Akira

Minister Akira Nagatsuma (L) visit a temporary shelter for jobless and homeless people at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo on Dec. ...

His middle name Akira is a Japanese name meaning "bright, intelligent" made popular in recent years by Japanese video games and manga. ... and more »

A public shelter capable of accommodating hundreds of people will be set up in Tokyo during the New Year's holiday period, welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma ... Public shelter for homeless set up for holiday seasonMonsters and Critics.com all 3 news articles »

Akira' was a turning point," said Paul Herman of French comics publisher Glenat. He, like many manga fans, distinguished between the cult of the manga ... and more »

Iron Man" screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby inherited the live-action "Akira" film at Leonardo DiCaprio's production company that might or might not ... and more »

Of interest is the note that the project would encompass all six volumes of "Akira" creator Katsuhiro Otomo's manga. The famous 1988 anime adaptation was ... and more »

blog) The manga, written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki, began running in 1983, in Shogakukan's “Big Comic Spirits” weekly manga magazine, ... Final Volume of the Ultimate Food Manga - Oishinbo Releasing January 19Anime News Network (press release)

Akira Fukuda says he engaged Japanese architect Ueki from A&T Company in Tokyo to design his Ho Chi Minh City restaurant to make it Japanese, for all three ...

UGO (blog) The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga Gets a Fitting Tribute UGO (blog) The book, which opens with a foreword from another Japanese animation luminary, Akira creator Katushiro Otomo, is also packaged with a fantastic forty-five ... and more »

M&M: 'Blade Runner' Screening I also saw the Japanese anime Akira for the first time recently. I had no idea anime could be so good. Dune was one of my favorite books but the ... and more »

Manga Review: Oishinbo: The Joy of Rice by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki Blogcritics.org (blog) A popular foodee manga, with over a hundred volumes in its native Japan, Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki's Oishinbo tells the story of Yamaoka Shiro, ...

“There is a specific building in Tokyo by an architect called Toyo Ito which I love,” says Brad. “It is called the Tod's Building. ... and more »

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Two other Japanese tourists were injured and one, 37-year-old Akira Shimata, is still in critical condition, the spokesman said. Police are still trying to ... SKorea blaze toll hits 15 as another Japanese tourist diesChannel News Asia

So they're not the next “Akira.” That's beside the point. FSM is about helping creators get their ideas into the hands of others, be it fellow FSM members ... and more »

A local hospital said the injured Japanese were born in 1972 and identified as Akira Shimada, Masaru Kasahara and Yohei Harada. ... Busan gun range fire likely killed eight JapaneseThe Japan Times 8 Japanese killed in S. Korea fire: officialsKyodo News

It may be $US375 and not out until the first quarter of 2010, but this replica of the bike driven by Kaneda in Akira is ridiculously awesome. ... and more »

Warm up your "Sweet and Happy Boy's Love Life" with another huge issue of Gush, for Boy's Love manga fans. This is a thick manga with 480 pages of nice artwork and romantic stories by some great BL artists. In this January issue there are 12 exciting stories by individual artists including Tak...

Shitamachi" literally means "downtown" and it refers to the old part of Tokyo, and this is a great erotic manga by Akira Ozaki and Action Comics. When world renowned (and busty) princess Maria Som Gerald comes to live in Japan with her (equally busty) friend Yukie Hazuki, Yukie's son will r...

Akira is called the "definitive classic of anime". It's hard to imagine why, as the attempt to cram an unfinished manga (comic) into a compact film left the plot of Akira confusing and only partially explained. Pair that with the graphic violence and ...

By yonghow Revisiting the Art of Akira Part II - Akira ClubRevisiting the Art of Akira Part I - Akira Animation ArchivesAkira on Blu-rayWho is Katsuhiro Otomo ? 大友克洋 新解説Freedom screenplay + art of book 01 “The Continuity of Akira” is a 2 volume storyboard book set published in 1988 (right around the t...

 PA - Bradley Vasoli Mr. Gondry's “Interior Design,” the first of the lot, begins as a young Japanese man Akira and his girlfriend Hiroko move in with their friend Akemi as they search for an apartment of their own. Akira is an aspiring moviemaker whose tackily avant-garde ...

 UT And if they are smart it will be an opening to read the comic. Example: I viewed Akira before reading the manga. There are many, many differences, but overall I liked the manga better. However, no one can say the movie is bad (the movie is great), ...

By yonghow Revisiting the Art of Akira Part I - Akira Animation ArchivesKatsuhiro Otomo + Katsuya Terada = VIVA IL CICLISSIMO!Freedom screenplay + art of book 01Brutus Special Issue : Takehiko InoueWho is Katsuhiro Otomo ? 大友克洋 新解説 Published in 1995, some 6 years after the film’s initial release,...

Instead, they seem much more like three random films that just happen to take place in Tokyo. With "Interior Design," Gondry explores notions of love and uselessness as he follows a young couple who move to Tokyo. Akira (Ryo Kase) is an indie filmmaker ...

 OH Told in the manga style of graphic novels, the artwork by Akira Hanasaki lets the reader savor each chapter step by step. The main character, Yamaoka Shiro, is on a quest for items to be part of the "ultimate menu." Although hardly what one would ...

By yonghow The Akira Animation Archives contains the most comprehensive collection of “behind the scenes” artwork from the animation film ( for artwork on the manga series, watch out for part II ), from concept sketches, in depth character sheets, background art, layout boards, mecha design, th...

