Hop on your motorcycle, avoid that "child" in the road and slide to a stop because we're discussing Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal anime Akira (1988)!Join us as we offer a primer on all things Akira, as well as its influences on, uh, everything. We then work our way through its very, very dense plot, which somehow condenses hundreds of manga pages into a 2-hour runtime. This includes a queer read for Kaneda and Tetsuo, as well as debating whether or not the film has a "woman problem."Plus: raisin-faced "children," singularities, and one horrifying sequence involving malevolent stuffed animals (and a lot of "milk").Reference:<ul><li>Osmond, Andrew. <a href="https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/story-behind-film-akira/" target="_blank">Akira: The Story Behind the Film</a>. Empire. June 21, 2011.</li><li>Schupp, Ricky. <a href="https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/movies-tv/japans-violent-motorcycle-gangs-influenced-akira/" target="_blank">Japan’s Violent Motorcycle Gangs that Influenced Akira – and Anime History</a>. Tokyo Weekender</li></ul>Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/horrorqueers.bsky.social">BlueSky</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/horrorqueers">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV0QZBaB6yenX9xTPmCXkWg">Youtube</a>, <a href="https://letterboxd.com/horrorqueers/">Letterboxd</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HorrorQueers/">Facebook</a>, or join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/978904585786037/">Facebook Group</a> or the <a href="https://discord.gg/5G8KHY8xtK%20">Horror Queers Discord</a> to get in touch with other listeners.> Trace: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/tracedthurman.bsky.social">@tracedthurman</a> (BlueSky)/ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tracedthurman/">@tracedthurman</a> (Instagram)> Joe: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/joelipsett.bsky.social">@joelipsett</a> (BlueSky) / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bstolemyremote/">@bstolemyremote</a> (Instagram) Be sure to support the boys on <a href="http://www.patreon.com/horrorqueers">Patreon</a>!  Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada

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