Live-Action Remake of Akira 329
GusherJizmac writes "Looks like Warner Bros. is looking to remake classic anime, Akira, as a live
action feature-length film. Will current computer generated special effects be enough to bring this masterpiece to life?" We touched on this earlier, but now it looks closer to production, since Norrington has finished shooting for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
no way. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:no way. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:no way. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:no way. (Score:2, Flamebait)
Crushing people into blood-balloons, mostly.
Re:no way. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:no way. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:no way. (Score:2)
I think a shotgun, or even cyanide, would be a far less painful way of doing it...
Kaneda? (Score:3, Funny)
Why didn't anyone tell me? I've been making an ass out of myself.
Re:no way. (Score:2)
You're right. Nothing could top the South Park remake of Akira.
It might actually be good for Anime (Score:5, Insightful)
Also, providing conciencious marketing, attention can be drawn to the fact that the live-action version is based on an anime film, so it may draw new viewers for the original and perhaps anime as a whole.
--CTH
Re:no way. (Score:5, Insightful)
I loved akira for its representation of a degenerated (realistic?) society, for the oppressed yet special lives that those kids lived, for tetsuo's insecurities and his relationship with kaneda, for the magnitude of devastation that one powerful deranged kid, that in all honesty could have been me or any of you, brought about tokyo. It's this apocaliptic view that made it a classic for me, and surely they can do that in a live action movie. It won't be easy, but nether was LOTR, and they pulled it off quite nicely in my opinion.
Re:no way. (Score:3, Insightful)
I can't even watch the riot scene from the opening of Akira without thinking "Welcome to the Seattle WTO protests!" nowadays.
Re:no way...but what about the Matrix ?? (Score:5, Interesting)
Tell me I'm not the only one who noticed the reference to Ghost in the Shell when agent Smith lands on top of the building on one knee with his gun pointing up as the roof cracks at the impact. That was a good example of a pure manga-style anime scene which looks quite good in live-action in fact if you watch the Matrix documentary its obvious that this was a Manga turned live-action and what a surprise...it was a major breakthrough.
People were saying the same thing about LOTR and that's not half as bad as people feared (even the hardcore fans of Tolkien). If we keep an open mind and judge this film for what it will be (not what we *think it will be* then we'll at least give them a chance to try and bring another dimension to Akira...I personally hope that it'll be as good as the Matrix in terms of effects and that we'll get that Manga/anime feeling that made the Matrix so different (for me anyway)
Re:no way. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:no way. (Score:2, Insightful)
Likewise, there's something about several thousand pages of black & white inkings that can't be done right with a couple hours of animation. Comprehensible story-line, for one.
Re:no way it will be as good as the anime (Score:3, Funny)
Re:no way. (Score:3, Funny)
Akira would be one anime that doesn't have the ungodly tits and saucer eyes.....
Now a live action Evangelion, that would need major 7of9 [easyspace.com]style corsetry...
the actors (Score:5, Funny)
DRM please! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:DRM please! (Score:2)
Actually, DRM wouldn't affect watching the movie, just copying.
You know what'll happen, right? They'll put some heavy copy restriction stuff on the DVD, and when it never appears on Kazaa, they'll claim DRM will stop piracy. Then, when the DVD's don't exactly fly off the shelves, they'll claim that customers are thieves and won't pay for stuff.
Hrmm.. when I wrote that it was meant to sound funny in a charicaturish kind of way... Unfortunately, I don't think I exaggerated enough.
Comment removed (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:This is insane... (Score:5, Insightful)
So what if the movie sucks? What's the worst that'll happen? It's not like the original movie will suddenly become a crappy movie. It's not like people will watch the live action one and then criticize you for liking the original. Heck, it's not like you're going to be strapped into a chair and forced to watch it.
If the movie tanks, the MPAA will learn yet another harsh lesson about trying to fix something that ain't broken.
If the movie is a success, it means that the director was able to add something of value to the movie, this giving you and the rest of the viewers something new to be entertained with.
So, yeah, I agree with the parent poster: LIGHTEN UP!
Re:This is insane... (Score:5, Insightful)
People will criticize your liking of the original because they don't understand the difference.
Then, if you actually influence them enough to watch the original, their preconceptions will be tainted enough by the second hack that they will not be able to appreciate the original with all due respect to the element within which it was created (and this doesn't just mean anime as much as the time period).
