KAY

Made it with just a few minutes to spare! This is Kay from Akira, by the way, and I really should've drawn her holding a knife or a spoon or something a little less detailed. Anyway, I kept ink away from this one, just to see how neat I could keep the pencil marks. I made up for it with the color.

TETSUOOOOOO!

Akira ( and Katsuhiro Otomo ) taught me many things, possibly the most important of all those things was the value of stillness and calm.

I saw the movie in 1989, on a flakey NTSC VHS tape I got from a friend ( thanks Kiyo ). I think I watched it 5 times, then bought the soundtrack album ( brilliant!) and then all the albums by Geino Yamashirogumi. I have yet to see the movie in English, or even with subtitles. It doesn't need them.

AKIRA