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Akira anime character

It was initially published in the United States by Marvel Comics under its Epic imprint, becoming one of the first manga works to be translated in its entirety into English. Considered a watershed title for the medium, [7] the manga is also famous for spawning the seminal cyberpunk anime film adaptation of the same name and the greater franchise. Set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic "Neo-Tokyo", more than three decades after a mysterious explosion destroyed the city, the story centers on teenage biker gang leader Shotaro Kaneda, militant revolutionary Kei, a trio of Espers , and Neo-Tokyo military leader Colonel Shikishima, who attempt to prevent Tetsuo Shima, Kaneda's mentally unbalanced childhood friend, from using his unstable and destructive telekinetic abilities to ravage the city and awaken a mysterious entity with powerful psychic abilities named "Akira". Otomo uses conventions of the cyberpunk genre to detail a saga of political turmoil, social isolation , corruption , and power. The manga also achieved international commercial success, selling millions of copies worldwide. An animated film adaptation released in shortened the plot considerably, but retained many of the manga's primary characters and plot elements alongside additional scenes, settings, and motifs. The film was similarly lauded and has served as a significant influence to the anime industry and sci-fi media as a whole. Akira was instrumental in the surge in popularity of manga outside Japan, especially in the United States and France. By , [b] a new city called Neo-Tokyo has been built on artificial islands in Tokyo Bay. This incident awakens psychic powers in Tetsuo, attracting the attention of a secret government project directed by JSDF Colonel Shikishima.

With the help of Kiyoko, Masaru, and the spirit of Takashi, Akira cancels out Tetsuo's explosion with one of his own. November 5,

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Anime Manga. He is a child who serves as a key driving force in the lives of the main characters, particularly the psychic Tetsuo Shima. Akira is a young orphan child recruited by the government for their secret parapsychology project and was assigned the subject number The project forced Akira to develop powerful psychic abilities. During this time, he met and befriended other children involved with the project, notably Kiyoko , Masaru , and Takashi later known collectively as the Espers. Akira's powers grew rapidly, eventually beyond his control. On July 16th, , he destroyed the original Tokyo , which the rest of the world mistook for a nuclear detonation. Akira was retrieved by the scientists, and was dissected to discover the cause of his sudden psychic growth. The scientists were unable to solve this problem, and the remains were sealed in canisters and cryogenically frozen underground , sealed away as to prevent any chance of problems in the future.

Akira anime character

Japan, An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of Tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to World War III. In order to prevent any further destruction, he is captured and taken into custody, never to be heard from again.

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Sunrise [5]. Ayala, Laura Spanish. Archived from the original on January 8, Roberto, Ivo Portuguese BR. Mendoza, Ricardo Spanish. This insistence was based on his experiences working on Harmagedon. Conde, Jesse Spanish. Asian Horror Encyclopedia. Bierstedt, Marie. Zanni, Marc. Sakamaki, Sadahiko Key Animation. Susan J. Tetsuo Shima , upon hearing of the existence of Akira, rampages through Neo-Tokyo in a quest to find him in the hopes of learning how to increase his already devastating power. Because the first three images had followed a pattern of "action-silence-action," the artist figured volume four should continue it and so drew Akira sitting down for the cover. Hirano, Masato.

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Bezerra, Wendel Portuguese BR. Arquette, Lewis. Its writer-director Alex Proyas called the end battle a "homage to Otomo's Akira ". Woren, Dan. Shima, Tetsuo. Austin Price and Lynzee Loveridge both gave it a perfect 5 out of 5 rating. Kodansha's version is largely identical to the Dark Horse version. Geinoh Yamashirogumi Music. Takeyama, Yuji. Roberto, Ivo. After getting tired of this logo and having entered "Chapter 2" a few chapters previously, he used English in Broadway for chapter 36 because he wanted an Art Deco feel.