S10 E05 - ”Akira” (1988)

Episode: This week we discuss, "Akira" (1988)

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo (supervising director)
Writers: Katsuhiro Ôtomo (screenplay), Izô Hashimoto (screenplay)
Stars: Mitsuo Iwata (voice), Nozomu Sasaki (voice), Mami Koyama(voice)

One part movie review & discussion, and one part gameshow- where we never know what we‘ll be watching next! Before each series, our co-hosts anonymously submit movies they want everyone to watch. Each episode we guess WHODUNNIT!? (Series winner gets a WHO-Dundie award), we review & discuss, grade it A-F, and tally a GPA. Then with a roll of the dice we randomly select the next submission! Watch out for Lieutenant Columbo, interrupting with "Just One More Thing"!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:36 - Greetings, Lookers!
00:06:23 - Headlines
00:11:56 - The Rundown
00:17:12 - Rundown Recreation
00:30:04 - WHODUNNIT?!
00:31:43 - Open Discussion
01:40:54 - Commercial Break
01:43:05 - Final Grades
01:49:26 - Roll the Dice!
01:51:16 - Show Business
01:54:18 - Who-Dundie Awards!
01:57:48 - One More Thing
02:22:17 - Goodbye, Lookers!