If you loved Paprika, try Akira

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the foreign gem, mindfuck, neon soaked, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Paprika, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Akira is

Neo-Tokyo streets at dusk, a motorcycle screeches. A government experiment unleashes a destructive force, a biker gang member transformed. Katsuhiro Otomo's vision of a city on the brink still informs anime today.

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