That was certainly.../different/

[wngdngl]

So, I just watched Akira, since I'd heard about it a bit, and was curious. The whole thing was rather confusing, but I am able to generate a couple opinions:
Even though this is set some in circa 2030, it was made in the 80's. And a Japanese work set in the 80s can have fashion sense just as awful as American stuff. 
This is not a kid's movie. It has

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[insaneladybug]

I think the first time I heard about Akira was on some Darkwing Duck website. LOL. Something about drawing Negaduck enacting the transformation sequence, I think? I was always so squicked out by what I'd heard about it that I never have tried to see it.

[wngdngl]

Darkwing Duck..? I've heard about having reenactments of that scene in different fandoms, but not something so innocuous as Darkwing Duck..

[insaneladybug]

XD Darkwing Duck fans are very ... interesting.

It's a pretty good fandom, too, since most people grew up with show and are quite mature. I don't think I saw a scary fan the whole time I was in the fandom.