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‘Akira’ Gets A Live-Action Fan-Made Trailer
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Fan-Made Live-Action Akira

A live-action remake of the classic Japanese anime movie Akira has been in the works for years, with not a whole lot of success in actually getting made. Something fans of the original are not even a little bit upset about.

But what happens when it’s the fans creating the remake? That’s what Akira Project is all about. But of course a feature length effort would be a tad much for fans undertake alone, so instead we get an impressive fan-made live-action trailer.

Read more about the project and check out the trailer below.

Here’s a description of Akira Project from the official website:

DESCRIPTION:

The Akira Project is a crowd-sourced, non-profit project meant to create a live action fan trailer of AKIRA, the renowned manga-turned-anime film from the late 1980″²s; a stunning example of both mediums as art forms. While Hollywood has been working on a live-action Akira movie for a few years now, we, as fans, wanted to take a shot at making our own adaptation. A chance to stick as close to the source material as possible. A chance to do Akira Justice.

We launched an Indiegogo campaign in July 2012 as part of a crowd sourcing effort to make this project come to life. Many people contributed not just financially but offered their time and talent to help the production that was shot in Montreal, Quebec from November 2-5th 2012. What started out as a simple idea between two guys having a beer (Hey! It’d be cool to see Kaneda ride his bike around Neo-Tokyo!), became a global endeavour, filled with adventures and hurdles, involving more than 40 artists in 12 different countries.

After a year and a half in post-production, we are proud to present the project to Akira fans the world over. We hope to have done justice to the timeless work of Katsuhiro Otomo and look forward to, someday, seeing the full scope of the Akira story translated to the big screen as a live-action.

Keep in touch with us via Facebook or Twitter for the latest news and stories from the set!

Enjoy the trailer!

Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, producer/director

Trailer

[Source: via /Film]

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