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Katsuhiro Otomo Chronology

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:01:04 -0400

A Otomo related chronology

popjellyfish: DJ Teck’s Morning Attack, a short by Katsuhiro...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:37:13 -0400

DJ Teck’s Morning Attack, a short by Katsuhiro Otomo, published last year in Geijutsu Shincho Magazine. It reminds me a lot of his beginning and ending shorts in Robot Carnival. I love the colors, and realize there aren’t many Otomo comics I’ve seen that were made with color in mind. Just pouring gasoline on the fire under my butt to see his new Shonen Jump longform series, whenever that actually starts up.

more Bartkira. This might just be worth that whole project right...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:24:05 -0400

more Bartkira. This might just be worth that whole project right here.

sbosma: My illustration students are doing cult movie posters...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:01:06 -0400

sbosma:

My illustration students are doing cult movie posters this week, using a mock 4-color printing process (four set colors at varied opacities). I did a super rough Akira poster in class to show them the basics.

white-space-conflict: Cameron Stewart I’m going to...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:00:57 -0400

white-space-conflict:

Cameron Stewart

I’m going to resist making this all Bartkira all the time, but this is really great.

misfitmischief: Favorite scene.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:00:51 -0400

misfitmischief:

Favorite scene.

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Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:01:05 -0400

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:00:57 -0400

fistwayne: kaneda

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:00:53 -0400

fistwayne:

kaneda

robotscrytoo: SHORT PEACE by Otomo

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:01:00 -0400

robotscrytoo:

SHORT PEACE by Otomo

incisiveredneck: My faith in humanity restored.

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:01:03 -0400

incisiveredneck:

My faith in humanity restored.

derhoeflicherebell: Lest mehr Comics! Nr. 11 Zum Beispiel...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:00:56 -0400

derhoeflicherebell:

Lest mehr Comics! Nr. 11

Zum Beispiel Katsuhiro Otomos Psi-Thriller Das Selbstmordparadies (alias Dômu).

emhc: First thing I’ve drawn in weeks - I’m going to be...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:01:41 -0400

emhc:

First thing I’ve drawn in weeks - I’m going to be recreating 5 pages of volume 2 of the Akira manga with Simpsons characters replacing the original cast, along with over 400 other illustrators from around the world. This is a real thing and it is really happening and it is awesome. click for more info about the Bartkira project - join before it’s too late!

harveyjames: SPRINGFIELD IS ABOUT TO E•X•P•L•O•D•E Whew. Just...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:00:54 -0400

harveyjames:

SPRINGFIELD IS ABOUT TO E•X•P•L•O•D•E

Whew. Just assigned pages to over 300+ artists. Feel a bit like I just ran a marathon. Anyway, here’s the final cast for the Bartkira project. Some aspects of the cast list might be surprising, but I’m confident that you’ll see the logic and consideration that went into the choices I ended up making when you read the book. Believe me, I went through nearly every reasonable combination of characters and this roster works the best, in terms of character motivation and interaction.

Lisa is Lady Miyako. I don’t mind if the artists draw lisa as an old lady, a woman, a teen, or a little girl. Since she’s a powerful psychic, it’s reasonable to imagine that she’s capable of changing her appearance.

As for minor/background characters, that’ll be up to the artist to decide who they’re gonna slot in there. There’ll be no co-ordination on this aspect of it, so it should lead to some interesting results. I don’t mind if you put in generic background cast or known characters we’ll recognise.

If you want to see the artist roster as it stands right now, it’s here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvXKD7Va1OYedFJDeTJRSk41RDVhQ2NSNERSV3NkVnc#gid=0

Here’s the rules and guidelines for the project. This is going to be in the email I’m about to send out to all the contributors, but in the eventuality that you’re a contributor and you see this before I have a chance to send out the email, I may as well stick ‘em here too.

RULES AND GUIDELINES

I want to keep this as free-wheeling as possible, but I came up with a couple of rules to make sure the book reads nicely as a whole.

-Please put the page number bottom-centre of each page you work on. Be sure to write your name discreetly on the bottom right of the last page you do, too, so people will know it’s you.

-ALWAYS always change character names in the dialogue to their Simpsons equivalent. So Tetsuo is always ‘Milhouse’, ‘Akira’ is always ‘Ralph’. Mr. Nezu is always Mayor Quimby.

-When spoken in dialogue or narration, ALWAYS change the words “Neo-Tokyo” to ‘Springfield’. ‘Japan’ to ‘America’. ‘America’ is now ‘China’.

-however, DON’T change inner-city location names when they’re referred to in the dialogue. if you want to change the council chambers to look like Burnsie’s power plant, though, that’s up to you.

- it’s up to you whether a character wears their outfit from The Simpsons or their equivalent’s outfit in Akira. Sometimes costume changes are worked into the plot, though… so if Tetsuo puts on a cape or a fur coat, then you should probably give Milhouse a cape/fur coat too.

-in the few occasions where I’ve cast against gender, you should swap the gendered pronouns- so ‘Kiyoko is in her room’ becomes ‘Todd is in HIS room’.

-Make it awesome

SUBMITTING YOUR WORK

Eventually, I’m going to put this all together in one torrent file available for everyone to download. To make things easier on me, when you’re finished, send your work to the bartkiracommittee@gmail.com inbox in the following format:

Subject header: SUBMISSION

attach your files as one .zip file

JPEG format- highest quality compression

dimensions: 1020 x 1492

filename : Bartkira_X_pYYY.jpg (where X is the volume number and Y is the page number.)

DEADLINE IS MAY 24th!

Feel free to put your work on social media as soon as you’ve done it, too! There’s no moratorium on breaking ‘street date’, or anything like that. tag it with #bartkira, of course. and if you want to help out, include a link to my tumblr at harveyjames.tumblr.com, since we’re still in need of artists. I’m also @jamesharveytm on twitter.

GETTING THE BOOK

If you don’t have a copy of the book, you can get it from your local library- or pirate it via torrent software, so long as you buy it for real later. I’m sure it’s readable online in a bunch of different places. Don’t ask me for pages!

I could probably say a whole bunch more, but I feel like the less guidelines I give you, the more surprised we’re all going to be at the end.

Good luck!

“Embrace Nothingness” - Lisa Simpson

If you still want to apply, email bartkiracommittee@gmail.com.

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Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:05:54 -0400

imcubo: from Domu: A Child’s Dream - 童夢 by Katsuhiro Otomo

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:05:37 -0400

imcubo:

from Domu: A Child’s Dream - 童夢

by Katsuhiro Otomo

kenmcfarlane: Just got my page numbers for Project: Bartkira....

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:58:34 -0400

kenmcfarlane:

Just got my page numbers for Project: Bartkira. So fucking stoked to get started on this for more info check out James Harvey’s tumblr and twitter.

The short of it is though, 468 artists are coming together to re-draw all 6 volumes of Otomo’s Akira using Simpsons characters in place of the originals.

This is an awesome chance to play homage to both this sci-fi epic and one of the most important cartoons of the 20th centuary.

CAN’T. FUCKING. WAIT.

sunbakerey: reyyy x akira (cover of an akira cover) Corey...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:15:02 -0500

sunbakerey:

reyyy x akira (cover of an akira cover)

Corey Lewis

tetsuosmissingarm: Chill out… Pop.

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:00:54 -0500

tetsuosmissingarm:

Chill out… Pop.

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Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:38:24 -0500