Wondering what the big scifi eye confect of summer 2009 will be ? Chances are it ’ll be the springy action variant of post - apocalyptic manga classic Akira , executive develop by creator of the original series Katsuhiro Otomo . accommodate the six - leger serial into two movies , the new reading of this dystopian tarradiddle of a boy who becomes a mega - weapon will be the feature debut of Irish directorRuairi Robinson . Wondering what to expect from next year ’s next cock-a-hoop thing ? learn on after the jump .
Akira debut as a manga striptease twenty - six years ago , running for eight years in the Nipponese cartridge clip Young ( It ’s been reissue twice in the US , by Marvel Comics in the ’ 90 , and Dark Horse in the starting time of this decennium ) . The plot center of attention around Shotaro Kaneda , leader of motorcycle gang The Capsules , his psychic one - time best acquaintance and now enemy , Tetsuo Shima , and eponymous character Akira , a cryogenically - rooted nipper whose devastation of Tokyo decades earlier started World War III and precipitated the creation of the hypermodern metropolis Neo - Tokyo . Add in mysterious military organizations , terrorists and corrupt government figures and you have the sort of sprawl heroic poem that Warner Bros is undoubtedly hoping will capture the hearts and minds of the public in an almost ground substance - alike fashion next year .
For the manga prig amongst us , there ’ll always bethe animated movie .
WB take franchise turn with ‘ Akira’[Variety ]
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