Social Outburst and Neo-Tokyo

Rating: 9/10 (6 April 2020)

I live in a country where lately has been full of protests, riots, movements. It is inevitable not to compare the situation with the destruction, the fights, the violence, the sence of fury and nonconformity with the government seen in Neo-Tokyo. A city and a country has been carrying up the anger a very long time... It was time to let the anger out. Now the streets are full of dust, rocks, broken glass, tear gas is still in the air, blood. The whole country is in a state of anger.
What you see in Neo-Tokyo is the picture of our days. Unfortunately we don't have the same buildings and holograms as in Akira. It doesn't matter on which side you are, you can see it is moving, and is making noise. A mass of people in the streets.
One day, a cinema near the center of major protests and riots had a special screening... Akira. A movie which i've never seen at a big screen and a sorround sound.
The movie starts. The whole room knows what is about to begin. Japanese voices of caracteristic tones and sounds covers the cinema. Kaneda's Theme is playing. The neon colors break through the viewer's eyes. A masterpiece of Katsuhiro Otomo.
It was like seeing our streets, the people, the cops, the violence. Just hearing the Kaneda's Theme almost made me tear up. Not because i felt sorrow on how similar it was to the country, but how amazing and incredible sounded along with the visuals and colors. A journey everyone should experience.
The movie ends. A full room of spectators leaves... Another group of people is waiting for the next movie... The exit doors are opened... Just when we got out, we see the movie again... Akira is here, Neo-Tokyo is here. The poeple, faces, clothes, burned cars, fire, people running and throwing rocks, screaming in cholera, phones recording everything, the social media is in the air, technology is inside us now.
All of this says a lot of how a movie, Akira can be timeless in its entirety concept.