Anna Akana Explained
Anna Akana |
Birth Name: | Anna Kay Napualani Akana |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1989 |
Birth Place: | Monterey County, California, U.S. |
Years Active: | 2011–present |
Module: | Embed: | yes | Genre: | Music, comedy | Subscribers: | 2.85 million | Channel Name: | AnnaAkana | Views: | 365 million | Silver Button: | yes | Gold Button: | yes | Stats Update: | 02 April 2024 |
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Anna Kay Napualani Akana (born August 18, 1989)[1] is an American actress, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and YouTuber. She has appeared in TV series, films, and music videos that include Awkward (2011), Ant-Man (2015), Hello, My Name is Doris (2016), and Dirty 30 (2016).
In 2015, she launched a clothing line Ghost & Stars. She is the author of So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister (2017), in which she describes her struggles and experiences.
Early and personal life
Akana's father was an officer in the United States Marine Corps, including during her childhood.[2] Her father moved every few years to a new state or country.[3] In a 2020 interview, she said that she loved Sailor Moon, Inuyasha, and Ranma ½, expressing her surprise that her dad would make them watch Tenchi Muyo! with him despite its "perverted" nature.[4] Her father stated that she loved shows like The Powerpuff Girls, animation in general, and anime, the latter especially because she spent "four years growing up in Japan".
On February 14, 2007, Akana's younger sister, Kristina, died by suicide aged 13.[5] Several months after, Akana watched Margaret Cho perform on a Comedy Central special and laughed for the first time since her sister's death. She began to see laughter as a means of trying to move on with her life and decided to seriously pursue comedy.[6] Akana has been vocal about her sister's suicide and is a strong advocate for suicide prevention. In 2013, Akana uploaded a YouTube video, "please don't kill yourself", in which she explains how it felt for her to have a family member die by suicide.[7] In that same year, she released a book Surviving Suicide which contains her journal entries from the two years after her sister's death.[8]
In October 2018, she came out as bisexual.[9]
In 2019, she stated that she had undergone an abortion when she was twenty and felt it was one of the best decisions she had ever made.[10] She later presented her story as a movie for YouTube titled "Take Your Birth Control".[11] Akana is of Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Spanish, French, Irish, German, and English descent.[12] [13]
Career
Akana first started performing comedy at age 19 but switched to YouTube video performances in 2011 after experiencing panic attacks and anxiety before going on stage.[6] She later resumed performing stand-up onstage.
YouTube
In 2014, Akana formed a comedy music duo, Cat Benatar, with fellow comedian and writer Megan Rosati.[14] (The duo's name is wordplay for the pop singer Pat Benatar.)
Akana creates both comedy and documentary YouTube videos.[15] In 2014, Akana was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #72.[16] In that same year, Akana decided to focus more on her skills as a director and attempted to make one short film a month.[17] While she did not reach her goal of twelve short films, she did make six short films which were received well by her YouTube audience. Akana starred in all of her short films and has starred in various other short films, and she has since continued to create short films.[18]
One of her short films, Miss Earth, was partially financed by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's production company, New Form Digital. It was part of the 2014 Incubator, a series to showcase and produce original stories by YouTube Creators and filmmakers.[19] [20] [21] Miss Earth was later adapted into a web series, Miss 2059, and released on Verizon's go90 app in June 2016, with a second season released in late 2017.[22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
Akana executive produced and starred as the lead role in the original comedy-drama web television series Youth & Consequences, created by Jason Ubaldi and released in March 2018 on YouTube Red. She is also the host of the web series Crash Course Business: Entrepreneurship beginning in August 2019.[27]
On October 10, 2019, she was featured in a 30-minute YouTube documentary created by SoulPancake in collaboration with Funny or Die wherein a variety of comedians discuss mental health called Laughing Matters.[28]
Film and television
In 2011, Akana appeared in the TV series Awkward. In that same year, she also appeared as an extra in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" music video.[29]
In 2015, she appeared in the films Ant-Man and Kids vs Monsters.
