Set 21 years after the destruction of Tokyo, Akira's Neo-Tokyo is a lawless, crepuscular mega-city rebuilt from the ashes.

Akira goes for the monstrous option, driven by a relentless pursuit of power which is simultaneously natural to humans and ...

Few things live up to their hype, but there are always exceptions. In the world of anime, Akira ranks as this truth’s shining example as the classic film ages better by the day. The Katsuhiro Otomo ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

A collectible edition of one of the best anime of all time is on sale for super cheap at Amazon for Prime Big Deal Days. Akira's Limited Edition Steelbook 4K Blu-ray is only $13.49 (was $35), which is ...

Akira remains an outlier in America. Somebody needn’t have watched a single cel of anime–they’ll still be at least aware of “that weird movie with the biker gang and the monster made of veins and ...

As influential anime go, especially in the west, Akira is at least in the top five of that list, if not at the very top. But it was at an extreme disadvantage in the west when it was first released in ...

Big Screen Spotlight | Katsuhiro Ôtomo's cyberpunk trailblazer is still the standard-bearer for big-screen anime ...