Watch An Amazing Live Action Trailer For ‘Akira’

Briefly: Hollywood has been busy not making a live action version of Akira for well over a decade at this point. Naturally, some amazing fans decided to take matters into their own hands, and The Akira Project was born.

The is self-described as a “crowd-sourced, non-profit project meant to create a live action fan trailer of AKIRA, the renowned manga-turned-anime film from the late 1980′s; a stunning example of both mediums as art forms. While Hollywood has been working on a live-action Akira movie for a few years now, we, as fans, wanted to take a shot at making our own adaptation. A chance to stick as close to the source material as possible. A chance to do Akira Justice.”

And that’s exactly what they’ve done.

The group raised funds with a semi-succesful IndieGoGo campaign back in 2012, and the live-action Akira trailer has just been released online. It’s pretty much perfect, and should be an absolute treat for Akira fans. Take a look at the trailer below, and let us know what you think! Be sure to head to The Akira Project’s official website for more info.