Akana starred in Snapper Hero, a scripted video series distributed via Snapchat.[30] The series was sponsored by AT&T.
In 2016, Akana appeared alongside Sally Field in the indie comedy film Hello, My Name Is Doris, written by Michael Showalter.[31] That same year, she also appeared in a short Star Wars fan film, Hoshino[32] as well as the comedy film Dirty 30.
She has a recurring role in the Comedy Central show Corporate.[33]
She also has supporting roles as Gloria Sato in the Disney Channel show Big City Greens and Sasha Waybright in Amphibia.
In 2019, she announced on Ryan Higa's Off the Pill podcast to be part of the Netflix original Jupiter's Legacy.
Akana also hosts the podcast Explain Things to Me with fellow comedian Brad Gage where the two interview experts in various fields about their work.[34]
In 2021, Akana was announced as starring alongside Emma Roberts in the romantic comedy About Fate.
Other ventures
In 2015, Akana released a clothing line, Ghost & Stars, which features several cat-themed designs as well as formal dresses, leggings, and a variety of T-shirts.[35]
In 2017, Akana's book So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister was published. The book describes Akana's struggles and experiences growing up and offers advice to her late sister.[36]
In 2019, Akana transitioned from comedy into music, and released her debut single, "Intervention". Its music video was directed by Auden Bui.[37] [38] She has since released two more music videos, one for "Pretty Girls Don't Cry" in July 2019 and "Not My Proudest Moment" in August. She continued to release music videos for songs named "Alone Together", "Disappointment", and "Let Me Go". Her debut album, Casualty, came out in October 2019.[39] Her follow up project came out early 2021 called No Longer Yours.[40] [41]
Critical reception
In reviewing her video, "Why Guys Like Asian Girls" (which references "Yellow Fever", a term for an Asian fetish),[42] Cate Matthews of The Huffington Post wrote: "A step-by-step takedown of 'yellow fever' or the desire to date Asian women often accompanied by bizarre, offensive attempts to do so, could start the healing. Luckily for us, YouTuber Anna Akana was more than up to the video-making task."[43]
In reviewing her video, "How to Deal with a Breakup", MTV wrote: "In this sketch, comedian Anna Akana envisions the flurry of activity inside the cranial command center of a newly single dumpee."[44]
Deadline referred to Akana as "a prolific online creator whose channel boasts 60 million views and 900,000 subscribers, and last year wrote and starred in her own narrative feature Riley Rewind, scoring a none-too-shabby 20M views online."
Filmography
Feature films
Television
Web series
Discography
Singles
Promotional singles
Other appearances
Music videos
Guest appearances
Awards
Notes and References
- AnnaAkana . Anna Akana . 1162806075868889089. August 17, 2019 . Last day of my 20s. May 25, 2021.
- Web site: My dad was right . YouTube . March 11, 2013 . March 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311145803/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Rg9pESmd4 . March 11, 2016 . live .
- Web site: Luhar . Monica . Anna Akana is 'Chasing Laughs' and Telling Stories . NBC News . April 3, 2019 . en . November 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190419071203/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anna-akana-chasing-laughs-telling-stories-n452406 . April 19, 2019 . live .
- Akana . Anna . Sam Stone . Magical Girl Friendship Squad's Anna Akana on What Drew Her to the Snow . Online . . September 25, 2020 . September 25, 2020 . https://archive.today/20200926005321/https://www.cbr.com/interview-anna-akana-magical-girl-friendship-squad/ . September 26, 2020 . live .
- Web site: Surviving Suicide. GoodReads.com. December 8, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150222032203/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19092231-surviving-suicide. February 22, 2015. live.
- Web site: Luhar . Monica . Anna Akana is 'Chasing Laughs' and Telling Stories . NBC News . November 13, 2015 . March 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312135547/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anna-akana-chasing-laughs-telling-stories-n452406 . March 12, 2016 . live .
- Web site: Akana . Anna . please don't kill yourself . YouTube . September 27, 2013 . March 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311145901/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvkbHIrrrvU . March 11, 2016 . live .
