Akira director Katsuhiro Otomo will direct a new anime series that will be a continuation of the steampunk cult classic that made his name.. Otomo, who also created the original Akira manga ...

Before "Akira," anime seen in America was cheaply produced and relegated to Saturday morning cartoons, said Joe Wos, founder of Toonseum, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, museum and website devoted to ...

Trying to bring what is widely regarded as one of the greatest animes ever made into the real world is no easy task, so much ...

My earliest memory of Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime classic, came at 15, when, returning home from a night out, a friend told me with intoxicated enthusiasm that we should put on “the ...

What with this year’s Anime Expo underway, one of the bigger pieces of news from the event is that the 'Akira' manga will be re-adapted into an anime series and its author Katsuhiro Otomo is ...

“Akira,” the groundbreaking film that helped to introduce anime to American audiences, is set to hit U.S. IMAX screens for the first time ever. This 4K remastered version of the animated movie ...

After announcing the continuation of the Akira franchise with a new anime series, his third feature length film in the form of Orbital Era, and the upcoming release of a 4K edition of Akira, Otomo ...

2018 might have been a year that lasted forever, but a new age is here at last. It took some time, but 2019 has reared its head… and anime lovers are eyeing Akira real hard in light of the new year.

In “Akira,” an event akin to the Big Bang consumes Tokyo, leading to World War III. Years later, in 2019, the streets of what’s known as Neo Tokyo are rife with violent protests and ...