Ryan Humphrey, is a panel-for-panel retelling of all six volumes of the manga illustrated by numerous artists contributing several pages each, with Otomo's characters being portrayed by members of the cast of The Simpsons: for example, Kaneda is represented by Bart Simpson, Milhouse Van Houten replaces Tetsuo, and Kei and Colonel Shikishima are portrayed by Laura Powers and Principal Skinner respectively. The city depicted in the first two stages of the 1992 video game Last Resort is very similar to that of Neo Tokyo from the anime film. In the 1998 video game Half-Life, aspects of the level design were influenced directly by scenes from the manga. For example, the diagonal elevator leading down to the sewer canals as well as the design of the canals themselves are taken from scenes in the manga. This was confirmed by Brett Johnson, the developer who designed the levels. The NeoTokyo mod for its 2004 sequel, Half-Life 2, was also inspired by Akira. In the 2002 video game The King of Fighters 2002, Kusanagi and K9999 have an Akira-esque intro before they fight. Kaneda's motorcycle appears in the 2020 video game Cyberpunk 2077. The Akira Class starship from the Star Trek franchise, first introduced in the 1996 feature film Star Trek: First Contact, was named after the anime by its designer Alex Jaeger, of Industrial Light & Magic. In the 1998 film Dark City, one of the last scenes, in which buildings "restore" themselves, is similar to the last panel of the Akira manga. Its writer-director Alex Proyas called the end battle a "homage to Otomo's Akira". Director Josh Trank cited Akira as an influence on the 2012 film Chronicle. Rapper Kanye West has a tribute to the anime film in his 2007 music video for "Stronger". Electronic pop group M83 created a three-part tribute to Akira (and other influences) with their music videos for "Midnight City", "Reunion" and "Wait". Rapper Lupe Fiasco's 2015 album Tetsuo & Youth was loosely inspired by the Akira character Tetsuo Shima. Notes References External links Akira (franchise) 1982 manga Comics set in the 2010s Comics set in the 21st century Cyberpunk anime and manga Dark Horse Comics titles Eisner Award winners Epic Comics titles Fiction books about psychic powers Fiction books about telepathy Harvey Award winners Japan Self-Defense Forces in fiction Katsuhiro Otomo Kodansha manga Manga adapted into films Megacities in fiction Political thriller anime and manga