I wonder what they'll go with Akira, now Akira is a special case because its Japanese roots are a pivotal part of the story, if you take away the Japanese culture of Akira you're taking away half of what makes it relevant and half of it's depth and soul, I suppose you can always repurpose something for a western culture, or make it lighter and focus of just technology instead of Japanese nationalism, but it's gonna lack personality.
Exhibit A. Beautifully put, couldn't have thought of a better contradiction example myself