Coneanne said:
Toshiyuki Inoue: Cuts 326 - 426

From “AKIRA PRODUCTION REPORT：全リテイクシーン＆原画マン詳解”

森本　たかしさんが、最初に３カットぐらいサンプルの原画を描いたんだよ。それを見て迷ったんだよね。それがあまりにもディズニーっぽかったんで。「ええっ、この作品はこっちに行くの!?」ってね。
小黒　ディズニー調というのは、つまり、伸び縮みが入っていたって事ですか。
森本　そうそう。オーバーアクション気味のリアクションもあって。それは、本編でも１、２カット使われているんだけど――鉄雄が24号とぶつかって倒れて、向こうの方で炎が上がって、金田達がやってきて、バイクを降りて駆け寄る、という場面。あそこが、たかしさんが最初に提示した『ＡＫＩＲＡ』の方向性だったんだ。方向性と言うか……「こっちへ行くのか」と戸惑った。で、戸惑ったまま、分からないで終わったという感じ。

Morimoto: At the very beginning [of production], Takashi-san [Nakamura] drew about three cuts as a test. I looked at them and was disappointed. It looked too Disneyesque. I thought, "Is this what the movie is going to look like?"

Oguro: By "Disneyesque" you mean that there was "squash and stretch"?

Morimoto: Yes, that's right. On top of that, the "acting" of the characters reeked of overacting. It was in one or two cuts of the movie - the scene where Tetsuo hits 24 (he forgets Takashi's [character's] real number, I think) and falls down, a fire appears, and Kaneda and the others arrive, get off their bikes, and run up to him. That was the first time Takashi-san presented the direction of Akira's animation. About that directing... I was confused by it: "Are we going this way?" I was confused and didn't understand it.