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Akira is particularly famous for its color palette. The animators used a whopping 327 different hues to convey its vibrant, futuristic world. Since most of Akira takes place at night, creative use of color was needed to make the cinematic scenes shine like a city that never sleeps.May 9, 2022

During the climatic battle, Akira is shot by Ryu, a former terrorist, to stop him from destroying Earth with Tetsuo, but ends up "restoring" his former personality. With the help of the Espers and a resurrected Takashi, Akira is able to use his powers to cancel out Tetsuo's explosion and absorb them into his own.

Akira's motorcycle is a real replica of the bike from the anime movie. According to Jalopnik, versions of the iconic motorcycle were produced and made available for sale in 2014 as 2015 model year. The motorcycle is a 2015 Honda NM4. It was first offered for sale to the public in August of 2014.Mar 8, 2021

Using a Ducati Diavel as the base model for this bike, Qiu used CG software Maya, V-Ray, Nuke, and Unreal Engine 4 to build it virtually in his spare time between work; he used Photoshop for the finishing details that brought his creation to life.

Animated by Kenta Shinohara with sound design by foley artist Masafumi Watanabe, the iconic motorcycle scene from Akira was brought to life in a 30-second stop-motion animation recently uploaded to the YouTube channel, Animist.Sep 8, 2021