A scene from a popular 1988 Japanese animated movie that famously predicted Tokyo would win the right to host the 2020 Olympics on Friday over a potential cancelation of the games.
A scene from Akira's 2019 movie shows a signboard counting down the days until the Olympics.
The sign reads "147 Days Until The Games" and invites people to endorse a successful event. Below, someone graffitied, "Just cancel!”
The cyberpunk animated film, set in a post-apocalyptic Neo Tokyo, is considered one of the most influential anime and science-fiction films of all time, and has influenced properties from The Matrix to Stranger Things.
A scene from Akira's 2019 movie shows a signboard counting down the days until the Olympics.
The sign reads "147 Days Until The Games" and invites people to endorse a successful event. Below, someone graffitied, "Just cancel!”
— じん＠武漢 (@jin00001) February 27, 2020With Friday marking exactly 147 days until the opening ceremony on July 24, and discussing the possibility of canceling games due to the coronavirus as the epidemic spreads in Japan, the subject "Just cancel it!"Trends top of Japanese Twitter.
The cyberpunk animated film, set in a post-apocalyptic Neo Tokyo, is considered one of the most influential anime and science-fiction films of all time, and has influenced properties from The Matrix to Stranger Things.
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