“Akira” @ Guild Cinema

Event Details

This event finished on 12 January 2019

Akira – the ultra-classic anime – at the Guild Cinema
Friday & Saturday, January 11-12 – 10:30 pm only

Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo – 1988 – 124m – In Japanese with English subtitles.  An Alibi Midnight Movie Madness presentation!
Door Prizes courtesy of Bubonicon 51!

Not just a movie!  It’s the genesis of a genre. Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. Akira’s arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for movies like the The Matrix to be dreamed into brutal reality. Without Kaneda and Tetsuo, without espers and psionic assassins, without that badass motorcycle – our world would be a far less exciting place to exist!

In 1988, the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after the nuking of the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo’s supernatural powers suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment’s secrets.

“An impressive achievement, often suggesting a weird expressionist blend of 2001, The Warriors, Blade Runner and Forbidden Planet.” – Geoff Andrew, Time Out

“It continues to show the best of the genre, almost 30 years later. It would be sacrilegious to give a different rating from PERFECT to AKIRA.” – Julio Vélez, Cine Premiere

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The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.

Website: GuildCinema.com