- Web site: Akana . Anna . Surviving Suicide . GoodReads.com . December 8, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150222032203/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19092231-surviving-suicide . February 22, 2015 . live .
- Blynn . Alex . 8 May 2019 . Anna Akana Talks Mental Health, Coming Out & Her Music Debut With 'Intervention' . Billboard . 21 December 2023.
- Web site: 'Ant-Man' actress Anna Akana shares her pro-choice abortion views. May 17, 2019.
- Take Your Birth Control. YouTube.
- Why Asians Hate Asians . 2024-01-28 . en.
- Web site: Tang . Terry . On screen, Asian Americans rarely get into Christmas spirit . Associated Press . 21 May 2023 . 18 December 2019.
- be uncomfortable . YouTube . March 14, 2014 . March 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809092343/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRHLXx4_EWQ . August 9, 2014 . live .
- Web site: Yu . Tiffany . How Death Shed New Light on 'Riley Rewind' Actress Anna Akana's Life . Mochi Magazine . August 6, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225001032/http://www.mochimag.com/article/riley-rewind-anna-akana-youtube-series-suicide-prevention-anti-bullying . December 25, 2013 . live .
- Web site: The NMR Top 100 YouTube Channels: 75-51!. New Media Rockstars. January 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170701173153/http://newmediarockstars.com/2014/12/the-nmr-top-100-youtube-channels-75-51/. July 1, 2017. live.
- Focus//Anna Akana . YouTube . February 7, 2014 . March 11, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809085326/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pssp-CqYMaM . August 9, 2014 . live .
- Web site: Anna Akana- Short films. annaakana.com. March 11, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140424235135/http://www.annaakana.com/short-films/. April 24, 2014. live.
- Web site: Incubator Series . newformdigital.com. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160829005247/http://newformdigital.com/incubator-series/. August 29, 2016. dead.
- Web site: Filmmaker Spotlights . newformdigital.com. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160829003222/http://newformdigital.com/filmmaker-spotlights/. August 29, 2016 . dead.
- New Form Digital Press Kit 2016. 2016. newformdigital.com. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624042537/http://newformdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New_Form_Digital_Press_Kit_2016.pdf. June 24, 2016. dead.
- Web site: Verizon's Go90 Orders 6 Series from New Form Digital (Exclusive). Spangler. Todd. September 25, 2015. en-US. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160908201936/http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/verizons-go90-new-form-digital-fourth-door-1201602480/. September 8, 2016. live.
- Web site: Anna Akana takes action in New Form Digital's 'Miss 2059'. Hamedy. Saba. Mashable. April 2016. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827084231/http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/miss2059-new-form-digital-anna-akana-pictures/. August 27, 2016. live.
- Web site: Watch: Exclusive Clip From New Form Digital's 'Miss 2059,' Starring Anna Akana. Dry. Jude. June 20, 2016. en-US. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160824235356/http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/exclusive-new-form-digital-miss-2059-anna-akana-1201690752/. August 24, 2016. live.
- Web site: MISS 2059 OFFICIAL TRAILER. go90. en-US. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828101239/https://www.go90.com/profiles/va_381065232a824c33957285dde89433a2. August 28, 2016. dead.
- Web site: Miss 2059 go90 page . January 30, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131080957/https://www.go90.com/shows/9fBtLuW3u4z . January 31, 2018 . dead .
- Who Even Is An Entrepreneur?: Crash Course Business - Entrepreneurship #1 . YouTube . August 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814215327/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aozlwC3XwfY . August 14, 2019 . live .
- Comedians Tackling Depression & Anxiety Makes Us Feel Seen Laughing Matters Documentary. en. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191029005324/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBV-7_qGlr4. October 29, 2019. live.
- Web site: Last Friday Night (2011) . IMDb . December 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150709090958/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1964831/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt . July 9, 2015 . live .
- News: AT&T Launches Scripted Series on Snapchat. The Hollywood Reporter. Natalie. Jarvey. January 29, 2015. May 23, 2015. The series, SnapperHero, stars YouTubers Anna Akana, Freddie Wong, Harley Morenstein, and Jasmeet Singh alongside Snapchat celeb Shaun McBride, who also served as creative director.. https://web.archive.org/web/20150613080355/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/at-t-launches-scripted-series-767844. June 13, 2015. live.
