Tetsuo Shima Is a Well-Written Mentally Ill Antagonist
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Mental illness and “madness”™ are recurring themes in stories about a good person going bad because of “one bad day," so I wanted to examine one movie that handled that well.
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Jade Crypt of Wonders
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Warner Brothers to Whitewash Akira - The Corvallis Advocate
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Home Oscar Games
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Tetsuo Shima Villains+BreezeWiki
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Anime Wisdom from Tetsuo Shima… What have I done? The destructive power of anger as seen in Akira. – The Classic Anime Museum
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36 male anime characters with black hair ranked based on popularity
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Anime Like Altered Carbon: Resleeved
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Tetsuo Shima (Villain Spotlight) by JakePerry166 on DeviantArt
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Anime FighterZ: An Anime & Manga Fighting Game!, Page 7
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Katsuhiro Ôtomo - News - IMDb
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anime – Dr. K's Waiting Room
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middle of the road review — The Other Side of Animation — Cam's Eye View
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Smashboards Creates: Anime All-stars, Page 3
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Japan Nakama Top 10 Strongest Shounen Characters of All Time