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Akira – More than Manga
March 28, 2022
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Title: Akira – More than Manga
Description: Today Steve is joined by frequent guest Erik Fogg of the Reconsider Podcast to talk about the 1988 sci-fi anime classic Akira. We talk about the huge themes this movie tackles and the challenges of understanding the cultural aspects of this movie from a western perspective.
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Begin Transcript:
Thank you again for listening to Beyond the Big Screen podcast. We are a member of the Parthenon Podcast network. Of course, a big thanks goes out to Erik of the Reconsider Podcast. Links to learn more about Erik and Reconsider can be found at reconsidermedia.org or in the Show Notes.
You can now support beyond the big screen on Patreon and Subscribe Star. By joining on Patreon and Subscribe star, you help keep Beyond the Big Screen going and get many great benefits. Go to patreon dot com forward slash beyond the big screen or subscribe star dot com forward slash beyond the big screen dot com to learn more.
Another way to support Beyond the big screen is to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. These reviews really help me know what you think of the show and help other people learn about Beyond the Big screen. More about the Parthenon Podcast Network can be found at Parthenonpodcast.com. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen, great movies and stories so great they should be movies on various social media platforms by searching for A to z history. Links to all this and more can be found at beyond the big screen dot com. I thank you for joining me again, Beyond the big Screen.
[00:00:00] We're going to talk about the 1988 Japanese manga anime film, our Kira. And I have to admit that before this, I did not love Anna Mae, but I think this movie really started to change my mind. It's a, it's a great movie that I think you get lost that you don't think of it as a cartoon, as you're watching.
And I think the other mistake that I made was watching it dub D and this time I watched it with subtitles. That makes all the difference in the world. And maybe we can talk about subtitles versus dubbing at some point, but, um, just a really quick overview as this movie takes place in new Tokyo and 2019.
So three years ago, There Tokyo was annihilated by a nuclear bomb during world war three, which happened in 1988. We'll get into the ESB angle of that. Uh, but new [00:01:00] Tokyo is a violent post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare where it's ruled by street gangs, ineffective and corrupt government and police and just, um, layers of government.
And it's just this huge. Built up post-apocalyptic nightmare, but there's some different aspects of that that we can get into. But it's, it's basically in this movie, we have riots, ESP science fiction and all the great things that are fun. Uh, Eric, maybe the first thing we can get into is, um, is this anime magnet, manga?
What's the difference? Magma. Liquid hot magma. Um, so, so I'm not, I'm not a. Anime manga buff, uh, in the way that a lot of people are. Um, but here's, here's the good news. So, so you'll see a lot about a Cura, the Akira, the anime, and Akira, the manga. And you're [00:02:00] like, are these being used interchangeably? It turns out they're two different things.
So Akita the anime. So anime is like his animation. So if it's animated, if it's like a cartoon it's anime, um, it was made in 19. It's based off of CUDA, the manga that was written. So manga is like a comic book written in 1982. So we're we, um, we, a kid of the anime or the anime is, um, it is shorter. And the plot diverges substantially from Akira, the manga much like.
Uh, blade runner and do Androids dream of electric sheep, and 2001 a space Odyssey, the movie versus 2001, the space,
Description: Today Steve is joined by frequent guest Erik Fogg of the Reconsider Podcast to talk about the 1988 sci-fi anime classic Akira. We talk about the huge themes this movie tackles and the challenges of understanding the cultural aspects of this movie from a western perspective.
Learn More About our Guest:
Erik Fogg of the Reconsider Podcast
Reconsidermedia.org
You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:
www.atozhistorypage.com
www.beyondthebigscreen.com
Click here to support Beyond the Big Screen!
https://www.subscribestar.com/beyondthebigscreen
https://www.patreon.com/beyondthebigscreen
Click to Subscribe:
https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feed
email: steve@atozhistorypage.com
www.beyondthebigscreen.com
https://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacy
Parthenon Podcast Network Home:
parthenonpodcast.com
On Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypage
https://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcast
https://twitter.com/atozhistory
Music Provided by:
"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Image Credits:
By TMS Entertainment, Toho - CineMaterial, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41984890
Begin Transcript:
Thank you again for listening to Beyond the Big Screen podcast. We are a member of the Parthenon Podcast network. Of course, a big thanks goes out to Erik of the Reconsider Podcast. Links to learn more about Erik and Reconsider can be found at reconsidermedia.org or in the Show Notes.
You can now support beyond the big screen on Patreon and Subscribe Star. By joining on Patreon and Subscribe star, you help keep Beyond the Big Screen going and get many great benefits. Go to patreon dot com forward slash beyond the big screen or subscribe star dot com forward slash beyond the big screen dot com to learn more.
Another way to support Beyond the big screen is to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. These reviews really help me know what you think of the show and help other people learn about Beyond the Big screen. More about the Parthenon Podcast Network can be found at Parthenonpodcast.com. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen, great movies and stories so great they should be movies on various social media platforms by searching for A to z history. Links to all this and more can be found at beyond the big screen dot com. I thank you for joining me again, Beyond the big Screen.
[00:00:00] We're going to talk about the 1988 Japanese manga anime film, our Kira. And I have to admit that before this, I did not love Anna Mae, but I think this movie really started to change my mind. It's a, it's a great movie that I think you get lost that you don't think of it as a cartoon, as you're watching.
And I think the other mistake that I made was watching it dub D and this time I watched it with subtitles. That makes all the difference in the world. And maybe we can talk about subtitles versus dubbing at some point, but, um, just a really quick overview as this movie takes place in new Tokyo and 2019.
So three years ago, There Tokyo was annihilated by a nuclear bomb during world war three, which happened in 1988. We'll get into the ESB angle of that. Uh, but new [00:01:00] Tokyo is a violent post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare where it's ruled by street gangs, ineffective and corrupt government and police and just, um, layers of government.
And it's just this huge. Built up post-apocalyptic nightmare, but there's some different aspects of that that we can get into. But it's, it's basically in this movie, we have riots, ESP science fiction and all the great things that are fun. Uh, Eric, maybe the first thing we can get into is, um, is this anime magnet, manga?
What's the difference? Magma. Liquid hot magma. Um, so, so I'm not, I'm not a. Anime manga buff, uh, in the way that a lot of people are. Um, but here's, here's the good news. So, so you'll see a lot about a Cura, the Akira, the anime, and Akira, the manga. And you're [00:02:00] like, are these being used interchangeably? It turns out they're two different things.
So Akita the anime. So anime is like his animation. So if it's animated, if it's like a cartoon it's anime, um, it was made in 19. It's based off of CUDA, the manga that was written. So manga is like a comic book written in 1982. So we're we, um, we, a kid of the anime or the anime is, um, it is shorter. And the plot diverges substantially from Akira, the manga much like.
Uh, blade runner and do Androids dream of electric sheep, and 2001 a space Odyssey, the movie versus 2001, the space,
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Steve Guerra is a historian and podcaster who hosts three different shows. He started with the History of the Papacy Podcast in 2013. In 2017, Steve began Beyond the Big Screen, a podcast that delves into the fascinating stories behind films through lively interviews. His newest show, Organized Crime and Punishment, takes a deep dive into the roots, evolution, and impact of organized crime across different cultures and countries.
