Why?

Good question.
If I remember right it wasn't fully faithful with some differences, but, yeah, who knows.

Sure, it's a classic, but arguably slightly overrated.
I enjoyed it for a one time watch, but don't care to watch this or the original again.

If I remember correctly, I think some buildup or context, if not some scenes were a little lackluster, so I guess this new anime can maybe fix that.
We'll see.

On second thought:
I could try this, if it's a full adaptation, since the movie rushed 6 volumes.

Its gonna be one of those bad CGI adaptions of classic anime directed by run of the mill Corporate employee who just want his paycheck.
Made by a studio known for bad hentai.

Probably cause the entire manga was never adapted. Still, those are some pretty big shoes to fill and I can't help but think it'll always be compared to the movie. So hopefully it's going to be good.

I swear this got added to the DB like a year ago? Why was it deleted and then re-added?

I read the manga, the movie only adapted half the series, and wasn't entirely faithful to what it touched.

welcome to the era of unaware anime fans.

akira isnt a faithful adaptation and HnK og anine never adapted the last arc.

@Alphchan
Exactly. It always funny when anime fans who don't know anything about mangas -which is the source materials here- give their opinion like they know something about it.

@ohohohohohoho
Akira's movie just adapt 30% of the manga and change a lot of things. Plus the movie was done when the manga was still going on. So he is right, the movie is not a faithful adaptation of the manga.

@toxxo
We are not in a Disney movie. ;-)

@CresusJohnson

firstly, yes i think a 2 hours movie can adapt 6 big volumes, because my requirement for an adaptation, even a "faithful" adaptation, is not for it to be exactly the same as the original. actually i'd say it's typically a waste of time to adapt something if nothing is changed about it.

however, in this case, i am also well aware that the manga's story is different and that the film was made before the manga was finished. in this case, considering the film was made by THE SAME PERSON as the manga, how can it be called an "unfaithful adaptation?" perhaps it is better to say that it is an incomplete adaptation, or simply an alternate version. point being that even if this new anime tells the "whole" story from the manga, there is a good chance it will be less "faithful" than the film, because to emulate otomo's style is to reproduce more than the narrative details of the manga.

"Removed:

September 15

To the Moon (37905), Deep Love (38279), Aoki Uru (20471), Top wo Nerae 3! (38273), Chimera (37437), Akira (Shin Anime) (40054), Orbital Era (40055), Onmyou Hyakki Monogatari (40652), World End Economica (40657), Cencoroll 3 (40020), Code Geass: Dakkan no Z (44304), Ane Naru Mono (41005), Yuri!!! on Ice The Movie: Ice Adolescence (35500), Shishigari (39763): no updates for the past 3-6 years. Most likely cancelled."

Just mods doing their thing...

@St0rmblade yet most of these have been added in again? I got a notification for Code Geass.

@_cjessop19_ Deleting all of these solely based on inactivity was stupid in the first place. Covid completely screwed the production of so many things and they're just delayed. The creator of To The Moon literally made an update just last fall saying the film's still being worked on steadily so that alone proves the mods didn't research well enough. And Shin Akira was announced in the very early planning stages just 5 months before covid.

Is there any info about it on some site I can read? Since MAL deleted the entry I can't even find info on this anime project lol


maybe different mods are responsible for it, dunno

@St0rmblade Sure. It's an anime film adaptation of an indie game, so pretty niche. I looked at the steam page and saw this update from last year that it's still going through developmental stages. Not cancelled whatsoever.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1182620/view/3127189423511768276

Good question.
If I remember right it wasn't fully faithful with some differences, but, yeah, who knows.

Sure, it's a classic, but arguably slightly overrated.
I enjoyed it for a one time watch, but don't care to watch this or the original again.

If I remember correctly, I think some buildup or context, if not some scenes were a little lackluster, so I guess this new anime can maybe fix that.
We'll see.

On second thought:
I could try this, if it's a full adaptation, since the movie rushed 6 volumes.

Okay, but if you want to adapt Akira according to the manga, use the best studio and people for it. I don't want any animation abomination like it was with Berserk.

it seems bizarre to talk about the "faithfulness" of the adaptation when the same person made the film and the manga. it may not a 1:1 detail for detail adaptation or a complete one, but how can a guy not be faithful to his own intentions for his own work? in all likelihood a new one directed by someone else will be a more complete adaptation that is less faithful. otomo is a mangaka who changed the way people drew manga, from paneling to character designs, but his style on the whole is pretty out of step with conventional anime and manga at this point. akira is still an iconic and respected work though so perhaps it will turn out "faithful" enough.

as to why it's being made, it is likely mostly to introduce the work to younger fans who either don't know much about the old one or are turned off by all things old, while intriguing older fans; and to make money in the process of course.

Exactly my sentiment! Why? Cash grab? The western woke crew coming after everything dear to us normal folks? I dunno, but this is going to be a travesty and will ruin the mystic & legend of the og one.