- News: Deadline Hollywood. 'Hello, My Name Is Doris' Uploads YouTuber Anna Akana. July 11, 2014. Jen. Yamato. May 23, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319084206/http://deadline.com/2014/07/anna-akana-youtube-my-name-is-doris-sally-field-802951/. March 19, 2015. live.
- Hoshino - Star Wars Fan Film. YouTube. June 24, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170711161726/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-n36MBs1A. July 11, 2017. live.
- Corporate Scripted Series. Comedy Central. Comedy Central. September 4, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180904192206/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2017/12/12/press-comedy-central-is-corporate-scripted-series-premieres-on-wednesday-january-17-on-comedy-central. September 4, 2018. dead.
- Web site: Explain Things to Me . iTunes . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312063244/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/alternative-mortician-caitlin/id964334876?i=334757297&mt=2 . March 12, 2016 . live .
- Web site: Ghost & Stars . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065244/http://ghostandstars.com/ . March 6, 2016 . live .
- Web site: So Much I Want to Tell You. GoodReads.com. April 14, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180415063633/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32969084-so-much-i-want-to-tell-you. April 15, 2018. live.
- Anna Akana. Intervention - Anna Akana (Official Music Video). May 8, 2019. YouTube. May 14, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509193257/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOYo-OSANw. May 9, 2019. live.
- Anna Akana Talks Mental Health, Coming Out & Her Music Debut With 'Intervention' . Blynn . Alex . May 8, 2019 . . May 14, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190508163929/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8510501/anna-akana-interview-intervention-premiere . May 8, 2019 . live .
- Web site: Anna Akana is famously vulnerable. Now she's revealing it all through music . . October 4, 2019 . October 6, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191006041056/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-10-04/anna-akana-youtube-music . October 6, 2019 . live .
- Web site: No Longer Yours - EP by Anna Akana .
- Web site: No Longer Yours. Amazon.com . 25 June 2023.
- Akana. Anna. Why Guys Like Asian Girls. YouTube. March 12, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311145648/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWFQ1uiD8LA. March 11, 2016. live.
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- Web site: Anna Akana (visual voices guide) . October 21, 2023 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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- July 15, 2014 . YouTube . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715151746/http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsXW-9bShL1bsy6U12zxmnTONDJPoCs5I . July 15, 2014 . December 31, 2020 . YouTube.
- May 29, 2014 . Has Evolution Stopped? Runaway Thoughts Podcast #85 - YouTube . https://web.archive.org/web/20140529032013/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE9yzWql2mE . May 29, 2014 . December 31, 2020 . YouTube.
- Web site: YouTuber Anna Akana Is Headed to the Big Screen New Media Rockstars . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201029110356/https://newmediarockstars.com/2014/07/youtuber-anna-akana-is-headed-to-the-big-screen/ . October 29, 2020 . December 31, 2020 . newmediarockstars.com . en-US.
- Web site: Casualty by Anna Akana . October 4, 2019. iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020210/https://music.apple.com/us/album/casualty/1480066306 . live .
- Web site: No Longer Yours – EP by Anna Akana . February 19, 2021 . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020237/https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-longer-yours-ep/1542533150 . live .
- Web site: Intervention – Single by Anna Akana . May 8, 2019 . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020210/https://music.apple.com/us/album/intervention-single/1459324282 . live .
- Web site: Alone Together – Single by Anna Akana . June 5, 2019 . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020210/https://music.apple.com/us/album/alone-together-single/1466169605 . live .
- Web site: Pretty Girls Don't Cry by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020210/https://music.apple.com/us/album/pretty-girls-dont-cry-single/1469604536 . live .
- Web site: Not My Proudest Moment – Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020234/https://music.apple.com/us/album/not-my-proudest-moment-single/1474014860 . live .
- Web site: Disappointment – Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020216/https://music.apple.com/us/album/disappointment-single/1478163078 . live .
