Live-action, even with today's technology, put serious constraints on visual communication. Why can't we just be happy with ...

The most recent attempt at adapting the manga is also probably the most well-known, with writer and director Taika Waititi ...

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 ...

Live-action remakes of anime can be…let’s be generous and say hit and miss. Adapting such a fluid form of storytelling for the real world hasn’t always clicked, ...

Warner Bros. has had the live-action film rights to Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk manga and anime since 2002. In that time, filmmakers as varied and diverse as Stephen Norrington, Albert ...

If Akira does ever become a big-screen, live-action movie, we certainly hope they manage not to piss off the fan base. Or maybe just leave well enough alone.

The possibility of a live-action take of the 1988 anime movie Akira from Warner Bros is no longer, as Deadline has confirmed that the right have lapsed, now reverted back to manga publisher Kodansha.

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 ...

Warner Bros. has given up on their live-action 'Akira' movie has the film rights to the landmark anime film are up for grabs.