Taika Waititi has spoken about his involvement with the live action version of Akira – and how he would go about adapting the story.
The Akira anime was adapted from a cyberpunk manga series of the same name by Katsuhiro Otomo – who also wrote and directed the movie.
That’s saying nothing about past attempts like The Fist Of The North Star, The Last Airbender and Dragonball: Evolution either.
Specifically, he’d adapt the Akira books instead of remaking the anime, which had to greatly condense the story to fit into a two-hour runtime.
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