![]() ![]() As if the dripping-in-Outrun aesthetics of 2XXX Kansai weren’t pleasing to the eye enough, returning Danganronpa champion Rui Komatsuzaki’s instantly identifiable characters were so lavishly and specifically animated to pop off the screen. This shot comes from a particularly emotional scene, and I feel kind of bad making a joke here.Įven from episode 1, I was wholly impressed with Akudama Drive’s commitment to doing everything it does at a bewildering 200 percent, and it’s almost impossible not to start with the animation. With official police executors hot on their tail and forces running this Blade Runner-esque society not being exactly transparent about the state of the world (shocker there), stakes balloon quickly. These dealings in question see a group of Akudama forced into cooperating for a group heist that starts out as a high body count fun, but gets increasingly real and even borders on harrowing as it goes on. Previously not a violent criminal, one Swindler gets caught up in these Akudamas’ dealings through a twist of bad fate and has to keep up with appearances as otherwise she would probably be killed without a second thought. They all have convenient names like Brawler, Cutthroat, and Courier that both allow you to call these characters something and tell you what they’re about. Those particularly violent criminals… Akudama Drive stars a bunch of them, most of whom are pictured right above these words, and they are in fact what the Akudama are. It’s called Akudama Drive, but they’re on a train? The show is probably the result of the many not wonderful goings-on in the world leading Danganronpacreator Kazutaka Kodaka and his new studio Too Kyo games to team up with Studio Pierrot to make an original anime about a broken society under harsh authoritarian rule upheld by openly murderous law enforcement producing violent criminals, but through an honest attempt to address these themes, we got a pretty good show at least. ![]() I am pondering whether two half cyber, half punk pieces of narrative art produced in two different countries that came out at the same time are not doing us any good in properly understanding that there are reasons ‘The Zeitgeist’ keeps serving up dystopia. Beckles, John Masterson, Emily Neves, David Matranga, Billy Bob Thompson, Kevin D.As I finished up Akudama Drive, a grittier than usual Japanese cartoon set in a not-so-utopian near future and conveniently backlit by all sorts of neon pinks, blues, and purples, it dawned on me that this anime came out at the same time as the Polish game Cyberpunk 2077. Old Lady from Takoyaki Shop: Erica Schroederĭontonbori Takoyaki Clerk: Michaela A. Home Video/5.1 Mix provided by Funimation. Mixing and Audio Post-Production (Broadcast): HasteProĪdditional Mix Engineer(Broadcast): Jose Pichinte Voice Over Production and Recording: Kocha SoundĪDR Script Adaptation: Clayton Browning, Matt ShipmanĪDR Script Supervision: Tyler Walker, Matt ShipmanĪDR Script Prep: Austin Sisk, Michelle Rojas Series available for purchase here in regular edition and limited edition. All recording was done entirely remote during COVID-19, with actors all using their own equipment from home across the country. Kocha Sound provided weekly simuldub production for this title for Funimation, from December until March. But a dangerous journey is about to unfold when a civilian girl becomes twisted into the Akudama’s way of life and witnesses their criminal drives. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama (AKA Criminals) carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while evading the police. Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. Akudama Drive won various awards including Best Screenplay, Best Sci-fi, Best Mystery, and Anime of the Year. This epic twelve episode heist comes from the creative team behind Dangan Ronpa. AKUDAMA DRIVE is an award winning anime title released in the Fall 2020 anime season, inspired by cyberpunk stories and action flicks such as Bladerunner and Quentin Tarantino films. ![]()
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