_as a name means bright, clear, ideal
_is a 1988 japanese animated post-apocalyptic cyberpunk film based on katsuhiro otomo's 1982 manga.
it concerns itself with character, societal pressures and political machination, youth alienation, government corruption and inefficiency, and a military grounded in old-fashioned honor, displeased with the compromises of modern society. the work centers around the nature of youth to rebel against authority, control methods, community building, and the transformation experienced in the adolescent passage.