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There is a terrible secret hiding under Akira’s Olympics. In the Akira movie, spoiler alert, the Olympic Stadium is literally built on the remains of a human weapon named Akira. But in reality, this seems to mirror Japan’s own connection to the Olympics–one of horror and rebirth.
Written by Tyler Knudsen & Sophie Lasken
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Sources:
[Young Magazine No24] https://bit.ly/3iQB9NW
[BFI] Akira (BFI Film Classics) by Michelle Le Blanc
[Empire] Akira: The Story Behind The Film by Andrew Osmond – https://bit.ly/3sXBIM5
[Forbes] Katsuhiro Otomo On Creating ‘Akira’ And Designing The Coolest Bike In All Of Manga And Anime by Ollie Barder – https://bit.ly/3JEOUeR
[Slashfilm] The Anime Classic ‘Akira’ Foresaw The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics – And Its Empty Stadium – https://bit.ly/3zqycLy
[AV Club] Thirty years ago, Akira predicted the chaos of 2020 – https://bit.ly/3EOZNqU
[animenewsnetwork] We Could Have Had Akira and Mario at the Olympics Opening Ceremony – https://bit.ly/3FXslzS
[Anime Encyclopedia] The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation
[XII Olympiad Wiki] 1940 Summer Olympics – https://bit.ly/34uW1Xn
[Mukden Wiki] – Mukden Incident – https://bit.ly/3qTHax6
[Unit 731 Wiki] – Unit 731 – https://bit.ly/3q12KAs
[Occupation Wiki] – Occupation of Japan – https://bit.ly/3pZuNjO
[‘64 Olympics Wiki] – 1964 Summer Olympics – https://bit.ly/32OdFVz
[Tokyo Olympiad Wiki] – Tokyo Olympiad –
[LWL] – Akira and the traumatic spectre of nuclear war – Little White Lies – https://bit.ly/3qVvR7t
[Cherry Blossoms Wiki] Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night – https://bit.ly/32T8weT
[Reuters] Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19 – https://reut.rs/3q5HKIX
[CBS News] Cancel the Tokyo Olympics? It’s unlikely. Here’s why – https://cbsn.ws/33jboS8
[2020 Olympics Wiki] 2020 Summer Olympics – https://bit.ly/3t5Jcgj
[Hirohito Wiki] Hirohito – https://bit.ly/33bzf62
[US Biowarfare Wiki] – United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories – https://bit.ly/3f6PdRM
[Guardian] – Unit 731: Japan discloses details of notorious chemical warfare division – https://bit.ly/3qQPApD
[Akira Fandom] https://akira.fandom.com
[Bubble Economy Wiki] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_asset_price_bubble
[Japan Times] https://bit.ly/3tQzZIH
Music:
Epidemic Sound