Nerd Nightly News: Kaneda Fett Edition
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Masashi Teshima of Fukuoka, Japan has spent the past 7 years and over $120,000 creating a working version of Kaneda's bike from Akira, and now he's riding it across the country to raise money for children's autism research.
The project has Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo's seal of approval, and Otomo himself will appear with the bike at an exhibition at Tokyo's 3331 Arts next week to raise money for those affected by last year's major earthquake.
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The threat of a live-action Akira movie lies dormant for now, but some recently-released concept art by Sylvain Despretz (Gladiator, Alien Resurrection) shows what the movie could look like if it ever does come to fruition.
Or, more to the point, these sketches from sometime between 2007 and 2009 reveal what the movie would have looked like under previous director Ruairi Robinson, who left Akira a few years back, sparking hope from manga fans that the project would be scrapped.
If the Akira remake ever does rise from the dead, we can only hope Garrett Hedlund won't be dying his hair blonde for the role of Kaneda.
Warner Bros.' live-action American remake of Akira is currently on hold, much to the relief of fans everywhere, but Patrick H. Willems has created his own adaptation that even hardcore Akira fans will be able to get behind.
And if you can't trust the man responsible for White Luke Cage, who can you trust?
Just bear with it until the end. Its true genius takes time to unfold.
