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#23 - AKIRA: Taking us from Battle of the Planets to the Pacific campaign of WW2
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture
English - October 27, 2018 20:09 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: #22 - The A-Team: How America treats its war veterans
Akira introduced the world to the best of Japanese Anime 30 years ago. NEON goes beyond the fabulous animation and reveals how this cyberpunk dystopia explores fundamental fears in Japanese society as well as it being a natural evolution of 2,000 years of Japanese culture.
Written & Presented by Jem Duducu
Produced by Dan Morelle
Music: Kaneda's Theme - Tsutomu Ōhashi
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