Akira screening in London competition

The Gate Picture House is starting a series of late night screenings with Akira on the 20th and 21st of July at 11pm. Tickets are £12.50 for an adult ticket or £11.00 for Income Support, Retired (60+) or Student. You can book tickets here: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Gate_Picturehouse/film/Akira/#

While we are still busy celebrating that Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Wises earned a nomination in the Animated Feature category of this year’s Academy Awards, we mustn’t forget that there are other award ceremonies as well. Yesterday, at the 41st Annie Awards, Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of the original Akira manga and director of its … Continued

Variety reports that Warner Brothers has given the green-light to the live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otmo’s Akira manga. Warner Brothers first acquired the rights to Akira back in 2008 and the project has had a pretty torrid time getting this far. It was originally set to be directed by Ruairi Robinson who intended to make … Continued

Hollywood news outlets are reporting that a live action film version of Akira has been pushed into production by Warner Bros. with a view to being fast-tracked and released by the summer of 2009; to be more specific, two movies in this new adaptation of Akira are being planned and they intend to cover all … Continued

The latest music video from popular hip-hop artist Kanye West recreates several iconic scenes from the classic anime movie Akira; the clips in question include the famous motorbike chase through a neon-lit Neo-Toyko. The song, titled “Stronger”, heavily samples beats from Daft Punk‘s dance anthem “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” – which also happened to have … Continued