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Akira (アキラ)

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Starring (View all)
Mitsuo Iwata Mitsuo Iwata
Kaneda
Nozomu Sasaki Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo
Mami Koyama Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)
Tesshô Genda Tesshô Genda
Ryu (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura Kôichi Kitamura
Lady Miyako / Committee A
Michihiro Ikemizu Michihiro Ikemizu
Inspector / Committee I


Written by
Katsuhiro Otomo Katsuhiro Otomo
(screenplay) and
Izô Hashimoto Izô Hashimoto
(screenplay)


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The appeal baffles me

13 years, 2 months ago at Jan 20 7:18
2 votes
"It's a soldier's duty. You wouldn't understand."

To this day, 1988's Akira is worshipped as one of the best anime features in history. And, frankly, this reviewer has no comprehension as to why the film continually receives such praise. Scripted and directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo who adapted his own manga series, Akira is a super-violent epic which borrows liberally (if unimaginative... read more

One of the best animated movies

8 years, 8 months ago at Jul 22 8:34
1 vote
I probably need to watch more anime movies, but funnily enough, anime happens to be my two favourite animated movies – ‘Spirited Away’ and…this! ‘Akira’ is only my second favourite animated movie of all time, and probably one of the most violent animated films I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut’ for that matter, which however is probably more viol... read more

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9 months, 4 weeks ago at May 24 19:37
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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 aqu... read more
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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Release date: 28 June 1991
UPC: 013023153899
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“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”

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“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

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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


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