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Warner Bros. to remake AKIRA

Warner Bros. has made a move that will make a lot of anime and magna fans nervous, but also so, so ready.

The studio which brought us THE MATRIX has now hired Stephen Norrington, director of the first BLADE, to direct an American live action version of the Japanese anime classic AKIRA.

In an interview with the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Norrington promised to, "preserves the tone, the visual and the epic scope of the original, whilst telling a somewhat more accessible story."

For the uninitiated, AKIRA is one of the most popular magna and anime titles ever to come from the land of the rising sun, and centers on a tough motorcycle racing punks who has have psycho-kinetic powers implanted via the AKIRA project.