FAN ART: Live-Action AKIRA Fan Poster by Jolt17!

FAN ART: Live-Action AKIRA Fan Poster by Jolt17!

Hit the jump to check out my own version of fan poster from the upcoming adaptation of the classic manga and anime by Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira!

By Jolt17 - Nov 26, 2011 10:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic

Done using Photoshop CS3. And also check out my DeviantART page to check out some more of my arts and full descriptions of the following.



Garrett Hedlund has apparently been confirmed for the main role of Shotaro Kaneda, and though there hasn't been any official image of him as the character at all, I managed to make a manip of it. Hedlund's head was taken from an image of his from Eragon, and that's the best I could find to fit Kaneda's appearance (actually, I remember seeing an image of him with a hair style even more similar to Kaneda's some times before, but this time I didn't manage to find it). The body is actually a random cosplayer's I found on Google, which I though was the best representation of Kaneda's costume in real life I've ever seen so far, so I decided to put Hedlund's head on it, and the one you see in the poster is the final stuff. Kaneda's bike on the background is a real motorcycle named Tomahawk or something (I didn't put much attention on the name when I found the image), which many fans are favoring to be made Kaneda's bike in the upcoming adaptation. The red paint of the bike is by me, though.

Images are from various sources brought together by Google. The tagline is actually taken from the original movie (I had to change the font though, since the font used in the original posters, Square721 BT, has mysteriously gone missing from my PC) while I'm not yet sure about the release year below. But I hope you enjoy this, as I'm planning to make more variations of this version later. And of course, comments and feedbacks are greatly appreciated!





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PaulRom
PaulRom - 11/27/2011, 5:29 AM
I can definitely see him as Kaneda now. Great work.
ballstothewall
ballstothewall - 11/27/2011, 5:29 AM
I heard that the setting of the movie would be called "New Manhattan" instead of neo tokyo. I'm apparently sure that the costume designs would be awesomeee!
BatSlam
BatSlam - 11/27/2011, 6:15 AM
so far it seems like they are really putting an effort into this one. The people they have that are working on the story and the casting, to the people they are trying to get in the film .... except for kristen stuart, but hopefully she will decline. other than that it is looking promising. I hope that they dont just use crotch rockets for the bikes and that they actually make some sweat custome bikes. then they could put them out to purchase... OHHH YEAH!!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 11/27/2011, 11:06 AM
Nice poster. Thumbs up for that. But sorry i just cant see this movie working.

I would want to like this but the little voice in head screams "this is not right!"
Hellsing
Hellsing - 11/27/2011, 12:11 PM
its ok not bad the head just seems out of place. My only problem and probably the biggest one is the title change it, your going to change Kaneda in to Ken, Tetsuo to Tommy. But hopefully they don't [frick] it up too badly

Jolt17
Jolt17 - 11/27/2011, 12:41 PM
Actually I've heard of the New Manhattan thing as well before, but since I didn't manage to find a confirmation news of it (not an expert of Akira just yet anyway), I wasn't sure and decided to just put New Tokyo as it is supposed to be! But thanks for the heads-up, and whatever it is...well, I'm just hoping they got the best for this movie.
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 11/27/2011, 12:43 PM
Neo Tokyo I mean, sorry for mixing that up.

PaulRom Thanks. :)

Hellsing Yup, just not TOO badly we hope.
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