Man, I watched this film so many times when I was younger.

In fact, you could say I watched A Keira Knightley.......

I'm sorry.

Thirteenth watch of Japanese July. A brief synopsis of Akira. It's 1988 and Tokio is destroyed. It’s 2019 and Neo-Tokyo is awesome. Kaneda yells: “Tetsuo!” Tetsuo yells: “Kaneda!” *Explosion* Tetsuo yells: “Kaneda!!” Kaneda yells: “Tetsuo!!” Some more beautiful animation. *Explosion* Kaneda yells: “Tetsuo!!!” Tetsuo yells: “Kaneda!!!” MIND BATTLE. Bodily mutations, so many bodily mutations. “Kaneda…” “Tetsuo!” *EXPLOSIONS* “Tetsuooooooooooooo!” MIND BATTLE. More stellar animation, yet another explosion, another mind battle and some more explosions. “Kanedaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

94/100

An aggressive tour de force of influential animation, tangible world-building, inferiority complexes, biker gangs, giant teddy bears, and overwhelming sequences of violence. It stays burrowed in your psyche, ruining a certain, seemingly simple nerve and, in the blink of an eye, shifting perspective and rendering previous knowledge meaningless. Strangely enough, this is only the second time I've seen Akira, with the first being my "initiation" (age 11) via a dubbed VHS copy, but I can't imagine spending more than a year away from this film ever again. It's a horrifyingly grandiose tragedy piece, melding flesh and metal, revolutions and minuscule angst, mind and body, rubber and pavement into a Nuclear aftermath of neon and rubble. In spite of its countless influences (Metropolis, 2001, A Clockwork Orange to name a few), there's nothing quite like it.

Neo-Tokyo. A giant-ass explosion. A crotch-rocket battle with the Insane Clown Posse. Suicide by cop. Ryu without Ken. Weird looking kids with cool powers. Student riots. Fuck is fuck in any language. Super-powers that make Carrie look like a Telekinesis Smurf. Oh Kaneda. Anime boobs. A barkeep's last pour. A determined general. Blowing a lot of shit up. Showdown at the Olympic Stadium with your best friend. A huge fuckin teddy bear. Attack of the giant arm. Becoming something you sure as fuck never dreamed of. A wild-ass visual adventure that is a must see for anyone who is Anime-curious.

probably the most galvanic and visceral example of a nation's collective psychic fallout since Honda's GODZILLA. simultaneously dreading and anticipating a return to power.

Watched at the Astor Theatre

That soundtrack is bug goddamn nuts.

12/14: I don’t know why it has taken me this long to see Akira. I can’t believe this came out in 1988, the animation is beautiful and looks like it was made this year. The design of everything in this incredible from the sound design to the characters and animation. I want to watch this again for sure soon to maybe grasp some stuff that I didn’t quite catch. This was incredible. I would highly recommend.

This is the all time coolest movie and no I will not be taking questions at this time

edit: this movie also makes me tweet this kind of shit so you know it's real

Nichtmal die Tatsache, dass sich ein Wiener Kino dazu entschlossen hat eine DVD (!) auf ihre Leienwand zu projizieren, konnte mir das wohlig warme Gefühl in der Bauchgegend vermiesen. AKIRA ist und bleibt der beste animierte Film aller Zeiten.

I love it

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Anime from the 1980's

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STFU, weebs.

My first ever anime movie and it was fucking nuts. Just bonkers. It’s mesmerizing. 

GRADE: A