- “Why do I even have to draw this part! Give me a break! Geez,” the complaint read, per a translation from SoraNews24.
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- “Akira,” written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo based on his 1982 manga of the same name, was available for free streaming on YouTube until Dec. 28.
- Paris Beacon News suggested that the film’s free streaming availability during the holidays in Japan likely led to the discovery of the message as it helped “a greater number of viewers pay more attention to the details.”
- The film is set in a futuristic “Neo-Tokyo” city decades after a nuclear explosion. The city becomes endangered after biker gang member Tetsuo Shima gains psychic powers and goes on a rampage as his friend and main protagonist Shōtarō Kaneda tries to save him.