore letters “N” and “D” over each other.
I think you are talking about different peace signs. The nuclear disarmament one is the one that looks like a circle with some lines in it (centered vertical line branching into three lines at the bottom). Holding up two fingers is a different symbol for peace (and I don’t know the origin).
I loved this story, years ago I hunted down all of the colored Epic books. This part of the story has always weirded me out with the drugs and sex abuse, I just found it really disturbing.
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Please continue this!! You can't leave it unfinished - this is too good.
Yeah, that would be great
These conversations are so awesome. Breaks my heart knowing Ed is gone.
hi guys please continue this series! I understand you probably had a lot of stuff to do but this is too cool to be left unfinished, we need vol 5 & 6.Btw keep on with the amazing job you're doing, you're great!
Please continue volume 5
When are we gunna get volume 5?
Great series. I hope you guys get around to finishing it
Volume 5 and 6 please!
Late to the party but I'm so glad I get to see these videos after every volume I read, vol 5 here we go
come on guys, even in germany is someone waiting for you finishing this series. I read Akira just a few weeks ago and i was really blown.
Another great commentary on this classic epic, thoroughly enjoyed listening to thoughts & opinions of this volume. Looking forward to the next one.
IIRC the Marvel/Epic translation called the unnamed guy the Prime Minister of the Tokyo Empire in their recap pages and cast lists.
at 11:00, the Peace Sign comes from World War II, where it was "V for Victory", originally suggested by an exiled Belgian minister on the BBC (though Alesteir Crowley also claimed he developed it as a hex on the Nazis and surreptitiously gave it to the BBC to disseminate). Winston Churchill was often seen flashing the V at photographers and videographers and it became such a common piece of graffiti in occupied Europe that the Nazis started using it in their own propaganda to try and counter it. In the 60s the counterculture appropriated it as the peace sign in response to Nixon flashing the V to claim victory in Vietnam.
I found volume 4 interesting because it's very much a reset of the story. Volumes 1-3 established Neo-Tokyo, and the tensions between the powers and factions therein. And then tore it all down. Volume 4 sets up the new order - Miyako vs the Empire, The Colonel planning to kill Tetsuo with SOL, Kei and Chiyoko taking care of Masaru and Kiyoko, and immediately begins to tear it apart.
This is so good! I think the Kaneda resurrection was definitely not fan service, since in vol. 1 Kaneda and Kei saw the flaming vision of Kaneda suggesting that Kaneda would always be displaced in time and space
You guys got the sick jacket! Great review / discussion! Love how crazy this gets into the 4th volume
Love listening to you guys gushing over one of my favorite manga/graphic novels of all time. Hope to hear your thoughts on the final two volumes!
I just got the box set for my birthday and have been loving these discussions as a supplement to my reading. When can I expect the next installment?
this was perfect after recently finishing vol 4, great conversation
Thanks fellas, really enjoying these critiques or overviews of the series! I only recently read it after having obsessed over the movie in the late 90s and for the dvd release around 2001 or so, and it's great seeing these conversations about it. Also loving the read Moore comics series, keep up the great work :)
The commentary on heroes turning into psychopaths in our culture is very astute.
Don't tell me there's no volume 5 and 6 videos :'( I'm gonna lose my marbles
Another brilliant commentary! I've just watched / listened to the six episodes, including the ones about "Fireball" and "Domu". Are the discussions of the "Akira" volumes 5 and 6 to be found anywhere on your channel? I haven't been able to find them - but maybe I'm just too stupid to look for them properly. ...
They kicked it off with the hot tag!
Scout! Damn. Deep cut there.
Oh damn, Cartoonist Kayfabe is working on Freebird rules!
The peace sign was really designed in 1958 by British artist Gerald Holtom for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), which was having its first major march in England. Holtom explained that the symbol superimposed the semaphore letters “N” and “D” over each other.
I thought it was a social inversion of the classic Churchill "Victory" symbol...? Interesting.
@@carrion_man3700 so did I until now haha
I think you are talking about different peace signs. The nuclear disarmament one is the one that looks like a circle with some lines in it (centered vertical line branching into three lines at the bottom). Holding up two fingers is a different symbol for peace (and I don’t know the origin).
In order: Vol 2, 3, 1, 6, 5, 4
I loved this story, years ago I hunted down all of the colored Epic books. This part of the story has always weirded me out with the drugs and sex abuse, I just found it really disturbing.