Sci-fi anime is packed to the brim with cool technology. But amid the mech suits and gravitational beam emitters, no piece of ...

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

In the “Art of Akira” catalog there were a couple cels of Kaneda on the bike — really powerful scenes — that went for like five grand. At one show I was at, someone had a set of Tetsuo in ...

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 ...

If you want to be part of one of these awesome animations, now's your chance! Berge is currently working on animating the famous "bike slide" scene from Akira and is recruiting participants.He ...

Wesley Louis. I think I saw Akira around third year of secondary school [aged 13–14]. A friend of mine had a bootleg vhs copy of that and the Fist of the North Star movie. I instantly fell in ...

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

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 ...

In it, this replica of Kaneda’s bike from “Akira,” perhaps the greatest animated film of the 20 th century, had a short cameo. That cameo never made the final cut, so it’s been languishing ...