Back in the day, Akira was the first real exposure to anime for me, and quite the exposure! Even from that day I wasn’t big on checking out a lot of anime, in fact I can count on one finger the amount of anime I’ve watched, besides Akira. Oh, that’s Trigun btw. I did try to get through Ghost in the Shell but found it confusing and lost interest in it.
Akira was clear, yet not overly simple. It was Epic yet never felt like it was trying too hard to be grandiose. To put it in context, it’s like the Anime equivalent of The Watchmen was for comics. Well, that’s my assumption and you know what Benny Hill says about assuming. And I’m sure if any hardcore Anime fans read this fledgling blog then I’m sure I’ll get corrected – yet I’ll recommend that if there’s something I should be checking out, let’s be less troll and more helpful.
As far as the manga – I’m on Volume 2 of 6 and each volume running (roughly) 360 pages. Comparing it to the movie really isn’t fair; the movie stands on its own and is extremely well made and highly enjoyable. The manga adds way more details, plot, subplots, and characters.
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Will there be a live action version of Akira? Not being up on the anime and how the community feels, the Last Airbender didn’t make any friends…So can it be done?
The only rumors/news I’ve ever seen was that Keanu Reeves was approached, or was thought of and turned down the role of Kaneda – maybe it’s the funny first name, I don’t know. Yet, Keanu Reeves playing a 15, 16 year old street punk from Toyko…just screams Nononononono to me. To me, any live action version will just be like that over used cartoon…but just in case you didn’t see it!
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