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There’s surely no red jacket more iconic in pop culture than the one worn by Michael Jackson in the Thriller music video. But if any 1980’s outfit can give the Thriller jacket a run for its money, it’s definitely the one worn by Kaneda in 1988’s Akira. And now you can finally add that legendary attire to your personal wardrobe.

IGN can exclusively reveal Funimation’s Kaneda Jacket. Check out some footage of the jacket in the video player above or embedded below:

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The Kaneda jacket is directly modeled on the design by Akira manga creator/film director Katsuhiro Otomo. The piece was brought to life by Carlo Levy (Managing Director of DYBEX S.A), Alessandro Trombetta (Designer) and Stefan Henzgen (MD of Van Doornum GmbH & Co.).

“I have been a fan of AKIRA since 1989 when Epic Comics first released it, and imports arrived in Europe,” said Levy in a statement. “I always dreamed of having a replica of the iconic jacket and was surprised it hadn’t been created by anyone outside of Japan yet, so I did what any super fan would do…I went after the license and had our team design it!”

The Kaneda Jacket is being sold exclusively through the Funimation Shop. The jacket is priced at $450 and limited to just 300 pieces in the US. It’ll go on sale on Tuesday, July 13. Given the ever-growing cosplay scene, we suspect it won’t remain in stock for very long.

The Kaneda Jacket proves that at least some piece of the Akira franchise can exist in then live-action, even if the long-awaited live-action movie continues to stall out. Thor: Ragnarok’s Taika Waititi was attached to direct the live-action remake, but in February 2020 Waititi told Variety, “I think eventually it will happen. I’m just not sure if I’ll be doing it.”

However, it does appear Akira is getting a new anime series, one that will adapt the original manga in greater depth. Otomo himself is even attached to produce.

Will you be forking over $450 to dress like Kaneda? let us know in the comments below?

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More than half of young Americans want to become influencers full-time. It’s no surprise given that the lifestyle can be an incredible creative outlet, can allow you to be your own boss, and potentially making huge amounts of cash (the top-earning Youtubers alone earn tens of millions of dollars). 

But, there’s more to becoming a successful influencer than just snapping a few Instagram photos. It’s a full-time business, with many entrepreneurial aspects most people don’t think about when they’re scrolling their feeds. Being a social media pro means understanding all of these – and you can learn them, with The Complete 2021 Social Media Influencer Bundle of 15 different courses, which is on sale today for just $19.99 (regular price $2985). That’s less than $1.50 a course. 

With more than 40 hours of content covering invaluable training in Instagram marketing, photography, blogging, and more, this massive course bundle will teach you everything you know to become a social media master.

Particularly if you want to dominate Instagram, courses like How to Become an Instagram Influencer, which will walk you through detailed steps on how to grow and monetize your accounts from someone who has done exactly that, while the 4.5/5 rated A Complete Guide to Instagram Marketing 2021 & Beyond will equip you with easy to follow yet powerful proven Instagram marketing techniques, which promise to connect you with over 500 targeted users every day and grow your account to have more than 10,000 followers. 

Each course in this bundle is created by SkillSuccess, a leading online learning hub that has carefully curated thousands of online video courses and has been featured on CNN, Entrepreneur, Mashable, and more. Your tutors for this bundle are experts in their fields, such as Marguerite Conradie, an influencer marketing expert who has worked in marketing and strategy for many years and has an impressive 4.4/5 instructor rating, and Sean Dalton, a 4.5/5 rated professional travel and lifestyle photographer who has traveled the world telling stories through his camera. 

Take the first step to becoming a successful influencer today with The Complete 2021 Social Media Influencer Bundle, on sale right now for $19.99 (reg. $2985). 

Amazon FBA is the online business platform everyone is talking about right now. And with good reason: by using Amazon’s world-leading services, you can build and scale your own business from home – and earn a serious full-time income while doing it. In fact, the average Amazon FBA seller earns a respectable side hustle of $1000 a month, while some make upwards of $250,000 each month in sales. 

So how do you do it? Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), means that you store your products in Amazon’s fulfillment centers – the most advanced in the world – and then, when you list and sell your product on Amazon, it’s Amazon’s staff who pick, pack, ship, and provide all the customer service. It’ll open you up to an unbeatable amount of customers if you know the strategies for success on the platform – and you can learn exactly that with The 2021 Amazon FBA Master Class Bundle of five courses, covering everything you need to know. Today, we’ve found it on sale for just $19.99 – that’s less than $4 a course (regular price $995). 

