What happens at the end of Akira?
I've watched Akira at least seven times and each time I pick up something new from it. Last night I watched it again and wondered about the ending: do Akira, Tetsuo, Masaru, Kiyoko and Takashi merge and create a new universe? There's a few hints such as this quote from Doctor Onishi when Akiras energy pattern begins to compress into a singularity:
W-What's happening?
What in the world is happening?
B-But this isn't...
If this is correct, it's almost as if...
Is this the birth of a universe?!
When the credits roll we see what looks like the big bang, do they become god of a new universe?
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I know someone who viewed every version of this he could get his hands on (manga, original, dub and sub), who said that every version was somewhat different - which agrees with Alan Sutherland's comment that "the dubbed version is dumbed down for western audiences". I don't recall the "birth of a universe" line from the version I saw, but it's been years...
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What happened to Akira in Akira?
Akira was retrieved by the scientists, and was dissected to discover the cause of his sudden psychic growth. The scientists were unable to solve this problem, and the remains were sealed in canisters and cryogenically frozen underground, sealed away as to prevent any chance of problems in the future.Who survives at the end of Akira?
The three children reassure him that Tetsuo is with them and Akira now, and that he shouldn't worry. This new sphere of light craters yet another chunk of Neo-Tokyo, and in the deathly quiet of the aftermath, Kaneda is left alive and in awe of what he's experienced.What was the point of Akira?
Set in a then-distant 2019, following Tokyo's forced rebuilding to the dystopian, military-complex-controlled Neo-Tokyo, Akira explores themes of disaffected youth, corruption in government, rampant religious zealotry, nuclear-energy-caused telekinesis, destruction, and rebirth.What happened to Akira and Tetsuo?
Tetsuo finds Akira, but is then thought to be killed at the end of Volume 2 by the SOL Satellite. Akira is then taken in by Kaneda and Kei. Tetsuo is then never seen throughout most of the 3rd Volume until the very end, where he finds Akira again after Takashi had been shot and killed by Mr. Nezu.Hidden Meaning in Akira – Earthling Cinema
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