At Anime Expo 2019 , an event taking place from July 4th to 7th, it was revealed that Sunrise will be responsible for a new anime of the manga Akira . And not only that, a 4K remastering of the film was also announced! The news was announced during a panel with Katsuhiro Otomo , the manga's author and film's director.
There aren't many details yet about the new adaptation, other than that it won't be a sequel to the film and will be a TV series. The producers say they want to "leverage the manga more," so it will likely be a reboot of the series.
Akira is a manga that was published in 1982 and later became a popular animated film in 1988. The story takes place in a dystopian world after the end of World War III. A gang leader known as Kaneda finds himself embroiled in a massive government operation when his best friend begins to exhibit telekinetic powers.
In Brazil, the work is published by JBC and already has two volumes.
And also see more details about the future live-action adaptation of Akira!
Via: Crunchyroll
