Waititi explained to IGN back in October of 2017 that Akira was, “something that I am passionate about.
Akira consists of six volumes and there are reportedly gong to be two films, each based on three volumes.
“My mother would take me to a lot of films when I was a kid,” Waititi told Sterlin Harjo back in 2015.
The reason the film is such a passion project for Waititi goes back to his childhood when he saw the animated movie upon it’s original release in the late 80’s.