"The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves." 💊 

It is time for our third installment in our Midnight Rewind segment! This week, we are discussing possibly the greatest anime of all-time: Katsuhiro Ôtomo's 1988 masterpiece Akira (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyM8JyyUTjc) !

The year is 2019. 31 years after being destroyed during World War III on July 16th, 1988, Tokyo (now 'Neo-Tokyo') has been rebuilt and is a thriving metropolis. 

Shōtarō Kaneda is the leader of a biker gang. His friend Tetsuo is injured in an accident and taken to a top-secret government facility. After developing uncontrollable telekinetic powers, Tetsuo turns against his friends and the city.

Previous Midnight Rewind Episodes

• Princess Mononoke (1997) (https://www.oblivionbarpodcast.com/midnight-rewind-princess-mononoke-1997/)
• Paprika (2006) (https://www.oblivionbarpodcast.com/midnight-rewind-paprika-2006/)

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