In the end, the secondary remake, which usually sucks, will wash with the value of the original and marginalize those that "liked the first one" first so that they become disenchanted with the general public opinion
Re:This is insane... (Score:3, Insightful)
Personally, I couldn't give a rat's ass if kids today think I'm weird for preferring the original Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, or (gasp!) Akira. It's their loss, and what difference does their opinion make to my life? Oh, I'd say about NONE.
Re:This is insane... (Score:2)
Hell no. Shouldn't stop anyone else, either. Let them be assimilated. You found something special that no one else understands. An element of enjoyment unique to you. You are not a Borg. You are a real person. Welcome.
I'll stop talking like a crunchy hippy now
Re:This is insane... (Score:5, Insightful)
Highlander.
I wish I would have never seen the second movie. It absolutely ruined the first movie.
Re:This is insane... (Score:2)
No way. (Score:4, Insightful)
Akira isn't just a movie, it's a work of art. There are just some things that don't translate from comic books to live action, and at the bottom of that list is Akira.
Re:No way. (Score:4, Interesting)
I would rather see a second movie follow the comic series. But considering that Akira lived in the comics, and died in the movie, that might be kind of hard.
Dammit, stop trying to remake every semi-successful foreign flick. Just work on some of the anxiously awaited comic projects here in the US. I'm still waiting on a Terry Gilliam-directed The Watchmen.
Re:No way. (Score:2)
Spider-man kicked ass, and really opened my eyes to what is possible. Of course Akira the movie with probably suck, but I would not say it is impossible to translate anything into live action, not after that. Even the tick did a good job of it.
It's already out... (Score:2, Funny)
The Biker's Challenge (Score:3, Insightful)
How about dealing with the societal and ethical impacts of forced and natural evolution and experimentation? Or maybe I was watching a different movie...
Re:The Biker's Challenge (Score:2)
I think that was the whole point of the "irresponsible scientists" part of the quote.
One way function (Score:2, Interesting)
But going back the other way? It gives me the willies. There's so much that can be lost, and it's just a hard problem in general. It's a little like a cryptographic one way function. Easy to compute y = f(x), but coming up with x = f(y) is hard.
What is it about the US... (Score:5, Insightful)
It would actually be nice if Disney would just release all of those old Japanese Anime titles they bought up as DVD's with English Sub and Dub tracks. Instead they bastardize them into some multi million dollar flop. *sigh*
Re:What is it about the US... (Score:2)
Some people bitch that subbed versions are annoying to watch (myself included).
Some people bitch that the first Akira dub was
Some people bitch that the most recent Akira dub wasn't all that good either (myself included).
Short of learning Japanese, Akira is like watching a color movie in black and white - you're only getting half the stimulation. I love the visuals, but there just isn't a nice way to show the whole story. The Japanese just produce far too different entertainment than the west.
And I don't know who you think treats cartoons as just kiddie fare, but almost every adult I know owns a decent collection of the Disney movies. We can bitch about Disney's product all we want, but the sad truth is, they produce the closest thing to adult animated entertainment that we have.
Re:What is it about the US... (Score:2, Interesting)
However, I know very few adults who buy (or will admit to buying) Disney tapes and DVD's for themselves. They're usually buying it for their kids/nieces/nephews/grandkids/whatevers. And to be honest, I've never really seen anything GOOD from Disney in the animation department. Most of the stuff they put out is just too childlike, and the few that I've seen that have any adult topics are way too overdone for my tastes. And for the amount of money that Disney puts into the production of one of these films, I really expect better.
You may be right about Akira, but what does that say about the American entertainment that I would rather watch Akira, even in a bad dub, or reading the subs, than the latest and greatest crap put out by Hollywood?
After watching a few anime flicks, you start to wonder why the so called "stars" of movies make so much money. 90% aren't really any good at what they do, and 90% of the scripts really aren't even worth being produced. And yet the salaries they make are so high in the stratosphere, the average person will never see them.
At least with Anime, your hero looks EXACTLY like the writer intended (for the most part), and the plots usually at least have some substance to them. Sure, the voice may not be the best sometimes, but it's still better than dealing with an actor in a role when you KNOW there are better fits for the character. I once watched a movie, which was originally a book I had read. One of the characters was from Texas, nicknamed Cowboy, and in the book it was quite clear how he looked. White redneck is the phrase that came to my mind. But in the movie, the PC police made him a large black man, and he had a North Easterner accent! I couldn't even finish watching the first 10 minutes of the film. I gave up and got the heck out of there.
