AKIRA Fan Questionnaire
- 1. Introduce yourself.
- 2. When/where did you first learn about AKIRA?
- 3. Which came first for you, the movie or the manga?
- 4. What were your first impressions of AKIRA?
- 5. How much of a fan of AKIRA would you say you are? Obsessive, casual?
- 6. When you saw the movie for the first time did you understand it? Or did you have to re-watch it?
- 7. What about the manga? Did it confuse you?
- 8. What version of the manga did you read the first time? (Dark Horse, Epic Comics, YOUNG, 35th box set, etc.)
- 9. What is your opinion of the Epic Comics version of AKIRA; the 1990s American dialogue and coloring?
- 10. Have you played any of the video games based off the AKIRA film?
- 11. How many times have you watched the movie?
- 12. How many times have you read the manga?
- 13. Who voiced Kaneda best? Mitsuo Iwata, Cam Clarke, Johnny Yong Bosch, someone else?
- 14. Did you know about Otomo's work before you saw AKIRA?
- 15. Which of Otomo's other works do you like or is your favorite?
- 16. Which do you like better, the movie or the manga? Why?
- 17. Who is/are your favorite character(s)?
- 18. What is your favorite volume?
- 19. What about your favorite volume cover?
- 20. Do you have a favorite title page?
- 21. What's your favorite scene or part from the movie?
- 22. What's your favorite scene or part from the manga?
- 23. How about the opposite: What's your least favorite part of the movie? Why?
- 24. And the manga? Why?
- 25. Who's your least favorite character(s)?
- 26. How about your least favorite AKIRA volume cover?
- 27. Do you think anyone in AKIRA is "good" or "evil"?
- 28. What is your opinion on the attempts to make a live action AKIRA?
- 29. What do you think of the "AKIRA slide" meme?
- 30. What do you think of other AKIRA memes? (e.g. "Leave me alone!" or "KANEDAAAA! TETSUOOOO!")
- 31. Do you own any merchandise (fanmade or official) related to AKIRA?
- 32. If not, do you want to? Or, if you do, is there anything you wish you had?
- 33. How about tattoos related to AKIRA, do you have any?
- 34. Do you want any?
- 35. Have you ever made fan works related to AKIRA? Art, writing, etc?
- 36. Do you have a favorite "AKIRA artist"? (Not just art, maybe a writer or something else)
- 37. What's the best opinion or "take" on AKIRA you've seen?
- 38. What about the worst?
- 39. Do you think AKIRA is underrated or overrated in any way?
- 40. If you had the chance to speak to Otomo or ask him any question about AKIRA, what would you say?
- 41. Last question: What is AKIRA to you?