Thirty years ago, Akira predicted the chaos of 2020

Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, one of the most groundbreaking and influential animated films of all time, opens with an iconic motorcycle chase through the neon streets of Neo-Tokyo, a beautiful cyberpunk Metropolis built on the ruins of old Tokyo. The rest of the city, as explained in the opening text, was wiped out in an…

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Source: Kotaku – Thirty years ago, Akira predicted the chaos of 2020