Fans Deliver a Stunning Live-Action Akira Trailer — wired.com

Bad news first: This isn’t a full live-action Akira movie. That still may never happen. (Or maybe it will!) But here’s the good news: This fan-made trailer for just such a thing is fantastic. The clip was created as a crowdsourced outing by a group calling itself the Akira Project, which launched a Indiegogo campaign back in 2012 to realize their dreams—and ours—of a live-action adaptation of the manga-turned-anime. Their fundraising campaign pulled in just under $3,500 and the trailer was filmed in Montreal in November 2012. After a year and a half of post-production, the clip was finally posted just a few days ago.

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