AKIRA (1988)

The definitive science fiction masterpiece. This is an unmissable anime classic!

Akira isn't just a movie, it's the genesis of a genre. It's everywhere. If you can't see it in the streets, if you can't feel it crawling around inside your brain, then you have yet to be initiated. What are you waiting for?

Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III. Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop outs, stumble on a secret government project to develop new weapons - telekinetic humans. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer', Akira, the project's most powerful subject, and determines to challenge him...