Live-action remakes of anime can be…let’s be generous and say hit and miss. Adapting such a fluid form of storytelling for the real world hasn’t always clicked, ...

Live-action, even with today's technology, put serious constraints on visual communication. Why can't we just be happy with ...

There’s no shortage of futuristic gear in sci-fi anime, but nothing has ever topped the cool factor of Kaneda’s motorcycle in ...

After two decades in production hell, Warner Bros. has given the film rights to Katsuhiro Otomo's 'Akira' back to manga ...

After 20 years, a dozen creatives attached and millions spent on development, Warners is moving on from the seminal property.

We have news that will likely be viewed as cause for celebration for most Akira fans, as Warner Bros. has lost the rights to ...

Predator: Killer of Killers director Dan Trachtenberg reveals why he was thinking of an anime classic and Christopher Guest’s dog comedy on the new Predator.

Bluth had been an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and had left in the late 1970s, frustrated with the company’s attitude to animation at that time. (United Artists, 1982) Former ...

Japanese design firm Ichiban has created a sleek, retro-futurist electric bike based on the original 1982 manga drawings by Akira creator Katsuhrio Otomo. It is modernized and made technically ...

The animated masterpiece has inspired many a vehicular imitator, but has never been bettered — and, in truth, never been made a road-worthy reality. But a new design from Japanese design firm Ichiban ...

One of the most iconic moments from Akira is the protagonist, Shotaro Kaneda's, legendary bike slide. The movie's first part puts biker gangs at the forefront of the action, and during an exciting ...