More Great AKIRA Movie Concept Art

A new collection of fantastic concept art has surfaced from the live-action adaptation of Akira film that never ended up happening. Who knows, maybe one day it will happen? In the meantime, just go watch the original anime movie because it's badass!

The concept art you see here comes from several different artists for several different directors that were attached to the project over the years. There's a lot of fantastic artwork here that features Tetsuo's big finale, the bowling alley, the freeway, the Ducati Demolitore, the Marquee bar, and more!

Here's Concept Art by Tim Flattery, for director Ruairi Robinson.

Concept Art by Rodolfo Dimaggio, possibly for director Jaume Collet-Serra.

Concept Art by Tommy Lee Edwards for director Albert Hughes.

Here's a description of the film they were trying to make:

Kaneda is a bar owner in Neo-Manhattan who is stunned when his brother, Tetsuo, is abducted by government agents led by The Colonel. Desperate to get his brother back, Kaneda agrees to join with Ky Reed and her underground movement who are intent on revealing to the world what truly happened to New York City thirty years ago when it was destroyed. Kaneda believes their theories to be ludicrous but after finding his brother again, is shocked when he displays telekinetic powers. 

Ky believes Tetsuo is headed to release a young boy, Akira, who has taken control of Tetsuo’s mind. Kaneda clashes with The Colonel’s troops on his way to stop Tetsuo from releasing Akira but arrives too late. Akira soon emerges from his prison courtesy of Tetsuo as Kaneda races in to save his brother before Akira once again destroys Manhattan island, as he did thirty years ago.