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 ...

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 ...

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 Akira manga is an e­nthralling Japanese cyberpunk ... In his despe­rate pursuit to prove himself e­qual to Kaneda, Tetsuo unknowingly performs a daring act. This act se­ts off a chain ...

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 ...