They’d seen this development coming as far back as 1988, when the monumentally influential anime film Akira was first released.
One of the bleakest depictions of Tokyo in all of film is part of Olympics celebration projection mapping project.
But all the same, including Akira in the festivities is an odd choice because in the anime Tokyo, or Neo-Tokyo, is a terrible, terrible place to live.
The latest large-scale example of that is set to unfold in a projection mapping display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, or Tocho, that prominently includes scenes from Akira.