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Remakers Mark 23, Part 1 {Akira}: Creating Small Gray-ish Benny Hills

July 14, 2014 By Kyle

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In episode 23 of Remakers Mark we tackle our first animated movie, 1988’s anime classic Akira. Unlike the original, which was a Japanese language anime movie, we are remaking it as an English language live action film (except for Jer, who goes a slightly different path). We tackle recasting two major roles and five major-minor roles. Along the way we discuss the original’s creation of small grayish Benny Hills, think about how to cast and remake the movie as a live action movie, have a hard time remembering who is who in the movie, and we all give ourselves plenty of leeway with presenting the original voice actors’ names.

  • 00:00 – 00:15: Adventures in Google Doc hijacking
  • 00:16 – 03:21: Intro, and favorite cartoon ever
  • 03:22 – 03:52: Thanks to Modern Antics – check out Riddle Room!
  • 03:53 – 08:47: Summary of Akira, and our history with the film (and anime in general)
  • 08:48 – 22:03: Recasting Kaneda
  • 22:04 – 35:19: Recasting Tetsuo
  • 35:20 – 58:06: Recasting five ‘Major-Minor’ characters
  • 58:07 – 59:05: Outro

Actors and Actresses Discussed

  • Mitsuo Iwata
  • Byung Hun-Lee
  • Gaspard Ulliel
  • Joseph Gordon Levitt
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • Liam Hemsworth
  • Nozomu Susaki
  • Dane DeHaan
  • Steven Yeun
  • Josh Hutcherson
  • Danny Pudi
  • Mizuho Suzuki
  • Robin Williams
  • Gabriel Byrne
  • Tesshô Genda
  • Naveen Andrews
  • Colin Farrell
  • Takeshi Kusao
  • Dave Franco
  • Logan Lerman
  • Tarô Ishida
  • Michael Ironside
  • Choi Min-Sik
  • Mami Koyama
  • Seo Young-Hee
  • Olivia Thirlby

Links and Movies Discussed

  • Muppet Babies
  • Scooby Doo (Animated TV Series)
  • G.I. Joe (Animated TV Series)
  • Transformers (Animated TV Series)
  • Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
  • The Matrix
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
  • I Saw the Devil
  • A Very Long Engagement
  • Hannibal Rising
  • Kick-Ass
  • Godzilla (2014)
  • The Hunger Games
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  • Chronicle
  • Lawless
  • The Walking Dead
  • Wits w/ Steven Yeun and Motion City Soundtrack
  • Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
  • The Way Way Back
  • Community (TV Series)
  • Benny Hill
  • One Hour Photo
  • Law & Order: SVU
  • A.I.
  • Lost (TV Series)
  • Once Upon A Time in Wonderland
  • Now You See Me
  • The Perks of Being A Wallflower
  • Starship Troopers
  • Oldboy
  • The Chaser
  • Bedeviled
  • Dredd

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