Anime That You Wished Got A TV Series?

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Originally Posted by Modren

As much as people love the movie, I think an Akira series would be a lot better. The movie had to compress a lot of stuff to keep to a sensible runtime, and it was made before the manga was even finished. A new adaptation that covered the whole manga would be really interesting to see.

You’ll be very pleased to hear that is actually in the works.

Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira Gets New Anime Project

Manga creator and anime director Katsuhiro Otomo announced at his Anime Expo panel on Thursday that a new anime project of his Akira manga is in the works.

Sunrise president and CEO Makoto Asanuma apologized for the short teaser presented at the panel, and while the staff is still developing the project, Asanuma said that they want to incorporate the entirety of the manga's story.