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Akira Being Rereleased

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-motorcycles!-more-gangs dept.

Quite a number of people have been writing the news that Akira is coming back to the US soon. The proposed release is "sometime this Spring". Akira [?] is one of the biggies in anime movies - and was a darn fine comic book series as well.

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  1. If you want the Real good stuff... by Lotek · · Score: 4
    Then you need ot go to your local comic book store, and have them start bringing in the reprint of AKIRA for you.

    Some of you may remember the Epic Comics release of Akira back in the 80's that Hemos referenced... Well, Dark Horse Comics has gotten the rights to this fantastic series, and is going to reprint the entire run, in the form of six HUGE trade paperbacks. Granted, these are not in color, (the original japanese version wasn't either, I think..) but they have a new, more accurate and understandable translation than the Epic run.

    Dark Horse is also publishing Trade Paperbacks of the truly awesome Lone Wolf and Cub, another comic that was all over the place in the 80's. This one is the complete, in-order run. (And its supposed to be on the order of 6000+ pages long!) Dark horse is bringing it to america in its a original, paperback-sized format that it was released in Japan. Both of these are not to be missed, and are worth every penny.

  2. A big MPAA lie. by Greg@RageNet · · Score: 4

    'Why would anyone go out and spend their hard-earned money to see a movie when they could download it from the net for free?'

    If anything the last two re-releases 'Legend of Drunken Master', and 'Crouching Tiger...' have shown that people will go to theatres and pay for what's been available more cheaply on VHS. Same with Akira. There's value added by seeing something on the big screen or getting inserts / liner notes with DVD's you could otherwise download.

    It's pretty clear that open availability of a movie will not drive the movie industry out of business, shooting a big hole in their argument on why everything must be encrypted and propriety.

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  3. The entire thread condensed into one post: by Dirtside · · Score: 4

    Akira sucks! It's just overblown because it's so popular, it's not really that great!

    Akira was a milestone! Excellent animation, an intriguing, deep story, and more!

    Why would you see this for free? You can download it for free on the net!

    Because, you dumbass, seeing a movie on a GIGANTIC SCREEN is somewhat more impressive than seeing it on a tiny computer monitor!

    Movies suck!

    They're making a live-action version of Akira, with Natalie Portman and Leonardo DiCaprio as the blue midget psychic children!

    *phew* Glad I saved us all that effort.

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