Akira is heading back to the big screen, and it’s never looked this good before. The legendary cyberpunk anime film locks in its 4K and IMAX re-release date. Akira sets 4K & IMAX reelease date with ...

Akira remains one of the defining works of anime, a film whose influence still shows up in cyberpunk stories, action cinema, ...

Akira is absolutely one film that must be experienced on the big screen. If you've only seen Katsuhiro Otomo 's ...

The legendary anime classic Akira is officially returning to U.S. theaters in 4K and IMAX this summer through Crunchyroll and Sony.

A brand-new 35mm print of Ôtomo Katsuhiro’s “Akira” – struck from the 4K master and the first of its kind to be created ...

Even if you’ve watched Akira multiple times, you may not have seen it presented on the big screen before… and very likely not in 4K and IMAX. That opportunity arrives September 4, when Crunchyroll and ...

The Toonseum in Pittsburgh, PA is currently hosting the largest collection of art ever displayed from Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime classic Akira. The exhibit only runs until July 18th, so grab your ...

Despite it being one of the loudest animated films ever made, Akira begins in eerie silence. In the year 1988, an unknown singularity suddenly and entirely wipes out the city of Tokyo, the screen ...

In a series of tweets, Kanye West has expressed his admiration for Katsuhiro Otomo’s animated feature Akira, calling it “the greatest animation achievement in history.” West goes on to say that the ...

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.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Thirty years ago, the anime adaptation of Akira graced Japanese ...