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Published on May 9, 2014
**Check out this Skillshare class by the director Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, about indie filmmaking and how he made the Akira Project and his newest project, Temple.
http://skl.sh/anh
The Akira Project is a crowd-sourced, non-profit project meant to create a live action fan trailer of AKIRA, the renowned manga-turned-anime film from the late 1980′s; a stunning example of both mediums as art forms. While Hollywood has been working on a live-action Akira movie for a few years now, we, as fans, wanted to take a shot at making our own adaptation. A chance to stick as close to the source material as possible. A chance to do Akira Justice.
We launched an Indiegogo campaign in July 2012 as part of a crowd sourcing effort to make this project come to life. Many people contributed not just financially but offered their time and talent to help the production that was shot in Montreal, Quebec from November 2-5th 2012. What started out as a simple idea between two guys having a beer (Hey! It'd be cool to see Kaneda ride his bike around Neo-Tokyo!), became a global endeavour, filled with adventures and hurdles, involving more than 40 artists in 12 different countries.
After a year and a half in post-production, we are proud to present the project to Akira fans the world over. We hope to have done justice to the timeless work of Katsuhiro Otomo and look forward to, someday, seeing the full scope of the Akira story translated to the big screen as a live-action.
For more information: www.akira-project.com
Facebook: fb.com/projectakira
Twitter: twitter.com/Project_Akira
Production company: www.cineground.com
Contact us at: info@akira-project.com
Music:
1. Score: Icarus (Main Theme) Deux Ex - Michael McCann (iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ica...)
2. End Credits: Kiyoko - Le Matos : https://soundcloud.com/lematos/kiyoko
Shot on RED Epic-X with Kowa Prominar Anamorphics, Cooke MiniS4, Leica Summicron-C.
Partners: CineGround, GreenGround, EZ Designs, Location Snap Shots, Studio Nora, Badpen Studios
Producer/Director: Nguyen-Anh Nguyen
Director of Photography: Jan Belina-Brzozowski
Visual Effects Supervisor:Santiago Menghini
Production Designer: Laura Nhem
Kaneda Shotaro: Osric Chau
Tetsuo Shima: Xavier Yuvens
Yamagata: Simon Li
Kei: Judy Wong
Production Manager: Aurélie Bernos
First Assistant Director: Andreas Mendritzki
Line Producer: Aonan Yang
Editor: Arnaud Faure
Sound Design: EchoLab.TV
Sound Designers: Gavin Little, Joe McHugh:
Post Production Supervisor: Simon Allard
Executive Producer: Osric Chau
Producers: Santiago Menghini, E. Nova Zatzman
The Colonel: George Manley
Lt. Yamada: Simu Liu
Special Forces: Steve Kasan, Phi Huynh, Minh Thuy Nguyen,
Jean Mai, Giancarlo Talarico
Number 26/Akira: Anh Tuan Truong
Clown Gang Biker: Luong Chun Wai
Biker: Ranga Rajachandra
See full credit list here: http://www.akira-project.com/team/
The Akira Project is a crowd-sourced, non-profit project meant to create a live action fan trailer of AKIRA, the renowned manga-turned-anime film from the late 1980′s; a stunning example of both mediums as art forms. While Hollywood has been working on a live-action Akira movie for a few years now, we, as fans, wanted to take a shot at making our own adaptation. A chance to stick as close to the source material as possible. A chance to do Akira Justice.
We launched an Indiegogo campaign in July 2012 as part of a crowd sourcing effort to make this project come to life. Many people contributed not just financially but offered their time and talent to help the production that was shot in Montreal, Quebec from November 2-5th 2012. What started out as a simple idea between two guys having a beer (Hey! It'd be cool to see Kaneda ride his bike around Neo-Tokyo!), became a global endeavour, filled with adventures and hurdles, involving more than 40 artists in 12 different countries.
After a year and a half in post-production, we are proud to present the project to Akira fans the world over. We hope to have done justice to the timeless work of Katsuhiro Otomo and look forward to, someday, seeing the full scope of the Akira story translated to the big screen as a live-action.
For more information: www.akira-project.com
Facebook: fb.com/projectakira
Twitter: twitter.com/Project_Akira
Production company: www.cineground.com
Contact us at: info@akira-project.com
Music:
1. Score: Icarus (Main Theme) Deux Ex - Michael McCann (iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/ica...)
2. End Credits: Kiyoko - Le Matos : https://soundcloud.com/lematos/kiyoko
Shot on RED Epic-X with Kowa Prominar Anamorphics, Cooke MiniS4, Leica Summicron-C.
Partners: CineGround, GreenGround, EZ Designs, Location Snap Shots, Studio Nora, Badpen Studios
Producer/Director: Nguyen-Anh Nguyen
Director of Photography: Jan Belina-Brzozowski
Visual Effects Supervisor:Santiago Menghini
Production Designer: Laura Nhem
Kaneda Shotaro: Osric Chau
Tetsuo Shima: Xavier Yuvens
Yamagata: Simon Li
Kei: Judy Wong
Production Manager: Aurélie Bernos
First Assistant Director: Andreas Mendritzki
Line Producer: Aonan Yang
Editor: Arnaud Faure
Sound Design: EchoLab.TV
Sound Designers: Gavin Little, Joe McHugh:
Post Production Supervisor: Simon Allard
Executive Producer: Osric Chau
Producers: Santiago Menghini, E. Nova Zatzman
The Colonel: George Manley
Lt. Yamada: Simu Liu
Special Forces: Steve Kasan, Phi Huynh, Minh Thuy Nguyen,
Jean Mai, Giancarlo Talarico
Number 26/Akira: Anh Tuan Truong
Clown Gang Biker: Luong Chun Wai
Biker: Ranga Rajachandra
See full credit list here: http://www.akira-project.com/team/
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pretty cool, but with what little dialogue there is i kinda felt like it was a betrayal from the OG characters.
also is that yamagata holding a gun? cus thats just dumb. Nobody has guns except the military and the rebels, the kids are a highschool aged bike "gang"
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Yamagata held a gun in the manga. You should probably check it out.
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Word ive only read the first 2 a long time ago, too expensive for my liking online and my city is pretty lame when it comes to anime/manga
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Number one rule about making an Akira trailer. Do NOT, spoil ANYTHING about Tetsuo's condition or powers. Make it seem like it is only about cyberpunk biker gangs, and let Tetsuo's powers be entirely surprising to people who have never seen/read the original.
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+XDomeMan Still, its just such a surprising plot to those who don't see it coming. I'd hate to ruin for the few who don't already know about the fantasy elements of the plot.
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Unless you're going to read the actually manga, it's pretty hard to give anything in Akira away in even a 5 minute trailer. I watched the animated film long before I finally read the story, and discovered I still had no clue what was going to happen.
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Unfortunately if you're using that trailer for funding you don't have much choice. You need to show potential investors 1) what you're capable of doing, and 2) what they can expect. You'd probably see a completely different trailer if this were for an actual finished film in the can.
This could be the only live action Akira anything that fans get ( provided Hollywood doesn't get their hands on it) so I'm happy to see what fans might have done with the project.