Re:What is it about the US... (Score:3, Interesting)
I agree except that all my Disney released films are Studio Ghibli.
erm... (Score:2, Insightful)
in my opinion, disney does a bang up job of bringing legitamacy to japanese anime in the USA. not only do they release these movies with superstar talent to bring attention to the picture, they always have maintained a steady release schedule.
i really dont see where you can call what they do 'bastardization'. there are very few above-par english dubs on anime, so them bringing thier own into the mix doesn't affect consumers.
if anything disney helps by exposes the art to a wider audience. good for them.
Re:What is it about the US... (Score:2, Insightful)
The bourne identity
harry potter
sum of all fears
Translations do seem to make more profit than your average backflip-shooting-two-guards-with-a-pistol movie (ie. MI:2)...
Thats not to say that the US hasn't come up with some brilliant movies over the past few years, its just that its come out with a lot more shit, and i think they'll be hoping akira doesn't fall into that category.
Maybe I'm just bitter; this is of course all IMO, just i haven't seen an origional decent american movie for awhile.
Doomed to failure (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Doomed to failure (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doomed to failure (Score:2)
uhhh (Score:3, Funny)
Do we really want this guy to do Akira?
More info about "League"... (Score:5, Informative)
It's one of those indepth comic books and draws various literary characters from the Victorian-era. I mean, someone has even posted a panel-by-panel annotation [geocities.com] for it. The second series has a martian invasion of earth similar to War of the Worlds.
So we really want this guy to do Akira? I don't know. But that doesn't mean you should dismiss the "League" concept so quickly.
Final thoughts.... Hopefully The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen won't be butchered like the "From Hell" movie. Hmm... IIRC, Sean Connery is going to be Allan Quartermain.
Re:uhhh (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:uhhh (Score:2)
Oh, sorry, that was just the League of Gentlemen, not the other one...
Grab.
(PS. If you live in the US, you may not know the show. Get the videos, *now*. I guarantee there's no wierder TV show than League of Gentlemen.)
This time.... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:This time.... (Score:2)
One minute of searching on IMDB.com would have revealed it was Angelina Jolie.
just did not have large enough boobs to be Lara Croft.
I'm not sure one can have Lara Croft's video game cleavage could translate onto live action without looking like a joke, which the game character's cleavage looked comical enough as it is. I think they'd need a porn star with absurd implants to pull that one off on the big screen.
Boobs (Score:2)
Rated R (Score:2, Insightful)
Make that NC-17 (Score:3, Interesting)
I wonder if they can get Mr Miagi to play the spazzed-out scientist?
some things were better left unbroken (Score:5, Insightful)
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He said it best...... (Score:5, Insightful)
I argue for animation because I believe it provides an additional dimension for film art; it frees filmmakers from the anchor of realism that's built into every live-action film, and allows them to visualize their imaginations. Animation need not be limited to family films and cheerful fantasies. The Japanese have known that for years....
The thought of what a live action Akira might be like scares me.
Re:He said it best...... (Score:2)
Staying true? (Score:5, Interesting)
"I've been a fan of the anime for many years and understood which elements would have to be brought to a live-action translation of it," Robinson told Daily Variety.
I really hoped that the interviewer would have asked Robinson if he read the manga, because the manga is epic compared to the movie. A lot of first time viewers, and rightly so, complained that alot of Akira didnt make sense. And thats because it was a movie that that tried to capture a story the size of the Bible in just two hours. I really dont see how he can stay true to Akira if he never read the manga, and from his comments, he gives no indication that he has. Personally I think the money could have been much better spent creating a high quality Akira animated series, like the GITS2 series being made now.But then again hollywood is going ape over superhero movies, and they figure they should give anime/manga a shot, but for a live action movie, especially for the first anime live action American movie, I think Ghost in the Shell would have been a better fit. It would have been much easier to accomplish visually, it is on many levels an equal to Akira, and it is certainly more understandle for the larger audience, even without reading Shirows manga.
On a personal note, if the movie does not contain the
"KANEDA!!"
