you know ..the web and that..isnt it?

works in much the same way as in the marvel comic app on the iphone/ipad

ie v slick

http://blog.artofakira.com/

even though the funds fell well short of the $8000 needed to kickstart the show ,the akira exhibit is still on and running so if your near

The ToonSeum 945 Liberty Avenue, in Pittsburgh, PA 15222 its happening right now .. if I where near I would even donate my cells (for the duration) for all to see including the frame where tetsuo is being shot by kaneda with the laser gun and hes on the concrete floor kneeling tryign to get back up, thanks the manga company the free cells were a genius idea back in the late eighties early nineties?..that aint gonna happen ever again!no matter how many dvds I buy of duckman!

http://www.toonseum.org/

heres a nice render from way back of what kaneda’s bike could  have looked like if it had the cgi refresh

akira

some fine quick animation rolls..

well it will be the oc edition if the hughes brothers arent careful ( well they did menace to society and book of eli..but still .
..maybe leonardo dicap knows something we dont and will magically turn this idea of westernisng this legendary
film  and making it live action a success .. hmm i feel ill be watching this … which at least is funny..

http://iphone.skinns.ca/

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, one of two animated features from Japan in contention for this year’s Golden Lion prize At the venice film festival.

so far the word is that this a typical A+ studio ghibl release, heres hoping its good as they say when its released here in the UK in April next year.( opened in Japan in July)

bbc chatting to Hayao Miyazaki article click to jump

wiki entry on Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

really nice score for the intro to this anime by Micheal Arias
music by Plaid heres a taster enjoy (ps looks amazing in HD)