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While fans wait with baited breath for the Akira live-action movie do become unf*cked, they have what may be the next best thing: a guy dressed as Kaneda and driving his ceramic double-roader (?!) across Japan.
Specifically, it’s a guy named Masashi Teshima, who spent 7 years and ¥10 million (US$121,000) building the thing – which looks pretty damn spot-on, from the stickers and decals to the actual proportions of it.
Who thought we’d ever get to see such a beautiful thing in action (no word on if it reaches an actual 12,000 RPMs though)? Even better that Teshima is actually doing it for a good cause: to raise awareness for children’s autism. No word on exactly how he’ll do it (other than charging for people to take their picture with him on the bike) — but Teshima’s final stop will be at the Katsuhiro Otomo exhibit in Tokyo, which will donate all money to help victims of the last year’s tsunami.
Given a recent focus by the American Psychiatric Association on autism, maybe we could get him to drive it cross-country over here.
Jeff Nau – who has written 1264 posts on The Jace Hall Show.
Jeff Nau is a main contributor to the Jace Hall Show covering pop culture and music trends in the nerd community. He has contributed to San Diego City Beat, 944, and Ill Literature, amongst others, and spends his spare time working as an artist and photographer.

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