Akira Minute

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Jack Stovold and Richard Dunham analyze and celebrate the landmark 1988 anime Akira, one minute at a time.

Akira Minute


    • Sep 6, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 120 EPISODES


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    Akira minute 120 - Oh My

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 36:07


    Kai reunites with Kaneda and Kei. The three wonder about Tetsuo's fate and are bathed by a beam of sunlight breaking through the clouds. With David Fruchter.

    Akira minute 119 - Requiem Rant

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 27:33


    Kei finds Kaneda as he clasps between his hands the shrinking bubble of light that had engulfed his friend. With David Fruchter.

    Akira minute 118 - The Find Out Stage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 37:53


    The sphere that had engulfed Tetsuo collapsed, causing destruction for Dr. Onishi's lab and many skyscrapers. With David Fruchter.

    Akira minute 117 - Entirely As If

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 28:18


    Kaneda wakes from his memory when he hears Kei calling his name. The sphere of destruction widens. Dr. Onishi tries to make sense of the data he's gathering. With David Fruchter.

    Akira minute 116 - Nostril Fluid

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 42:24


    Kaneda floats through a double helix of debris, and then relives the moment from his childhood when he befriended Tetsuo. With David Fruchter.

    Akira minute 115 - Stick Close to Chewie

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 43:01


    In the children's memories, they undergo operations and explore their psychic powers under the supervision of lab technicians. In the present, they explain to Kaneda that they have called Akira to help them deal with Tetsuo. With Curtis Bloes.

    Akira minute 114 - sad_shakuhachi.wav

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 46:04


    Kaneda moves from Tetsuo's memories to memories of Takashi, Masaru, Kiyoko, and Akira as children. With Curtis Bloes.

    Akira minute 113 - Heaven Has Looked Away From Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 27:42


    Within the bubble created by Akira, Kaneda floats among the wreckage of the city and then enters into Tetsuo's memories. With Curtis Bloes.

    Akira minute 112 - Orc Goose

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 40:57


    The psychic children decide to sacrifice themselves by going into the expanding white bubble to save Kaneda. With Curtis Bloes.

    Akira minute 111 - The Fifth Short

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 34:31


    Kiyoko teleports Colonel Shikishima to safety as an expanding white bubble threatens to engulf both Tetsuo and Kaneda. With Curtis Bloes.

    Akira minute 110 - Gut Powder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 52:02


    Tetsuo almost engulfs the Colonel and the psychic children, but the canisters break open and Akira appears. With Eric Ambler.

    Akira minute 109 - Of All the Cells I've Encountered

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 42:19


    By shooting through it with his laser gun, Kaneda manages to escape the ever-growing mass of flesh that Tetsuo has become. The fountain of flesh approaches Colonel Shikishima, who tries to warn the psychic children. Meanwhile Dr. Onishi stares at the pattern projected in his mobile lab. With Eric Ambler.

    Akira minute 108 - Trapper Keeper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 23:56


    Tetsuo's body reaches out and engulfs Kaori and Kaneda. The psychic children sit concentrating in front of the Akira samples. Tetsuo pleads for help from Kaneda as his body crushes Kaori to death. With Eric Ambler.

    Akira minute 107 - Burrito Gun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 39:37


    Kaneda scores a laser shot which Tetsuo deflects with his new metal arm. Kiyoko heralds the coming of Akira as the sample jars begin to bubble. Tetsuo's body suddenly grows monstrously huge. With Eric Ambler.

    Akira minute 106 - The Fellas Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 29:33


    Kaneda grazes Tetsuo with a laser cannon shot. The psychic children appear on the scene. With Eric Ambler.

    Akira minute 105 - Full Cronenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 38:47


    Tetsuo's arm expands out toward and almost engulfs Colonel Shikishima, but retracts when Kaneda, appearing on his bike at the opposite end of the stadium, hits with a laser bolt. With Duncan Shields.

