Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 anime feature film Akira is rightfully recognized as one of the most influential films of all time. A cyberpunk classic, it has not only inspired other cyberpunk films made in the past nearly four decades since its release, but has left an indelible mark on the sci-fi genre as a whole, from themes tackled to visual design.

Akira is a unique and aesthetically pleasing animated movie whose setting of Neo-Tokyo has inspired dystopian worlds for sci-fi movies, especially futuristic ones similar to the fictional city in which Akira 's events unfold. Even the film's action, especially the iconic bike slide in Akira is referenced by movies of all genres, as a vehicular maneuver that hypes up the protagonist.

Despite innumerable live-action adaptations of cl

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