So I just saw the movie Akira for the 1st time (Shocking seeing as how my name is Akira) and I’m now fully convinced that the Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s was inspired by this movie. Lets look at the similarities:

Both Akira and 5D’s takes place in the future. In Akira it’s the year 2019, while in 5D’s it around the year 5000 or so.



In Akira, Future Tokyo, Japan is Named Neo Tokyo.



In 5D’s, Domino City, Japan is Named Neo Domino City or Neo Domino for short.



**Neo Domino City also looks really similar to Neo Tokyo.



In both Akira and 5D’s both cities are in disorder after a destructive event that occurred in the past. In Akira, it was World War III. In 5D’s it was the explosion of Zero Reverse that split Domino City into two.



In Akira, the Bikers are Underprivileged people.



In 5D’s, the 2nd island was named Satellite, which mostly consisted of underprivileged people. In 5D’s the people of Neo Domino City was racist towards Satellite people even calling them "Satellite Scum" which is a racial slur.



In Akira, Takashi betrays his Biker Gang.



In 5D’s, Jack Betrays his D-Wheel Gang.



In Akira, Takashi steals Kaneda’s bike and has an obsession with it long after Kaneda has it in his possession again.

In 5D’s, after years on working on and creating the perfect D-Wheel, Jack steals Yusei’s D-Wheel by kidnapping Rally and holding her for ransom (which was the bike and a card). Which is the white D-Wheel Jack is always on. Yusei later makes the Crimson Red D-Weel that we all know and love.



In Akira, the Government is oppressive.

In 5D’s, the Government is oppressive towards Satellite people.

Both Kaneda and Yusei have Red Bikes that look similar.

In both Akira and 5D’s a huge explosion occurs in the city. In 5D’s however the explosion splits Domino City into 2 pieces (as stated above) while in Akira the Explosion happens at the end of the movie to get rid of Takashi.

In 5D’s Rex Godwin and his lacky Yeager are quite similar to Colonel Shikishima and Doctor Ōnishi in Akira. Also Yeager is coloured similarly to the children with Akira’s powers from the movie Akira.

In both Akira and 5D’s allot of people (mostly citizens) die.



Welp that’s all the similarities I cam make. I feel like I’m forgetting some. If you’ve seen theof Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s and Akira (1988) let me know what other similarities you’ve noticed.