Akira is everywhere. Watch a modern Hollywood blockbuster and chances are you’ll see a reference to Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime masterpiece, probably in the form of the iconic “Akira motorcycle slide ...

Akira (1988) is a Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. Set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, it follows the story of Kaneda and Tetsuo, two friends who become entangled in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was a time before, and a time after Akira. Katsuhiro Ôtomo's wildly influential adaptation of his own epic manga forever ...

Akira is based on a manga of the same name serialised over 120 chapters (1982-90) in Japan’sYoung Magazine, subsequently ...

The Hollywood Reporter entertainment trade magazine reported on Friday that Ezra Miller and Alden Ehrenreich are among the top contenders for the pivotal role of Tetsuo in this live-action film ...

The classic 1988 anime Akira returns to cinema screens on April 17. Set in a dystopian neo-Tokyo, it is one of the few pieces of cyberpunk manga which has translated well onto the screen. Its ultimate ...

Some 35 years after its UK release, Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk epic Akira is returning to cinemas this April. The epic animated feature is exploding back onto cinema screens through Anime ...