As influential anime go, especially in the west, Akira is at least in the top five of that list, if not at the very top. But it was at an extreme disadvantage in the west when it was first released in ...

This is an artist's rendition of the galaxies Akira (right) and Tetsuo (left) in action. Akira's gravity pulls Tetsuo's gas into its central supermassive black hole, fueling winds that have the power ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. However, while Otomo helmed both the manga and the anime movie, the latter is a very ...