International Premiere
Selection 2023 Before features

Akari

Directed by Takeshi Yagi

Hosted by Director/Producer/Writer Takeshi Yagi.

Credits  

Official selection

Tokyo Comic Con 2022

Director

Takeshi Yagi

Producer

Todd Silverstein, Jordan Smith, Takeshi Yagi

Writer

Todd Silverstein, Jordan Smith, Takeshi Yagi

Cast

Kazuki Hamatani, Kanon Miyahara

Cinematographer

Alexandre Bartholo

Sound Designer

Darin Dahlinger

Composer

Darin Dahlinger

Editor

Niko Lanzuisi

Special Effects

Yoshinori Muraishi

contact

Naro.tv

Japan 2023 6 mins OV Japanese

AKARI is a reimagining of the kaiju vs. superheroine genre for a global audience — while honouring the authentic tokusatsu style of filmmaking. Created by ULTRAMAN director Yagi Takeshi with partners from Naro.tv, it was initially designed to demonstrate how tokusatsu films are made (part of Yagi's masterclass with Naro). However, AKARI evolved into this teaser showing Akari’s showdown with “retro” kaiju Pythagodon, an AI-biological hybrid originally designed to defend its home city, who has suddenly and mysteriously gone berserk…