'AKIRA' Will Be Free to Watch This Weekend

Manga creator Katsuhiro Otomo's animated film AKIRA will be available to watch online for free alongside three other motion pictures directed by the prolific artist. AKIRA, widely regarded as Otomo's best work, will be available on the Japanese video streaming site Abema on May 3, followed by a rollout of a new film each week for free.Soon after AKIRA, Otomo's 2004 steampunk anime movie, Steam Boy, is slated to arrive. After that, his most recent film, Short Peace, a four-part anthology film bas...