Years before Hollywood took an interest, Indie filmmakers Joshua Siegel and Juan Avilez collaborated on a live action movie trailer for Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA. What began as a fun low-budget digital video project soon became a work of passion to honor one of the greatest anime and manga stories of all time. read more   VIEW THE TRAILER BEHIND THE SCENES DOWNLOADS STILLS GALLERY CAST & CREW Free Downloads The AKIRA Fan Trailer Running Time 04:19 Full size - 28.3MB MP4 Web size - 13.5MB MP4 Behind the Scenes featurette with filmmakers commentary. Running Time 06:49 Web size - 19.8MB MP4

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Directed by ...................... Juan Avilez
Produced by .................... Joshua Siegel and Juan Avilez
CGI FX by ........................ Sheldon Whittaker
Edited by .......................... Joshua Siegel
Make-up FX by ................. James Holley
Music by ........................... Todd Andrews

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Ryan Ho, for the Kaneda Bike
Carlos Avilez, for helping us Clown around
Rosemary Laack, Vocalist and Camera Operator for a day
Keith Parent & Brian Schroueder for The Bar
Sam Fargnoli, who helped us get our Make-Up Supervisor
Carolyn Davidson, for helping lift foam rocks
Jason Chapman, for the Arcadian logo animation
The M.C. Solo Angels bike club
All our other friends and family who offered emotional support
All the legal owners of the AKIRA rights including Kodansha, Dark Horse, Pioneer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Appian Way, Andrew Lazar, Albert and Allen Hughes, and any others we don't know about.
... and the great Katsuhiro Otomo, for giving us such a rich world to play in.

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Notice

Arcadian Entertainment and the producers own no rights to AKIRA. The live action AKIRA fan trailer is a non-profit digital video made by fans for fans.