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not to mention that Akria is so influential that everything has been pretty much spoiled already. it's like telling someone making an FF7 movie to not give away who dies.
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+XDomeMan Still, its just such a surprising plot to those who don't see it coming. I'd hate to ruin for the few who don't already know about the fantasy elements of the plot.
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Unless you're going to read the actually manga, it's pretty hard to give anything in Akira away in even a 5 minute trailer. I watched the animated film long before I finally read the story, and discovered I still had no clue what was going to happen.
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why don't you go on kickstarter to raise the money? angry video game nerd did that along with many others.
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Hopefully if they reply I'll be able to ask them in the interview I want to get with them!
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my likeee! im a german i like animes und i have seen this film on youtube and i think this is a great trailer i hope this projekt works this team has my thump! sorry for bad scribing i am a leganstenic.
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+Danger Man Better him sucking dick, than you being an online gay bully. You Sheep fucker! You are in danger man, because of all the desease you got from fucking sheep.
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+Bob Soldier Hey! Go easy there... don't give sheep fuckers a bad name!! :-D
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+The Akira Project Thank you for not 'white-washing' your trailer! The original Akira took place IN Japan and the entire cast was Japanese. It's just wrong and racist if Hollywood casts white actors for the leads instead!
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+zillaGODTRONmeglaBalls da I though exactly the same thing when they sugested a black James Bond.
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+Bob Soldier And a black Human Torch?? There's a bunch of dumbfucks running Hollywood now!
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+zillaGODTRONmeglaBalls da Yeah like WTF, and a white Nick Furry. Also, I mean at least Goku is an orphan Alien and we don't know his parent, but that it was the whole cast for the Dragon Ball movie that was white, fuck you Holly Wood. Fuck you very much.
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+DifficultylevelAsian PLAYER1UP You got to remember though, its not just hollywoods fault! Its all the stupid fuckin black people who are like "Theres no brothers in this movie! nag nag nag, racists! nag nag nag"
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I'm just saying, most of that shit is caused by other races starting shit because this movie or that movie doesn't include their ethnicity.
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why don't you go on kickstarter to raise the money? angry video game nerd did that along with many others.
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now we have to imagine a shit made by hollywood, with Jennifer Lawrence
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+steven perez henriquez hahaha, man, so true, see the BS they are pulling with ghost in the shell? that's just sad.
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If Hollywood is still going to make an AKIRA movie, considering how China is gaining box office prominence, probably the best way to adapt AKIRA (note that I have only seen the movie, haven't read the manga yet) is to change the setting from NEO TOKYO to NEO HONG KONG. While this would technically be pandering to an anti-Japanese China, it would also be used as an excuse to make the themes of AKIRA feel more real world. The thing about Hong Kong is that they have always had this struggle to gain their own identity as they are constantly put under the control of greater powers. I has once read someone's interpretation of the AKIRA movie that the conflict of AKIRA and Tetsuo himself represented Japan's struggle for its place in the world due to westernized influence and a more westernized government. I should alos mention that this was the reason why the 1995 GHOST IN THE SHELL movie took place in Hong Kong instead of Tokyo, because director Oshii saw that Hong Kong's identity crisis could be used to symbolize Motoko's own identity crisis in the movie. Now take into account that in Hong Kong, due to China's still strict hold on Hong Kong's more democratic values, there have been student protests, similar to what happens in AKIRA's NEO TOKYO, so if the themes of AKIRA were played with to fit this then this movie could be a potential hit in China and if marketed right it could be a hit in the US and show Hollywood that you are able to use more unknown actors or actors of different ethnicities in a big movie (if successful). Now insert very artsy (or experienced) director to make said film. What do you think? Could my NEO HONG KONG setting idea work for AKIRA?
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I don't think that would necessarily be better (maybe a little) considering the tense relations between HK and mainland.
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At the beginning of the trailer, it says "AD 2030"
Isn't the movie set in 2019?
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@Sergio Snabian "rule of cyberpunk is 30 years from now" really? so is there still gonna be cyberpunk 200 years in the future? doesnt the concept change as we technologically advance past that?
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+Yaku That's what I mean. The Punk genre in general takes the modern day and sets it a few decades later to deconstruct it. 80s cyberpunk set in the 2010s obviously does not resemble the real 2010s right now....mostly.
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+Leonardo Topić Depends if you are talking about the manga or the anime. We're fans of the manga ourselves... ;)
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2019 is too close to now, so it's silly. The rule of cyberpunk is generally "30 years from now", so 2019 would make sense for 1988 Akira.
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+Jack Poulsen Did you know they are playing to have the next Olympic games in Tokyo after Brazil like in Akira
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Leonardo Topić Well.. They know what 2019 might look like now, and can imagine, the Tech, featured in an Akira movie might still be futuristic.. So they placed it further in the future to give space for progress..
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Leonardo Topić Maybe the technology presented in the original movie during 2019 was unrealistic and they changed the year for that reason.
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@Sergio Snabian "rule of cyberpunk is 30 years from now" really? so is there still gonna be cyberpunk 200 years in the future? doesnt the concept change as we technologically advance past that?
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+Yaku That's what I mean. The Punk genre in general takes the modern day and sets it a few decades later to deconstruct it. 80s cyberpunk set in the 2010s obviously does not resemble the real 2010s right now....mostly.
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If this ever gets made by Hollywood, it'll be all white guys, with token Asian women.
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acutually the guys who want to make a hollywood live action Akira film have stated that they want to make it as close to the original and casting the characters as anything but asian would be a dishonor to the fans and the original film
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Well, then they should make it like the last Transformers or the first Godzilla movie.. In cooperation with one of the Studios.. But!! The guy playing Tatsuo looks very much Cocation to me..
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Last thing i ever heard from an AKIRA movie regarding Hollywood was that it had jumped from director to director and no one really want to take a hold of it.
There was one director (dont remember his name) But that guy came the furthest with the ideas to choice some actors (that was clear 4 the roll of Tetsuo) You can read about it somewhere if you search 4 it. But nothing happened or at least what ive heard after that.
The thing is, I take it 4 sure you have seen the anime and its like what? 2 hours and 50 minutes if i remember correctly now (but i can be wrong)
And one thing every director have said is that they dont know or feel un sure about getting that down in to a 1h 50 min or 2h 30 min movie. The story is so deep and so complex so telling it will either way be rushed in some way and they said that if they ever made a movie AKIRA they needed to make it so the fans would be happy (ONE director said) The others have said that IF they do an AKIRA it might not be the same as the ANIME at all.
But hey, A ghost in the shell live action movie (Hollywood) is coming soon and if that one breaks big , MAYBE ( i really REALLY hope so) make an AKIRA movie on 3 houers long or 3 shorter movies each 1 houer 30 min or so.
But what i have seen from the Ghost in thet shell movie it dont look good.
WAAAY wrong actor for the main police woman (so sorry, i forgot her name)
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"If this ever gets made by Hollywood,"
me> bracing for some dumbass otaku rage bullshit
"it'll be all white guys, with token Asian women."
me> ....no, that's fair.
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Standbackforscience Sadly yes, though I think, they wont get away with it, like they do with GitS..
