

Akira is known for pioneering many animation techniques. My questions is
pretty specific, though: I'm wondering exactly how they photographed the
various glows and lights in the dark and night scenes. I know the bright white
lights (e.g. motorcycle headlights) were hand animated using cut-out masks
over light tables. But the additive smears (e.g. the motorcycle tail lights)
don't seem to use that technique. And even for the light table shots -- how
did they combine those with the rest of the frame photographically? What was
the compositing technique for traditional film photographed cel animation?


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How did they animate the light in Akira?