Roughly speaking The movie version of the anime "AKIRA" released in 1988 will be rebroadcast on NHK E-Tele. This is a masterpiece with a total production cost of 1 billion yen and approximately 150,000 cels drawn by 1,300 staff. This work, written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, had an impact on the Japanese anime world in the 1980s. Read article