Katsuhiro Otomois returning to hisseminal workfor a brand new animated project — one that will go beyond what the iconic 1988 flick already action .
announce yesterday evening at Otomo ’s panel at Anime Expo , Akira will be reborn across two different initiatives : first , an ultra - HD remastering of the original movie , which is place to unloosen on blu - ray in Japan on April 24 , 2020 , with a western sacking coming at a later date ( interestingly time , given that Warner Bros.recently datedits own farsighted - in - the - works adaption of the film , helm by Taika Waititi , for 2021 ) . It marks the first fourth dimension Akira will be available in 4 K , and you’re able to break out a teeny coup d’oeil below :
That ’s not all , however . Otomo also announce that oeuvre has start on a fresh anime “ project ” at Sunrise based on the original manga . According toAnime News internet , it ’ll be a television serial rather than a novel picture , and the undertaking is deliberately not a sequel to Akira , but alternatively a continued re - adaptation of the manga it was base on . The adaptation hopes to encompass the entireness of Otomo ’s original manga — something the moving-picture show could n’t do , as it went aboutcondensing the manga ’s pulse and themes into its 124 minute of arc runtime .
Get ready to see the most famous bike slide in anime, in glorious 4K.Image: Sunrise/Bandai Namco
As if Otomo was n’t busy enough with all that Akira , he also annunciate a make - newfangled original movie he is presently working on with Sunrise at the panel : Orbital Era , a sci - fi film set in the good future , following a group of young space colonists as they live in one of humanity ’s early attempts to populate among the adept .
It ’s a honorable time to be an Otomo rooter , it seems . We ’ll bring you more on the new Akira and Orbital earned run average as we learn it .
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