Akira Minute

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.