Akira needs no introduction. As one of the most popular anime and manga series ever made and one of the biggest influences for the cyberpunk subgenre of science-fiction, the 1982 manga and 1988 anime ...

The news was first announced Thursday night during a Sunrise Inc. panel at the Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Details are scarce, but this new Akira won’t be a reboot of his manga or ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook You cannot rush perfection, and no one knows this better than Katsuhiro Otomo. The creator of ...

Great news for fans of Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal Cyberpunk classic here, as it's been announced that a brand new anime series based on the original Akira manga is in the works. Otomo shared the news ...

“Akira” fans will have a lot to celebrate in the coming years. Completely unrelated, although possibly timed to coincide with Taika Waititi’s forthcoming remake, the 1988 cyberpunk classic will ...

It has been decades since Akira was introduced to the world, but its popularity has yet to fade. The beloved title not only help redefine the sci-fi genre, but its international acclaim put manga and ...

Katsuhiro Otomo started Akira in 1982, and the manga series ran in Young Magazine until 1990. The series was then published by Marvel Comics in the United States under their Epic Comics imprint, which ...

'Akira' director Katsuhiro Otomo will direct a new anime series that will be a continuation of the steampunk cult classic that he made a name with and also work on 'Orbital Era,' his third anime ...

Katsuhiro Otomo doesn’t make films very often, so when he announces a new one, it counts as an event. Following the epochal Akira (1988) and Steamboy (2004), the manga master-turned-anime auteur is at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The interesting part about this new anime adaptation of Akira is ...

Otomo Katsuhiro, one of Japan’s leading anime creators, is to direct a near-future action adventure film “Orbital Era.” The film will be produced through Sunrise Inc., part of Bandai Namco. Sunrise ...

Otomo Katsuhiro, one of Japan’s leading anime creators, is to direct a near-future action adventure film “Orbital Era.” The film will be produced through Sunrise Inc., part of Bandai Namco. Sunrise ...