A live-action Akira would be coming after similar anime adaptations like Ghost In The Shell and Death Note.
The Akira anime was a groundbreaking piece of work, and helped anime become popular in the west.
Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi is still working on a live-action version of Akira.
While the Akira anime is adapted from the manga, it had to streamline and jettison huge chunks of plot to tell a feature length story.
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