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Hiroshi Otake, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Tesshô Genda
On July 16, 1988, Tokyo was destroyed by what was believed to be a new type of bomb, triggering World War III. Thirty-one years later, in 2019, Neo-Tokyo has arisen from ashes under Japan's new politi...( read more
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Id: 10906664
Kei: Amoebas don't make motorcycles and atomic bombs!
A very good looking, stylish anime film based off an epically long manga. There is certainly a lot going on, which this film tries to push into two hours. It is watchable, however it contains a lot of the various things tha...( read more)
great visuals, but the story goes nowhere
Second viewing:
When I said "the story goes nowhere" I think I meant "the story goes nowhere I didn't fully expect it to go and gets there clumsily nonetheless". But after you know the plot details of the odd in the anime-typical sense ...( read more)
As good as everyone says. Motorcycle chase scenes fun; liked the tail light effect. Dream sequences were creepy. Although once Tetsuo started using his powers, reality became creepy/violent. At least the espers saved Kei and Kaneda; the rest of the folks in the city, not so much.
I saw this one again, it's a classic! If you can stand the awful slow pace of the making of, you should watch it; it's funny how they talk about modern techniques and the use of that many colours. You should see Otomo's Steamboy immediately after it, just to see the difference!!
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OMG!!!
I think anyone who's into or even likes movies or cinema has heard of Akira, but i just hadent got around to seeing it. I am a huge fan of Anime but always thought Akira was too mainstream for me and i wouldnt like it.
Well i was wrong big style!
This movie is mastercla...( read more)
Caught it on TV late one night on Encore. I wasn't expecting much, but it's a great movie!
Easily the best anime of all time. People rave about films such as "Ghost in the Shell" or "Blood: The Last Vampire", but honestly, they pale in comparison to this film. This is also apparently the anime that first payed attention to detail which is pretty remarkable. Amazing ani...( read more)
