Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
John Gaeta cited Akira as artistic inspiration for the bullet time effect in The Matrix films. [143] Akira has also been credited with influencing the Star Wars franchise, including the prequel film trilogy and the Clone Wars film and television series. [156] Todd McFarlane cited Akira as an influence on HBO animated television series Spawn. [157]
Akira (アキラ, stylized as AKIRA in English) is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal manga, Akira, published from 1982 to 1990.It was translated into more than a dozen languages and adapted into a 1988 anime film and three video games, among other adaptations.
Espers was an American psychedelic folk band from Philadelphia, United States, that was part of the emerging indie folk scene. They formed in 2002 as a trio of singer-songwriter Greg Weeks, Meg Baird and Brooke Sietinsons but later expanded to a sextet including Otto Hauser , Helena Espvall and Chris Smith.
"God of Thunder" is a song by Kiss from their 1976 album Destroyer. The song has also been featured on many of Kiss' live albums, including an up-tempo version on Alive II . Many various sound effects were used to make the song including explosions, clapping, zippers, overdubbed audience chatter and screaming children.
The film—which is the 30th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe overall—stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson, the God of Thunder, an Avenger and the former king of Asgard. The character is ...
II is the third album from the band Espers. It was their first to be released on Drag City. The song "Children of Stone" was later covered by Marianne Faithfull on her 2008 album Easy Come, Easy Go. The song 'Mansfield And Cyclops' was also included in The Amorphous Androgynous' A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 - Cosmic Space Music in the ...
God of Thunder may refer to: A thunder god; Thor Hushovd, nicknamed The God of Thunder, former Norwegian professional road bicycle racer; God of Thunder, an EP by White Zombie "God of Thunder" (song), by the rock band Kiss; God of Thunder, a 2D freeware puzzle game for MS-DOS; Thor: God of Thunder, a video game based on the movie Thor
Writing in 1995, Hudnall noted the spy genre, Japanese anime films and the British TV series The Champions as influences on the series. [1] He hoped Espers would bridge the gap between superhero comics aimed at younger readers and the growing adult-orientated comic market, and strove to write strong female characters for the series; Hudnall hoped to create "a Hill Street Blues of comic books".