 If you liked
Akira
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 ...then you might like
Shinsekai yori
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Children with psychokinesis powers play a major role in both shows and the danger those powers pose to the society is a common theme between these shows.
As with Akira, Shinsekai yori features characters with extraordinary powers that can't quite be explained in conventional ways. The story of Shinsekai yori is set 1000 years in the future, a time in which Man has evolved into beings with extraordinary powers and an obscure history that unfolds slowly but surely as the plot unfolds.
Unlike Akira however, Shinsekai yori's setting involves next to no technology and given how it's a 25 episode anime, the characters are fleshed out better and the plot isn't as vague.
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Recommended by faderunner
It seems to me that Shinsekai Yori was inspired by Akira in a big way, be it the philosophy , the "superpowers", or the gloomingly creepy atmosphere.
Comparing and referencing those 2 works seems like a great idea!
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Recommended by Anonatsuhe