In 2007, Ruairí Robinson was hired by Warner Bros. to direct a live-action remake of Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 Japanese animated classic Akira. To secure the rights to Akira, WB had Robinson put together ...

Let me start with a confession: before Akira, I thought anime was just a collection of overly dramatic while defying every law of physics. And while Dragon Ball Z has its charm (don’t come for me, ...

Akira is considered by many as the animé that kicked off the genre's popularity in North America and other parts of the world. At the moment, we understand Warner Bros. is working on a live-action ...

There are few anime titles with as much wide-spread appeal as the cyberpunk classic Akira so when the movie suddenly sees a widespread resurgence its impossible not to take notice. A recent 4K ...

With the recent release of Ghost in the Shell not faring very well at the box office, we're curious what the future will hold for other live-action projects based on manga and anime source material ...

Akira is one of the best-known and influential anime films ever put to the big screen, and because of the attention to detail from its filmmakers, it's been analyzed countless times by critics. In a ...