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Contradiction in the claim of most expensive anime film

It says that Akira is the most expensive anime film up until then, surpassing Royal Air Force's budget of ¥800m. But Akira's budget is ¥700m, so it never surpass that film. The sources that state Akira is the most expensive believe that its budget is ¥1.1 billion, which has been refuted by the new Crunchyroll source. The claim need to be removed. Neocorelight (Talk) 07:34, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

TV Tropes also says that Akira's budget is 1.1 billion yen LeronJomes (talk) 15:22, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

4k blu ray release film source

This states that a 35mm print was used for the 4k home video release in 2020. When someone uses the term "35mm print," it's usually referring to what is shown theatrically and those are not desirable to use for home media these days. An interpositive, internegative or (best quuality possible) original camera negative is better. So what was really used for the 4k home video? Not clear as the article cited states it was sourced from the 35mm master. This could mean a lot of things and it doesn't state whether this master had been scanned before (at lower res) for previous video releases or other spurces had been used previously. If the article is accurate, It couldnt have been a 35mm theatrical print as that is not a master of any kind, nor could it be something that isnt 35mm like a 16mm print.

So while the 4k release may very well have been sourced from some kind of print that is in 35mm, it is probably misleading and not the best description to say it was a 35mm print. That gives a connotation of print used for movie theater screens and no studio would use that source unless they had no other choice. The term "35mm master" used in the article doesn't indicate whether the master was positive or negative film. 2600:1700:BF32:8ED0:16C0:8009:18D8:71F0 (talk) 05:53, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Imitations and references" of the Akira Slide

I just wanted to ask about the phrasing of the 'Akira Slide' section. It seems to suggest that all of the films and shows listed directly knew of the Akira Slide and purposfully referenced it, or used it themselves with knowledge that this did it first. I'm not sure we have actual evidence of that in all of these cases, and that maybe it should be rephrased to imply that "a similar slide has appeared in..." instead. I doubt there's evidence for each one that it was a direct reference or imitation, at least, there aren't citations for each. Many could have just been a case of parallel thinking, or possibly seeing it in another film and copying that instead. I certainly knew about this slide manoeuvre before, but I didn't know it was from Akira. To be fair, considering how influential this film was in Japan, cases of it's usage in other anime productions can be assumed to be a reference, but something like Star Wars: Clone Wars, a random American Saturday morning cartoon, can't be assumed in the same way, as Akira was less known in the west. This is just a suggestion, and I'm not super into anime so I might be completely wrong. Any thoughts? Tedster41 (talk) 17:30, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there needs to be sourcing that a scene was specifically intended to pay homage to the Akira Slide by its creators, not just percieved connection (thats a TVTropes approach). Masem (t) 18:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

greatest films

"one of the greatest films ever made" It's not in the linked article. Benjamin (talk) 02:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]