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acutually the guys who want to make a hollywood live action Akira film have stated that they want to make it as close to the original and casting the characters as anything but asian would be a dishonor to the fans and the original film
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Well, then they should make it like the last Transformers or the first Godzilla movie.. In cooperation with one of the Studios.. But!! The guy playing Tatsuo looks very much Cocation to me..
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Why DXHR music?
If Akira was known for one thing aside from its animation, it's its bizarre gamelan-style music.
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Anime Akira is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen.
This wasn't too bad.
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If they were to use this video as the opening - or closing - ceremony for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, EVERYONE would be blown away...
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Everyone, there is hope!
http://screenrant.com/christopher-nolan-akira-trilogy-warner-bros/
Good to know that such an amazing director is looking to create a movie based on Akira.
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I would argue that we already have a live action AKIRA. Its called 'the Chronicle'. But this looks really promising.
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To avoid CHINA banning it for having Japanese characters, the movie could take place in a NEO HONG KONG, which while seemingly pandering to the Chinese govn't would actually be used to take the themes, conflict, and struggles in AKIRA to the next level. Do you agree?
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This shit is tight. I hope Hollywood is watching. This is how you do an anime movie.
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If they decide to make a live action movie, they definitely should keep the main actors Japanese. I think it's important for the integrity of the story.
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I think that the most Japanese thing about Akira is that a lot of the story is themed around the fear of city-wide nuclear destruction. You lose a big part of the commentary and cultural fear by setting it in another country.
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+KingxInxYellow Good point.
The reason I had suggested Hong Kong was because I felt the the protestor and youth rebellion aspect of AKIRA would have fit nicely with Hong Kong's struggle to have its own identity while being under the influence of a bigger authority (from the suppression of its own democratic values to student protests).
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Or to avoid Chinese censors while also keeping the story's integrity set the movie in a NEO HONG KONG? If you think about it, there are many ways to connect AKIRA and its themes with Hong Kong's own struggle to have its own identity amidst an authoritarian hold (note the student protests in Hong Kong). What do you think?
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I think that the most Japanese thing about Akira is that a lot of the story is themed around the fear of city-wide nuclear destruction. You lose a big part of the commentary and cultural fear by setting it in another country.
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+KingxInxYellow Good point.
The reason I had suggested Hong Kong was because I felt the the protestor and youth rebellion aspect of AKIRA would have fit nicely with Hong Kong's struggle to have its own identity while being under the influence of a bigger authority (from the suppression of its own democratic values to student protests).
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It makes me sad that this isn't an actual movie. So many times would I go to see this.....
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...Would you really? If that was made by a hollywood studio and released to theaters?
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...Would you really? If that was made by a hollywood studio and released to theaters?
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They just need to keep whatever they did here going and just make the damn movie
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I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand it's to the letter , plus, I love Osric Chau. But I don't necessarily need page to page rendering. I want realism. It looks very DragonBall Evolution with all the CG. But it's not bad either.
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You guys need to work with a Company and make the Live Action version like this trailer.
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Other than some issues with stiff posing (number 26 and subsequently tetsuo on the ground) this is damn near flawless.
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This is awesome! It looks more based on the Manga than Anime film. Both are great but I would love to see a live action series based on the manga that goes over the entire series.
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this is infinitely superior than what Hollywood can come up with.
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If Hollywood actually respected source material they could make a superior film. Hollywood films tend to "look" fantastic, but they have no faith in the audience to support stories that aren't spoon fed to them, and they've pretty much raised a generation of film goers that want simple films that don't require much thought, filled with lots of spectacle. Secondly they are hard pressed to have a large Asian cast be the lead actors in a big budget film of this magnitude. We're unfortunately in one of the worst possible times to try and make a faithful live action adaptation of Akira.
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If Hollywood actually respected source material they could make a superior film. Hollywood films tend to "look" fantastic, but they have no faith in the audience to support stories that aren't spoon fed to them, and they've pretty much raised a generation of film goers that want simple films that don't require much thought, filled with lots of spectacle. Secondly they are hard pressed to have a large Asian cast be the lead actors in a big budget film of this magnitude. We're unfortunately in one of the worst possible times to try and make a faithful live action adaptation of Akira.
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Making Akira live action is sort of like trying to make a live action Dune film. If they follow the manga you're looking at a trilogy easy, but even the most faithful adaptation is not going to appeal to the average movie goer.
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Noooooooo...... why why ! The manga was way better please don't make a live film of this!!!! Don't ruined my best film!
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Loving this, Akira is one of the greatest movies of all time. To do the original justice it would take a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars but this fan based clip is amazing. Love the tune at the credits...anybody know what it is?
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Holy shit. I'd see this in a heart beat, unlike the possible live-action American adaptation Warner Brothers wants to give us.
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I bet they pronounce it Kana-Da, and not Kah-Ney-da
I hate that version. The Colonels voice is just wrong...
I'll hold onto my proper Orion version forever.
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I agree with you and and grateful I don't know anything about the Warner Bros version.
I fear if Hollywood got a hold of this, Micheal bay would seriously fuck it up.
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You don't want to know what they have planned for the live action.
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I bet they pronounce it Kana-Da, and not Kah-Ney-da
I hate that version. The Colonels voice is just wrong...
I'll hold onto my proper Orion version forever.
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This is one awesome ass fan film. The Kaneda theme in the ending is also noice!
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Bet they could get the funds if they started selling that red bike. I know I'd buy one, and I don't even have a motorcycle license. I'd fucking get one in a heartbeat if I could buy that thing.
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Its a quote from the english dub version.
Have you seen Gun Men btw? Christopher Lambert does an great take on that joke.
Female villain - you like to use your mouth (on account of him talking so much shit) dont you? Alright, blow me. * shoves her gun in his face *
Lambert - Ok. But i have to warn you... i dont swallow.
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Its a quote from the english dub version.
Have you seen Gun Men btw? Christopher Lambert does an great take on that joke.
Female villain - you like to use your mouth (on account of him talking so much shit) dont you? Alright, blow me. * shoves her gun in his face *
Lambert - Ok. But i have to warn you... i dont swallow.
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I'd say that this doesn't look that good but it is trying to compare to one of the best mangas out there
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Curious of what if you can make that movie but as a continuation that takes place where the Anime left off :3 I like to see that :3 =^w^=
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First 30 seconds and you already fucked it up...
The original anime movie states:
"31 years after WW3
AD 2019....."
So to stick with that whole bit.... 38 years after WW3 would be 2026, not 2030...
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The manga clearly states that it takes place in 2030, 38 years after WW3, which happened in 1992. This trailer fits the manga perfectly. I really don't understand what you're getting at.
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The manga took place in 2030, the anime in 2019. Do your research before accusing the people who made this of fucking up.
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The manga clearly states that it takes place in 2030, 38 years after WW3, which happened in 1992. This trailer fits the manga perfectly. I really don't understand what you're getting at.
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A snide actually not a snide, a blatant obvious cuss at Hollywood for always taking ideas from somewhere and F**** up the source material...
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Curious if you guys are still working on this. I would love to see a more faithful movie to the manga.
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So what you're saying is that it IS possible?
