Akira (Geneon Signature Series)
by Katsuhiro Ohtomo
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Actor: Hiroshi Ohtake, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Tesshô GendaDirector: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Writer: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Producer: Haruyo Kanesaku
Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto
Producer: James Yosuke Kobayashi
Producer: Ryohei Suzuki
Producer: Sawako Noma
Writer: Izô Hashimoto
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0; Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, THX
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Akira (Geneon Signature Series)
Movie Review: it doesnt get all that praise for nuthin...
Summary: 5 Stars
i hate the fact that i'm repeating over 100 people right now, but this movie is not only one of the best anime's, but just plain out one of the greatest films of all time. this is true classic sci fi that will never be missed by anyone. this film will certainly be on everyone's must-see list next to the godfather, clockwork orange, american beauty, & jaws (no i'm not comparing, i'm stating as in a "films that must be seen" list)
this film is much more than a those popcorn "classics", or even classic american sci fi for that matter, this is a film that falls more into that category of cinema for people who think.
its certainly not a film everyone will like, but like i said before, its probably the most famous, or at least the most talked about anime & it draws upon some interesting concepts of a "cyberpunk" future, such as violent street gangs, government conspiracies & corruption, civil war & terrorism all within a dystopian metropolis. i mentioned cyberpunk, assuming that the film had taken much influence from sush early 80s cyberpunk as william gibson's neuromancer(ghost in the shell did so much much more) but particularly blade runner, which is technically considered in the same genre, but is assuredly one of the first masterpiece's to place a lot of the same subject matter in cinema on the map (futuristic, visionary, diverse, dystopian metropolis, humankind clashing with artificial intelligence, the protagonists are often "low-class" so to speak).
all in all, if your looking for science fiction that'll make you think more than keep you at the edge of your seat, or your in love films like blade runner & ghost in the shell, than this one is up your alley.
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