Royal Stompbox presents: AKIRA

Co-Presenting Partners:
The Japan Foundation, Toronto & Sonic Boom Records

**NOTE: Due to distributor restrictions beyond the band and the theatre’s control, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan will not be performing. This is a regular screening of AKIRA (1988) - the last chance to see this anime classic before AKIRA is taken out of circulation theatrically for an unknown period of time, starting December 2019. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience, and all ticket buyers for the live score event will be refunded. Tickets for this screening are available now.

Neo-Tokyo and the Royal Cinema are about to E X P L O D E.

Widely considered the greatest anime ever made, and largely responsible for the explosion of the genre’s popularity in North America, Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s cyberpunk masterpiece AKIRA remains the gold standard of Japanese animation over 30 years after its release.

The story – set in futuristic 2019 (!) – follows two members of a biker gang, Kaneda and Tetsuo, who accidently crash into a secret military project harnessing the powers of telekinetic, psychic children in post-nuke Neo-Tokyo, and get in way over their heads in an ever-worsening apocalypse.

With prizes courtesy of The Silver Snail

Drink specials from Woodhouse Brewing and Duxbury Cider