News about 'Orbital Era' has been practically non-existent for seven years.

The news was first announced Thursday night during a Sunrise Inc. panel at the Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Details are scarce, but this new Akira won’t be a reboot of his manga or ...

My earliest memory of Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime classic, came at 15, when, returning home from a night out, a friend told me with intoxicated enthusiasm that we should put on “the sickest ...

Few things live up to their hype, but there are always exceptions. In the world of anime, Akira ranks as this truth’s shining example as the classic film ages better by the day. The Katsuhiro Otomo ...

Great news for fans of Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal Cyberpunk classic here, as it's been announced that a brand new anime series based on the original Akira manga is in the works. Otomo shared the news ...

Then came Akira — a film that exploded onto my screen, dragged me through a neon-lit dystopian Tokyo, and made me question everything I thought I knew about animation and storytelling. Dramatic? Yes.

It’s almost impossible to have discussions about essential, transgressive anime that broke barriers without touching upon 1988’s Akira. Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, adapted from his six-volume manga ...