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Akira Akira is one of the anime films to progress the popularity of anime films in the west. The highly advanced quality of the anime contributed greatly to the success of the film. The detailed scenes with vibrant ink-and-pen illustrate a perfect dystopic setting of Neo-Tokyo in 2019. Themes of youth culture, delinquency, social unrest and future uncertainty weighed against the historical spectre of nuclear destruction , all melted together to create a dystopic film. Japan is destroyed by a psychic blast by a young boy Akira then is rebuilt as Neo-Tokyo. 31 years later, Tetsuo, a member of a delinquent bike gang, crashes into a child with psychic powers on his motorcycle. Tetsuo |
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begins to have similar powers, which he uses destructively towards everyone to prove he is not weak. His powers become stronger than life and he cannot control them. His bike gang and army try to save him from destroying himself and from causing another catastrophic blast to Neo-Tokyo. Akira obtained record attendance for the viewing in Japan. A significant number of anime films are warmly received as mainstream films in Japan while gaining cult status in other countries. Akira's cult status lives on. SIGNATURE LINE - "Neo-Tokyo is about to E•X•P•L•O•D•E." BlueBlade Akira |
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