Akira was the kid that blew up Tokyo in 1988; the bits and pieces of his body were put in cryogenic tubes and hidden beneath the Olympic Stadium. That’s why Tetsuo goes there in the end.
Akira was one of the first subjects of a Military psionic weapon (esper) experiment. His powers grew out of control, and he ended up transforming into a pure energy being and relocating to another universe, blowing up Tokyo in the process.
Tetsuo was a later, exponentially more powerful subject the military accidentally picked up and decided to experiment on because he had a similar genetic structure to Akira.
He too grew out of control, but Akira came back and transported him to a new universe before he transformed so he didn’t destroy this one when he transformed. Of course Akira had to blow up tokyo again to retrieve Tetsuo…
Well, didn’t say the guy in the pic was Akira techinically- but it does look like the kid Akira’s thrown. /technicality.
The manga makes more sense [more, not total], since the creator finished the movie before the manga and didn’t want to give away how it would end in the animation. lolwut.
TETSUOOOOOOOOO!
/obligatory
KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
/btw, Tikigod, that dude isn’t Akira.
//as pretty much every posty after this will state
Yeah, not Akira.
Definitely not Akira.
I want to go back in time and eat Jesus
I’d go back in time and eat Akira. Which isn’t this.
Who the heck was Akira anyway? (besides not the guy [Kaneda] in the picture). The ending’s a wee bit confusing for us westerners.
Akira was the kid that blew up Tokyo in 1988; the bits and pieces of his body were put in cryogenic tubes and hidden beneath the Olympic Stadium. That’s why Tetsuo goes there in the end.
Guys.
I think I got something here, that will crack this case WIDE OPEN.
THIS
IS NOT AKIRA
Akira was one of the first subjects of a Military psionic weapon (esper) experiment. His powers grew out of control, and he ended up transforming into a pure energy being and relocating to another universe, blowing up Tokyo in the process.
Tetsuo was a later, exponentially more powerful subject the military accidentally picked up and decided to experiment on because he had a similar genetic structure to Akira.
He too grew out of control, but Akira came back and transported him to a new universe before he transformed so he didn’t destroy this one when he transformed. Of course Akira had to blow up tokyo again to retrieve Tetsuo…
Hilarity all round… 🙂
PROTIP: That is not Akira.
Well, didn’t say the guy in the pic was Akira techinically- but it does look like the kid Akira’s thrown. /technicality.
The manga makes more sense [more, not total], since the creator finished the movie before the manga and didn’t want to give away how it would end in the animation. lolwut.
Tiki this isn’t akira.