Akira was, and still is a landmark anime film. Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomoto, which started life in 1982, Akira played a pivotal role in the introduction of the art form to western ...

A landmark anime feature film, it can be said that Akira put Japanese Animation on the map and Katsuhiro Otomo in the league of legendary anime directors. Akira is now being made into two live action ...

On February 24, 2009, Bandai Visual Entertainment and Honneamise will release Akira on Blu-ray. The anime epic revolves around the life of a street punk who is taken as an experiment subject in 2019 ...