The 1988 anime Akira motorcycle is probably still the coolest two-wheeled pop culture phenomenon nearly 40 years on. But what if it came to life? Japanese design firm Ichiban has created a sleek, ...

Many fans have attempted to recreate Kaneda’s bike. Some have done so in cosplay form, using PVC and foam, while others (with a LOT of disposable income) have made prototype versions of the motorcycle ...

Since the latter half of 2022, Barcelona-based upcycler and art studio Bel&Bel has been building a hybrid electric replica of an iconic motorcycle featured in a dystopian manga classic. Now a limited ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No matter if 1988’s Akira was your first anime or sandwiched somewhere in the hundreds you’ve watched, the film probably has a ...

Akira remains one of anime’s most famous titles, and it seems the venture is primed for a comeback. With Hollywood making headway on a live-action adaptation of the series, Akira fans are trying to ...

Akira's motorcycle has once again stalled out on the road to a live-action adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has given up the film rights to the classic cyberpunk manga and ...

There are a lot of cool motorcycles in ’80s sci-fi movies. The light cycles from TRON. The amazingly goofy flying bikes from Megaforce. You can even count the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi. It ...

Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime Akira has some very powerful nerd kung-fu — experimental laser weaponry, scenes of a bombed-out Tokyo, telepathic psycho-battles. By far the coolest bits, however, involve ...