Soon, Tetsuo ignites a chain of events that threatens to destroy Neo-Tokyo once again. To definitively signal to audiences that Akira’s Neo-Tokyo is an unprecedented, futuristic interpretation ...

Akira’s monstrous character Tetsuo is a youngster who finds horrific forces mutating his body. Peter Parker shoots out embarrassing strands of web-goo, but Tetsuo’s whole body engorges into a ...

The story is, in part, an allegory for the fallout from the nuclear bombs dropped by the United States during World War II — where Akira represents the bomb and Tetsuo is the dreaded next calamity.

Hiro Murai has words of advice for whoever plans to take on the live-action “Akira” remake ... a local biker gang who has to stop his friend Tetsuo Shima from using his newly awakened psionic ...

The year 2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the cult classic Akira. It is a quintessential masterpiece in the film industry worldwide. Set in Neo-Tokyo after World War III, Akira is the story of a ...

There are few anime films like Akira. Not only was it an adaptation ... unwittingly unleashed by unethical scientific research. Tetsuo’s childhood friend and erstwhile rival, Kaneda, fights ...

The Toonseum in Pittsburgh, PA is currently hosting the largest collection of art ever displayed from Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime classic Akira. The exhibit only runs until July 18th ...

To help illustrate Akira’s longevity and influence, the story of Kaneda and Tetsuo recently appeared in Jordan Peele’s Nope, with the prolific director recreating the well-known “motorcycle ...