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Popular Akira PostersAkira (1988) is a movie based upon the Japanese manga, Akira, by Katsuhiro Ôtomo. Ôtomo also directed. The movie is considered by some to be the pinacle of Japanese anime, and at the time was the most expensive anime produced. Because of its extreme violence, some critics feel it is too gory, while others applaud its intellectual science fiction and societal critique.
Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project knowned as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activist, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.
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