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Taika Waititi talks to Variety about his failure to care about making Thor: Love and Thunder / Tetsuo (Nozomu Sasaki) recoils after having his arm blown off in Akira (1988), Toho Co. Ltd.

Taika Waititi Reportedly Moving Forward With His Live-Action ‘Akira’ Adaptation: “Sounds Like All His Focus Is On That Project”

Spencer Baculi
April 10, 2023
Anime, Manga, Movies
In a development that, if true, would have both anime fans and general audiences recoiling in horror, a new rumor suggests that infamous director Taika "I'll Ruin Your Mythos In A Minute" Waititi is moving full...

ScreenRant Claims Manga “Is Just As Political As Anything Published By Marvel Or DC,” Gets Roasted By Fans Who Know The Difference

Spencer Baculi
December 24, 2021
Comic Books, Manga
A recent and disingenuous attempt by ScreenRant to push the tired argument that manga is “is just as political as anything published” by Western comic book publishers, specifically Marvel and DC, was met with d...

9 Ultra-Violent Japanese Anime Films From The 1980s You Need To Watch

Slade Hale
December 19, 2021
Anime, Movies
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Western audiences started getting their fill of Japanese anime in the mid-90s as more titles were released stateside. It was a major culture shock for many fans of animated films, thanks in part to their propen...

Russia’s War On Anime Continues As State Government Bans Akira On Grounds That It Could “Harm The Health And Mental Development of Children”

Spencer Baculi
July 6, 2021
Anime
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Following their banning of various isekai and shonen anime titles from being distributed within Russia, which were ostensibly restricted out of a concern for the mental well-being of the nation’s youth, the Rus...

Funimation Offers Akira SD Blu-Ray Owners Free Upgrade to 4K Version

Spencer Baculi
December 28, 2020
Anime
Following the announcement that Akira would be receiving a 4K Ultra HD home video release, Funimation has announced that owners of the original Blu-Ray release can upgrade their physical copies of the film to t...

Ohio Lawmakers Claim Kent State’s Use Of Anime History Book Promotes “Sexual Violence”

Spencer Baculi
December 24, 2020
Anime
1
A pair of Ohio state representatives have threatened to rescind government funding from Kent State University unless the school pulls a book on the history of anime from its curriculum, claiming that the book i...
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Taika Waititi’s Live-Action Akira Movie Given Official Release Date

Mardy Kramer
May 24, 2019
Movies
1
After years of trying to produce a live-action Akira movie, Warner Bros. have finally set a date of May 21, 2021. The film still has director Taika Waititi signed on. Beloved Manga Katsuhiro Otomo originally ...

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