Tetsuo Shima unleashes his new found powers in ‘Akira’ (Manga) A live-action adaptation of the iconic manga comic (also filmed as a seminal 1988 anime) has been in Hollywood development hell for ...

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 so that after more than 20 years, Warner Bros. has finally given up on ...

Akira is a tale of power corrupting, and Tetsuo Shima is the unfortunate figure around whom this degradation revolves, as we see teenage bike gang member turn into a threat on humankind. The story is ...

In film editing, crosscutting is the technique of cutting between actions occurring at the same time, but in different locations. In Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world, foreign cinema ...

Tetsuo Shima poses with the "Dai Hard Curry" featuring him posing as Bruce Willis, at the Eruru Community Center in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, in March 2023. (Mainichi/Hideho Furihata) OMUTA, Fukuoka ...

AKIRA was originally released in 1988, and its success story changed the way Japanese cinema was perceived. Based on the groundbreaking manga of the same name by writer, artist, and visionary ...

After more than two long, excruciating years Rick and Morty finally came back. With an episode packed with Akira references and heartbreaking dedications, Rick and Morty Season 4 was well worth the ...

Via is a cinephile and a bookworm who loves fantasy and cozy gaming as well as talking about pop culture both online and offline. Some of the most underrated horror sci-fi movies have immensely ...

The dystopian Neo Tokyo of 2019 described and depicted by Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira may be as likely as our Mayan predicted destruction, but that didn’t stop the team at Japan’s Znug Design from having ...