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Date: 2003-04-29 01:45:24

Comment:

Live action Akira?  Hmm.  At first I thought what a great idea.  Recently I'm more mixed on the idea.  A bad idea:  the story has already been translated from comic to film.  There it will lose something.  That is normal for any translation, of anything from the original.  While I've not read the entire comic, I've heard the story continues on after the movie ends.
A good idea?  While the idea of animation as a child's medium is still well ingrained in US society and is changing, slowly, perhaps the translation into a live action film will help.  New fans the story of Akira will undoubtedly gain will be interested in its origins and probably view its animated version.  And seeing how well a film can be done animated might just start thinking there are others out there too.  Then again, maybe not.  Comics are probably more accepted by adult readers and these readers are still often not taken seriously as adults.  Sigh, whatever.  If it happens I just hope it is done well and does NOT spawn every other animated film a live action version.  People just don't know what they are missing.