Akira

Link Ink: Becoming Spider-Man, John Romita Jr.’s Record and Lego ‘Akira’
Link Ink: Becoming Spider-Man, John Romita Jr.’s Record and Lego ‘Akira’
Link Ink: Becoming Spider-Man, John Romita Jr.’s Record and Lego ‘Akira’
Infographics: Vulture's series of summer movie infographics includes an... interesting... breakdown of ways to become the hero of The Amazing Spider-Man. Charity: On May 4, John Romita Jr. will attempt to will attempt to break his own Guinness World Record for most continuous cartooning to raise money for Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada...
Good for Health: ‘AKIRA’ Bike Rides Across Japan for Autism Charity [Video]
Good for Health: ‘AKIRA’ Bike Rides Across Japan for Autism Charity [Video]
Good for Health: ‘AKIRA’ Bike Rides Across Japan for Autism Charity [Video]
Shinji Tejima spent several years and the equivalent of about $120,000 American dollars to create a flawless replica of the iconic red motorcycle seen in AKIRA, the landmark 1980s manga and anime written and drawn by Katsuhiro Otomo. The justification for such an endeavor is manifest, and the owner could have chosen to simply ride the bike around the world for the rest of his life with both middle
‘AKIRA’ Creator Katsuhiro Otomo to Return to Long-Form Manga
‘AKIRA’ Creator Katsuhiro Otomo to Return to Long-Form Manga
‘AKIRA’ Creator Katsuhiro Otomo to Return to Long-Form Manga
The great mangaka Katsuhiro Otomo is recognized around the world for his enormous influence on comic books and anime, a legacy cemented in his seminal work, AKIRA -- a 2,000-page opus that remains Otomo's only long-form manga. That is set to change, however, when Otomo begins work on what will be his first extended serial in more than 20 years...
Link Ink: New ‘Avengers’ Movie Image, Batman in Toronto and ‘Garfield’ Cupcakes
Link Ink: New ‘Avengers’ Movie Image, Batman in Toronto and ‘Garfield’ Cupcakes
Link Ink: New ‘Avengers’ Movie Image, Batman in Toronto and ‘Garfield’ Cupcakes
Movie: Empire's latest issue contains a new image of Hawkeye, Captain America and Black Widow from The Avengers. Opinion: Tom Spurgeon examines five reasons the comic book industry is in trouble (other than digital piracy). Gaming: The Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter has topped $2 million and there's still almost three weeks left to go...
Link Ink: ‘Akira’ Movie Still Not Dead, Sitting in the Bat-Signal and ‘Spacekisser’
Link Ink: ‘Akira’ Movie Still Not Dead, Sitting in the Bat-Signal and ‘Spacekisser’
Link Ink: ‘Akira’ Movie Still Not Dead, Sitting in the Bat-Signal and ‘Spacekisser’
Movies: If you were bummed when you heard Warner Bros. was shutting down the live action Akira movie, don't worry, it could still totally be ruined by Hollywood happen! Conventions: If you dig Grant Morrison, you may want to keep track of the mysterious MorrisonCon, which is apparently coming in the fall of 2012...
‘Akira’ Movie Update: Kaneda the Bartender and Actual Japanese Person Offered Role
‘Akira’ Movie Update: Kaneda the Bartender and Actual Japanese Person Offered Role
‘Akira’ Movie Update: Kaneda the Bartender and Actual Japanese Person Offered Role
As predicted by George Takei in April, Warner Bros. Pictures seems intent on making its live-action adaptation of AKIRA -- the seminal manga and anime by Katsuhiro Otomo -- as pointless as possible. Takei and other AKIRA fans' pronounced unhappiness with the studio and producer Leonardo DiCaprio's plans to cast the film with non-Asian actors was compounded this week with the release of a plot syno
Warner Bros. Officially Greenlights White ‘Akira’ As More White ‘Akira’ Films Propagate [Video]
Warner Bros. Officially Greenlights White ‘Akira’ As More White ‘Akira’ Films Propagate [Video]
Warner Bros. Officially Greenlights White ‘Akira’ As More White ‘Akira’ Films Propagate [Video]
Warner Bros. has officially "greenlit" production of AKIRA, the studio's long-in-development live-action adaptation of the classic manga and anime created by Katsuhiro Otomo. The studio announced in July that it had hired Unknown and House of Wax director Jaume Collet-Serra to replace Albert Hughes, who left the project amid fan outcry (led by the beloved Japanese-American actor George

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