Presented by the U-M Center for Japanese Studies with additional support from Vault of Midnight.

KATSUHIRO ÔTOMO-as both writer and director-brings his epic manga to the world of anime in this now classic benchmark of Manga-to-film offerings. A secret military project called “Akira” endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a psionic psychopath. Now, only the gang and two kids can save the city from total annihilation.

Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

1988 | Anime | 124 min | R