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Akira
The cult Manga comic series comes majestically to life in a 4K re-release of writer-director Katsuhiro Otomo's startling 1988 animation, set in a future Japan presided over by marauding gangs of bikers and rebels intent on overthrowing the government. The artwork is ferociously true to the comics, but plot and character are slightly scrambled in translation. The plot centres on Shotaro Kaneda (voiced by Mitsuo Iwata) and best friend Tetsuo Shima (Nozomo Sasaki), who lead their gang, the Capsules, in a turf war against bitter rivals the Clowns. The feud pales into insignificance when doctors discover that Tetsuo possesses devastating psychic abilities similar to a little boy called Akira, who destroyed Tokyo decades before.