One of the highlights of this bundle is the 4.6/5 star rated Amazon Limitless Course, the #1 Amazon FBA course, designed to teach anyone how to sell on Amazon successfully – even if you have zero experience. Guiding you through the first steps of setting up your store, through to rising through the ranks as an Amazon seller, this is your complete guide to setting up a scalable online business. 

Then, in the 4.5/5 star rated course Product Research Challenge: Find Your 1st Amazon Product, you’ll learn the little-known tips, tricks, and tools that insiders use to consistently find profitable products. 

Each course in this masterclass is taught by Ryan Ford, who is a 7-figure Amazon FBA seller himself, as well as an online entrepreneur and experienced tutor specialized in equipping people around the world with the skills they need to stop working for a corporation and start making money for themselves – earning him a high 4.3/5 rating from his previous students. 

Take the first step to becoming a high-earning Amazon FBA seller The 2021 Amazon FBA Master Class Bundle, on sale for $19.99 today (regular price $995). 

Want to learn programming and robotics, but don’t know where to start? Forget expensive colleges and dull textbooks and pick up a Raspberry Pi, the super affordable credit card-sized computer, which makes for the perfect, practical way to learn computing. 

Once you have your own little Raspberry Pi to tinker with, you’ll need a great course to show you the ropes – and right now, the five-course The 2021 Raspberry Pi & Arduino Bootcamp Bundle is on sale for just $19.99 – which works out to less than $4 a course (regular price $995). 

Even if you have no robotics experience, the 4.6/5 star rated course ROS2 for Beginners will walk you through how to get started and master Robot Operating System (ROS) basics, writing, building, and running code so that you can create powerful and scalable robot applications. 

Then, you’ll apply those skills in the 4.7/5 rated Raspberry Pi For Beginners: Complete Course will guide you through practical lessons to build amazing projects with the latest Raspberry Pi 4 using Python 3, GPIOs, Flask, and more. 

You’ll also learn Arduino in the 4.7/5 rated Arduino for Beginners: Complete Course, which will take you from start to finish through complete Arduino projects, leaving you with a strong enough knowledge that you’ll be able to start any custom Arduino project you want.

Each course in this bootcamp is taught by Edouard Renard, an experienced software engineer and robotics entrepreneur with an impressive 4.2/5 instructor rating from previous students. Specializing in teaching complex programming in a simple, step-by-step way, Edouard is a Raspberry Pi and Arduino pro who knows exactly how to help you progress your skills faster.

Take your programming skills to the next level today with The 2021 Raspberry Pi & Arduino Bootcamp Bundle, on sale with 97% off right now for $19.99 (regular price $995). 

Whether you regularly write blog posts, work reports, or academic notes, we could all become more productive by spending less of our day typing. In fact, the average worker in the US spends 2.6 hours every day on emails. Imagine what you could get done if you could get that typing done in record speed? 

Thankfully, there’s a revolutionary new tech that changes the game when it comes to manual typing. Lightkey Pro is the latest version of the world’s only real-time text prediction software, which uses super-smart AI to compose your content faster, and with confidence. Today, we’ve found a lifetime subscription to the service on sale for just $49.99 – that’s a huge 70% discount off the regular price of $169. 

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This new and updated version of the game-changing software comes with an improved UI, a ton of new features, even more accuracy in its AI-powered text predictor – and a lower price tag.

It works by using AI to learn your typing patterns and gradually predict up to 12 words at a time, including punctuation marks – which ultimately allows you to compose your writing four times faster than before. With AI revolutionizing the way we type, both Microsoft Word and Google Docs have experimented with its uses for text prediction – but LightKey Pro has been shown to be more effective and accurate than both programs for predicting text in blog and academic content. 

Not only will LightKey predict your upcoming words, but it will also review your writing and give you real-time suggestions for spelling and grammatical errors – making your writing faster and better. 

Trusted in 160 countries, Lightkey Pro comes incredibly highly reviewed, too. Zapier named LightKey Pro one of “The 20 Best Productivity Apps for Windows,” while the software experts at TheWindowsClub praised LightKey’s deep learning capabilities, writing that it learned their preferences as they used it and that it was “one of the most futuristic and innovative typing tools that I have come across.” Meanwhile, on trusted review marketplace G2, LightKey also earned an impressive 5/5 stars. 

