New Akira anime series in the works, announces creator Katsuhiro Otomo
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New Akira anime serial in the works, announces creator Katsuhiro Otomo
The seminal 1980s sci-fi film is set for several new leases of life, with an ultra-HD remastering of the flick besides.
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Fans of Akira will be excited at the announcement that the groundbreaking 1988 science fiction film is getting a new anime series.
Creator Katsuhiro Otomo shared that the new series, based on his original 1980s manga of the same proper name, would not be a reboot, but a continuation of the story set in the earth of biker gangs in a futuristic Neo-Tokyo.
He made the announcement on Jul 4 during a panel at the Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, where he too shared that in that location would be an ultra-HD remastering of the original movie, set to be released on Blu-ray in Japan in April 2022 and at a later on date elsewhere.
This will come ahead of Warner Bros' long-in-the-works alive-activity accommodation of Akira, helmed by Thor: Ragnarok manager Taika Waititi and planned for release in May 2021.
In addition to the Akira anime series, Otomon will be working on a new feature motion-picture show called Orbital Era, which, according to an official clarification, is an action-adventure story post-obit the lives of young boys in a space colony under construction.
He will also exist publishing a retrospective titled Otomo: The Complete Works, which volition include every one of his works as a manga artist from 1971 to the present.
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