In the Valley of the Dolls

A blog dedicated to the absolute masterpiece that is AKIRA!! Not spoiler free! Moved from @kanetetsu-moved {he/him}

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The Introduction Post!

Hello there! This post may be subject to changes as time goes on, so be as aware of that as you may need. (My original blog -> @kanetetsu-moved)

My name is Adrian. Welcome to my Akira blog! I first watched the movie in January of 2024 and, since getting over my initial fear of it, have been absolutely obsessed with everything surrounding Akira— the artistry, the story, the production, the CHARACTERS. I love art so much. Reading the manga has only made me more. crazy. about it, to put it lightly. In the future, I hope to write actual analyses of this narrative, which I may share.

My favorite character is Tetsuo; he makes me so miserable. Kaisuke is a close second, though I am deeply enthralled by Kaneda and have made little effort to hide it.

This will be an English blog, pero también sé español and am in the early phases of learning Japanese.

Tag Guide:

Original art: #*the flesh appears*

Favorites: #hall of fame

Original posts: #in the valley of the dolls

Asks: #(my) lonely hearts club

Official material: #canon material used, #behind the scenes

Characters will be tagged as they appear in the post

Thank you for visiting my blog! I REALLY LIKE AKIRA!!!

(in case anyone was wondering about the doll theme: i made this blog when also fixated on the album Electra Heart by MARINA. that is the most surface level explantion you will get.)

[kanetetsu-dolls]

do you have any other blogs you're comfortable sharing

the-modern-pygmalion is where you'll find me most. It's just a personal blog where I reblog anything I find cool or pertains to my other interests. I think of that one as my main blog despite this one being the one my entire Tumblr is under.

[kanetetsu-dolls]

I have got to get back to my roots (going crazy over the production of Akira (and other works by Otomo), movie and manga and everything)

It would be really awesome, but I've learned through experience that trying to force a fixation to happen only leads to ruining it. Alas! such an unfortunate reality it is that I cannot dive head first into the greatness.

[twistedechoes-dotcom]

good evening

[kanetetsu-dolls]

my dad has an akira figure (and a separate box with Akiras bike) and it's been sitting there for so long the plastic has turned yellow. I just watched akira this summer because he finally let me see it and it was SO GOOD.

I’m very glad you enjoyed the movie!

Do you mean a figure of Kaneda and of his bike? Either way, that’s really cool that he has those. Hopefully some day I’ll be able to have any sort of Akira merch of my own, maybe even soon.

Since you enjoyed the movie, if you’re interested in the artistry of it, you should check out Akira: Production Report; it’s a documentary on the making of it. Watching it definitely heightened my appreciation for animation and visual art as a medium in general by a substantial amount, so maybe it’ll do something similar for you! It’s worth a watch no matter what.

[mechamaze]

I would've been mad too

[kanetetsu-dolls]

My fixation has been put on pause. It was violently replaced with Frankenstein and the desire to read more (mostly English and/or classic) literature. 8 don’t really use the queue or schedule posts, so my reblogs will be sparse until my fixation is renewed. Sorry, everypony!

[comfortlycanthrope]

oh no.

[kanetetsu-dolls]

Listening to Disenchanted hurts a lot more after reading the whole manga..

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GO FOURTH MY AKIRA GIFS

YAHOOOOOO!!!!!! THANK UUU SOOOO MAACHU ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

[kanetetsu-dolls]

birthday. Now 8 can say Inappropriate Things online. Um. oeis

8 HAVE JUST LEARNED HOW TO MAKE GIFS??? POST IS BACK ON

[kanetetsu-dolls]

It’s my birthday tomorrow. Spam my asks with images of The Capsules PLEAE

[kanetetsu-moved]

Shoutout to when 8 tried to princessify this image of Kai and it completely blew up in my face. So sad

[kanetetsu-dolls]

8 feel like 8 just walked past a celebrity in the grocery store

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The Knights of Guinevere premiere just ended! In her interview, Dana Terrace didn’t mention any specific artistic inspirations. I’m crazy and anytime 8 see wires going haywire out of bodies and pulsating flesh 8 think of. Him.

There was a specific scene in particular that made me go like “is that?? Influenced??” but unfortunately 8 have forgotten which one. That was a really good pilot.

[charongiri]

reblog if a boy has ever called you a worm