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I love this movie, the animation is amazing the story is great, and the english dub on the DVD is in my opinion rather good. The DVD is great, and has alot of behinds the scenes stuff, mostly from when it was being made and an interview a couple of years afterwards with Katsuhiro Otomo, those are both in japanese with optional english subtitles. There is also a featureete about the new english dub but I can't say much because I havn't watched it yet. There is also an optional feature to watch the movie with clickable capsules that translate signs and grafitti.
I bought this product as I watched it when I was 6 years old and had no idea what it pertained to. It is a beautifully graphic movie,as well as gory.Greats cience fiction story line about nuclear arms, high taxes fracturing society and telekinetic powers beyond what is imaginable. Good structure of plot, story and characters build up from the very beginning. It can get a little confusing but overall I give it the 5 stars it deserves for changing the face of anime, manga, and keeping the reality behind a super fantasy.
Katsuhiro Ôtomo's 1988 classic near future epic never feels dated. Even the tag-line "Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E." sets the scene perfectly. A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop. An absolute classic, must have for any anime fan, and a perfect first film for someone who wants to explore the genre.
This movie represented a landmark in animation when it was initially released. It is still revered as a masterpiece of ánime due to its amazing animation, convoluted story and gory, violent scenes. This perhaps set the bar for adult animation and it remains today a cult-classic and and exemplary animated film in many ways. I can see why it is revered as such, given the time when it was released to the world, but I can still argue as to the coherence of its storytelling. That might be my only concern for this movie since Akira is so amazing that it deserves all the praise it can get, forever.
The animation is amazing. one of the best Japanese anime I have ever seen.
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