Start writing faster and smarter today with a Lightkey Pro Text Prediction Software: Lifetime Subscription, on sale right now with 70% off, for $49.99 (regular price $169). 

With all of us living our lives more online than ever before, the way you store your most personal files has also never been more important. That’s especially true of irreplaceable family photos and videos, which can easily be lost if not backed up. 

The way to keep them safe forever? By keeping them backed up to a cloud storage service you can rely on. Now’s the time to ensure you never lose an important file again, as we’ve found an awesome deal on Polar Backup Unlimited Cloud Backup Storage, which is on sale for just $44.99 today – that’s a 62% discount off the regular price of $120. 

This complete cloud storage solution will give you unlimited, secure cloud backup for all your data from laptops, PCs, Mac devices, external hard drives, and more, all in one place and easy for you to find – whether its treasured memories, important documents or private banking information. 

What makes this solution so robust? Polar Backup uses the latest Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology, with P256-Bit AES encryption to protect your data, GDPR-compliance, and unlimited storage so that your backups are smooth with super fast service times, too. 

It comes with a ton of useful features, too. Designed with ease of use in mind, Polar Backup makes it easy for you to manage, sort, locate, and preview files with just a click – making lost files a thing of the past. 

Thanks to its wealth of features, this complete cloud solution has even been featured in some of the world’s biggest tech publications, including Mashable, TNW, while TechRadar gave the service a 4/5 star review, particularly praising its easy-to-use interface. 

Protect all your personal files today with Polar Backup Unlimited Cloud Backup Storage, on sale with 62% off now for $44.99 (regular price $120).

It’s no secret that when you get hooked on an awesome simulator, you can happily spend hours upon hours with it. And, forget fancy spas – if you ask us, there’s no activity more relaxing than perfectly simulating a classic steam train journeying through a beautiful European forest vista.

So, we were excited to discover that today The Trainz Railroad Simulator Platinum Edition Bundle is on sale for just $29.99 – that’s a massive 89% discount off the regular price of $279. 

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Featuring nine different, incredibly detailed routes, covering hundreds of miles of track and a huge variety of steam, diesel, and electric powered locomotives to take control of, the TRS19 Platinum Edition is simply everything an enthusiast could ever want in a simulator. 

That includes taking you even further than simply driving the trains, but extending the experience to allow you to set up a fully operating railroad, managing dozens of trains – all under AI control and following your every instruction. 

This new Platinum Edition also introduces new camera modes, to really see the game’s detailed landscapes and trains in all their glory, as well as the awesome new “Unified Driver/Surveyor” mode, which allows you to switch instantly between the world-building tools and the driving simulation module – so you’re never too far away from seeing your simulation in action – as well as a new Content Store Downloader to easily manage all your DLC in one place. 

With 196 locos, 1,191 rolling stock, 21,000 items, and a ton of awesome new features, it’s this platinum edition also comes super highly reviewed, with an impressive 4.5/5 stars from users. As one gamer recently wrote, “I was really amazed at the details and scope of scenery provided. It seems it is well thought out, and the developers have really created a world onto their own.”

Take control of a new fleet of locomotives and manage your own railroad today with The Trainz Railroad Simulator Platinum Edition Bundle, on sale with 89% off right now for just $29.99 (regular price $279). 

Learning a language increases your earning potential, broadens your horizons, and opens you up to a new way of travel and socializing that would never be possible without being able to chat with locals. Plus, it’s fun. 

But simply picking up a phrasebook and trying to teach yourself isn’t likely to leave you fluent in a new language. You know what is, though? Having your own private tutor, available for live sessions, anytime, anywhere – and revolutionary new language learning service Lingoda Live Language Courses gives you exactly that. Though regular private language tutors usually charge around $30 an hour, right now, we’ve found a one-month subscription to the awesome service, which totals to 12 hours of private tuition, for just $49.99 – that’s a 26% discount off the regular price of $67. 

Lingoda changes the way language learning works – empowering even people with the busiest of schedules to master a new language, by allowing you to schedule private classes any time of day or night, 24/7, to perfectly fit into your life. 

