"Akira" has influenced numerous works in animation, comics, film, music, television and video games. It inspired a wave of Japanese cyberpunk works, including manga and anime series such as "Ghost in the Shell", "Battle Angel Alita", "Cowboy Bebop", "Serial Experiments Lain", and "Elfen Lied", live-action Japanese films such as "", and video games such as Hideo Kojima's "Snatcher" and "Metal Gear Solid", and Squaresoft's "Final Fantasy VII". Outside of Japan, "Akira" has been cited as a major influence on Hollywood films such as "The Matrix", "Dark City", "Kill Bill", "Chronicle", "Looper", "The Dark Knight", "Midnight Special", "Inception", and "Godzilla", television shows such as "Batman Beyond" and "Stranger Things", and video games such as Core Design's "Switchblade", Valve's "Half-Life" series and Dontnod Entertainment's "Remember Me". John Gaeta cited "Akira" as artistic inspiration for the bullet time effect in "The Matrix" films. "Akira" has also been credited with influencing the "Star Wars" franchise, including the prequel film trilogy and the "Clone Wars" film and television series. Todd McFarlane cited "Akira" as an influence on HBO animated television series "Spawn".