Akira

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Joshua Neo Tokyo really blew up Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/17/22 Full Review Garrett B Great animation but the film suffers from underveloped characters, a confusing plot and slow pacing. Not really worth it in my opinion Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/16/24 Full Review Ndia W This film was very unexpected. I didn’t accept to like it as much as I did. I thought that it was thrilling and it stayed thrilling throughout the whole film. It never had a dull moment to me which is strange because I often feel like movies have their strong points and their weak points but this movie was definitely strong to me all the way through. I’m not a big fan of anime but this changed my mind. That’s when you know it’s a great film , when you don't like something and then you see it in a film, then boom you love it. There was a uniqueness to the main character of this film that draws you in and makes you want to focus on not only the main plot but the other things and people throughout the film. The characters were great, the action was great, it was overall an amazing film. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Alex A Basic Summary It all started in a place called Neo-Tokyo set in the year 2019 (31 years later - After an explosion that left the city to be created a massive gigantic hole as a giant crater) then gets recreated after World War III and simmers down onto where Tokyo was destroyed and instead of the peaceful Tokyo that it once was the country is hunted with gang-violence and terrorism.   We then meet the main character - Shotaro Kaneda is the leader of the capsule gang which is a biker gang and together with his close friend, Tetsuo Shima.   When they fight against their enemies, Tetsuo is harmed and acquires telekinetic psychic abilities when he crashes against another psychic, The gang is taken by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces before they manage to run away with the help of Kei - A resistance member.   It is revealed that Tetsuo’s abilities are as strong as Akira’s into which is the person that destroyed Tokyo the last time, Tetsuo is recaptured as he is hallucinating and suffers from headaches. Then when another brutal intense headache and another via hallucination hits him but this time as a intense one due from his previous that he gotten during the day earlier while he was still held inside into his hospital bedroom quietly alone as he sees little tiny cute like looking character creatures that started tiny but then grew gigantic and that somehow are toys that is a teddy bear, A bunny rabbit, A toy car, Gigantic building blocks that look like colorful Lego toy walls, And a liquidity gush full river of milk onto the floors are everywhere and that are surrounding him into his mind but in reality, The three old like children are the ones who had been controlling the toy creatures all this whole time into his own hallucination just to scare him just like that.   When Kaneda tries to help Tetsuo, Kaneda ends up attempting to fight Tetsuo back as he is unstable and aggressive as Tetsuo manages to escape and searches for Akira’s remains which is supposed to enhance his powers which is located under the Olympic Stadium and as the two members of the resistance tries to fight of Tetsuo, But yet he still manages to kill one of his former gang members infuriating Kaneda, Then when the military and Kaneda reach Tetsuo who he overpowers them though they manage to injure him in his right arm.   The military forces and Kaneda continue approaching and Tetsuo loses his control over his powers as he consumes all the masses and objects in proximity and grows, One last final reaction example note here for when Tetsuo started to loose himself control onto his own god like powers and to his own body to his own flesh and blood onto his own robotic metal like arm after he got one last final shot from Kaneda from a gunshot lazier bean that is like just turning and transforming him into a great big gigantic slimiest blob like monster that looks like a baby and that is definitely also right beyond nightmare fuel to me and I can’t even properly describe myself onto how disturbing they all should look after as in like people who would started rewatching the scenes to focus just for more over and over again.   As the children decide to awaken Akira who has the power to stop Tetsuo, Akira vacuum sucks Tetsuo and Kaneda into another dimension, Kaneda sees how he and Tetsuo were close friends when they were younger, before the destruction of Tokyo, The military forces manage to get Kaneda back from to the world where Tokyo is destroyed and they manage to survive and Tetsuo makes a big bang which makes him God in a parallel universe.   Kaneda and Testuo’s relationship plays a vital role and penetrates the story through and through from the beginning when we met Tetsuo examining Kanada’s bike to the end when the bike is wrecked and Tetsuo’s lust for power also draws the viewer in as he changes dramatically from a weak boy who can’t control the red bike into a psychic God and all this is because he wants to be independent and to him all he does is justified by that notion and tearing his reasoning apart and there is still just a little kid who wants to show his friends he can take care of himself.   So though life is a struggle in Neo Tokyo, The film itself takes a turn in focusing on Kaneda and Tetsuo’s relationship, But to me now that I think about it that for this movie also just reminded me onto how both Kaneda and Testuo looked a little bit like how Moses and Ramses are that they both were in confrontation and it is like two best friends as in two brothers now as enemies in a confrontational clashing battle together and the struggle of someone trying to be independent, and trying to prove himself as capable, spurs the story forward.   Although there has not no more concrete information coming out of any studios from Warner Bros. in America and Warner Bros. in Tokyo Japan lately thought out generational years lately and I say for disappointing rumors spreads their words within bad headaches occurring and information that it’s been said that from the Directors Taika Waititi and Michael Golamco from Warner Bros who were set to be the second film adaptation following the 1988 anime version, But sadly, There is still no information said that it is actually finally happening with no final results and information being decided from each of the studios being said. So in conclusion after watching the film as for to be considered to becoming one of the most greatest original 1988 classical anime films of all time since it has now been around all over thew world after 35 years, I still say that it was like pretty freaking so dang good and the themes within both the movie and the manga itself does show us about humanity and what makes a person lose their humanity are frequently explored and the general consensus seems to be that power turns people figuratively and sometimes literally into monsters, But also can’t forget to mention about favorite characters into the movie are both Kaneda and Kei because they are really like as a cute and lovely couple in the film when they tried to have their moments.   Comments I think was a pretty cool anime movie. It was a little weird with the organs and other things but it was pretty well done. I think now I understand why this anime movie became the “Leave me alone” meme on the internet. Now I understand why they make memes from this movie. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review TJ . Akira is an amazing film and overall a great watch. It's so strange and off-putting yet it makes you more connected to the film in a way. Akira is considered a cyberpunk action film but can also be seen as a dystopian-style anime due to its corrupted government qualities and futuristic aspects. The plot in the beginning isn’t very defined but midway through we are introduced to what Akira is and the whole backstory of how Tetsuo was captured and how his friend is trying to save him. The film does a very good job of illustrating what would truly happen in a dystopian-style city overrun by gangs and governmental science experiments. The amount of attention to detail taken into account for the architecture and color schemes is another thing I love about this film. The colors used are all so similar yet slightly different which makes everything just more fun to watch. Especially thinking about the time this movie came out 1989, even though those films loved vibrant colors I find that especially for an animated film it is just so interesting to see how they managed to make certain parts look so modern for example during the motorcycle chase the lights on the bike look just like how they would in real life (in my opinion). I also really enjoyed the voice acting I watched dubbed and subbed, and sometimes watching dubbed anime can be wonky depending on the context but for this I found it to completely fit with the movie. The actors for both styles did an amazing job of portraying emotions through their voices (cuz we can't see their faces) which I feel can be hard sometimes because facial expressions coexist with what and how we say certain things but yeah really good. Overall I’d say Katsuhiro Otomo did an amazing job with this film and would definitely recommend it to friends and family. At least watch it once to say you saw a classic anime. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/19/24 Full Review Lucifer M It’s not considered one of, if not, THE greatest anime film EVER made for nothing! This film set the standard for taking anime seriously, showing the world that it’s more than just animation; it’s bonafide artwork that blends thought provoking, philosophical storytelling with graphic violence and breathtaking imagery. Anyone that’s an anime fan undoubtedly knows and has seen this film and definitely puts it in their top 3 all time faves. If they don’t….well then they don’t know anime. It’s like saying they’ve never seen or heard Cowboy Bebop before. It’s blasphemy! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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