Japanese Twitter User Finds Akira Anime Easter Egg Years Later

Akira Film Easter Egg started circulating on Twitter, when a user pointed out that a member of the staff left an Easter egg message in No. 25’s prophecy scene.

AKIRAの25号予言シーンに作画スタッフの悲痛な叫びが隠されていました（いま知った pic.twitter.com/ScogXd89oN

— 非恵川ひこざ@2回接種マン (@HikozaTwi) December 24, 2021

The message is written with English letters, but contains a certain meaning in Japanese, which translates roughly as follows: “Why do we have to draw every little detail like this? Cut it out already! C’mon!”