GR #42 "Crash and Burn" and AKIRA

Race from AKIRA volume1

This time, I wanna talk about Generator Rex, S03E02 "#42 Crash And Burn" (November 18, 2011) and Katsuhiro Otomo's manga and animated film, "AKIRA" (アキラ, 1982~).

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①エピソードの感想と映画「アキラ」について (Review the episode)
Hey, did you see the newest episode of Generator Rex, S03E02 "Crash And Burn"?
That's amazing! The punk kids and the motorcycle race, AWESOME!

#42 Crash and Burn

And it's reminds me some Japanese manga and Animated film, like Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA. Have you ever seen them before? AKIRA is the most famous Japanese animated film. So I guess many people saw it. I think AKIRA affects Crash and Burn.




②「アキラ」との共通点と日本の影響 (Common points of GenRex & AKIRA)
Both of them have scene of the motorcycle races on the road which is under construction or in downtown at midnight. AKIRA has the race of gangs, Capsule gang vs Clown gang before Tetsuo is involved in the accident. I think the race is pretty similar to Crash and Burn episode's race. Both of them use killer weapons like molotov cocktails or kinda clubs.

Clown gang's helmet

And Rand's helmet, there is a goofy face on it. It reminds me the Clown gang's helmet. It has a goofy clown face on it.

And Moss and Valve, they are people affected kinda Japanese stuff. Moss uses Japanese sword, Katana(刀). Valve drinks a cup of tea from kinda Japanese tea set and put on Japanese warrior's helmet Kabuto(兜). And his room looks like Japanese sand and rock garden, Sekitei(石庭) and the circuit has the gate looks like Japanese shrine's gate, Torii(鳥居).
About AKIRA, there is no character who is affected kinda Japanese manner, except Lady Miyako and her acolytes. But this time, she is not so important.


The important thing is why Moss and Valve are affected Japanese? That's not a question only about them. It's about the whole story of Crash and Burn. Because, Moss nad Valve just symbolize that the whole story of Crash and Burn is affected Japanese stuff, especially AKIRA.



③主人公の不在とエピソードの配列 (What I guess)
Then I got question, why the episode affected Japanese stuff must come next episodes to "Back in Black"?


#41 "Back in Black"


 "Back in Black" is the first episode that Rex comes back to Providence, I mean he disappeared through Breach's time portal to six months future.




AKIRA has hero's absence too. In volume3, Kaneda disappears as he is enveloped by the psionic blast and he came back to future's Neo Tokyo in volume 4.

Kaneda return to his friends

Rex's absence is written different from Kaneda's. Rex's absence is drawn from Rex's own angle. Kaneda's abusence is mostly drawn from his friend's angle Kei or other people.

But Crash and Burn is next to the episode that hero comes back after his absence, I think it means something...
Maybe, it means Rex's absence got idea from Kaneda's.
Or Man of Action felt Rex's absence is similar to Kaneda's after writing. What do you think?

I'm not sure which is right. And they are just my guesses. So I don't mind even if both of my guesses are falsity.


There is just one definite truth, I love both Generator Rex and AKIRA. If you like Ggenerator Rex and have neve known about AKIRA, I recommend you to read it. Trust me, you will like it LOL
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P.S. My friend, DivineRoseBoot on deviantArt asked  the writer of Crash and Burn, Eugene Son about that. She asked that he was influenced by Akira. His answer is "Yup! You got it".
Thanks to DRB!