a'keria anime

by Howard Gaylord 6 min read
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Career

Davenport started participating in drag pageants since 2011. Following is her pageant history:

Personal life

A'keria C. Davenport is a member of the Drag Haus of Davenport, with Drag Race alum Kennedy Davenport, Sahara Davenport, Monét X Change, Honey Davenport and Ra'Jah O'Hara. Her drag mom is Armani Nicole Davenport. D'Wayne was living in Dallas before being accepted on Drag Race. After Drag Race, D'Wayne moved to Katy.

What is the movie "Akira" about?

The film depicts a dystopian version of Tokyo in the year 2019, with cyberpunk tones. The plot focuses on the relationship between Tetsuo Shima and his long-term friend Shotaro Kaneda.

When was Akira made?

Akira (アキラ) Japanese Teaser Trailer 1. First AKIRA teaser trailer (1987) After working on the character design and script for Harmagedon: Genma Taisen in 1983, Otomo was intrigued with the idea of putting his own work on the big screen. Main production was completed in 1987 with a teaser trailer released that year.

What is left of Akira's vault?

When Tetsuo arrives at Akira's Cryogenic Containment Unit, he defeats Kei and exhumes the Akira vault from the ground, but discovers all that is left of Akira are glass canisters filled with his remains, his body having been subjected to numerous scientific experiments.

How much did Akira cost?

AKIRA was one of the first anime films to use "pre-scoring," where the script was recorded before the animation. AKIRA's final budget was $10 million (¥1.1 billion), making it the most expensive Japanese animated film before Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away released in 2001.

Who rescues Kaneda from the light?

As Akira confronts Tetsuo, the espers hurry to teleport the Colonel to safety and — over Masaru and Kiyoko's objections — Takashi jumps into the light to rescue Kaneda. The other espers join Takashi, deciding that it will take all three of them to save Kaneda, aware they likely will not be able to return.

Who is Kaneda's best friend?

However, Kaneda's best friend, Tetsuo Shima is injured when he almost crashes his motorcycle into Takashi, a small esper sprung from a secret government laboratory by a dissident underground revolutionary organization. Takashi is captured by armed soldiers and Tetsuo is hospitalized.

Is Akira a cult movie?

AKIRA became a hugely popular cult film around the world, and is widely considered to be a landmark in feature-length animation and spearheading the popularization of anime outside Japan.

Synopsis

Japan, 1988. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of Tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to World War III. In order to prevent any further destruction, he is captured and taken into custody, never to be heard from again.

Background

Akira won the Silver Scream Award, the audience award of the Amsterdam-based Imagine Film Festival, in 1992 and was nominated for the American Anime Awards' Best Anime Feature award in 2007.

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