Jessica Rosenkrantz of Nervous System design studio:
This puzzle is based on an icosahedral map projection and has the topology of a sphere. This means it has no edges, no North and South, and no fixed shape. Try to get the landmasses together or see how the oceans are connected. Make your own maps of the earth!
Super clever and cool design.
Evan Puschak:
Otomo has said that he wanted Tokyo itself to be a major character in Akira, and one of the ways he fleshes this out is with light. Particularly, neon.
Neon has a special significance for both Tokyo and the cyberpunk genre. It is the bitter, but beautiful light that signifies both the colorful radiance and the gaudy consumerism of modernity.
Man, this movie is just so cool. I rewatched it recently; it has lost none of its power to mesmerize me.
Watching this footage only made me more impressed with the stunts in the film.
See also: How Tom Cruise Learned to Fly a Helicopter Stunt for Mission: Impossible - Fallout.