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Jun 2024
31m 26s

Akira | Cyberpunk Festival

Adam Palcher and Adam Sherlock
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This week we dive into our third installment of our Cyberpunk Film Festival with the global phenomenon that is Akira. The 1988 film created by Katsuhiro Ôtomo goes inside a strange and futuristic world in peril from a military project that goes awry and where the future of Neo-Tokyo is in question. Enjoy the conversation!

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