The Merchant Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 [URL=http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=33989]In here[/URL] you can find all about this, what do you think?? Lets hope its good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hikaru Ichijyo Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Please do not link to commercial sites ok! Well yes I heard about this live action Akira movie about 2 days ago, however the project may not get approved completely! Personally I think no anime should be turned into a live action movie. Most of the ones that have utterly failed like Dragon Ball the Magic Begins! So if this movie does get made, I will not be on line waiting for this one since it will most likely butcher a classic. :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 I don't think they should even bother with an akira movie, after watching the guyver live action movie, my faith in live action anime's kind of diminished, especially after watching GunHed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus_Necare Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Akira would be cool to see, but I have a feeling they would screw it up anyways. I saw some sort of live action sailor moon once, yet she had a habit of being incredibly dirty on screen. And that's what ruined my live action anime experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinetic Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Anyone have a brief description of Akira? And is it legal for minors...:p cuz I saw it in the "adult anime" topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachary Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Is it gonna be Animated or real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 aries, i cant believe you dont know akira. as for the live action movie. i would have to agree with rick hunter. it just doesnt work. now the but. there is no reason they couldnt do a good job (still probally woulnt) all the charectors and story (for the most part) adhear to the laws of this world and phisics. there is no crazy hair or rectangular eyes, so there no real trouble with charector design. i think the hardest thing would be the crazy stuff in the movie... halucinations, chi or mental energy, tetsuo building his missing arm with junk using his mind, kanaeda's bike. just to name a few. other wise its good to go. lets hope for the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geist Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 I'm not good at summaries, Aries so I'll jsut tell you that Akira was rated R for violence, swearing, and very breif nudity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Harris Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 For Aries, if you ever read this old thing again, Akira takes place in 2030, almost 40 years after WWIII (in the manga anyways. In hte anime the year is 2019). Anyway, a biker kid named Tetsuo is injured in a gang fight (anime) while trying to dodge some wrinkly kid with psychic powers. The military (who has been experimenting with psychic beings since the 60s) take the wrinkled boy back to base and Tetsuo with them. When they find out that his mind has been harboring dormant, psychic powers, they use a series of experimental drugs to unleash them. His powers drive him insane and he goes on a killing spree, which includes some of his former gang memebers, while looking for the most powerful of the military's test subject, the boy-God Akira. This leads to the ultimate battle between Tetsuo and his best-friend Kaneda. Again, sorry if I brought up an old thread. I just had to answer the poor man's question. And I think everything for a great Akira live movie is in place. All they need is a good writer (not to brag but me=) to condense the manga, or make it a trilogy. The movie is good but the manga would make for a far better story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleanor Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 I have a feeling that if they do make the movie, it's going to VERY screwed up. Just like all the Live action anime movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 I only saw this movie recently, but it was great.I mean It's already a classic, so why try to outdo it? I doubt that they will even make it at least a little good. Anything that's a classic shouldn't be messed with. I won't be in line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegeta rocker Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 its a bad idead anime and real people don't mix. What is up man!I watch 'toons to ESCAPE reality, not watch a bunch of teeny boppers say how either life sucks or they wanna get laid. Though intriguing as it may sound ill rent it, maybe. To Sephiroth if you think that was bad i hope you never have to see the sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei-San Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 It is quite unfair to judge something negatively just because its previous derivatives weren't that successful. It may turn out to be good or bad, it is really a question of facilities. Many anime movies which have been interpreted into live action movies have been poor, but seeing as how most of them were made in Japan, who do have rather poor facilities and equipment. If you compare any top Hollywood movie to the likes of these Japanese movies, you'll see a big difference in quality. It's not only in animes where you see attempted live action movie interpretations, many games companies have tried to produce something successful and brilliant, for example, look at the street fighter movie (the live action one, not the anime one :) ), it was very poor, there were cheap effects and bad acting, even for a Hollywood movie. There was also an attempt to make a Parasite Eve movie, it was low-budget, but was definately one of Japan's higher rated movies. The Akira live action movie seems to be old news now, but surprises could be lurking just around the corner. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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