Akira

Akira Cartoon gets new Life with DiCaprio, WB

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By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The anime classic "Akira" is getting the live-action big screen treatment courtesy of Leonardo DiCaprio and a first-time feature filmmaker.
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Posted on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:45:27 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

AKIRA comes on Blu-ray this Summer

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Bandai Visual announces the cult anime movie AKIRA on Blu-ray in Japan.

The AKIRA Blu-ray movie is going to be released on July 27th for 10,290 Yen (~$87). This is a pretty steep price. You get a remastered DVD with the Blu-ray version of AKIRA, but that still does not rectify the $87. We will see what the HD AKIRA movie will cost at the end when it will be available for instance on Yes Asia.

Bandai Visual also announced several other anime movies on Blu-ray but also on HD DVD.
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Posted on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Steamboy, New Anime from the Director of Akira

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Steamboy a retro-scifi Anime movie is hitting theatres in the US on March 18th. The movie is directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, the director of cult Anime Akira from the 80s, making Steamboy and automatic must-see movie. The US version also features big name voices like Patrick Stewart and Alfred Molina.

From the Sony Synopsis:
" A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian England, Steamboy features an inventor prodigy named Ray Steam who receives a mysterious metal ball containing a new form of energy capable of powering an entire nation. This young boy must use it to fight evil, redeem his family, and save London from destruction. The lush Victorian interiors and the elegance of the era's mechanical design allows Otomo to create dazzling visual backgrounds and machines for this film. With more than 180,000 drawing and 400 CG cuts, Steamboy is sure to be one of the most elaborate animated features of 2004. "
More details and Trailers on Sony Pictures Steamboy site.

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Posted on Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Anime Akira Motorcycle for Real

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At the Tokyo Motorcycle show Neo Fukuoka showed a replica of the Anime Akira Motorcycle.

The japanese manufacturer optain an official license for the Akira creator to build the tricked-out futuristic motorcycle. The bike looks amazing, it has a dual steering system, DVD based navigation system, but most important it looks like the bike in the anime movie. How much it will cost and when it will be available is not known.

More Details on Neo Fukuoka, Japanese ITMedia, MotorcycleShow and Slashdot.

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