AKIRA

Luca Fisher May 3, 2022. 5 minute read

FromSoftware’s Latest Soundtrack Needs an Elden “Ring” To It

In 2013, Dr. T. J. Harper directed the Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) Central District Festival Chorus — a chorus I was fortunate to be part of in my senior year of high school. Our finale was a piece of traditional Visayan folk music arranged by George Hernandez, called “Rosas…

Victoria Rose Dec 27, 2019. 3 minute read

Abandoned Akira Video Game Prototype Resurfaces After 25 Years

Thanks to video game preservation efforts, a prototype version of the official Akira video game has resurfaced a quarter-century after its promised release. The sci-fi anime classic was meant to have adaptations on the Sega Genesis, Nintendo Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive and more. In the 1980s, the mish-mash of…

Vrai Kaiser Sep 10, 2019. 7 minute read

5 Embarrassing Moments in Western Anime Marketing

If you’re an anime fan, you’ve probably sat back and thought to yourself, “wouldn’t it be great if there was an accessible documentary about the history of the medium, or the history of western fandom, that I could point to as an introductory text rather than sending people down a…

New ‘Akira’ Production Announced at Anime Expo 2019

Fans of body horror and cyberpunk motorcycle gangs, rejoice! More Akira is coming from creator Katsuhiro Otomo, as per an announcement by Otomo himself at Anime Expo 2019. The new anime project is not a sequel and will instead seek to further expand the original manga source material, according to…