I was reading around on a sister site of ours, .alphamonkey from Transbuddha wrote about the new Akira movie that should hit by 2009

For those of you who do not know Akira, then you probably are too young. I myself have not seen the 1988 film, since I was only one year old when it came out. I do plan to watch the anime in the next couple of days, if not tonight, out of curiosity though.

Akira is well known amongst the anime fans for its being a classic but at the same time having a nice modern look. Most consider it one of the best, I will update with how I feel about it once I finish it.

The reason why I brought this anime to attention now is because Warner Brothers has decided to turn the 6 series manga into a 2 part feature film. Honestly, I am a little excited to see this, people say that the original ’88 film is good, I hope that the ‘09+ is better. Over on Transbuddha he says,

Astounding visuals and style aside: the film version is actually pretty bad. It compresses far too much information into a muddy mess of pseudo philosophy and new agey weirdness, and the last 20 minutes are pretty damn cringe-inducing.

Here is hoping to the new Akira being better than the last. Go