Akira

Funimation Announces 'Akira' 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray/DVD, Including Both English Dubs
Funimation Announces 'Akira' 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray/DVD, Including Both English Dubs
Funimation Announces 'Akira' 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray/DVD, Including Both English Dubs
  That feeling you just felt? That was at least a little of the grossness of the potential Warner Bros. live action Akira movie being rinsed from your soul by the righteous news that Funimation has announced plans to release a 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray and DVD of Katsuhiro Otomo's original manga-turned-animated feature by the end of the year. It's not just a feel-good nostalgia bomb for lon
Warner Bros. Resumes 'Akira' Live Action Movie Plans With Director Jaume Collet-Serra
Warner Bros. Resumes 'Akira' Live Action Movie Plans With Director Jaume Collet-Serra
Warner Bros. Resumes 'Akira' Live Action Movie Plans With Director Jaume Collet-Serra
  Just when we thought we were done having to write jokes about what's almost certainly set to be a North American-localized live action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's beloved Akira manga and anime, Variety reports that Warner Bros. still wants to make a movie. Director Jaume Collet-Serra is once again attached to the project, with Variety reporting that WB is "still in love" with his v
Cartoonists Mashing Up ‘Akira’ And ‘The Simpsons’ In ‘Bartkira’ Art Jam
Cartoonists Mashing Up ‘Akira’ And ‘The Simpsons’ In ‘Bartkira’ Art Jam
Cartoonists Mashing Up ‘Akira’ And ‘The Simpsons’ In ‘Bartkira’ Art Jam
If you've ever thought, "I like The Simpsons well enough, but I wish it had more psychic superpowers and people's arms being shot off," artists Ryan Humphrey and James Harvey have the mash-up comic for you: Bartkira. After seeing Humphrey's initial drawings mashing up The Simpsons and Akira, Harvey decided that an art jam was in order...
See The Neo Tokyo That Wasn’t In Latest ‘Akira’ Concept Art
See The Neo Tokyo That Wasn’t In Latest ‘Akira’ Concept Art
See The Neo Tokyo That Wasn’t In Latest ‘Akira’ Concept Art
Even more concept art for the seemingly-dead live-action remake of Tatsuhiro Otomo's Akira has emerged online, with artist Rodolfo Dimaggio and Sylvain Despretz doing their best on an impossible gig. The new art follows two previous reveals of storyboard art from the project with three CGI cityscapes that give a sneak peak at what Neo Tokyo could have looked like had director Albert Hughes stayed
More Live Action ‘Akira’ Storyboards Surface Care Of Chris Weston [Art]
More Live Action ‘Akira’ Storyboards Surface Care Of Chris Weston [Art]
More Live Action ‘Akira’ Storyboards Surface Care Of Chris Weston [Art]
Though Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli) walked away from directing the Warner Bros.-helmed live action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga and anime, it seems that considerable storyboarding work was done under his leadership. As we saw in Monday's release of storyboards by artist Jeffrey Errico, it turns out that the film would've featured sequences much more faithful to Otomo's work than
Storyboards Surface From Delayed Live Action ‘Akira’ Movie [Art]
Storyboards Surface From Delayed Live Action ‘Akira’ Movie [Art]
Storyboards Surface From Delayed Live Action ‘Akira’ Movie [Art]
The unkillable live action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga and animated feature is currently getting a script rewrite after having its budget cut, but that doesn't mean fans can't catch a glimpse of an earlier draft of the film that would've transformed rival Japanese teenage motorcycle gang members Shōtarō Kaneda and Tetsuo Shima into white, tavern-owning American siblings... Read M

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