Akira (アキラ)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1429 movies items)

" Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. 2019. 31 years after being destroyed during World War 3, Tokyo (now 'Neo-Tokyo') has been rebuilt and is a thriving metropolis. Shotaro Kaneda is the leader of a biker gang. His friend Tetsuo is injured in an accident and taken to a top-secret government "

Hard Time In Animated Jail (193 movies items)

"Tetsuo Crimes committed: Theft, multiple counts murder, and destruction of public and private property. "

Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2023) (61 movies items)

" Points: 5 Chosen by: johanlefourbe (5) Previous rank: IMDB top 250 rank: "

“La obra maestra de Katsuhiro Otomo sin dudas y de lejos. Varios me dicen que me lea el manga porque es "más completo" (lo mismo con Nausicaa). Todo e”

“La obra maestra de Katsuhiro Otomo sin dudas y de lejos. Varios me dicen que me lea el manga porque es "más completo" (lo mismo con Nausicaa). Todo eso está muy bien, pero si de por sí la película es así de completa, no veo cómo pueda serlo incluso más, más bien creería que será más explícita, pero quién sabe.

Hablando de Akira, marca el estilo de Otomo por excelencia, ya que mete aquí todas sus recurrencias en trama y argumento; Véase, dilemas identitarios entrelazados con crítica social y una exploración histórica/sociocultural hacia el Japón moderno. Todo esto contado de un modo completamente atípico que por esto mismo varios llaman "incoherente", pero eso es no comprender el tipo de narrativa que se maneja aquí, una por el contrario, verdaderamente comple” read more

My Favorite Films of 1988 (25 movies items)

" "The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves." Directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo Written by Katsuhiro Ôtomo and Izô Hashimoto Music by Shôji Yamashiro Cinematography by Katsuji Misawa Editing by Takeshi Seyama"

Amazing

“I had seen Akira a number of times a few years back, and watching it again just two days I can't tell you how enthralled I was watching it. The animation is beautiful and very detailed with a wide range of colours that are extraordinary to watch, and the score was phenomenal, it stirred many emotions inside of me. Just like the storytelling that was thrilling, shocking and heart-breaking did, likewise with the use of sound, the silence was even more haunting and intense than those scenes with sound, the excellent dialogue, characters that are developed so well(for a character-driven film you'd expect that, the main characters' conflict is especially well done) that you do root for them and a message that I highly appreciate and don't feel it's over-didactic. All in all, amazing, a real lan” read more

Fictional Places You Don’t Want To Visit (205 movies items)

"Neo Tokyo, Japan Once Tokyo, was destroyed in a nuclear explosion,it was rebuilt from scratch. Why you wouldn’t want to visit: An amorphous blob, has granted a teenager abnormal powers, and has turned him into an amorphous blob. And there is a group, worshiping said amorphous blob. Neo Tokyo is about to explode. "