    Akira minute 104 - Friday Night Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 28:51


    Tetsuo's new arm starts to grow out of control and eat into his concrete throne. Colonel Shikishima appears and tries to convince Tetsuo to return to the lab. With Duncan Shields.

    Akira minute 103 - Crater Quiz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 30:09


    As Colonel Shikishima climbs the rubble into the stadium, Kaori reunites with Tetsuo and sees that he has a strange metal hand. With Duncan Shields.

    Akira minute 102 - Manzai

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 27:04


    Kaneda and Kai charge some laser gun batteries with Kai's motorcycle. Kaori climbs the steps of the stadium toward Tetsuo. With Duncan Shields.

    Akira minute 101 - Total Protonic Reversal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 21:20


    Dr. Onishi unsuccessfully tries to share with Colonel Shikishima his enthusiasm over his observations of Tetsuo. With Duncan Shields.

    Akira minute 100 - Rappin' Colonel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 47:40


    Tetsuo creates a new arm for himself. Kiyoko speculates on changing the future. The Conolel asks Dr. Onishi for an update. With Sean Davis.

    Akira minute 99 - Safety First

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 33:47


    Blasts from SOL hit several places in the Olympic site. Kaneda meets Kai and Kei. SOL then breaks up as it falls into the atmosphere. With Sean Davis.

    Akira minute 98 - The Whole Sweep of Human Achievement

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 25:58


    Kaneda tries to attack Tetsuo with a rock. Tetsuo flies into space. With Sean Davis.

    Akira minute 97 - Perforated

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 31:14


    Tetsuo loses his arm when hit with a shot from the Satellite Orbital Laser. Kai arrives on the scene. With Sean Davis.

    Akira minute 96 - Rosie the Riveter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 33:39


    Kaneda's laser gun runs out of power. With Sean Davis.

    Akira minute 95 - Fivehead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 38:00


    Kaneda and Tetsuo fight, pitting a laser gun against telekinetic powers. With Travis Bow.

    Akira minute 94 - Child's Tear-Stained Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 26:09


    As Tetsuo is examining his collection of Akira organs, Kaneda arrives. They fall back into their old dynamic. With Travis Bow.

    Akira minute 93 - Better Call SOL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 19:25


    Colonel Shikishima decides to use SOL against Tetsuo. Kaneda leaves the highway to enter the Olympic grounds. Kai has trouble getting through the crowd. Tetsuo examines the jars containing Akira's organs. With Travis Bow.

    Akira minute 92 - Keep Frozen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 28:36


    Tetsuo opens the inner container and discovers all that's left of Akira is a set of organs preserved in jars. With Travis Bow.

    Akira minute 91 - An Egg in Smoking Wreckage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 26:29


    The Akira storage chamber rises from the ground and falls to pieces. Kei is thrown from the wreckage. Tetsuo walks out of the clearing smoke to the inner container in the middle of the rubble. With Travis Bow.

    Akira minute 90 - Electronic Elephants

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 67:54


    Tetsuo and Kei continue their battle on top of the unearthed Akira storage chamber. With Niall McGowan & Neil Brown.

    Akira minute 89 - Shima Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 52:20


    Tetsuo and Kei fight, destroying the Akira storage facility. Meanwhile Kaneda passes through a toll booth littered with dead soldiers and their laser guns. With Neil Brown & Niall McGowan.

    Akira minute 88 - Darth Peanuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 51:41


    Tetsuo reaches the chamber holding Akira, where he finds Kei under the control of the psychic children. With Niall McGowan & Neil Brown.

    Akira minute 87 - The Cosmic Key

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 52:27


    The guards protecting the Olympic facility don't seem like they can stop Tetsuo. Dr. Onishi marvels at Tetsuo's pattern. The funicular descends. With Neil Brown & Niall McGowan.

    Akira minute 86 - The Capullo Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 51:08


    Tetsuo destroys a bridge. With Niall McGowan & Neil Brown.

