Over three years ago, the cartoonist James Harvey launched the Bartkira project to combine two of the greatest cartoons: Akira and The Simpsons. Harvey has been crowdsourcing art from over 700 artists to re-create the manga epic Akira using characters from The Simpsons, casting Bart Simpson as Kaneda and Ralph Wiggum as Akira. So far, the artists have completed three volumes (out of six) of Bartkira and now even have an animated trailer complete with VHS static to complete your stoner fantasy. Maybe instead of constantly trying to do a live-action remake of Akira, Hollywood can just do this instead?
