Chasing Inspirations: Akira to Blade Runner

A little while ago, my area newspaper ran an article about thirty years having passed since the movie Akira opened in Japan. Something about anime showing up in something like a newspaper (and I'm afraid I can think to add something like "especially in these page-straitened days") does get my attention, but beyond that it had me remembering I'd bought the movie on Blu-Ray a while ago to move up from the DVD I'd first watched it on, seen some criticisms of that particular release and let the disc sit, and then heard it was being released on Blu-Ray again and bought that disc as well only to also let it sit...
( Crossing the Pacific )