• @andros_rex
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        111 months ago

        Is it? My understanding is that Japan didn’t have a lot of awareness of the AIDS crisis (and still doesn’t really?)

        I thought the body horror was more associated with fears of scientific progress. I’ve only seen Akira once so I’d love to watch it again in light of other interpretations.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        (It’s a metaphor for being afraid of AIDS)

        Is that really what Akira was about? Or is that just some overzealous weeaboo grad student’s opinion?