I can dig this
If Hollywood handles the remake with care and manage to make it its own thing and stick to the manga, it could be a really good trilogy. The anime classic only covers half the story, so if Hollywood don't fuck it up, we may experience the entire story. One huge drawback, artistically, would probably be if they made it PG-13. People would riot.
No offense to Japanse filmmaker, but Attack on Titan...
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Well Deadpool has shown that an R-rated blockbuster is viable given the material.
Besides I don't think that it would be good to try to bring in young teenagers or kids to AKIRA with PG-13; sometimes you gotta just face the fact that your material is for a more mature audience (older teens, college, adult).
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I still have the original Orion dub on VHS. It took me 20 years to find it.
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If there is ever a live action Akira movie, I don't care about anything else as long as they keep all of the fast-paced action, psychological horror, and sympathetic characterization of Tetsuo. I understand there's also a political subtext, which I can see most directors wanting to lean more towards, but Akira for me needs to be a psychological new age biopunk tragedy since I always read it more from the perspective of Tetsuo than Kaneda.
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+WalrusBuddha I get carried away with using the YouTube comments sometimes.
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+WalrusBuddha Also, if I was a member of the Chinese govn't, I would have suggested Beijing, not Hong Kong.
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For the political subtext, a futuristic HONG KONG would be the perfect setting for a live-action AKIRA movie.
But who should direct such an adaptation (trilogy of 2-parter?): Nolan, George Miller, Duncan Jones, who?
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+Brandon Dozier
Tbh, the great percentage of movies that are fast-paced enough to hold my attention are directed by the Russo brothers.
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Four comments where you said make it Neo Hong Kong to avoid Chinese censorships. Are you with the Chinese government by chance? I bet your with the Chinese government.
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+WalrusBuddha No. I am sorry about that; just wanted to see if someone either agreed or disagreed.
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+WalrusBuddha I get carried away with using the YouTube comments sometimes.
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+WalrusBuddha Also, if I was a member of the Chinese govn't, I would have suggested Beijing, not Hong Kong.
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If Lucy did as well as it did at the box office Akira would fucking slaughter it, don't get me wrong I love Lucy (no pun intended) but you can't tell me the manga and/or anime didn't have a lot of impact on that film
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Who should direct said AKIRA film (or trilogy)?
Nolan?
George Miller?
Luke Besson (who directed LEON: The Professional, Fifth Element, and of course Lucy)?
And what if to get past Chinese censors (note that China doesn't like Japan) while also giving AKIRA justice, if instead of NEO TOKYO that the setting for the live action movie was a NEO HONG KONG (I think there is potential to make AKIRA resonate with Hong Kong considering all the student protests and China's strive to limit Hong Kong's democratic values)? Could that work?
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+Brandon Dozier True, but it'd be a bit pissy if many were to see a change like that. Could it not be a change, while keeping in touch with the original?
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In a world where we can get Deadpool from a minute of cgi, we could get two movies covering both arcs of the manga from this.
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People bitching saying Hollywood would shit on this movie (which is probably true) but just look at attack on titan. Taking any movie or series like this and trying to adapt it to live action is just a bad idea cause if you fuck it up, there's going to be a whole lot of people pissed off
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Depends. They could just remake the original film with real people which won't be that bad, but if they changed anything it would probably suck.
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Well if it's not necessarily about changing the setting but rather more about how and why you do it. For instance while the GHOST IN THE SHELL manga takes place in Tokyo, the 1995 masterpiece takes place in HONG KONG and that change was done for artistic and thematic reasons.
Meanwhile an AKIRA movie taking place in America just wouldn't work in my opinion; again HONG KONG would be a viable change of setting since again it would connect with the themes and conflict within AKIRA.
While I think it would be cool to see Tokyo as a blockbuster setting (that is the only thing I have against white-washing, other than being a pointless race bending, that I am sick of seeing New York treated as the "center of the world".), but given China's increasing influence on Hollywood, Neo HONG KONG would be a better decision than Neo New York or Neo San Francisco since unlike the latter two HONG KONG actually can be used to make the story of AKIRA relevant and relate-able. Do you agree? Or should China and Japan just settle their tension diplomatically for a change?
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I can completely understand the level of Effort and work that got put into making this. However I do not think Akira needs, should or can be done in live action.
If it isn't broken don't break it.
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"if it isn't broke don't break it"
or make it better without trying to "fix it" (people who would try to "fix it" are the real problem, minding the so-called "realism" or trying to say that their version is "better; an actual adaptation would respect the material, not look down on it).
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Thank God, a movie about Asian people that is not casted with white people, for once!
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THE BEST OF DA WORLD EPIC UNIVERSUM FLASH :: IM RISING LIKE A SILVER SURVER IN THE GALAXSIE WITH NO END :: PLEASE GIVE ME THE FULL SOUNDTRACK AT THE END ???????????????????????????
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I read in buzz feed that chrisopther buzz Nolan could direct the live action movie
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I came here looking for something about the Hollywood movie and I'm pretty confident saying that this is gonna be far better of anything Hollywood can come up with. Amazing job guys!
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Great fan adaption. I hope that Akira will never be produced as a live action movie by Hollywood. Akira is a unique piece of art and the movie is (for me) the best cartoon Japan has ever created. There need to be put too much energy and love into such a project I am happy to see that these fans have nailed it (as a trailer).
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I wanna cry because all the comments are full of people who don't know the actual good Akira.
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Honestly I don't think they will make this movie, it will cost too much money!!
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Amazing work. This just proves hollywood ain't all it's cracked up to be
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KANEDA!!!... TETSUO!!!... KANEDA!!!... TETSUO!!!... KANEDA!!!... TETSUO!!!...
Exactly how I remember this movie...
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The music of the trailer is off, you had better used de classic sountrack of the animated movie o something similar than this cliche transformers like music
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out of curiosity, was it allowed to use deus ex human revolution theme to be used in this? did you ask permission or how is it done? im asking because im interested in something like this myself.
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This is AMAZING and NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP BY A STUDIO. PLEASE get into contact with someone about making this a feature length film, you guys did an amazing job with this trailer. I know it would require a script and everything but it's totally do-able! Everyone was far too concerned this movie would take way too much CGI to ever look good but you've proven that worry to be a pointless one.
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I would rather watch this then the superman batman movie anytime. Reminds me of old ps1 trailers. Don't know why
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I really wish there's Suicide Squad story telling when the movie approved by Hollywood, no whitewashing.
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Thank you for this awesome trailer!!! I hope someday this live-action movie will come true.
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WOW! Is so Perfect & Rare too. I would pay for the movie to see it :) If that happened in the future.
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Omg!! It's really god job guys, I seem you take care to be loyal to the original taste!!! Otsukaresama!!!
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Awesome. This has to happen, I've seen the original and have the DVD. You guys did more than just do it justice, you fully honored the Anime and the artist. Well done.
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E. Nova Zatzman is a bullshit stuntwoman that didn't earn her way into the industry like men had to and got away with basic stunt training only to gain them later on AFTER being hired to do stunts. If people like her are tied to it then it's a piece of shit.
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Cool fan made trailer for one of my favorite anime! A live action Akira movie! Would be cool to see it as a live action movie! Great job on making this trailer!