Available for both Spanish and French, each private class is usually 60 minutes long and is taught by one of more than a thousand certified, native-speaking teachers, who all come with years of experience as professional teachers. 

As well as the flexibility of your classes, the really special thing about learning a language with a private tutor is that they can totally customize your language lessons, with topics relevant to you and your needs, to help you speak fluently and confidently quicker than any generic course could.

This personalized new way of learning has earned Lingoda glowing reviews across the board from its students, with an impressive 4.5/5 stars from users on Trustpilot, and an equally high 4.5/5 stars on Google Reviews. 

Start learning a new language today, with a Lingoda Live Language Courses: 1-Month Subscription, on sale with 26% off right now for $49.99 (regular price $67). 

We could all do with a vacation right now. With countries around the world opening borders – and recent news that Americans can travel to Europe after more than a year of being closed – now’s the time to plan that epic trip you’ve been dreaming about. Or five. 

Because, when you know the tips and tricks to travel smartly, you’ll be surprised at how cheaply and efficiently you can explore the world. The secret is by using insider tools, in-the-know subscriptions, and by becoming a smart traveler. Thankfully, The World Traveler Bundle includes that – including a lifetime subscription to Rosetta Stone – and right now, not only is it on sale, but you can take an extra 20% off the sale price by entering the coupon code TRAVEL20 at checkout, making the full bundle just $159.20 (regular price $1,542). 

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First, you’ll become a great traveler and get more out of your travel experiences with a Rosetta Stone: Lifetime Subscription to all languages (reg. $199), the award-winning language learning software that has been trusted for 27 years by top organizations like NASA, Calvin Klein, and TripAdvisor, and was named by The Wall Street Journal as “the next best thing to living in a country.”

Then, you’ll get the tools you need to actually fly to those countries cheaper than you ever knew possible, with a Matt’s Flights Premium 3-Yr Subscription (reg. $149). This incredible service, featured in The New York Times, changes the game when it comes to making your travel dreams a reality, scouring airlines and travel companies for the most super discounted sales or error fares, and sending them directly to your email inbox – giving you instant access to all the best deals. 

Finally, The Complete 2021 Travel Hacker Bundle (reg. $1194) will give you 13 hours of travel hacking courses to show you how to see the world on a shoestring budget and make memories to last a lifetime, as taught by the experts at SkillSuccess, which has been featured on CNN, Entrepreneur, Mashable, and more. 

Make exploring the world a reality with The World Traveler Bundle ft. Rosetta Stone Lifetime Subscription, on sale today for just $159.20 when you enter the coupon code TRAVEL20 at checkout (reg. $1542). 

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says that the Halo Infinite development team is “very committed” to a holiday release date.

Spencer made the comment while guesting on Dropped Frames, discussing how the Halo Infinite team was approaching the last legs of development among other topics. Spencer says that the team is currently narrowing down the release for Halo Infinite, and already has a good idea for a launch window.

“We know kind of our range in the 3-4 week range,” Spencer said. “We don’t have yet the exact day. There’s some other things with some other game timing that we’re trying to look at. We’ll have better clarity over the summer, but this isn’t a months thing this is just down to a few weeks.”

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Microsoft announced in August 2020 that Halo Infinite would be delayed from a holiday 2020 release date to an unspecified 2021 release date, following a mixed reception to Infinite’s first gameplay reveal, and citing COVID-19 as a major issue. Halo series veteran Joseph Staten was later hired to get Infinite “back on track.”

“Instead of picking this date and having to move it by a week, which at this point would feel like a fail — we don’t want to do that — let’s wait until we’re really solid on what the date is,” Spencer continued. “But the team is very committed to holiday, we feel good about that.”

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Spencer also praised Staten and Pierre Hintze, Halo: Master Chief Collection’s head of publishing. Hintze similarly joined the Halo Infinite team alongside Staten to work on its free-to-play multiplayer mode.

“The way Pierre and Joseph are running the team I feel good about the confidence we have in both quality and getting the game done.”

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The video game industry has experienced a growing list of project delays thanks to the logistical and financial impact of COVID-19, in addition to numerous other factors. Even games that experience multiple delays may launch in a less-than-agreeable state, as evidenced by Cyberpunk 2077’s heavily criticized launch. You can read IGN’s reporting on why 2020 and beyond was such a terrible time for game delays.

On the bright side, we recently got our first look at Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode.

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Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/often delayed for IGN.