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'AKIRA': The Dark Side of the Superhero Fantasy

'AKIRA': The Dark Side of the Superhero Fantasy

'AKIRA' can’t be credited with LGBT+ representation per se, but it does not have what you’d call a straight vibe.

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May 22, 2021
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Only a month before AKIRA’s 2019 sci-fi future, Spider-Verse dropped. It was widely hailed as a superhero origin story for people who were sick of superhero origi…

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