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Akira





Synopsis
In the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the outbreak of World War III. In Neo-Tokyo, all authority is waging a never-ending struggle against the underground that virtually rules the shattered city. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the minds breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. The incident triggers psychic powers within one of the members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army and experimented on. His mind has been warped and is now on the path of war, exacting revenge on the society that once called him weak.

Episode's:
1

Genres:
Action
Horror
Science-Fiction
Supernatural



Member Review
This is going to be a short review as u should be watching this movie already if you have not seen it. Akira is probably the true genesis of neopunk there are few films as influential to this genre of movies save possibly Bladerunner. The theme of the movie is brotherhood through adversity as withnessed by the main char Kaneda struggle to get through to Tetsuo. This is a movie for those that are willing to look between the lines as the plot is somewhat convoluted at times due to the fact that it was a rather lengthy manga converted into a 2 hour or so film but Katsuhiro Otomo did a fine job of capturing the theme of the comic. anyway go watch it the visuals for their time are stunning they hold up even now 2 decades later
10/10
Ending Themes
"Kaneda" by Geinoh Yamashiro-gumi
Opening Themes
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Characters
Akira
Akira was a young boy who developed transcendent psionic, nearly god- like abilities when serving as a test subject for secret government ESP experiments in the 1980s. He subsequently lost control of this power and annihilated Tokyo in 1988. After the cataclysmic event, Akira's dead body was recovered and subjected to every test known to modern science, which proved unable to solve the mystery.


Shotaro Kaneda
Kaneda is a carefree gang-leader who boasts a custom-modified motorcycle. He and Tetsuo have been best friends since early childhood. He is brash and not above teasing Tetsuo despite feeling affection for him as a younger brother. Upon rescuing Kei, Kaneda becomes involved in the activities of her group of anti-government guerillas in hopes of locating Tetsuo.


Tetsuo Shima
Tetsuo is shown as a black sheep in the gang he and Kaneda are part of, and quietly suffers from a deeply rooted inferiority complex. He admires his friend yet at the same time strongly resents his own reliance upon him. After his psychokinetic abilities manifest, Tetsuo quickly becomes Kaneda's nemesis; he desires Kaneda's motorcycle (a symbol of status and power), and seeks to prove himself supremely powerful, without need of protection.


Kei
A young female revolutionary whom Kaneda meets and becomes enamoured with on his quest to find Tetsuo. She is a member of an anti-government faction that Ryu and Nezu are also involved in. Although she does not possess preternatural abilities, Kei is employed by the espers as a type of medium on several occasions.












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