80sanime:1979-1990 Anime PrimerAkira (1988)31 years have passed since a giant explosion decimated th
80sanime:1979-1990 Anime PrimerAkira (1988)31 years have passed since a giant explosion decimated the original Tokyo. In 2019, Neo-Tokyo stands in its place, a sprawling metropolis with a seamy underbelly. Kaneda is the leader of a bike gang comprised of unruly teens, among them his childhood friend Tetsuo, who harbors an intense inferiority complex. One fateful day the military takes Tetsuo into custody, believing he has latent psychic abilities on par with the enigmatic Akira; but their plans to mold him into a WMD blow up in their faces when Tetsuo elects to use his new powers to go on a violent rampage. Can Kaneda stop him before he causes the city to E.X.P.L.O.D.E. for a second time?Akira is easily one of the most defining and impactful works of anime ever created, and the thematic apex of the 80s anime era. With a production budget of 10 million dollars (an industry record), the film was meticulously crafted with the hyper-focused intensity signature to its director and original creator, Katsuhiro Otomo. There is no exaggerating the artistic and technical merits of this film which tower over most of the rest of the market even today, nearly 30 years after its release. The story, while decidedly less complex than the visuals, nevertheless succeeds in capturing the raw element of rebellious youth raging against a broken system, as expressed via high-octane motorcycle chases, gruesomely explosive psychic warfare, and a heavy dose of atom bomb imagery. -- source link