Monsters Unreeled Presents : Akira
Fri, Apr 24
|Traverse City
Last month, we unleashed the gold-hoarding chaos of Leprechaun II… and this month, we’re trading luck for something far more volatile. Neo-Tokyo is about to explode.
Time & Location
Apr 24, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Traverse City, 1110 E Eighth St, Traverse City, MI 49686, USA
Guests
About the event
Greetings, Unreeled! 💊
Last time we leaned into camp and chaos... this time, we’re diving headfirst into something far more visceral. This month, we’re screening Akira — a landmark of animation that isn’t just cyberpunk… It’s full-blown body horror wrapped in neon and psychic destruction.
And for the first time ever, this screening is sponsored by the nerds at Cherry Capital Comic Con, happening Memorial Day weekend!
Beneath the iconic bikes and dystopian skyline lies something deeply unsettling. When Tetsuo’s psychic abilities awaken, they don’t just grant power; they unravel him. Flesh warps. Control slips. Identity fractures. What starts as rebellion spirals into something grotesque and uncontrollable, tapping into the same kind of terror as classics like The Fly or Akira’s spiritual cousin Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
This isn’t horror in the dark-with-a-killer sense — it’s horror of transformation, of losing yourself piece by piece while the world collapses around you. It’s…