Tag: akira

A.R. Murugadoss, the man who brought the world Ghajini - the musical adaptation of Memento - and 7 Aam Arivu, a film about a circus performer who is the last living scion of kung fu Bodhidharma, is back in the...

It was back in March that we first caught wind of Bartkira, the animated fusion of Akira and The Simpsons based on a fan-generated 'zine project by Ryan Humphrey and James Harvey. After having contributed art to the printed version...

It is time once again to add another name to the endless parade of writing and directing talent to take a stab at adapting the Japanese manga and anime Akira to the big screen. The Wrap is reporting that "an individual familiar...

A fusion of The Simpsons with Akira? It sounds like something so odd that it must be awesome and that certainly seems to be the case based on the first images and sample animations released from Ryan Humphrey and James...

In Hollywood, old ideas never die, they just get put 'on the back burner' until someone comes up with a brilliant new take that will push it to 'the front burner.' And that appears to be true for the live-action...

As Hollywood see-saws on a live-action adaptation of Otomo Karsuhiro's manga and anime, Akira, that has not stopped his legion of fans from expressing their love for his work. Such an example of this passion for the source material bearing...

It aint dead yet.The (failed) progress of a Hollywood adaptation of Otomo Katsuhiro's manga and subsequent anime feature Akira has been well documented over the years and its many fits and starts and now it appears to be back under...

While Otomo Katsuhiro will always be best known as the director of Akira - based in turn on his own original manga - he has never allowed that one work to define him, constantly moving on with other projects -...

An old fan favorite has cracked the Oscar shortlist for Best Animated Short with Akira helmer Otomo Katsuhiro in the running with his short film Combustible. The story of an Edo era firefighter and his childhood love reunited in the...