Akira (1988) · Curator Co.

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

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