Akira Project (live action trailer)

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Taika Waititi Reportedly Moving Forward With His Live-Action 'Akira' Adaptation: "Sounds Like All His Focus Is On That Project"

It seems Taika Waititi is moving full steam ahead with his live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's legendary 'Akira' manga.
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Yes.

One can only imagine where he fits in his bug eyed whore in this movie.
 
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I'd rather they do a new anime series aligned directly with the manga.
 
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Finally gave up the IP. Hope to fuck it goes to the right team instead of the ones that'll make the whole thing trans and furry.
 
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MusicForFish said:
Finally gave up the IP. Hope to fuck it goes to the right team instead of the ones that'll make the whole thing trans and furry.
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Kanada will be a black tranny that has to ride a trike because they can't use their legs, and Tetsuo will be a racist white guy, or maybe a Mexican. It won't take part in neo Tokyo, but LA or Chicago, and they grew up in the hood together.

The military will definitely be evil white men though.
 
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Probably should have given the IP to WB animation.
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Why? It's not like they're going to animate it better than the original film which is a animation masterpiece. To this day it's still just amazing.
 
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Why? It's not like they're going to animate it better than the original film which is a animation masterpiece. To this day it's still just amazing.
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Yeah but they could do more stuff in the universe. I certainly wouldn't want a remake. It's a seminal cyberpunk film.
 
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Yeah but they could do more stuff in the universe. I certainly wouldn't want a remake. It's a seminal cyberpunk film.
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I don't even know if you need anything else in that universe though. Not like Hollywood wouldn't make some stupid ass deal using the setting. I mean do you really trust them to handle the IP?

Was a good story and what the hell else are you going to add to it. I'm at the comic or Manga has a lot more material, I think I have a couple of issues from the American prints and it planned on buying them all when I was a teenager, but I couldn't find the whole set.

I'm sure there's probably an omnibus out there, and I wouldn't mind getting it at some point. Hell you could probably download the damn thing, but I guess I'd rather have it in my hands.
 
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I don't even know if you need anything else in that universe though. Not like Hollywood wouldn't make some stupid ass deal using the setting. I mean do you really trust them to handle the IP?

Was a good story and what the hell else are you going to add to it. I'm at the comic or Manga has a lot more material, I think I have a couple of issues from the American prints and it planned on buying them all when I was a teenager, but I couldn't find the whole set.

I'm sure there's probably an omnibus out there, and I wouldn't mind getting it at some point. Hell you could probably download the damn thing, but I guess I'd rather have it in my hands.
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there was a box set released years ago
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Otomo is supposedly tackling a series with Sunrise Studio(Gundam) that was vaguely described but should be tackling the entirity of the manga rather than a slice that is the movie.. which I think is a better route for the legacy of Akira, and thank fuck the western live action sank. It's such a risky investment for the required allotment of money to even cut close, with an incredibly high chance to just flop.

If we can get Gundam Thunderbolts level of animation out of Sunrise with Otomo's work ethic; quite literally the best case scenario for Otomo and Akira legacy.. dudes body of work is chef kiss.


I own a colorized vers but tis not in english. iirc there is an international colorized version but not in any sort of omnibus.
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Some of my all-time favorite panels come out of Akira, Yamagata and Tetsuo standoff sequence is easily top 5; imo. Movie gave it an offscreen reference lol

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