Akira Minute

Sep 05 2024 120 ep. 33 mins 17

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Jack Stovold and Richard Dunham analyze and celebrate the landmark 1988 anime Akira, one minute at a time.

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Akira minute 120 - Oh My

Sep 05 2024 36 mins

Kai reunites with Kaneda and Kei. The three wonder about Tetsuo's fate and are bathed by a beam of sunlight breaking through the clouds. With David Fruchter.

Akira minute 119 - Requiem Rant

Sep 04 2024 27 mins

Kei finds Kaneda as he clasps between his hands the shrinking bubble of light that had engulfed his friend. With David Fruchter.

Akira minute 118 - The Find Out Stage

Sep 03 2024 37 mins

The sphere that had engulfed Tetsuo collapsed, causing destruction for Dr. Onishi's lab and many skyscrapers. With David Fruchter.

Akira minute 117 - Entirely As If

Sep 02 2024 28 mins

Kaneda wakes from his memory when he hears Kei calling his name. The sphere of destruction widens. Dr. Onishi tries to make sense of the data he's gathering. With David Fruchter.

Akira minute 116 - Nostril Fluid

Sep 01 2024 42 mins

Kaneda floats through a double helix of debris, and then relives the moment from his childhood when he befriended Tetsuo. With David Fruchter.

Akira minute 115 - Stick Close to Chewie

Feb 15 2024 43 mins

In the children's memories, they undergo operations and explore their psychic powers under the supervision of lab technicians. In the present, they explain to Kaneda that they have called Akira to help them deal with Tetsuo. With Curtis Bloes.

Akira minute 114 - sad_shakuhachi.wav

Feb 14 2024 46 mins

Kaneda moves from Tetsuo's memories to memories of Takashi, Masaru, Kiyoko, and Akira as children. With Curtis Bloes.

Akira minute 113 - Heaven Has Looked Away From Us

Feb 13 2024 27 mins

Within the bubble created by Akira, Kaneda floats among the wreckage of the city and then enters into Tetsuo's memories. With Curtis Bloes.

Akira minute 112 - Orc Goose

Feb 12 2024 40 mins

The psychic children decide to sacrifice themselves by going into the expanding white bubble to save Kaneda. With Curtis Bloes.

Akira minute 111 - The Fifth Short

Feb 11 2024 34 mins

Kiyoko teleports Colonel Shikishima to safety as an expanding white bubble threatens to engulf both Tetsuo and Kaneda. With Curtis Bloes.