Film 848: Akira
Trivia: This was one of the first
Japanese anime films to have the character's voices recorded before they were
animated. While this is the typical practice in U.S. animation, in Japan the
animation is generally produced first.
The film was re-released in 2001 with a
new voice dub and soundtrack, reportedly costing over $1 million.
At one point in the 1990s, Sony
contemplated a live-action version of the film, but scrapped the idea when the
projected budget went north of US$300 million.
The production budget was nearly $10
million, a record sum for a Japanese animation film.
The movie consists of 2,212 shots and
160,000 single pictures, 2-3 times more than usual, using 327 different colors
(another record in animation film), 50 of which were exclusively created for
the film. The reason for this statistic is that most of the movie takes place
at night, a setting that is traditionally avoided by animators because of the
increased color requirements.
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