Written in 1988, Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira projects a futuristic city following total obliteration, catalyzed by Akira, a government, psychic test subject. Sudden telekinetic awakening in friend-turned-foe, Tetsuo Shima, unravels a second crescendo of institutional corruption, rebellion, destruction, and rebirth.
17th century philosopher, Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan adresses modern politics, a Leviathan[1] in itself. The commonwealth, absolute monarchy, and the laws of nature are famously discussed in his ‘social contract’ theory.
1. [n.] Leviathan is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology; extremely large and difficult to control, and which you find rather frightening.