AKIRA
1988JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Katsuhiro Otomo★ 7.9
Available in English: subtitled
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakbrutalhauntingchaoticsurreal
Pacing
relentlessescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalrebellionunravelingpursuit
Emotion
figuring out who you areloss of innocenceragefeeling powerlessloyalty under pressure
Themes
corrupt institutionslife under oppressionfamily wounds passed downold ways vs. new worldclass and money
Feel
exhaustingcerebralgut punchrewatchablediscussion starterquietly haunting
Violence
graphic