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Apr 8, 2014
What do you get when you mix the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games ambassador, the iconic and famous Doraemon, with a fictional doomsday scenario, as foretold by Akira? An eerie crossover that will populate your nightmares for weeks.
This amazing, yet terrifying, video was animated by Aleix Pitarch; you can check out some stills from the video on his Facebook page.
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