- Web site: Let Me Go – Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020241/https://music.apple.com/us/album/let-me-go-single/1480070936 . live .
- Web site: Swim – Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020220/https://music.apple.com/us/album/swim-single/1527476446 . live .
- Web site: Pink – Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020252/https://music.apple.com/us/album/pink-single/1537744293 . live .
- Web site: Run – Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020220/https://music.apple.com/us/album/run-single/1548365960 . live .
- Web site: Need You Now (From "A Million Little Things: Season 2)– Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020217/https://music.apple.com/us/album/need-you-now-from-a-million-little-things-season-2-single/1494810105 . live .
- Web site: Everything's Gotta Change (From "A Million Little Things: Season 2)– Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020222/https://music.apple.com/us/album/everythings-gotta-change-from-million-little-things/1498517065 . live .
- Web site: You Can't Always Get What You Want (From "A Million Little Things: Season 3)– Single by Anna Akana . iTunes . March 16, 2021 . April 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401020220/https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-from-million-little/1556165438 . live .
- SCREW YOU (Music Video)- Anna Akana. YouTube. June 21, 2012. December 7, 2020. November 11, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111045754/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ZnpA-o6_s. live.
- Anna Akana - Intervention (Official Music Video). YouTube. May 8, 2019. December 7, 2020. May 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509193257/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOYo-OSANw. live.
- Anna Akana - Alone Together (Official Music Video). YouTube. June 7, 2019. December 7, 2020. December 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201227221310/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znT_L3yloFs. live.
- Web site: Anna Akana - Pretty Girls Don't Cry (Official Music Video). YouTube. July 4, 2019. December 7, 2020. December 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217054342/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuAUfBS6i0o. live.
- Web site: Anna Akana - Not My Proudest Moment (Official Music Video). YouTube. August 2, 2019. December 7, 2020. November 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201120214630/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n11Xp6gKkos. live.
- Web site: Anna Akana - Disappointment (Official Music Video). YouTube. September 6, 2019. December 7, 2020. January 24, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124184105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSHGg2f_POg. live.
- Anna Akana - Let Me Go (Official Music Video). YouTube. September 20, 2019. December 7, 2020. November 21, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121001753/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_McsZD4mT4E. live.
- Anna Akana - Casualty (Official Music Video). YouTube. October 4, 2019. December 7, 2020. February 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210218083407/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wzsbc3iS3I. live.
- Anna Akana - Bad News (Official Music Video). YouTube. October 25, 2019. December 7, 2020. April 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426074502/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnVQHuqrqsA&gl=US&hl=en. live.
- Web site: Anna Akana - Spoken For (Official Music Video). YouTube. November 22, 2019. December 7, 2020. April 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410172321/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JiAYOy0D8A&gl=US&hl=en. live.
- Anna Akana - Selfish (Official Music Video). YouTube. January 16, 2020. December 7, 2020. March 4, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200304193930/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJt1NkOWmB4&gl=US&hl=en. live.
- Quicksand. YouTube. January 30, 2020. December 7, 2020. April 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200401015616/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngOFW3XY91k&gl=US&hl=en. live.
- Anna Akana Pick A Fight Official Music Video. YouTube. February 13, 2020. December 7, 2020. May 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200508090213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJCHL65a_NI&gl=US&hl=en. live.
- Anna Akana - Swim (Official Music Video). YouTube. August 21, 2020. December 7, 2020. December 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215031031/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkFZmVfSaI. live.
- Anna Akana - Pink (Official Music Video). YouTube. November 13, 2020. December 7, 2020. November 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113165834/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JktFJGcRUcI&gl=US&hl=en. live.
- Anna Akana - Run (Official Music Video). YouTube. January 22, 2021. January 28, 2021. February 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210208080522/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_C7eISjAY. live.
- Anna Akana - I Feel Nothing (Official Music Video). YouTube. February 19, 2021. January 20, 2021.
- Wanted Woman - Anna Akana ft. Macedo. YouTube. August 20, 2021. September 8, 2021.
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