As I'm sure most of you know, the 1988 anime Akira was the movie that basically launched the whole manga/anime boom in the West. This anime also accurately predicted that Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympics. Let's hope that's the only accurate prediction from that movie! Although the fact that WWIII didn't happen in 1989 is a good sign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgFpdix8PI

And of course the jokes have been rolling in...
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1340600/im...O-facebook.jpg
http://www.kirainet.com/images/2013/...tokio2020a.jpg
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-st...78755101-2.gif

This short video shows how Kaneda's famous motorcycle slide scene has been homaged across different animations (both from Japan and the US).