In 1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo turned his bestselling manga into a $ ... Our first sight of Akira’s Neo-Tokyo is a visceral red shape suggesting a heart, lungs or guts. Teen biker gangs rule the ...

Furthermore, Katsuhiro Otomo, the manga artist and director behind both versions of Akira, created a poster for Isle of Dogs. “When I first saw Isle of Dogs, I thought it might be difficult to ...

Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The interesting part about this new anime adaptation of Akira is that it will try and cover the whole story from the original manga.