Listen, if you're both a certain type of nerd and you love motorcycles, then you absolutely pay attention whenever someone takes it upon themselves to make their own Akira bike from scratch. I mean, at this point in our current timeline, even if you've never seen the classic sci-fi dystopian anime film Akira, you've almost certainly seen one of the many, many, MANY media creations that has paid homage to the film.
Akira slide supercut, anyone?
It's unclear whether Katsuhiro Otomo knew exactly how great an influence his masterwork would have on the pop cultural landscape at large. But the fact remains that it has, even 30-plus years later, and the latest collaboration from France's DAB Motors and VVT is proof.