 - Jan 17, 2009 The anime DragonBall Z will be released in April and rumors have been buzzing for quite some time on the possibilities of the classic Akira becoming a live ...

 Canada - He watched Japanese animation (manga) like Ninja Scroll, Akira and Ghost in the Shell. Films and comics have helped him develop the ability to see where the ...

 CA - Ketch confronts a Japanese Ghost Rider clearly cribbed from Kaneda in the anime classic Akira. Aaron isn't exactly shy about showing off his cinematic ...

By 1UP Staff The Nintendo DS game will be released on March 28, 2009 in Japan for ?5980 ($64), somewhat more expensive than the ?4800 ($52) DS average but still well below many predictions. Wada had previously stated that he would set the DQIX price point as high as the market would bear, but Bandai Namco...

 NY - Dec 3, 2008 A young Japanese couple, Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani) and Akira (Ryo Kase), have arrived in the big city of Tokyo from a smaller town. They are short on cash and ...

Yeah, Tokyo’s got to be number one simply by sheer volume of manga/anime, let alone live action films. Akira, Evangelion, Neo-Tokyo, X, Fist of the North Star – the list is pretty much endless. And do films like Grave of the Fireflies ...

Back then, the still-mighty Japanese film industry looked down on the programs of their small-screen brethren as vastly inferior to their own product. A world-class auteur like Akira Kurosawa would sooner fly to the moon than work in TV. Telling the story of a small-town barber who was tri...

AKIRA (1988) (***) (First Reviewed 3/12/03) This film has long been considered the best anime film of all-time. That’s not really saying too much about anime… I liked the idea of humans tapping into the potential of mind… ...

By Mike Sampson One project I'm keeping a very close eye on is the Warner Bros. live-action remake of the anime classic AKIRA. Leonardo DiCaprio is producing with an eye towards staring as Kaneda but beyond that we didn't really know much about how the film would change for American audiences. Well a Latino R...

By john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) People are worried about Akira being translated to an American audience in a live action epic. Well fear not true believers! We get a peek at just how the.

By Peter Martin Writer Alex Tse (Watchmen, Frankie Machine) has been hired, but Leo "is not planning to act in the film," according to Variety. Leo may not be able to open an Iraq-themed action picture, but he can still get long-gestating anime adaptations into development, i.e. Akira, and now Ninja Scroll...

By Andrew Fitch You're reading a Tokyo Game Show 2008 preview, which we've broken into three sections to make it easy to sift through during this week of convention madness. Check out TGS.1UP.COM for all (meaning words, screens, and videos) of our coverage from the show. What's the game about? Sure, Dragon B...

By slimepuppy 20 years after its cinematic debut, Akira is being released on bluray. Visit the official site (in Japanese). Read the manga (and then buy it!). Listen to the soundtrack by Geinoh Yamashirogumi (in Japanese). (buy it too!) Fear the soon-to-be-release live action remake.

By Yuyan Chen 455, 971 (2008). doi:10.1038/nature07399 Authors: Yuyan Chen, Junko Takita, Young Lim Choi, Motohiro Kato, Miki Ohira, Masashi Sanada, Lili Wang, Manabu Soda, Akira Kikuchi, Takashi Igarashi, Akira Nakagawara, Yasuhide Hayashi, Hiroyuki Mano & Seishi Ogawa

By Matt Laferty Akira Ishikawa had a mission. He wanted to find the eternal now of rhythm. After a mind-blowing trip to Africa in 1970, the Japanese percussionist had a goal -- true Afro-delic Acid Rock. He hooked up with composer Muroaka Takeru and this album was born in 1971. Awash in minimalist percussion -...

By Sachie Hiratsuka 10, 1349 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncb1794 Authors: Sachie Hiratsuka, Akira Watanabe, Yoshiko Sakurai, Sachiko Akashi-Takamura, Sachie Ishibashi, Kensuke Miyake, Masabumi Shibuya, Shizuo Akira, Hiroyuki Aburatani & Yoshiro Maru

Akira is the movie that anime nuts try to force me to watch whenever I tell them how much I loathe the art form. All of it. And I’m not watching any more of it, not even to try out Akira. ...

By Bill Sherman Starring American actor Nick Adams (who'd previously appeared in Toho's Frankenstein Conquers the World) with his voice dubbed into Japanese on the subtitled version (as with the Ghidorah DVD, Classic Media provides both English and Japanese versions of the flick), Astro-Monster t...

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By Greg Former Nintendo Chairman Yamauchi Now Third Richest Japanese Forbes, the magazine for people with far more money than me, has released their annual list of the richest men in Japan. Guess who has risen from eleventh to third. That’s right, everybody’s favorite vampire, Hiroshi Yamauchi....

By Philipp Lenssen One of the many full-length movies posted to Google Video – with varying degrees of quality – is Akira. This anime classic was uploaded in late January this year, and accumulated a walloping 63,979 views so far. I asked a couple of questions to the uploader, who identifies himself as Lt. Zerge...

San Francisco-based anime and manga giant VIZ Media announced that it has acquired the Blue Dragon television, home video and non-video game merchandising rights for the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Kids in Fiji, your prayers have been answered! The cartoon is based on the Xbox 360 gam...

The complete movie, dubbed in English. Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. The 1988 animated filme by Katsuhiro Otomo is based on his manga of the same name. The movie led the way for the growing popularity of anime...

That's right, Blue Dragon could be the last anime for Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Quest character designer. It's based off the Hironobu Sakaguchi Xbox 360 game of the same. At the recent Tokyo Anime Fair, the animator said: The offer to direct an animated version of Bl...