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Kanye West and Akira

Postby DaCoolGohan » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:45 am

I was watching Kanye West's new vid on MTV today and saw that he references Akira quite a few times in the video. He plays Tetsuo at one point and it also has scenes of motorcycles driving in what looks like downtown Tokyo with the lights streaking as they did in Akira.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZd1Js0QaOI
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Postby Ileia » Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:08 pm

new vid? It's been around a couple of months, I assumed everyone had already seen it. :o
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Postby guy07 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:47 pm

....should i be happy about this ..?
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Postby Tsunami Jones » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:51 pm

I didn't care too much for the song, but when I saw this after it was realized I found myself pretty amused.
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Postby downwithpants » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:59 pm

he should make a live action eva trailer
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Postby JaddziaDax » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:42 pm

the song is okay... but all of the Akira references amuse me
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Postby Kitsuner » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:34 pm

downwithpants wrote:he should make a live action eva trailer

More like he should star in Blackira, amirite?
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Postby DaCoolGohan » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:06 am

yeah cept for the part where he is playing Tetsuo and not Akira. amirite?
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Postby Kitsuner » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:00 pm

IN, not AS :P
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Postby Yok/0 » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:23 pm

George Bush Hates Akira?
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Postby Brad » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:23 pm

Hey :O I like the song.

And the video.


So wabam :O
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Postby DaCoolGohan » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:57 pm

nowai :shock:
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Postby Reigna » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:47 pm

AtomX wrote:Hey :O I like the song.

And the video.


So wabam :O


x2

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Postby CodeZTM » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:02 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:the song is okay... but all of the Akira references amuse me


x2

BTW - I love the ava! Darkwing Duck was like the biggest cartoon I loved to watch!
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Postby Kitsuner » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:20 pm

CodeChrono wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:the song is okay... but all of the Akira references amuse me


x2

BTW - I love the ava! Darkwing Duck was like the biggest cartoon I loved to watch!

Someone's never seen Grape Ape. :roll:
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