Leonardo DiCaprio will produce a live-action version of anime classic Akira with release planned in 2009. The original 1988 film was a ground-breaking full-length anime film, featuring lip synchronization—dialogue was recorded before drawing as in many classic animated films—and "super-fluid" motion. While the original film, with a script based on manga, was set in New Tokyo, the live version is to be set in New Manhattan, a futuristic city build with Japanese financing. Here's an English language trailer for the anime film, which gives you an idea what it's all about:
And this is one original Japanese version: