"In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after the nuking of the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo's supernatural powers suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment's secrets."

Remaster announcement

In, hope the director delivers for the live action version.

Hope that cornball Taika Waititi doesn't end up directing the remake.

‘franchise’

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Problem?

f***ing in i'm hyped

So good

Looks so good even after so many years.

Vegan but I still want one of those jackets

Niggas nowadays brush the movie / manga off as overhyped without trying to understand it. One of the best CBMs ever tbh

This movie is more relevant than ever, its honestly crazy.

Ready for anime series news

Still gotta read the original manga series cause I know the movie barely covers everything that happens in it

Same I was like 3 books in but need to finish

Wish they made more animated films covering the rest of the story

it's just a different story alltogether tbh, both have their merits and both are some of the best in their respective genres

s*** even lowkey predicted the year Japan would host the olympics I'm crying

The animation frame rate in this flick is too smooth - especially considering the time of the original release.

The world the director paints is seriously so immersive. All the details into the backgrounds and characters is still really crazy.

The BTS vids of how they made this movie and manga are really cool - recommend anyone to watch those.

going to see this in theaters this week. have seen it b4 but only at home on laptop.

This s*** in theaters?

In Toronto (which id argue is best movie scene in world in terms of selection and quality of theaters...ive been to most major cities to compare), we always have older items playing or random foreign films etc.

This week for whatever reason is Akira.

Its playing down here in atlanta too on imax

America literally can’t redo this from a cultural standpoint. The closest they can come is if they swap the Hiroshima subtext with a black city that was bombed like MOVE in Philadelphia