Akira DVD- Classic 1988 Japanese Futuristic Anime movie by Katsuhiro Otomo

Classic 1988 Japanese Anime feature by director Katsuhiro Otomo. Considered by many as one of the top animated films with its intensely violent saga of power and corruption. Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of World War III to become a dark and dangerous megalopolis infested with gangs and terrorists. The government seethes with corruption and only maintains a token control over the powerful military that prevents total chaos and hides the secrets of the past. Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda plunge into Neo-Tokyo's darkest secret when their motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. Tetsuo, captured by the military, is subjected to experiments that make him a powerful psychic, but, unfortunately for Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo's powers rage out of control and he lashes out at the world that has oppressed him! Nothing can stop the destructive forces that Tetsuo wields except possibly the last boy to destroy Tokyo. Starring Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessh“ Genda and Hiroshi Otake. 124 minutes. English dubbed. English subtitled.