:::Hey People:::
So this time we are reading the manga of AKIRA! The reason we're reading this is because there is an anime movie of this that was made from the manga...AND AN AMERICAN MOVIE BEING MADE AS WELL! Even though the movie is destined to come out in 2011, it's almost 2010 so there really is no reason not to get on this!
The link to the manga if it didn't work is HERE.
INFO:
In the early 1990s, Kodansha Ltd. was in negotiation with Sony Pictures to produce a live-action remake of the film. Talk circulated again a decade later, but the project has yet to materialize. Rumors circulated that the project was canceled in both instances when the projected budget for the film was upwards of $300 million.
Talks began again as Warner Brothers signed on to produce the movie with Stephen Norrington (writer) and Jon Peters (producer). Akira was to be developed into two live action films; the first was to be scheduled for a summer 2009 release. Warner Brothers and Appian Way planned to adapt the two movies from the manga, with each one covering three volumes. Ruairi Robinson signed on as director, Gary Whitta wrote the script and Andrew Lazar, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Davisson were to produce the film.
Andrew Lazar has stated that the film is not dead and is in fact a priority project for Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is set to be released in 2011.
More information on other movies supposed to come out in America or in Asian countries: HERE
:::Newsflash:::
Cosplay Contest
Monday
December 14th
Jess and I are doing it, you should too. Winner gets the last and final prize of the semester!!!!!
:::Questionnaire:::
So everyone should have read up to page 100 at least. Please post comments below on what you thought about reading the manga, even if you have seen then anime before, reading it is completely different than watching it. So feel free to compare the two. If you didn't like it, say why.
okay, so i'm taking time out from my vacation because someone said that this wasn't working. hope this works
ReplyDeleteokay! and it worked! hope everyone is enjoying the manga...i'm enjoying florida ^^
ReplyDeleteOkay, well it's nice to see people responding... I know this is a little late, but whatever. I've been read and watched Akira (several times). The film ranks pretty high on my list of favorite animus, and the manga was one of the best I've ever read, and I don't even like manga that much. The film was and still is the epitome of Japanese animation. If you haven't seen it - I'm sorry, but you're not a true animu fan. That's just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteI read the manga a few years after seeing the movie. It's different - not terribly so, but there's a lot more in the manga, and it's much more fleshed out. I think they're both equally good. The fact that Otomo was able to fit so much in one feature length film and really pull it off is pretty damn amazing. Both deserve respect, but I do think they should go hand in hand. Most people are likely to see the film and not read the manga, but I think that you can only truly appreciate the movie after you've read the manga. =)