WOW247: "Plans for a live-action Hollywood remake of anime classic Akira have seemingly been around since the dawn of time. But attached director Jaume Collet-Serra has apparently revealed that the project has been shelved indefinitely once more.
"We can only hope that, this time, it’s for good."
A concept artist for Creed 3 reveals how Michael B. Jordan’s love of anime inspired the actor’s red boxing shorts, which look straight out of Akira.
Whether it be the film’s subject matter and story, or the IMAX experience, Akira is a classic that deserved to be seen on the big screen.
More than thirty years after its release, Katsuhiro Otomo’s adaptation of his own manga Akira has rightfully taken its place as a 20th Century classic, a fantastical and hypnotic flight of imagination serving both as a two-hour journey of escapism and as a portal into the then-booming world of anime based storytelling.
