AKIRA

[Plendakor]

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[Sloan]

Supposedly a live action version in the works last I heard. I saw the movie when I was very little, haven't seen it since. Not really a manga/anime fan, but i like some of the aesthetics and ideas. Ghost In The Machine is the only other anime I've watched that I remember some of, I liked the concept.

 

[Potshot]

Last I heard, the live action version was going to be set in New York, and one can only assume it's going to suck heinous amounts of ass.

 

[xFkx]

Where can I sign a petition to NOT make a live action version ?

Anywho, AKIRA was quite the experience, I watched it as a kid and it was a trip i'll never forget. I really love sci-fi anime

 

[vespiz]

It was my proper introduction / gateway to anime and manga.

 

[drew_drummer]

My first introduction to anime as well. I also like comics and I am also 29.

I'm not much of a manga head to be honest, but predictably for someone my age, I love anything by Garth Ennis.

 

[lanky noob]

One of the best films ever imo. Plus the little blue guy's weird moan near the start is hilarious

edit: I'm horrified by the idea of a live action version

 

[sprack]

Only read the original Fist of the North Star. For movies; Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Battle Angel Alita, Ninja Scrolls, and Vamp Hunter-D were my favorites. Never found much after that I liked.

 

[DanLights]

Man, Akira was as creepy and weird as awesome for a kid my age when I saw it. I wanna see it again.

 

[Notuern]

Expected a thread about Akira Takasaki.

 

[ATLA]

akira blew me away when i was 12 years old. i couldnt really make sense of it until i watched it a few years back.


and just for notuern......

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Now I'm almost 29 years old and gone back to reading comics. hahaha

I watched a lot of animes and that movie has always been ruling the top position.

You guys read any manga ?

Don't feel bad, I'm 43 and recently got back into collecting when Dynamite released their Game of Thrones adaptation.

Really want the Akira books, too. Read a few of them in College, they were incredible.

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Oh yeah, and on an Anime note, apparently the live action Robotech is still being developed by Warner Brothers. Leonardo DiCaprio apparently passed on the new Star Wars so he could work on Robotech instead! I'm curious, and slightly optimistic.

 

[StefTD]

Not an Anime or Manga guy at all, but Akira always stood out a bit to me, but that's probably due to the fact that I was
one of the first guys in Germany to see the actual books in German because my uncle did some of the translation works
and stuff.
I wasn't even able to read properly back then...

 

[monoxide_child]

Supposedly a live action version in the works

Where can I sign a petition to NOT make a live action version?

 

[BrettT]

Haven't seen Akira in several years. Always loved it as a kid, but I could never figure out wtf was going on. Need to watch it again.

 

[monoxide_child]

I could never figure out wtf was going on.

https://www.google.com/#q=akira+plot+explanation