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I think this trailer may have just ruined the actual 1988 movie for me.
At least blend your CGI and LAS a bit better! ... omg. Seriously :(
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See its cool until you start remaking everything scene by scene. If that's the case why should I even watch this movie? I rather re-watch the 1988 classic, hell let me read the manga instead. Sometimes a little outside of the box(source material) is not such a bad thing, so long as the end product is dynamic.
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+ver0NIKA 8ANALE5 This is a fan trailer I think. Well anyway, it still seems a little different than the movie with the whole Yamagata scene which never happened in the movie.
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I agree on that, I believe it was a major scene only provided by the manga itself.
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Is a shame we would probably get Kaneda Washington if Hollywood decides to make the film.
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Wow, I think we are entering an age where hollywood is going to back the fuk up with their shit live action movies and a new generation of film makers will lead the way with fan funded projects that will revolutionize this crappy industry.
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If I had the money, I'd be going to these guys to get the live-action version of "Akira" made. They have it right.
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This is incredibly amazing. I wish this would become the live action movie.
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Well it was bad . KungFury as crowdfonded movie looks way better. Thats kinda funny that handdrawn anime looks BETTER in expolosions effects thatn pure CG . Too bad but as real fan of AKIRA i can only say one thing - LAME .
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So, do you have the rights necessary do carry this out? Like, if you don't you'll get sued, won't you?
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Can't wait to see the live action real version of this movie with an all white cast straight out of a GAP commercial, set in Neo-San Fransisco where the major problem is Star Bucks has put so much caffeine in their coffee that the kids started getting super angst powers (powers that can only be activated when they feel angst towards the establishment) It's gonna be hella awesome.
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+Eethan O'Connell True. Which is dumb because the story is very Japanese; reflective, I think in part, of the bubble economy period there and the eventual outcome (as in the come-down after all the excesses that came before and a struggle to regain identity). Such things can happen in the West, but it's a purely Japanese story and perfect as it is. Not everything needs a live action, a reboot, a sequel, etc. Anyway, they already tried it to some extent with Chronicle.
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+Eethan O'Connell Don't forget a PG-13 rating and a happy ending where they save the city with the power of love.
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They learn that their angst is a form of caring and caring is love... That realization unlocks their true power!!
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+Eethan O'Connell And then they will all link their mental powers and summon Anitta Sarkeesian, who will shoot rainbows out her arse and bathe the world in feminazi energy.
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This was simply amazing. So aesthetically pleasing! The live-action is mixed so will with CI. Great job. I really hope this gets made!
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Normally i would never do this ever but im making an abridge series on AKIRA heres the link
https://youtu.be/xuwfidsoz9o?t=58s
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this is good but i feel like it needs more atmosphere,the cgi could be a little more....impressive,i think they should try to shoot in live places instead of a green screen, I wasn't really feeling the young rebellious feeling like it was in the original
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+supertechnoman11 Is it really that difficult to finish the sentence? * rhetorical question *
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+kamal brooks You know it's a fan-made trailer, right? This isn't Hollywood, so....
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+supertechnoman11 Is it really that difficult to finish the sentence? * rhetorical question *
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good effort. I am wondering about the software behind this... Also none of the links of the official website works... is the project still running?
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+cyberlord64 The Project was only to be a trailer. You can go to the Facebook Page. I believe that someone was trying to move the site or something occurred. It should be fixed soon.
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absolutely amazing, well done. even though it's fan made it succeeds in indulging you into the world of otomo, well done. brings back the feel of Akira, in my opinion the greatest animated movie of all time.
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I love Akira.
That's a lot of work on the part of this team... Hats off. But I find it pity (And even annoying in the long time) to see people who want to copy and paste original works, without originality... Not to mention the music. An insult to th originale work...
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Watching this again, I can't help but say... FUCK YES!
This needs to be a thing. This is going to be a thing, right? Tell me this is going to be a thing!
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Say it with me:
Tetsuo? Kenada! TETSUO!? KENADA!! TETSUOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Apparently Hollywood is going to make it a thing :D ! the director of daredevil (amazing show btw) is going to direct it and Leonardo DiCaprio is gonna be the producer. But it will take a while for it to be actually made. Rumored 2019 ):
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+Dennis Taylor Ya know.. I wish someone had the guts to bring a manga to life full on with Asian actors.. add in Western CGI and marketing.. and just turn it loose.
Something just like this with more impressive visuals/scoring etc. If only money wasn't an object... and we could make whatever we wanted because all we valued
was the earths resources and our own time..
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I'm extremely disappointed by the fact that Hollywood will probably never be able to make something this epic. One of the best trailers I've ever seen, and it's for a movie that doesn't even exist!
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If Hollywood actually decided to due this story properly, I feel like it would require at least a trilogy. One movie covering two volumes, but then, that might not be enough. If not, I'd gladly welcome a fourth part. Whatever it takes.
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+Allen Babylon They would likely eff up the pacing like they tend to do with multiple-parters. I'm thinking latter Hunger Games and The Hobbit to start, in that they focused on how to get more money than telling the stories effectively.
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+Allen Babylon You know what ? Nolan wants to do it. A trilogy based on Akira ! Life's beautiful. (inlove)
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would like it if a Japan Film company would get off their butts and make the movie and not just depend on America to make it. If they wanted to, they could do it!
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I like the inclusion of stuff that was only in the manga as well as the movie.
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The Bikers looked way too clean-cut and not like the actual shithead punks in the animated Akira.
If the guy who made District 9 got involved you could have a hell of a film on your hands !
Nice trailer !
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so some parts of the cgi looks great, acting is horrible, and wtf is with the drug taking at the start. The entire things feels way to clean......tbh if this was a real movie trailer i would be crying myself to sleep every night.
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HAVE BEEN A FAN OF AKIRA 4 MANY YEARS FAN TRAILER AWESOME THANK YOU
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+mark mathews SAAAAAAAMMMM!! FRRRROOOOOODDDOOOOO!!! SAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMM!!!! FRODOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Christopher Nolan Gonna Direct the new Animated Sequel ''Akira'' it's confirmed !!
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I almost cry with this.. Absolutely marvelous! Superb!! Hollywood have to learn. Amazing job guys.
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Outstanding work! 10/10 would watch this film. Wish you guys were doing the remake!
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Man I hope this lived action actually happens with this one trailer, I don't think I can forgive my own Existence if it doesn't happened....... :/
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Saw the rumors surface that Christopher Nolan could be directing a trilogy of Akira movies.... I feel like an excited kid on christmas eve.
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I would watch the shit out of this. I love Akira and that trailer does more justice to the original than a hollywood film ever will.
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if you cant do it right dont fuckin do it jesus theres so many original stories you could be telling without half assing a huge franchise with a paupers budget.
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This was actually really really good! Hell, it was great! From the graphics down to the casting!! The cast really look similar to the original characters. This is by far the best anime-inspired live action trailer I've watched till date. You've really done justice to the movie. Tbh I found the original animated movie a lil creepy.. (can't blame me, I was what? 7-ish when I watched it) This trailer doesn't seem half as creepy. Which could go either way as far as the whole "do justice to the original" goes. But nonetheless it's a BRILLIANT trailer. You wouldn't believe it's fan-made. I'm going to follow through on this movie :3 you have my utmost respect!
