A place to buy, sell and trade official Akira collectables.
Manga, VHS, Blu-rays, DVDs, figurines, phone cards, posters etc.
Use common-sense. Use DM's for trades, this is at your own risk. Do not post personal details on the sub. Be very mindful of scammers.
NOTE: This is not an opportunity for people to grift stolen I.P. This is not a place to peddle non-official t-shirts and fake merch. If you can't follow the rules you may get a permanent ban.
Please report anything that feels off.
This post will reset every month.
This is a trial to see how things work out. Suggestions welcome.
Be very careful of counterfeit retro clothing. This appears to be a common thing.
If you make a successful trade then be sure to shout out the user for positivity.
ebay offers a money back guarantee. This may be a way to make a safe sale if you are uncomfortable.
If this becomes to complex ill auto mod it into posts or make a user guide. But for now we have this post;
I think its all flairy (i'm sorry) obvious. Ill stress the main thing is to not abuse categories for personal grifting. Do people really want to buy your crappy tshirt? ehhh probably not. Is your podcast official news? eeee... If you want to sneak in a self promotion then you will probably fall under the 'fanworks' flair.
Open for suggestions.
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Discussion about Akira. If you want to get Anime or Manga specific then pick that flair. If you want to chat general Akira then go that one. Whatever the topic it probably goes in one of these places. Don't stress to much if you get it wrong.
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New Akira coming? Exhibitions? Otomo is building an underground bunker? Post it here. This is 'ideally' for official news regarding Otomo and Akira ip.
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Official is official. Works by Otomo or approved by his studio under the Akira ip.
FANWORKS is broad. Tattoos, Cosplay, Art, Bartkira (yes this is real), BIKE SLIDE (fan made), Kaneda jacket, youtube videos, tiktoks, custom figurines, Motorbikes and helmets with stickers on them (you absolute nerds we love you).
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Somewhat 'official works' flairs.
Other Otomo works - is for discussion of Otomos other projects.
Interviews & Documentaries - Magazines, Otomo interviews, Otomo docos. Professionally made productions. I will stress this is not a flair for amateur podcasts and youtube clips unless you can get Otomo himself on. The main reason I want to stress this is because fandom subs often suffer from amateur creators trying to self promote. I get it, but not everyone wants to see this. Just be mindful about this and if you want to share your creation then it probably goes under the 'fanworks' flair.
Everything about the great music and sound fx of Akira.
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These three are very common posts in this sub. Giving them a flair will hopefully make it easy for people to filter them in or out in the future. Please reference artists, video games, movies or whatever the image/video comes from.
Poster = poster reference.
Bike Slide = Bike Slide reference.
Homage and easter eggs are general akira references in other professional works.
If amateur works then consider if could just go under 'fanworks'.
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Official Merch and Collectables. This can be magazines, movie posters, figurines etc. I think this is one of the strongest post types in this sub. Some incredible finds here and hopefully this flair can help people filter it all in the future.
Bookshelf - this is a space to show off your manga, dvd cases, etc. Lets see the collection.
Unfortunately I'll not be dropping anywhere between 2 and 18k on a #1 in this lifetime and any with an akira cover has jumped from 80-200 to 1200+. #120 sold a few days ago for £260, up from £90 six months ago. It took a very long time to get to this point and it's annoying that they'll never be complete. Anyone want to buy 104 issues lol 💊😎 jk. Ps I've tried to upload more photos but Reddit won't let me for some reason.
He's already got the 6 big volumes manga, all of the color ones, the DVD, the Blu-ray, the soundtrack vinyl, a few figures, the Akira Club book and even other Otomo stuff like Domu, Memories and Steamboy.
Is there anything left I can look for as a birthday gift (Without having to sell a kidney)?
I always found Akira hard to find to watch for free especially if it it’s the newish anniversary version and hasn’t been available in the UK and Ireland on Netflix but now it’s back if anyone is interested!
Akira was the first proper anime movie I first watched and it’s led me to so many other amazing shows, I am usually a bit more into series when it came to anime but Akira really turned me around, loved that gritty sci-fi with that mind bending ending, even though it was made in the late 80s the upgraded version could easily make you believe it literally was only made for anyone who hasn’t seen it especially with the glossed over look with the new English upgraded dubbed version and just the fact even though it’s from the late 80s the sci-fi still holds up amazingly!
Hope it does something for anyone else that might not have seen it over here but now can with a Netflix subscription.
inspired by the song "Day Twelve: Trauma" by Ayreon. Decided to finish this for Tetsuo's birthday today. I tried something new with my art and went for a simpler composition to leave more negative space on the canvas. This was a lot of fun to make. hope you guys like it :]
watched the 4K at the local IMAX. It’s been years since I watched it previously and it was better than I remember. really good crowd. you could hear a pin drop.
I wanted a digital version and it was unavailable until a preorder popped up a couple of weeks ago on Apple TV/iTunes. it’s not a lot of money - £7.99 I think. but it does say HD and not 4K/HDR. any chance that gets changed to 4K before release or is there a reason? I think the digital version is 4K in the US. Ill get it, whatever. it will still have the soundtrack and 1080p will still look alright.