"TETSUO!!"
"KANEDA!!"
shout sequence at the Olympic stadium then it isnt worth watching.
Re:Staying true? (Score:5, Interesting)
And what, exactly, do you think "Matrix" was? It's all about the exploding watermelons. [kobran.org]
Re:Staying true? (Score:2)
Re:Staying true? (Score:4, Informative)
Akira was written by one guy, Katsuhiro Otomo. The Bible was written by committee. Which do you think is going to be more complex?
I think it's interesting that you mention the manga though, because the anime was made before the manga had ended. Otomo himself didn't know all the turns it was going to make to get to the end, but he obviously had some idea or else the manga and the anime wouldn't have ended in such a similar fasion. The anime unfortunately skipped out on all the post-apocalyptic style stuff in the latter half of the manga, but the basic themes remained intact. It's not like the anime was Starship Troopers or something.
If this guy wants to copy the anime, he won't be starting far from the mark of the manga. He'll leave out Akira's Empire and whatnot, but he could still capture the essence of the story without it.
Hm... (Score:4, Funny)
- A.P.
Live Action != Better (Score:5, Interesting)
Look at Inspector Gadget, for example. A cartoon man with a telescoping neck is quite acceptable. But when you do that in live action, like in the Inspector Gadget movie, it's DISTURBING. It doesn't even look right! You start asking questions like "How can a hat possibly contain a helicopter?"
While I'm on the subject, let's talk about Video Game to Movie licensing: Any game brought to the screen should be ANIMATED. Nobody has ever wondered what Mario would look like as a live human. And now that we know that, we regret having that question answered.
Re:Live Action != Better (Score:2)
The New "Westernised" Akira (Score:5, Funny)
Josh Hartnett and Ben Affleck star as Tetsuo and Kaneda, who will for the purposes of this film be given wholesome American names such as "Mike" and "Richard" (In the final act, Mike makes a humorous observation that Richard's name can be shortened to Dick!)
The two high school football players who were wrongfully accused and placed in a boys home (Not that there's anything wrong with that) do battle with the evil Osama Bin Akira (Played by Vin Diesel). The battle results in the evil leader using his mind control powers to send Mike battling against democracy by channelling previous generations of communists through dark rituals involving Lenin and Satan.
In the end, Mike is brought back down to earth by Richard singing the national anthem over a loud speaker and waving old glory. The two have a long embrace and make a joke about how they love each other but aren't gay.
5 stars!
blasphemy (Score:5, Insightful)
And now this. Wtf are they smoking?! Hate to be a fanboy ranter, but there are some genres that just DO NOT cross (except for maybe The Matrix). Akira is THE standard for anime and probably the first anime movie 90% of the people in the west saw.
Do it right or don't do it at all. And Warner's track of doing things right is not very good.
More information... (Score:5, Funny)
Well between the all-star cast and the killer ending, I'd say we don't have much hope of any sequels...
Re:More information... (Score:2)
oh pleeeaasse lemme get ahold of this one on M2
Remember... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Remember... (Score:2)
Why would you want to change the music?
The last thing I want to here while watching Akira is the lastest hit by Smash Mouth or techno drum beats from the Chemical Brothers.
I like both groups, but not here.
Re:Remember... (Score:2, Informative)
Who gives a toss about that??? If they make a live action soundtrack, then they should just use the OLD soundtrack, remastered and perhaps remixed a little - the original soundtrack is absolutly *AWESOME* - I have it on CD, and is one of my most favorite parts of the movie.
If they do a live action, without that original soundtrack, and instead put some cheesy pop/rock/nu-metal coz its cool soundtrack to it, that will further degrade the whole thing.
Akira would *not* have been as great as it is, without that soundtrack...
Battle Angel Alita (Score:4, Interesting)
Maybe. Just maybe. (Score:4, Insightful)
Think about the early chase sequence between the agent and Trinity. Now think about the chase late in the movie in the open-air market, complete with Ghost in the Shell-style exploding watermelons. They might just be able to make it happen.
Re:Maybe. Just maybe. (Score:2)
However the actual matrix idea was somewhat original and way cool
Why is Akira a classic? (Score:5, Interesting)
I enjoyed the film, found it interesting, but it did not "blow me away", like it seems to do for everyone else...
