Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: School of Movies
Episode: Akira
Description: [School of Movies 2022]
Your eyes do not deceive you, we are doing anime this week. Ironically the only other Main Event show we've done of this ilk is Kiki's Delivery Service, which emerged the year after this film and replaced it as the most expensive Japanese animated cinematically-released production of the era. You wouldn't think it, comparing that sweet tale about an enthusiastic girl who gets burnout in Stockholm to this cyberpunk epic.
As striking today as it was in 1988, this is a film of vital importance that is stunning to witness. A harsh, thrilling...