Wicked City

In the 2020 metropolitan hellscape of 1988’s Akira, the overgrown, decrepit city is an analogue for sick, bulbous, industro-techno-organic mutations.

Rarely is there a building without a backdrop of more buildings. There are always more, bigger buildings where the sky should be.

In the 2020 metropolitan paradise of real-world Tokyo, the city really does engulf and suffocate you – but it’s OK because it’s made of computer games.