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Akira review (movie):
Overview: A post-nuclear war Tokyo is experiencing social upheaval and instability, decay of law and order, a new religious movement, and a military coup at the same time. During all of this, several psychic experiments go awry, resulting in exposure to a standard bike gang member. The plot advances and gets increasingly insane from that point.
Plot: Probably the weakest part of this film is the plot. It's really hard to follow if you don't have any context. This is partially because the manga that the film is based on was not completed by the time of the film's release. It is understandable, but without context, one's enjoyment of the film is significantly reduced. However, the character writing and plot (with context) are really interesting.
Animation: IT'S SO SMOOTH. The animation is really good. The detailing is incredible. SO MANY FRAMES.
Voice acting: English dub is fine. Tetsuo's voice actor is very good. I can't account for the Japanese one, or any other languages.
Music: Really cool. I don't really have the knowledge or a strong memory of it, but from what I do remember, it was very...tonal? Eh, take my account with a grain of salt.
Editing: The way scenes shape up and the way the "camera" moves is really interesting and gives an amazing sense of scale.
9/10 shmekels, held back a bit by the voice acting. Otherwise amazing. Go watch it.
(Side note: apparently the Akira manga is really really good and has a ton of depth. I really need to read it. You probably should too.)
Overview: A post-nuclear war Tokyo is experiencing social upheaval and instability, decay of law and order, a new religious movement, and a military coup at the same time. During all of this, several psychic experiments go awry, resulting in exposure to a standard bike gang member. The plot advances and gets increasingly insane from that point.
Plot: Probably the weakest part of this film is the plot. It's really hard to follow if you don't have any context. This is partially because the manga that the film is based on was not completed by the time of the film's release. It is understandable, but without context, one's enjoyment of the film is significantly reduced. However, the character writing and plot (with context) are really interesting.
Animation: IT'S SO SMOOTH. The animation is really good. The detailing is incredible. SO MANY FRAMES.
Voice acting: English dub is fine. Tetsuo's voice actor is very good. I can't account for the Japanese one, or any other languages.
Music: Really cool. I don't really have the knowledge or a strong memory of it, but from what I do remember, it was very...tonal? Eh, take my account with a grain of salt.
Editing: The way scenes shape up and the way the "camera" moves is really interesting and gives an amazing sense of scale.
9/10 shmekels, held back a bit by the voice acting. Otherwise amazing. Go watch it.
(Side note: apparently the Akira manga is really really good and has a ton of depth. I really need to read it. You probably should too.)
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