大友克洋《AKIRA》的外國動漫狂熱者眾多，之前曾有 The Akira Project（同人真人版作品）和 Simpson 風格的 bartkira（影片在文末），現有美國創作人 Ash Thorp 和 Zaoeyo (XiaoLin Zeng) 合作製作了一段約一分鐘的致敬短片，主要也是重新製作部份動畫中的經典背景或物件，表現較為靜態但超具氣勢，加上特別的紅藍調色（來自作品中金田衣背的藥丸顏色），還有重編的配樂，實在是超級用心的同人作品！
作品引用了大友克洋在 Forbes 的文章一段作引言：
I am basically done with Akira. If someone wants to do something new with Akira then I am mostly okay with that. As I accepted the offer for a live-action Akira to be made, so I am generally okay with whatever they want to do with it. However, I did give one major condition to a live-action version and that is that I had to check and approve the scenario.
而這是他們的回應：
We just wanted to pay homage to what we consider to be a masterpiece.
在網頁他們有公開詳細的製作過程，例如 3D model 和打燈調控的技術。創作人 Ash Thorp 本身也曾參與不少荷里活電影製作，當中包括《BLADE RUNNER 2049》、《GHOST IN THE SHELL》、《JAMES BOND》等等，有興趣的朋友可到 behance 看看～
The Akira Project
bartkira
AWAKEN AKIRA
TRIBUTE BY – ASH THORP & ZAOEYO
SCORE BY – PILOTPRIEST
CHARACTER MODELER- RAF GRASSETTI
PHOTOGRAPHY – THE JOELSONS
WEBSITE BY – OBLIO