The animation was very well done, but other than that - I found the plot confusing, and that the characters were not developed enough. The main character was hardly introduced; it was difficult to get a feel for his character - his struggles, his motivations, etc. I have not read the manga, but from what I have heard, there is more depth to the story. (Granted there is only so much that can fit into two hours.)
I'm assuming that if this is actually done live-action, and especially if the western audience is kept in mind, many things will be changed - some for the better, some for the worse. In which case, more time may be spent developing character background. But, it also quite probable that the overall feeling may get lost in the translation even using computer graphics. Regardless, I'm still interested and will probably see it.
Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-anime. Miyazaki's films, especially US releases Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro, are some of the most amazing films I've seen.
I just haven't seen the fascination with Akira yet. Perhaps I may, if I read the multi-volume manga, and watched it again...
--
jason
Re:Why is Akira a classic? (Score:2, Informative)
Then you will understand Akira.
Re:Why is Akira a classic? (Score:2, Insightful)
BTW I just finished the recently-released manga translation, and it is excellent...well worth the $100 or so for all 6 books.
Watch it again. (Score:2)
You haven't seen the restranslation. The original one was really, really shitty. You had to either get a fansub or know a bit of japanese to really enjoy it. The new retranslation that Pioneer has released is great. It's like a whole new movie!
Re:Watch it again. (Score:5, Interesting)
But, since I didn't have a clue what was going on, I was able to fill in the gaps with anything I wanted in my head. I imagined a damned awesome story in there, which stuck with me for a long time.
I picked up the new DVD recently, and I was blown away. The animation is truly fucking incredible. And the story actually made sense -- and it was a pretty decent story!
But, it wasn't an awesome story. It was a good story, but not an epic "peel back your brain like an onion, forever reworking your perception on the universe story." I watched it about 6 times in 3 days, hoping to find something awesome there, but it just never showed up.
I was extremely disappointed -- I'd spent the last 8 years thinking that Akira might have been a truly genre shattering story, and that I had simply not been smart enough to understand it. Instead, it discovered it was just a pretty danged good story, combined with beautiful sound and graphics.
I'm thinking of picking up the comic book at some point, just to see if there's more there that didn't make it into the movie. I'm afraid of being a little disappointed again, though -- it might just be another decent story with beautiful graphics. Perhaps I should simply adjust my expectations.
Anyhow, I'm not sure if I'd really appreciate a live-action version of Akira. If they didn't try to follow the previous movie too closely, like some sort of ill-concieved psycho remake, it might be pretty danged interesting. If it turns into the classic Hollywood movie, I probably won't spend any money to see it.
Re:Why is Akira a classic? (Score:3, Insightful)
Macross (Robotech for those less versed): Semi okay anime, but still stock and standard for the time.
Gundam: Once again, stock and standard.
As far as "true" masterpieces in anime go, the best things released were Ninja Scroll, Wings of Honneamise (actually a damnned kewl flick, from the makers of FLCL and Evangelion), and of course for the umpteen bazillionth time, Vampire Hunter D.
So as far as mainstream examples go, in 1988, anime was a pretty dismal market in the US. Almost no real exposure or basis for comparison to measure Akira by.
Therefore, by 1988's standards, Akira rocked. Same way that in 1976, Star Wars kicked ass, because there were no prior examples to measure it by. However, with current tech in special effects and all, anyone could make a comparable film that could kick it's ass just as easily, for substantially less than it originally cost, in comparative dollars.
Re:Why is Akira a classic? (Score:3, Interesting)
I saw Akira back in '88 when it was originally released, that was the first time I saw an Anime on the big screen.
The German translation was quite decent but at the same time I had also read the Managa as far as it had been released in Germany which might have given me an edge over the average person in the audience.
So what makes Akira stand out?
The Story for one, it is a VERY complex story and in the usual Japanese sense you have a hard time getting into it with a western mindset, it didn't really give any quarters and the overall execution was amazing.
Of course the masses didn't get it and after 2 weeks it was out of the Theater again.
Is Akira confusing? Yes, I guess initially it is, especiallly if you don't know much about Japanese culture / mindset but in the end what stands out about the movie is that it was probably the first largely released Animation movie that was NOT targeted for kids in the west.
