04-16-2002, 11:57 AM
Quote:Seph, I was thinking about buying the Manga, but it's in 5 volumes and each one is over $20. Is it really worth the price?
Tough question really. I say if you were a HUGE fan of the anime, go back and read the Manga books (I say books because each volume of the Manga was 200+ pages). You'll be amazed at the things they left out (case in Point, the Akira movie ends about halfway into the Manga. The books go on for about another 2 volumes after Testsuo becomes the Akira). The only thing I give the Anime credit for is the amount of things they were able to compress into the movie, but what decided to put into the movie is also what angered me. They dropped entire characters, events, places, and other GREAT stuff to focus primarily on explostions, physic powers, weird religious symbolism and other "Fanservice" aspects.
Oh, and this movie will be LIVE ACTION. Yes, I am flabbergasted as well.