“This year’s most controversial video has arrived!” We’ve seen “The Simpsons” redo the opening sequence inspired by everyone from Hayao Miyazaki to Guillermo del Toro, but how about a semi-official mash-up of “The Simpsons” and a seminal anime? We present: Bartkira, a mash-up of “The Simpsons” and Akira, made back in the “early 90s” but only found recently. Thanks to a tip from The Verge, we took a look at this, our jaw dropped to the floor and we had to go tell everyone about it. The trailer is perfectly animated like the original Akira trailer (which we’ve also embedded below), but with all The Simpsons characters and it’s amazing. “It is in no way officially associated with Fox Animation, Toho, or any other legal properties that own the rights to The Simpsons and Akira. We are a bunch of fans who did this for free and are profiting in no way off of this other than having a larf.” There’s an entire set of manga and art here to go with it. Enjoy! ›››
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