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I do love how everyone here and their hamster is bashing on this fan made trailer while sucking on the animes massive dick. You guys do realize that: A. The anime was confusing as all fucking hell and barely made any goddamn sense, because some idiot decided to stuff together an entire manga series into a movie and B. That the voice acting for Akira sucked balls.
An before any of you nerds go "But de visiauls were awesome!" so what? James Camerons Avatar had great visuals, but the movies story still fucking sucked.
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+Boys V.S. Girls Mhm, just keep telling yourself. Ya know, I really like such pretentious shitheads like you, 'cause you think you are SO smart. Guess what, you're not, the anime is a goddamn mess and is badly paced and written. Nothing is explained, just a massive mess with plotholes the size of a death star, and plot points being brought and dropped faster than you can say "Miyazaki is a twat", so yeah in the end it's not smart, is smoke and mirrors for jack offs like you. Hell, I already named a ton of things about this pretentious ass anime that don't make sense, so I don't think I need to repeat myself. So, dear sir or madame, go fuck your respective self.
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lol its kinda funny that your the jackass who's fucking bashing Akira. and yes Akira looks fucking epic the same as avatar....if avatar was made 20 years before its time...
and for the story... well i haven't seen it in a long long time so watch it again and ill get back to you on that
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+BloodyDIMISIS55 So, who gives a fuck if it looks good? Pretty visuals don't always make up a movie. THat's like saying I should like a game for it's pretty graphics and ignore the horrible story and gameplay
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Avatar is not a bad movie. Not the best but certainly not the worst. And this trailer does suck. They can't even pronounce Akira right with that foul american accent.
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+kledder2 No, Avatar was a piece of fucking shit. An boo-fucking-hoo, they can't pronounce the Akira name correctly, let's all panic because of that. Seriously, you people make me laugh sometime.
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It doesn't sound like you're laughing. More like you are very angry. On imdb the rating is currently 7.9 so the majority agrees with me. That is a fact. And it wasn't like the pronunciation of the title is the only bad thing about this trailer. The real Akira movie is pretty good and there is nothing wrong with the Japanese voice acting. Again, the majority agrees with me (look at reviews and ratings).
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+kledder2 So fucking what that the majority agrees? You have idiots saying how Prometheus is a good movie, and I can call those people morons and say they can go and suck on Ridley Scott's fucking dick or how Avatar can go and sink in the deepest part of James Camerons fucking ass. The original Akira movie isn't good, the plot is simply stupid as all fuck, because they pretty much try to stuff a manga sized plot into one movie, which leads to plotholes the size of a goddamn blackhole, and seriously fuck you and your "It's Japanese VA's good! Whaa! Whaa!Whaa!"
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Have you ever considered stopping being a stupid fanboy and accepting that Akira isn't as great as people jerk off to it?
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The anime wasn't confusing, you just didn't get it. You needed someone to explain it to you cause your a little slow.
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Just because I like a movie doesn't mean I'm a fanboy. You are being very irrational. And I agree with Chang Yang. You are a little slow.
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+Chang Yang Fuck you asshole, the anime fucking sucked and was nothing but a pretentious mess, just like fucking Evangellion. There's nothing to get, because it's nothing short of smoke and mirrors for fuckers like you to pretend they are smart.
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+kledder2 Yeah, and I agree that both you and Chang are bunch of pretentious gits, who see this shit as deep, while in reality is a pretentious mess. So do me a fav and go fuck yourself
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+Lawlaliet Getting angry and swearing at people on YouTube, very smart! lol
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Obviously you are using emotion instead of being rational therefore your points are all invalid.
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I watched it for the first time this week and I understood everything. You have ADHD or something?
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+Lawlaliet do you also think jazz is stupid and pretentious and people only like it to seem cool? how 16 years old are you?
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+JakeTendo No, I know when a movie is just stuck up it's own fucking ass. Ghost in The Shell? That movie I understood on both visual and it's deep spectrum. Crap like Akira isn't deep like you troglodytes think, it's just pretentious crap.
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+WELCOMETHRILLHO A. Do not compare music to a visual media. B. Akira is a fucking mess because as I said before, it try's to squeeze a manga worth material into one movie. Which instead creates un-answered questions, make the movie be pretentious as fuck, and has plotholes the size of Michael Moores fat ass.
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+Eduardo Tobias Yeah, fuck you. I don't need to be 'rational' when it comes to fanboys who jerk off to this fuckin' movie. I judge these assholes the same as I do wankers who try to hammer in how Evangellion is also deep, an both those dickwads deserve a good kick in the nads with a 5$ boot.
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+Lawlaliet Now you're calling people names just for their opinion? Very fucking mature. You're just a weeboo hipster that probably likes garbage like Naruto or you're a troll.
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+JakeTendo A. Hate Naruto; B. That's not what hipsters are, hipsters are jerks offs who defend crap like Akira or god help ya Evangellion; C. Weeboos are usually jerks off's who "JAPANESE VA'S DA BEST YO!!!" and D. I can insult anyone I want if their opinion is stupid, and that's what I've dealt with. People voicing retarded opinions.
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+MagnificentBoshtet Oh yeah, I need to follow the manga. Yeah, screw that shit, I can just instead give that shitty movie a middle finger and tell it go fuck itself and read the manga instead, because least that explains everything better and doesn't end up being something that is so far up it's own ass, it could see what it had for breakfast.
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+khymerra so? Just because the same guy who drew the manga made the movie, I must ignore how plothole filled it is, how stupid it and pretentious it is? No, I won't, the move still fucking sucks, end of story. An also, the manga doesn't continue from where the movie left off, instead they stuffed six volumes worth of manga into ONE movie, which in turn made it a massive fucking mess.
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+Lawlaliet You actually do need to be rational because of these so called "fanboys" might tear you apart, metaphorically of course. You're opinion is just as retarded as there's and mine. You support the video by watching it and commenting, fuck off.
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+David .T Asshole, I saw Akira when it came out, and guess what. It made jack shit sense until I finally got my hands on the manga, so yeah fuck that movie.
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So your saying your opinion is better? May I remind you it's an OPINION, meaning its one's personal preference. If one guy or maybe a few million like a movie, who cares? It's not like its written in a book your opinion is a fact and everyone else's sucks. Act your age, it's a fucking movie. Go bitch about it to your mom.
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The movie actually does make sense; it speaks about the quest of science to further human progress, the place of the human being in the universe, the nature of consciousness, terrorism, nuclear warfare... the list goes on. It is a story told largely in the logic and dialogue of image. It is a world where big ideas are looming over everyone, ideas and technology that are difficult even for its inventors to understand. Everyone is groping around for meaning -- from the fanatics to the military to the bikers to the average people. If the movie didn't make enough sense to you, you haven't really seen it.
