Kanedas Bike Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 I'll probably get a little flamed for this but, in live action Kaneda's bike design looks like excrement... (which is why I would not mind the real bike above) Something about the anime bike just doesn't translate well to live action. Heeeeyyyyyy, I'm live action... -b. Quote
the white drew carey Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Nice Video. Personally don't think that Akira was all that great a manga or anime, still prefer Spriggan myself. BOOOOO!!!! Quote
Lobizon Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 AKIRA Back On At Warner Bros. With DAREDEVIL Season 2 Showrunner As Writer Quote
Old_Nash Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 The first pic of keanu Reeves in Kaneda's bike!!!!!!!! It's a joke^^ Quote
JB0 Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 And the hype train rolls on! The first pic of keanu Reeves in Kaneda's bike!!!!!!!! It's a joke^^ Keanu Reeves is... Kamen Rider Akira! Quote
Dynaman Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Too bad, the bike looks decent! (it is one of those anime items that is hard to replicate in real life). The obvious photoshopping doesn't even bother me. Quote
Roy Focker Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 How sad. And did anyone besides me not like Akira? I thought it was boring and still do. Quote
JB0 Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 How sad. And did anyone besides me not like Akira? I thought it was boring and still do. I recall being just very confused. ... It was pretty as heck, though. Quote
Gakken85 Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 It confused me as a kid... but most anime is confusing and really doesn't make a ton of sense in the end. All I know is I wanted to watch it over and over haha. Boring? It's still more violent and action packed than most anime today. Quote
peter Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 The film was basically a trailer for the manga. It could have easily been a 6 hour film. Quote
TangledThorns Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 The only way I could see a live action film work is with a all Japanese cast and Hollywood production. If they were smart they would go this route and use the content of the manga series for a film trilogy. Quote
Sildani Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 "If"... few words have sparked more disappointment, rage, fear, apprehension, sadness, hope, and disillusionment than those two simple letters. Quote
Gakken85 Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Second on the trilogy. If this DD writer is a fan and actually read the manga it would be a great chance to be faithful to the source. The budget would be massive, but maybe they could test the waters with the first one. Quote
Mr March Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 THis may be the first piece of good news I've ever read about the live action adaptation. Still not excited for this, but it is a rather interesting train wreck of a pre-production film. Makes for fun reading Quote
Gakken85 Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 http://teespring.com/what-a-lovely-shirt#pid=2&cid=2397&sid=front Cool mad max/akira t-shirt Quote
areaseven Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Christopher Nolan Reportedly Producing an Akira Trilogy for Warner Bros. Quote
Marzan Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Mmh...I think that scifi-anime/manga in general simply don't translate well to live action, but if it's someone like Nolan behind the project then maybe it has a shot. If the rumour is more than than of course. Quote
Duke Togo Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 The Nolan rumor is now being reported as being false. Quote
TangledThorns Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) I just re-read the six volume manga and thought this could definitely work as a trilogy however it would still need appropriate casting for the characters. Filming english only language Akira less than a R-rating and replacing Japanese actors with any other ethnicity would be a disaster. Edited September 15, 2015 by TangledThorns Quote
Gakken85 Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) Hey guys. Just wanted to share my favorite new Movie Reviewer: Oliver Harper. He does a great Akira review/retrospective. Edited October 23, 2015 by Gakken85 Quote
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 I just re-read the six volume manga and thought this could definitely work as a trilogy however it would still need appropriate casting for the characters. Filming english only language Akira less than a R-rating and replacing Japanese actors with any other ethnicity would be a disaster. My feelings exactly. It has the ideal structure for a trilogy jam packed with action and visual effects, but for it to work, you'd need to understand it first. All the coolness about Akira is subordinated to the whole Shinto/Buddhist spiritual evolution storyline (which is beautifully explained at the end of the book). To make an Akira film just because it has cool visuals is very tempting, but if you miss the point, you'll be left with a very expensive flop. Quote
Gakken85 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 They could make the first one a success and film 2 and 3 back to back if it was. I mean.. you think the Asian market would love it or what? Quote
Dynaman Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 Supposedly the movie is filming. I had to double check the date on the post to make sure it wasn't an April Fools joke...  https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/akira-shooting-lost-souls-noah-hawley Quote
Bolt Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 Hmm...not sure how to feel about this. Akira anything is exciting but this is hollyweird we’re talking about.. Quote
Old_Nash Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Dynaman said: Supposedly the movie is filming. I had to double check the date on the post to make sure it wasn't an April Fools joke...  https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/akira-shooting-lost-souls-noah-hawley Nope, it's real (and dreadful...) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/akira-tops-latest-list-california-tax-credit-recipients-1198716 I have a bad feeling about it.... Quote
M'Kyuun Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 As manga/anime adaptations go, I feel we got a winner with Battle Angel and a 'meh' with GitS. I thought Kaneda's bike looked pretty cool in Ready Player One, which incidentally didn't appear in the novel. So, I think the bike part is definitely doable. It's everything around it- the plot, writing, and casting, for which I'm dubious concerning a fairly accurate adaptation. I imagine it'll be massaged, Anglicized, and denuded of all the gore and violence which set it apart in order to maintain a PG-13 rating. Thus it'll likely be Akira in name only, sharing little with its inspiration. Furthermore, Taika Waititi has thus far directed much lighter fare, often with a humorous bent, so the violence, gore, and psychodrama of Akira is a bit outside of his wheelhouse. He's also shooting within a restrictive amount of time (71 days due to CA film tax-credit allocations), and as of today, casting has yet to commence. No pressure. Personally, I don't feel the need for a live action adaptation, although the prospects of what can be done with special effects is appealing. But, Alita aside, I just don't think the vast majority of Hollywood gets anime, and until more talented fans of the genre become directors, producers, and writers at a level where they can achieve the finances necessary to make high budget films, Hollywood will continue to fumble around with anime based films. Right now, I think Cameron, Rodriguez, Del Toro, Jackson, perhaps Blomkamp, and potentially Travis Knight, are the directors who I feel can translate animation to live action pretty well, and all of them have made films with anime influences, directly and indirectly. If any of these guys were given the reigns to Akira, especially Rodriguez and Jackson, neither of which are strangers to gore and violence, a I think decent adaptation could be made. As it stands, under the current director, I don't have high hopes. I hope he proves me wrong, though. Quote
Bolt Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 Agreed. But I might add the Wachowski’s to that list.. Quote
seti88 Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 A live action remake of akira... MONEY GRAB!!! Whats the point besides that! the one thing i might be looking forward though.....shouting kanedaaaa!...tetsuoooo! in the theater... Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 2 hours ago, seti88 said: the one thing i might be looking forward though.....shouting kanedaaaa!...tetsuoooo! in the theater... And still end with... "But someday.. We ought to be able to.." "Because, it has already begun" 2 hours ago, seti88 said: A live action remake of akira... I still demand to release that first live action one.  Quote
electric indigo Posted April 4, 2019 Posted April 4, 2019 At least they're not shifting the location from Tokyo to New York or something. Quote
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