In 2019 Neo-Tokyo, biker Kaneda tries to rescue his friend Tetsuo after the military captures him following an accident involving a psychic child. Experiments awaken devastating powers in Tetsuo and feed years of resentment, threatening to repeat the… catastrophe linked to Akira as soldiers, scientists and revolutionaries struggle to control him.
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You should watch it for its motorcycles, its incredible Neo-Tokyo, and handcrafted animation that continues to leave spectacular scenes decades later.
You'll enjoy it if you're looking for adult science fiction, a cyberpunk atmosphere and an intense film that does not explain everything at once.
What makes it unique within cyberpunk is that Tetsuo's psychic power ends up literally deforming his body and turns his insecurity into pure visual horror.
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