AKIRA

アキラ

Aired: 1988

An SF anime film written, directed and based on the manga by Katsuhiro Otomo. Set in Neo-Tokyo, rebuilt atop the ruins left by World War III, it tracks the destinies of biker leader Kaneda, his friend Tetsuo who awakens to terrifying psychic powers, and the mysterious entity called AKIRA, rendered in extraordinarily detailed animation packed with information. The Geinoh Yamashirogumi soundtrack fuses indelibly with the visuals to define a cyberpunk worldview, and the film earned international acclaim as a historic masterpiece that introduced Japanese animation to the world.