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AKIRA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 26, 2020
¡®Anime Architecture¡¯ brings out the beauty in the details
Stefan Riekeles¡¯ book puts a spotlight on the background work that informs the ambience of anime¡¯s intricate worlds.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 6, 2019
How the artwork from anime classic ¡®Akira¡¯ was given a permanent home in the U.S.
More than 30 years after the anime world was set alight by ¡®Akira,¡¯ the original artwork from the film has found a permanent home in the United States.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 8, 2019
With the 2019 Tokyo Film Festival having come to a close, we take a look at how anime was represented at the event
In today¡¯s world of visual entertainment, it¡¯s hard to argue that Japan has any stronger export than animation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jun 13, 2019
¡®Akira¡¯ is all set for its Hollywood remake
Like it or not, Hollywood¡¯s ¡°Akira¡± is finally happening.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 6, 2019
Akira of Exile marries Taiwanese supermodel and actress Lin Chiling
Akira, 37, a member of top Japanese dance group Exile, and Taiwanese supermodel and actress Lin Chiling, 44, announced they got married on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2018
¡®Akira¡¯: Looking back at the future
On the 30th anniversary of the release of the animated version of ¡®Akira¡¯ in Japan, we examine the enduring legacy of Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s sci-fi classic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 15, 2018
The enduring appeal of ¡®Akira,¡¯ the manga
Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s cyberpunk masterpiece, ¡®Akira,¡¯ has gone through multiple English-language incarnations throughout the years, but reader demand has never wavered.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 14, 2018
The pain and the passion that fueled the creation of ¡®Akira¡¯
When I tell Kuni Tomita the anime classic ¡°Akira¡± turns 30 years old this month, she shakes her head and laughs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jul 14, 2018
My deep dive into ¡®Akira¡¯ only scratched the surface of its legacy
A few months ago, I proposed to the editors at The Japan Times that we do a piece paying tribute to the classic cyberpunk anime film ¡°Akira,¡± which turns 30 years old on July 16. They were enthusiastic and the pitch ballooned (not unlike Tetsuo in the film¡¯s final scene) from a single article to an ¡°Akira¡°-themed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 13, 2018
¡®Akira¡¯ soundtrack featured music worthy of a visual masterpiece
A crack of thunder. Pulsing polyrhythmic percussion. The roar of a passing motorcycle. A haunting symphonic chorus.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 13, 2018
Reshaping the sound of Neo-Tokyo for ¡®Akira¡¯
If you were watching anime in English in the 1990s and 2000s, chances are you¡¯ve heard a dub recorded by Les Claypool III. Some of the films and series that passed through Claypool¡¯s studio, Magnitude 8 Post, include ¡°Macross Plus,¡± ¡°Ghost in the Shell¡± and ¡°Cowboy Bebop.¡± In 2001, Pioneer Entertainment...
CULTURE / Art
Jul 12, 2018
Collecting ¡®Akira,¡¯ one scene at a time
Joe Peacock vividly remembers the first time he saw ¡°Akira,¡± the influential sci-fi anime film that turns 30 this month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 11, 2018
Speak Japanese like a biker punk from the future with ¡®Akira¡¯
Those looking to give their Japanese a bit of biker edge could do worse than take in a screening of the classic sci-fi anime ¡®Akira.¡¯
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 10, 2018
¡®Akira¡¯ inspires generations of foreign animators
Enthusiasts pour their souls into labors of love honoring Otomo¡¯s classic anime film and manga series.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 10, 2018
Views from Tokyo: Do you remember the first time you watched ¡®Akira¡¯?
People in Shibuya offer their thoughts on Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s classic 1988 film and the 1982 manga series.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 14, 2015
But is it art? Anime in the ¡®post-cinematic¡¯ age
The past 15 years have seen a boom in academic studies of anime, ranging from thematic and cultural analysis such as Susan J. Napier¡¯s ¡°Anime from Akira to Howl¡¯s Moving Castle¡± to formal theory based on technical processes and the nature of two-dimensional images such as Thomas Lamarre¡¯s ¡°The Anime...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 5, 2015
Cartoon worlds collide as ¡®The Simpsons¡¯ meet ¡®Akira¡¯ in ¡®Barkira¡¯
Last year, animated TV show ¡°The Simpsons¡± spoofed the films of director Hayao Miyazaki. This spring, bootleg Bart Simpson T-shirts line the boutiques of Harajuku.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 3, 2014
Akira
¡°Kanedaaaa!¡± ¡°Tetsuoooo!¡± For a generation of teenagers growing up in the 1990s (this writer included), Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s ¡°Akira¡± was our gateway drug to the imaginative excesses of Japanese pop culture. With its immaculately rendered visions of high-tech chaos, psychokinetic battles, revolutionary sects...
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Â鶹´«Ã½ anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend ¡ª or want to pay off their debts ¡ª at host clubs.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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