Trailer - Akira [English-subtitled]
Posted by Kevin Ouellette on January 25, 2009 - 7:41pm
Filed under: Manga/Anime/Light Novels, Sci-Fi
Katsuhiro Omoto’s landmark sci-fi anime, based on his own 1982 manga. Set in 2019, the city of “Neo Tokyo” is still dealing with the aftermath of the enormous bomb blast of 1988, which led to the start of World War III. A group of meek-looking children now posses tremendous psychic powers, and neither scientists or military officers are sure of what to do with them. It’s eventually revealed that the most powerful of these psychics in history, known only as “Akira”, was the one responsible for the explosion. Therefore, when a young biker gang member named Tetsuo begins to exhibit similar mental frequencies, he is quickly whisked away by military personnel. Unfortunately, however, his metamorphosis cannot be stopped. Will he become super-human or super-monster?
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