On the same note, have a look at "Gonin" purely Japanese, purely shocking, just by the way it was done. This also goes for other movies like anything done by "Beat" Takeshi ("Fireworks" for example (note, "Fireworks" is the US release title, for some reason they could not leave the original titel like in the rest of the world: "Hana-Bi")).
Michael
I wonder ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I wonder ... (Score:2, Funny)
You scared me...I read that as Min-Mei
Soundtrack (Score:3, Interesting)
As far as I'm concerned, the Akira soundtrack [amazon.com] is among the finest scores ever created for a film. It's quite perfect as the background discourse for the overall feel of the production.
I'm all for it, for one reason only... (Score:3, Interesting)
We've already got the limited edition DVD of the animated Akira, so why not a live action? It'll be interesting to see what they can do. I just hope they have the budget to actually make a credible attempt.
Akira was already a remake! (Score:5, Informative)
Tetsuo & Kaneda brothers? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Tetsuo & Kaneda brothers? (Score:2, Insightful)
Not a good idea... (Score:2, Insightful)
1. Super Mario Brothers - Boy, didn't that one screw up. Only good thing about that movie was John Leguizamo, who is awesome no matter what.
2. Final Fantasy - While a good film in my opinion, it didn't do too hot at the box office. Not to mention the story could have been way better, and should have been more along the lines of classic FF.
3. Resident Evil - Good flick, but still didn't do too hot in theaters. Saving Graces: The ladies, of course. Hot hot HOT!
4. Tomb Raider - Too much Angelina Jolie. Good story, but could have been better. This one did OK at the box office, but still not _that_ big.
And here's the big one...
5. G Savior. I'm sure alot of you are saying "What the hell is G-Savior?" It was a live action attempt at a Gundam movie. And boy, did it tank. Not one mention of the word Gundam, and even less big robots blowing stuff up.
It's easy to see why a fan of a masterpiece like Akira wouldn't have their hopes set too high for a live action flick. If it does work, though, I'm sure we can expect to see alot more Anime translated to live-action. I can see Mononoke Hime, Ghost In The Shell, hell FUNimation might go for broke and try to do Live Action DBZ. Wouldn't that be interesting (and frightening).
Really bad remakes (Score:2, Funny)
Two in particular that caught my attention.
1. Cris Rock playing Inspector Cleusau in a Pink Panther Remake.
2. A proposed remake of the classic caper film 'The Italian Job' set in Los Angeles!
Keanu as Keneda (Score:3, Funny)
Why do this? (Score:2)
dead before it hits the floor (Score:2, Interesting)
oh god, PLEASE, ANYTHING but live action akira... (Score:4, Insightful)
akira looked "cool" but that was about it -- the story was total spaghetti.
This is a GREAT idea... (Score:2, Funny)
How can it fail?!?! heh...
From Cartoon to Live-Action (Score:2, Insightful)
Remake BAD movies, not GOOD ones (Score:3, Insightful)
(By "bad" I mean everything that isn't a classic, so remaking mediocre movies like "The Thomas Crown Affair" is fine.)
Do it for substance, not for style. (Score:3, Insightful)
The anime captured the manga's style because the same guy made the manga and wrote/directed the anime. Norrington's a different guy using a different style. The only director who I think can do Akira's style in live action is James Cameron, who has other plans and wouldn't do it anyway because it's too similar to Terminator 2. If Norrington is mainly interested in Akira's cyberpunk/post-apocalypse style, he should have stuck with Blade or another screenplay because this way he's up against Akira's baggage and The Matrix sequels.
What Akira's anime lost was substance: it only told about 1/4 of the manga's story, and what it kept it rearranged. If he made two 3-hour movies (split conveniently before and after the apocalypse), he could get most of the manga's storyline. That way an Americanized live action version of Akira may actually feel closer to the manga than the anime version did. But does he have the guts to do that?
And even if he had the energy to make it, could he withstand the bad PR? Akira stars a loser teen who gets to act out revenge fantasies and orgies (think Columbine) and its big event is another boy who shows his fear of murder by blowing up a city (think WTC). For Norrington to get the $100M or so needed to make Akira, he'd have to remove those parts, risking ruining the plot.
Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Akira!! (Score:3, Funny)
That would have been cool.
Re:how about Urotsukidoji? :) (Score:2)
Re:Nothing can be (Score:2)
Been done. In fact, they're doing a similar thing to the Matrix. I, for one, am looking forward to it.