Well Akira, You Certainly Look Different

By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2013 |

Marat Ars is an artist who has worked for both game studios and Plastic Wax, the Australian animation house

https://lastchance.cc/the-people-making-the-trailers-that-make-you-go-whoah-5936108%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

You may remember we featured his work a few years back when he did one of the most badass Mario redesigns I’ve ever seen.

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That art up top is not from the kill-it-with-fire Akira movie project. Though if you’ve ever wondered what the classic manga/anime would look like with white people in it, now you’ve got a template.

https://gizmodo.com/akira-movie-lives-on-despite-everyone-trying-to-kill-i-1001620450

You can see more of Marat’s work at his CGHub page.

To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the bottom-right corner.

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