    Akira minute 85 - The Miyako Minute

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 43:11


    Miyako and members of her Akira cult join the protesters on the bridge behind Tetsuo, facing off against the military. A squad of soldiers with laser rifles fire at Tetsuo and into the crowd. With Elwood Jones.

    Akira minute 84 - Memphis Style Static

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 27:09


    The TV news is abruplty cut off. Kaori follows the crowd as they move toward the bridge. Kaneda gets on his bike and sets off to face Tetsuo alone. With Elwood Jones.

    Akira minute 83 - Big Sale

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 30:03


    Nezu stuffs his mouth with pills, but keels over and dies. Ryu slowly walks by him and slumps down to die while a crowd of protesters run past. Kaori stops to watch news of the coup on a tv in a shop window. With Elwood Jones.

    Akira minute 82 - A Specific Heresy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 34:22


    The crowd hails Testsuo as Akira. Tetsuo destroys a tank. Nezu stumbles down an alley, drops his briefcase, and clutches his chest. With Elwood Jones.

    Akira minute 81 - Chaos Simulator

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 28:56


    Tetsuo emerges from the flames of a helicopter crash, dons a makeshift cape, and stops a tank shell fired at him. With Elwood Jones.

    Akira minute 80 - I Thought We Were Spooning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 62:30


    Nezu has murdered his staff. Ryu unexpectedly appears in his office, and Nezu shoots him. A helicopter flies low over the street a few blocks from barricaded traffic. With Austin Prior and Danny Greene-Quish.

    Akira minute 79 - The Busker Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 34:21


    Kaneda curses at Kiyoko for using his friends. Nezu learns of the coup and prepares to flee. With Austin Prior and Danny Greene-Quish.

    Akira minute 78 - Confused and Horny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 39:54


    Kei and Takashi disappear. Kiyoko telepathically explains the situation to Kaneda. With Austin Prior and Danny Greene-Quish.

    Akira minute 77 - Gentleman Idiot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 40:48


    Kaneda crashes Yamagata's motorcycle into a wall as a tribute to his dead friend. Takashi appears in the middle of a nearby culvert, and Kei begins walking across the water toward him. With Austin Prior and Danny Greene-Quish.

    Akira minute 76 - Flavor Propaganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 35:26


    Kai runs into Kaneda and Kei near Harukiya. He tells them that Tetsuo killed Yamagata. With Austin Prior and Danny Greene-Quish.

    Akira minute 75 - The Thing Itself

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 39:25


    Kei tells Kaneda her relationship with Ryu is none of his business. Tanks roll through the early morning streets of Neo-Tokyo. A special search team is examining the bar Harukiya. With Geoff Clarke and Lauren Petronaci.

    Akira minute 74 - Keanus Reeve

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 25:20


    As Kei finishes her explanation of Akira's power, it becomes clear she is being posessed by Kiyoko. Suddenly the door to their cell unlocks. Kaneda and Kei start walking through the building. Kaneda asks about Kei's relationship with Ryu. With Lauren Petronaci and Geoff Clarke.

    Akira minute 73 - Gaol

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 36:06


    Kei's explanation of the energy inherent in all living things goes over Kaneda's head. With Geoff Clarke and Lauren Petronaci.

    Akira minute 72 - Impliolence

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 33:41


    Tetsuo steps over Yamagata with a menacing look. Kei and Kaneda are in a jail cell. Kaneda asks Kei what Akira is. With Lauren Petronaci and Geoff Clarke.

    Akira minute 71 - Tentacle Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 24:17


    Yamagata and Kai question Tetsuo, but get nothing but attitude. With Geoff Clarke and Lauren Petronaci.

    Akira minute 70 - Yet Another

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 33:53


    Inflation has hit Harukiya due to supply chain issues. Yamagata and Kai arrive at the bar to find the barkeep dead, and Tetsuo laughing creepily atop a pile of debris. With Norman Mitchell.

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