Part 1:    • AKIRA: The Art of Creation PART 1- An...  
Part 2:    • AKIRA: The Art of Creation PART 2- WW...  
Part 3:    • AKIRA: The Art of Creation PART 3- Ex...  

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AKIRA: The Art of Creation is a three-part one-hour long video essay analyzing the film and manga created by Katsuhiro Otomo. PART 2: DESTRUCTION discusses the following topics:

0:00 Introduction
1:57 Nezu's Speech to Ryu about Akira and Neo-Tokyo
2:52 Akira's relation to World War II and the Cold War
7:09 The Olympics
8:43 Anti-Authoritarianism / Anti-Militarism
11:27 Tetsuo Character Analysis
13:31 Akira is Absolute Energy
17:19 Destruction and Creation
19:00 Symbolism of Blood and the Color Red
21:18 The Music of Geinoh Yamashirogumi

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FULL ESSAY ON GOOGLE DOC HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E...

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Features footage from the film Akira, pages from the manga Akira, pages from the art book "Akira Club", and footage from the documentary "Akira: Production Report". Also contains historical archival footage and cinematic footage from other various third-party sources.

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