Fan Casting Dr. Vogel in Akira: Part 1

The chief medical officer of the Esper Program, who has cared for the children for twenty years while watching the military treat them as weapons. Vogel delivers the film's crucial exposition about Compound-A and the children's powers, but his warmth and paternal gravitas transform technical dialogue into tragic confession. His horror when he overlays Travis's brain scan with Akira's—realizing the two are communicating—is the moment the film's dread becomes real. He is the scientific conscience, a good man trapped in a corrupt system.