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+professorbland Bull-fucking-shit. It doesn't speak about anything of that, so stop fucking pretending it does, It does't explain anything, it tosses one thing after another, then drops creating massive fucking plotholes, the manga actually does explain all the stuff you mentioned. ALl the movie has is flash and mirrors and just comes off as goddamn pretentious. Seriously, the second you have a movie talk about how 'amoebas don' make atomic bombs', that's when I said this movie can go fuck itself along with any hipster dickwad who defends it.
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+MagnificentBoshtet Yeah, I know that but tell that to every brainless mofo who keeps going how "Akira OVA is good, mkay! Ya just dun get it!", hell I wasn't even bashing the trailer but saying how the OVA is stupid-plot hole filled and pretentious, and I get all these nerds going how I'm wrong. So, who needs to use a brain?
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+Lawlaliet I´ve watched the Animemovie and it didn´t make much sense to me too. Sure it seemed very philosophical, and the atmosphere interesting, but I don´t think I´m the only one who felt a bit lost watching it the first time. I don´t think it was shit though but it lacked a better storytelling.
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+Stars Sky Okay, fine me calling it 'shit' was uncalled true. An again, the reason WHY it lacked better storytelling was because it's a six volume manga into a movie. 'Course it doesn't make sense and has plotholes up the ass, but I'm more pissed off at people who TRY make it sound like it is so 'deep' when it's not.
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+Lawlaliet Even the Manga is overwritten and lags with all of these unnecessary extraneous plot lines, and the ending makes even LESS sense, surprisingly, than the movie. The reason why the movie is great and in my opinion "deeper" than the manga is that it doesn't explain, and doesn't need to explain as much as the manga. That sense of mystery leaves the images to stand more on their own. The images themselves are the story, are the main plot line. After reading the manga, I could definitely say that the movie was far superior, even though some of the dialogue in the movie could have been improved for the sake of clarity.
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+professorbland Yeaah, I'm still gonna have to call bullshit, see I watched something like Ghost in the Shell, and that movie I'd say is FAR better in it's visuals, story and overall deep messages. Akira on the other hand, just comes off as very pretentious, specially with how many plotthreads that go no where, yeah I know it's not any better in the manga. But least there, you get SOME explanation for why there is civil unrest, the Akira thing, hell even the whole religion aspect. The movie doesn't explain anything that well in it's setting, and when I as the viewer have to fill up the missing blanks. It's not my take on anything, it's me filling the missing piece of a puzzle, something the damn writer should do.
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+Lawlaliet Straight up, I'm a fan of Akira. So I've got that baggage, but exactly what plot holes are in the film Akira? (Keep in mind, not explaining something isn't a plot hole, a plot hole is when specifically presented information is contradicted by something else that is also expressed.)
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+Ryan Kramer Okay here are examples of plotholes: The whole kids thing with Akira, their goals are never explained and pretty much contradict what they are saying. They know where Akira is, and claim that Tetsuo mustn't awaken him, yet they themselves want him but don't go for him. Another plothole is we see that Tetsuo could easily shrug off multiple lazers, yet a single shot from Kaneda knocks him off. We are never given a good reason WHY Tetsuo wants to find Akira or what he's planning to do with him when he finds him, so when he finds out that Akira is nothing but remains in a jar, he looks rather dumb. How there's a religion based around Akira, when it's supposed to be a top secret government project, yet apparently everyone knows about it? The whole revolution thing, we are never given explanation for why there are rebels, when we are never told why there is civil unrest.
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You have a point man, but at least the not so perfect movie got you to read the amazing epic that is the Akira manga. :)
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Only two volumes of the manga were out when they made the movie back in the 80's, the manga wasn't finished till years later after its release.
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the anime wasn't confusing, you're just not smart enough to grasp it--it's not your fault that complicated things confuse you, how about you go watch Sesame Street, you can learn how to count and all sorts of shit lol!
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+Boys V.S. Girls Mhm, just keep telling yourself. Ya know, I really like such pretentious shitheads like you, 'cause you think you are SO smart. Guess what, you're not, the anime is a goddamn mess and is badly paced and written. Nothing is explained, just a massive mess with plotholes the size of a death star, and plot points being brought and dropped faster than you can say "Miyazaki is a twat", so yeah in the end it's not smart, is smoke and mirrors for jack offs like you. Hell, I already named a ton of things about this pretentious ass anime that don't make sense, so I don't think I need to repeat myself. So, dear sir or madame, go fuck your respective self.
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Even if it's awesome and fitting :P
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Because this is non-profit, they give credit to the song, and they included a link to buy the track (generally speaking, copyright owners don't mind this type of use of their songs; especially if it's high quality like this)
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That doesn't stop youtube very often. Hell, they made me take a video down even though it was non-profit and fair use for educational purposes lol.
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Because this is non-profit, they give credit to the song, and they included a link to buy the track (generally speaking, copyright owners don't mind this type of use of their songs; especially if it's high quality like this)
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That doesn't stop youtube very often. Hell, they made me take a video down even though it was non-profit and fair use for educational purposes lol.
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this movie will sucks,if it is cast by white people..and if it speaks in english,i mean come on..this is an anime with the background of japan and japanese character,how the hell would they speak english
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if the attack on titan movie can be completely Japanese cast, then akira can be completely American-speaking cast.
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I don't believe the whole cast has to neccessarily all be japanese, however the main protagonists absolutely should be. Having an all japanese cast may alienate some of the western viewers. Imagine a japanese company making a movie about cowboys hiring only white actors that speak english and playing this in japan. It would be difficult for the viewers there to relate. I think there's some liberties the directors can take so that the film is more palatable to not only the die-hard fans but also filthy casuals. Under no circumstances however should it take place in any other place other than tokyo.
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+Tyrel Litte well then,maybe dragon ball live action should be remade again..but this time they should change the character to indian,many indian nowadays can speak english..agreed?
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The reason why things like DB:E and Avatar sucked were not because they were non-japanese actors, but because it was simply badly written/acted/etc.
Like Edge of tomorrow the setting plays no important part in the story, replace in akira "tokyo" with any other big city and it would make just as much sense.
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+Kibate Hum ... The right middle would be to get asian and japanese actors , even if they speak English in it it will be fine , but I hate the fact that Hollywood just doesn t cast Japanese actors, as if they could not find any that spoke English , like common ... to me the cast matter ! If in the story the character is Japanese, in the movie it should be the same , no matter what the language is.
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+Dope Nana Sam on Noir Cloud
But the ethnicity plays no role in (most) stories, the cast of Akira just happened to be japanese because it happened to be written by a japanese.
Now changing the story or character development, as in making Tetsuo the good guy and Kaneda the bad guy is something that matters, but not whether they are japanese, white, black, brown or whatever.
Also the #1 reason why they don't choose japanese actors for such movies is simply: There are not enough good ones in america. (and outsourcing cost too much) Not only would they need a certain standard in acting talent, but also look and act right for the characters and have enough to fill in an entire city of people. That's literally impossible for an american studio.
But just forcing it on the movie studios in the country of origin is really bad too.
To me it seems like you missed the entire point of such stories if you think their ethnicity matters.
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+Kibate this is not true , << Also the #1 reason why they don't choose japanese actors for such movies is simply: There are not enough good ones in america.>> as you wrote, I am sorry but it it is not the truth. I work in filming in north america, so I know a bit of how it works with casting actors , you should check that documentary talking about how Hollywood doesn t want to cast a lot of Asian males in their film, specially Japanese, vietnamese ... look for it or try to get in touch with some Asians actors , ask them about their auditions, ask them and then you will reach your own conclusions. At the end of the day people believe what they want, but me I just like to stick with facts.
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+Dope Nana Sam on Noir Cloud
yeah, facts are nice, so is logic/common sense/reason
true, facts go before reasoning, but for it to become a "fact" you should provide more than "just look it up" if you want me to believe you, otherwise i call bluff or misinformation on your part. (Even people who has worked in a specific field get a LOT of misinformation due to various reasons, this is why i won't believe anyone just because "I work there")
So why not give me the title of that documentary? The only one i found looking for such a vague description is one called "hollywood chinese" which seems to be too specific of cases and not actually representing majority of studios/movies/asians/actors etc. especially not regarding adaptions of stories that are centered on asian culture.
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for me,hollywood is a huge asshole prick who thinks that they're better than anyone else and wants to get a grip / exploits other country's work..i didn't say that their work n movies is not great,it is incredible..but sometimes, the product is just unexpected and disappointing...
" #1 reason why they don't choose japanese actors for such movies is simply: There are not enough good ones in america." ??? have u ever watched live action GANTZ Movie? if not, then u should..its produced by japanese,so what i'm saying is,why bother letting other party to take over and change the main storyline setback, if the original is more than capable to making it perfect??
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+M. Dovahkin
Ehm, you completely missed the point of my sentence, which is why i even put "in america" in there. Of course there are more talented japanese actors in japan.
And no one said only japan or only america are allowed to do movies, but not both together. Just see the ring movies
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as it turns out, films AND anime don't care about the language of the setting, they care about the language of the audience. Code Geass and Phantom: Requiem of the Phantom both take place in environments where English should be the language (In Code Geass Britainia owns Japan and 2/3rds of the world, while in Phantom they're in America), but surprise they speak Japanese cause that's what media aims for, the language of the audience not the setting
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+Iori Yagami
actually there was a short batman anime(it was only 5 minutes or so) that was a retelling in ancient japan, and fans loved the shit out of that one.
almost everything in akira has nothing to do with japanese culture, heck, only their names are pretty much the only japanese thing there. The entire premise, plot and characteristics have nothing to do with japan, the real tokyo or whatever. Let's take...the manga "Monster" for example, the story is centered mostly on germany, and there are SEVERAL plotpoints and character history that play an important part in that location, changing that would be wrong. It's different with Akira, changing tokyo to new york changes nothing.
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Agreed. it would suck if they made it into an english film... Japan movie should stay in japan and only japanes can realise it to be a live action... for example, #gantz and #rurounikenshin
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if the attack on titan movie can be completely Japanese cast, then akira can be completely American-speaking cast.
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I don't believe the whole cast has to neccessarily all be japanese, however the main protagonists absolutely should be. Having an all japanese cast may alienate some of the western viewers. Imagine a japanese company making a movie about cowboys hiring only white actors that speak english and playing this in japan. It would be difficult for the viewers there to relate. I think there's some liberties the directors can take so that the film is more palatable to not only the die-hard fans but also filthy casuals. Under no circumstances however should it take place in any other place other than tokyo.
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as someone who has never seen a bit of akira
this is very pretty
but insanely confusing
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Not that they are any kind of specialists in movies, anime or anything i guess, but the WatchMojo.com channel just did a top 10 anime of all times and putted akira at number 1, theyr reason is because akira have lead to manga worldwide exposure, but for me is because i have not yet seeing an movie, anime or anything that made me see action/adventure/superpowers like akira did, when i saw akira all the superpower thing got awesome clear as a mayhem destruction nonsense cool and entertaining, it was like another continent of entertainment for me to hope see again, and it took alot of time for me to see anything like that again. It was only in the late 90's that things got more destruction wise in cartoons and movies like that. If you are not old like me, you are living in the age that you can see alot of things awesome like at any time, when i was growing up we had a lack of of cool destructions like that, we had lame Rambo at best.
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+RainDaemonic yeah i saw a few scenes on ytube since my comment
uhhh, that mutation shit was cool lookin tho
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The plot basically boils down to "hey what would happen if we just gave some random guy godlike powers that he has no idea how to control," but it's surprisingly deep as a character study/ social commentary. Plus the visuals are cool too, and that's the main thing.
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If you see the movie, keep in mind that it doesn't explain anything, if you want to understand, read the mang, is really good.
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+Noah Fence Only... They didn´t actually give him godlike powers for him because the didn´t know if him cud have it or not. Also, the old kids seems like under alot of control, at least thy think so. So... your argument is invalid, weak, not well formed, as someone that have not seeing the movie at all and ebola!
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+Marcelo L. de L. I was talking about the writers of the movie, not the scientists.
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Not that they are any kind of specialists in movies, anime or anything i guess, but the WatchMojo.com channel just did a top 10 anime of all times and putted akira at number 1, theyr reason is because akira have lead to manga worldwide exposure, but for me is because i have not yet seeing an movie, anime or anything that made me see action/adventure/superpowers like akira did, when i saw akira all the superpower thing got awesome clear as a mayhem destruction nonsense cool and entertaining, it was like another continent of entertainment for me to hope see again, and it took alot of time for me to see anything like that again. It was only in the late 90's that things got more destruction wise in cartoons and movies like that. If you are not old like me, you are living in the age that you can see alot of things awesome like at any time, when i was growing up we had a lack of of cool destructions like that, we had lame Rambo at best.
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This is marvelous. If Hollywood's adaptation is even half as good as this, I'll be pleased. Also,KEVIN!!!!!! XD*ahem*Keep up the good work.
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+Oliver R Isn't it great? You can get it here: https://lematos.bandcamp.com/track/kiyoko
It is called "Kiyoko" by Le Matos.
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The only people that could pull this film of would be Quinton Tarintino and Robert Rodriguez
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+Trent Trent Mamoru Oshii should give advise to Takashi Miike to make a live action remake. Miike is, excuse me, sick enough pull off a movie with the sickness level of Akira and Oshii with his Anime and Cyberpunk background could throw in a lot of good ideas and how to handle a live action remake.
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Something that bigged me about the film: The General didnt die. He was the closest thing to a vilain there was in the film... although i guess failing and lvinf in shame is worse.
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+Manu Rodz
He's not a villain per-say, just has different views than Kanneda. There really isn't a villain in the traditional sense, though Tetsuo is probably the closest.
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+Nubnut
Yeah the general was definitely not the villain. It's not a black and white film. Even Tetsuo has his own emotional reasons though he is certainly corrupt. I wonder why Kaneda didn't try to reason with him much. Maybe that's just not his style though you'd think he would given they used to be close friends.
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Another feeble attempt from shallow imaginations to make mortal man appear more than he is!
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Read between the lines. The dude is obviously bible thumpin. Talkin about makin mortal man appear more than he is.
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i don't understand these concepts.. you spent like three years to make a thing that the anime already does? i really dont get it IT'S ALREADY THERE WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR SHITTY VERSION it doesn't make any sense
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